Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar

here is my problem with this establishment. the smoking area fills the entire center of the restaurant and the non-smoking areas are very affected by this.  i sat in the "non-smoking" section and right next to my table in the "smoking" section were two ladies and a baby and they smoked before, during and after the meal. This affected the taste and smell long after i left. The food and service were good, but until they make this a non-smoking restaurant i will not be dining in again.

Bad food and even worse service. I am not sure if I had lunch here on a bad day, but it took over an hour for us to get our order.  Salad and soup doesn't seem so complicated right? I guess not.  After 45 minutes we were about to walk out and the manager told us that the cheek was on him and that if we stayed a few more minutes he'd bring us our food. We waited 10 more minutes and our salads and cold soups arrived.  The chinese salad was terrible and the french onion tasted so  salty and artificial. I am only giving this Applebee's 2 stars because I actually did like the cold tomato soup. The manager took off our appetizer but made us pay for our meals. So we ended up wasting 1.5 hours and spending ~$20 (for 2 people) for a crappy lunch. I don't plan on coming back.

Terrible slow service and the food was very low quality. Needless to say, I'm never eating here again.