Applebee's reviews

3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,789 total reviews)
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Tony Marolejo

67% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Applebee's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,789 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).

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10K reviews
2.0
Feb 15, 2026
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.

4.0
Feb 12, 2026

Chance to make good money

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good money! Fast pace! Easy to learn!

Cons

Not always the nicest people you are serving

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