Applebee's Grill + Bar

3006 4th St SW, Mason City - 50401
137 reviews
Sports Bar Burgers American
(641) 424-0026

A bit over priced depending on what you get. I had a prime rib dipper with a side salad it was good but a little spendy. Hubby had a chicken and pasta dish that was very small for the price and came with a small scoop of potatoes no breadstick like they used to serve with the pasta dishes. Little one had the Mac and cheese kids meal it was a big bowl of Mac and cheese and a big bowl of mashed potatoes. She thoroughly enjoyed her Mac and cheese but didn't care for the potatoes which was OK as daddy finished them up for her.

We hadn't eaten at Applebee's for a couple years, as the food and service in the past had been only 'so-so'. This time was no different. My burger was a bit overcooked. Not burned, just a little overdone. My fries were warm and somewhat soggy, not hot. As though they had sat in the basket above the fryer for some time. My wife's salmon salad was 'ok', but not great. The waitress wasn't bad, but only checked on us once during the whole meal, and it literally took 10 minutes for her to bring back our bill and a to-go box after we had asked for it. It was 2PM and not very busy. I had a tall Brewtus of beer with my meal, after seeing the sign advertising '$3 Bewtus all day', but when I got home I found they had charged me $6.59 for it. It will be a while before we go to Applebee's again. As a grade, I'd give it a C-...

EDIT:: Same order different day. When we walked in the door it said that they were "short staffed and have limited seating" there were 3 tables total so we thought, oh it won't be that bad.. . We had the worst service to date (I'm sure it's more fun to giggle in the kitchen but CHECK ON YOUR TABLES especially when they can hear you the Whole Time ??‍♀️?). They did a shift change bringing in the "Manager" who didn't seem to raise the bar at all and her attitude ?over all it sucked. Go to B Dubs down the street.Haven't been to Applebee's in quite a while but it was a good choice on this Sunday afternoon! I did the Tex-Mex shrimp bowl and my husband got a quesadilla burger he loves the quesadilla burger. They always have a good side salad. I ordered a perfect margarita and that was very tasty as well. Service was good today

Great menu, great food! Polite and helpful staff.

Great service delicious food and not long of a wait at all even when busy... Tend to need help with wait staff so occasionally closes early but otherwise awesome!

Disappointing. Wrong salad dressing brought, didn't have baked potato only mashed and meat was not cooked the way we asked and it was tuff . Last time we were there everything was great .

I got ribs, my wife got a fajita type thing, and we got cheese curds for an appetizer. My ribs were lukewarm and my wife got sick from her fajitas. The cheese curds were good but very expensive.

Food was good, service was not. Taylor B (waitress) tried too hard for her tip in the weirdest ways. She wasn't attentive, didn't say 2 words to me the whole time however loved blatantly flirting with my boyfriend.

The bartender was friendly and attentive without being overly attentive. My Cajun Salmon was delicious and cooked perfectly, however, the mashed potatoes and broccoli were cold. So cold the butter didn't melt or soften. Our bartender fixed the issue quickly. So the service is a 5 star but the kitchen is a 2 star.

Food quality isn't great. I feel for the price there are a few better places in town to go for dine in eating.