Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar

I went in with two other people, they didn't seem very busy and we were seated right away. There were several problems from the beginning though:

The first one was the waitress seemed like she hated her job and it was a burden to be talking to us. We ordered our drinks and waited. And waited. It seemed like she forgot about its honestly because that is how long it took.

The next one was the host who seated us came over and said the waitress was busy and he would take our orders. When we told him what we wanted he didn't write it down so we were all a little skeptical that he would remember.

When our waitress finally came over to check on to see if our orders were correct she told us what the guy had remembered for us. They were all off slightly. He said that I ordered a shrimp instead of chicken. She then fixed our orders.

When she came back she complained about how they are short staff today or something. I don't know. But honestly I didn't care. I'm sorry you are short staff, or whatever is happening. There was hardly anyone in there. Don't make excuses for your job. Yes you may apologize to me, but don't give me an excuse blaming other people.

I was hoping she would give us a discount or something for how long it took for everything but she didn't

The food was good at least. And I ordered a mixed drink, I don't remember what it was, some summer blended thing I believe, that was good too.

Hopefully they were all just having an off day.

No matter how many times I give this place another chance it never gets any better. I have never came here and had a good meal. Service is eh and the food just so blah. Won't be eating here any time soon.

My lunch today...
$4.99 for a lukewarm, mediocre "bowl" of chili?  I think not!  It was more like a ramekin of chili.  To call it a BOWL is a stretch of someones imagination.  Could not have been more than 8 fl oz.  One lil pack of crackers.  Had to send it back to the kitchen for re-heating.
Add $1.99 for a minuscule cup of coffee, that was only re-filled once.
Add Tax + tip and I'm at $10 for lunch.  

I have no issue paying $10 + for a Friday lunch, but when I leave the restaurant...  I don't usually stop at Wawa for something to eat!    Do you know how much food you can buy at Wawa for $10?

Poor value for the money spent.  If you like this kind of chain restaurants...  Eat @ Chilis or even Wawa. :)

Applebee's is always a disappointment.