Applebee's Grill + Bar

I've had some good food at Applebee's lately so I thought I should write a review. Today we defiantly had a great lunch experience! That's why I goto the 14th St. location when I'm in Des Moines. Always been pretty good. Good service and a great burger! Love the French Onion soup. I'll be back!

Service seems good, but it smells like mold really bad inside the restaurant. Edit: I went back a second time. I ordered a steak with mash potatoes. My steak wasn’t cooked enough. There was enough mashed potatoes on my plate for 4 people. No joke. And everything was soaked and gross in butter or dirty water. I couldn’t tell. I spent $42 on the Ribeye with topping and the Wonton app and couldn’t even eat the food. Kinda crazy where Applebees has gone. I’m not one to leave bad reviews. Or any review actually. But this was insanely bad. And once again it was hard to get a refil to wash the taste out of my mouth until the waitress realized I was ready leave. She asked if I wanted another Pepsi to go. Also, I sat there for a few minutes with my food before they brought me silverware and napkins and the napkins looked like they came from the bathroom dispenser.

The waitress staff wasn't the best I've seen, maybe they were busy with more tables than they can handle as they ate short staffed. The young man who seated us was a laughable joke watching him clear tables. He was working on clearing two tables and made about 6 trips back and forth to do so. And the waitress cleared all the dishes on 1 of the tables for him. Don't know why he didn't bring a tote out and clear them both at one time, maybe youth, no desire to work, or improper training. Then there was the cook, my wife ordered a club sandwich, turned out to be an okay BLT. There was no other meats on it. I ordered a Prime rib dip. It came out extremely well done, burnt on the edges. Prime rib should be medium rare, not well, well done. The fries were just about warm when we got them. Also notice the waitress dropped a roll on the floor ( it happens) she went back to get another one for the customer. She, the young boy, and another waitress walked past this roll about 4 times, never