Applebee's Grill + Bar 1301 Kansas Drive, Paola, KS 66071

"I hesitated to share this, but it really made me not want to go back. The waitress did great and the food was fresh and hot. My problem was the really loud hard rock music playing. I went in with a small headache and left with a big one. I understand that everyone has their own music preferences. As I looked around, it was older people on a Sunday coming from church or a few couples. It was just not my thing I guess. There were some ladies that finally asked for the music to be turned down. That’s probably what I should have done. Maybe look at who the bulk of your customers are plan accordingly?"

"Great service from our waiter. We had a large group walk in and the two ladies we had were very diligent with helping us get seated. However, the food was atrocious. Burnt and dry, not worth the price. That being said, I have also noticed in the past servers and cooks taking their anger out on specific servers of the night, using them as a scapegoats. It’s disappointing."

"4-5 people working the kitchen, fully staffed servers, hardly busy, waited an hour for sandwiches, 2/3 of our dishes had hair in them. Wait staff was passing out plastic to go forks due to no clean silverware. Although management let us go without paying, this place needs a health inspection and new management."

"Our server was outstanding. Food was decent, but we were exceptionally disappointed with the cook swearing at servers and being an overall jerk to the servers. Honestly, the management needs to get this under control. We would have walked out had we not been so impressed by our server. We should not have to sit down to enjoy a family meal only to be subjected to offensive language. We won’t be returning to this location unless we hear from management that this problem has been addressed."