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Applebee's Grill + Bar

+1 641-683-1711
1303 Vaughn Dr, Ottumwa, IA 52501 United States of America
Open Today: 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Amenities

Service options
  • Delivery
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in
Highlights
  • Fast service
  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great dessert
  • Great tea selection
  • Sports
Popular for
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Healthy options
  • Late-night food
  • Small plates
  • Vegetarian options
  • Wine
Dining options
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Dessert
  • Seating
Amenities
  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
Atmosphere
  • Casual
  • Cozy
  • Trendy
Crowd
  • College students
  • Family-friendly
  • Groups
  • LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Tourists
  • Transgender safespace
Planning
  • Accepts reservations
Payments
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments
Children
  • Good for kids
  • High chairs
  • Kids' menu
Parking
  • Free parking lot
  • Free street parking
  • Parking
Other
  • LGBTQ+ friendly

Best WLM Reviews

The burgers are amazing! The Classic Combo, Caesar Salad, Fiesta Lime Chicken are also great choices! The desert OMG ???? Go for Triple Chocolate Meltdown if you accept the sugar rush challenge, or Brownie Bite for a little piece of sweet to treat your stomach ????
Update: had the Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp today, and this is now my new favorite dish here ????
No stars on my food.
I ordered a prime rib dipper and not only was the meat burnt to a char but there was a piece of plastic, like a bread tie, that had been cooked along with the meat on the sandwich.
My mom and me went in for some half priced apps and our server Kyli was AMAZING! Food was fast and hot! The manager even stopped by to check if everything was tasting good! I tried the new rockin popping shirley temple it didn’t disappoint!
Had lunch there because my 88 year old father likes 1 of their dishes. I ordered a bourbon style chicken and shrimp w/garlic mashed potatoes. Chicken was hard on 1 side, I'm thinking it was precooked and set aside on the grill. You can image what that's like. Onions and mushrooms were also done a head. Super heated skillet. Throw this collection of culinary catastrophe on top and run it out to me, the customer. I ate it because Mom & Dad were happy with their meals. Neither of them can smell or taste for the record. Server was personable and did her job well. She is the reason for the rating from me. Overall, for the cost per person, I feel we didn't get our monies worth and the blame falls on the kitchen and whomever is in charge of the hot food. Sister ordered a Asian style salad and said it was perfect. Take a chance if you want, but check the roster first. My opinion
Ordered Garlic Parm wings. They came out DRY with no sauce. I ask the waitress if I can get some sauce and shredded parmesan. Like, how it usually comes, and she brings out a HUGE cup of shredded parmesan first. Then I ask for sauce. She brings it out ICE COLD. I don't think it should've been brought out of the kitchen DRY. No manager in sight. We probably won't be back
The foods was amazing but not as amazing as are waitresses Halley. She was so nice and friendly. When I saw her the first time I thought it was a angel falling from the sky. Love at first sight. made sure we had everything we needed. And r food was done fast and very good quality. It was the best experience.
Me and my friends decided to meet up after a long day of work, to get some appetizers and fun drinks! My waitress was Meghan, and she did a wonderful job bartending AND serving! She was very busy, but very attentive which was amazing of her! She made me a non-alcoholic shark bowl!!! It was very tasty! My friends also loved their drinks that she made them! We loved the spinach and artichoke dip and chips, and also the triple chocolate meltdown!
This was my first time going to any Applebee's. They seated us fast and the waiter was very nice. Jelisa was her name and she was great. It was a bit busy so they forgot out appetizer till after we got our other food but it did make it to the table. It was queso n corn chips but in my opinion it had too much onion flavor for a white cheese dip. Everything else we had was delicious.
I'd go back for sure. It was clean and had good seating. They had multiple T.Vs fir sports viewing if you're in to that. A bar in the center.
I want to add that they did offer an extra beer at no cost so that made up for the not so great queso n chips.
2nd time was better than the first time. The food was amazing.

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Opening Hours

Sunday 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Monday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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