Applebee's Grill + Bar

4835 Florida Ave S, Lakeland
(863) 701-7400

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First time back since their redo, it looks great!!! Rob and I went there tonight around 5ish pm. Yes we're seniors. Lol. Curtis was our server and he aimed to please. He checked on us often. The food was very good as always. Curtis made our time an event. Kudos to the Host who sat us and Curtis, our server and Sara, the Manager, who's great and we've known for many years. Applebees, Southside is our place. 10 stars if I could.
Very disappointed. I had my wife and I. I had the linguine with chicken parmesan. The linguine was old and the sauce tasted metallic. The tomato sauce on top of the chicken parm was more like tomato paste with Italian seasoning. Just thrown on top of it. There was only two waitresses and one of them was the bartender it took while to get service. Very disappointed.
It's a fine place. But it's just woefully understaffed. One front, one bartender, maybe two waitresses, I can only imagine the back was two people and this was at lunch on a weekend. Everyone did their best but it took over two hours by the end of dessert. Annoyances like a dirty wine glass - we just cope because we know the bartender probably is doing 4+ jobs.

This is a failure of management. Staff your restaurant.

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