My work buddies and I were out visiting a Target Store near Sarasota and we needed some lunch. We walked into Applebee's thinking it was a Chili's but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. (There was a Chili's next door)
Our hostess was super nice and the manager checked on us at least three times.
I ordered the lunch special of the fiesta salad and the turkey sandwich.
Both were solid and our waiter was cool and refilled my soda as soon as it was empty. No one had any real complaints about it.
The hunks of turkey were awesome and the bread was great, the salad was large and I was pretty full after I was done. Dressing on the side was beautiful too!
Overall, it was speedy service for a reasonable price and the food wasn't bad. Good for a cool work lunch!
I'm a bit disappointed with this Applebee's. The staff was very unprofessional. I saw one waiter take some food from a plate and pop it in his mouth, as he was walking away from clearing a table.
The service was also very slow. The waitress I had was managing 6 tables. It took 20 minutes just to get my drink - frozen mango lemonade. We decided to order appetizers, thinking it would be faster. It wasn't. It took 25 minutes to get our two appetizers.
Overall, I was disappointed and I honestly don't think I'd be willing to try this location again.