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      Applebee's

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      Applebee's reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,788 total reviews)
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      Tony Marolejo

      67% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,788 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applebee's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      10K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 20, 2026

      Great Place to Work

      Server/waiter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great environment and fun atmosphere.

      Cons

      Long hours on some weekend nights.

      2.0
      Feb 19, 2026

      Meh

      Waitress/bartender
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Got free food which was nice

      Cons

      Management does not care about you and borderline groomy.

      2.0
      Feb 15, 2026

      Great coworkers, terrible customers

      Server
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      At the Gull Road location you can meet coworkers that will be your friend for a long time, if you like workplace drama you'll probably hear plenty and so long as you stay out of it it can be interesting. Some days can be fairly relaxed, and the half off all food is pretty good.

      Cons

      Not giving any breaks to eat lunch so you're gonna finish insanely hungry, it's overall just pretty messy management-wise, and worst of all, the majority of customers are just wow, the worst customers you will meet. Mostly very old grumpy people that think it's okay to talk to servers like they're robots or misbehaving dogs. It can get busy pretty fast, and actual holidays might as well be the underworld. Quite literally the most stressful job I've ever had, it's the only job I've had quite literal nightmares about.

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