Applebee's Grill + Bar

This Applebee's is suffering badly from the nationwide staffing shortage. The manager was tossed into the job with no training, and turnover of employees is so high there is no training of servers, either. It shows. We were fortunate. After waiting about 10 minutes to be even acknowledged, an unsmiling girl said she'd be right with us. She never returned. About 5 minutes later, a male server came and seated us in his section. He was the ONLY employee there who smiled or even indicated that he cared if we lived or died! Wow. So we lucked out that he noticed us and took care of us. Although the tables were clean, the floors were littered with paper trash, and the bathrooms were filthy and obviously not checked regularly, as 3 of the 4 stalls were stopped up. Nasty. Food was good, though. Doubt I'll go back there for a long, long time.

I really like the atmosphere at this location. BRAVES photos everywhere! Usually a good crowd just about all weekend. Today they were a bit understaffed but our server Nate was exceptional. He was polite and accommodating in making our meals perfect. Checked on us frequently to ask if there was anything else we needed. Thank you Nate, you are the best!!

Stopped after a Braves game for apps and drinks. Despite being close to dead, they had a 40+ minute wait for a table so we went to the bar. Couldn't have been more than 5 tables that had folks seated. Food was decent and drink pours were a great value but slow service.