“It’s business lunch Applebee’s, their menu is diner-style all-over-the-place so there’s something for everyone without having to ask or worry about dietary preferences, but it looks reasonably nice inside”
H3
3.6/10American
AI-generated summary
People go here because it is big, takes reservations and has a menu that covers every diet, not because the food is great. The common line is Applebee’s with a trust fund, average and overpriced. The and the are what regulars actually defend. It is also extremely loud.
“It’s business lunch Applebee’s, their menu is diner-style all-over-the-place so there’s something for everyone without having to ask or worry about dietary preferences, but it looks reasonably nice inside”
H3
“All that effort and it still is just kind of meh. Like those French fries take 2 days to make. 2 days! Why?!?! They're aggressively average.”
H3
“Is it exquisite cuisine? No. It's diner food for people with expense accounts. But it's also so consistently *acceptable* that it's unlikely to piss anyone off.”
H3
“The Smith brought my wife food poisoning with their mussels and then tried to tell us she drank too much (she had one glass of white wine) when they caused her to puke. I was having a hard time thinking of a place to close until you said this. It is objectively the correct answer for so many reasons.”
H3
“what I got was maybe 10-15 nickel-sized rings of squid that were so thin that I was barely biting into anything past the breading.”
H3
“It gave my wife food poisoning. Their mussels were tainted. They accused her of being too wasted in the toilet. She’d had half a glass of white wine. Fuck the Smith.”
H3
“It was all just so flavorless and rubbery— just lame overall. I wouldn’t try any others because of that one experience.”
H3
“Tons of food and it was all very good!”
H3
“They are consistent and great for a group. They're the place for a warm, cozy burger or something you want that sticks to your ribs. It's way better diner food, and for the prices diners charge now, it's basically a bargain.”
H3
“We walked in there on a recent trip to NYC and it was fucking awful.”
H3
“the occaisonal times that I have the quality of the Mac and cheese was very inconsistent.”
H3
“from the first bite of the mac and cheese I knew it was far from excellent.”
H3