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Applebees

Lister

By Lister
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

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Lister Rising Star
Lister
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anyone know if they have a gluten-free menu or if they catar to people with celiac?? the only restaurant i can find so far around me is red robin

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Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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When I asked Applebee's about their gluten free status I got a very rude response and have decided I will never go to Applebee's again. They absolutely do not have a gluten free menu.

Have you tried Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, Macaroni Grille, Olive Garden, Carrabba's Italian, or Chili's? All of them have gluten free menu items. You will have to check with your local restaurant though before going there to eat. I've found Outback to be the most Celiac friendly restaurant that I've been at. We go there a few times a month.

Lister Rising Star
Lister
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yeah unfortunatly they are all 2 citys away about a hour away from where i am :( only things around here are

ruby tuesdays, red robin, applebees, taco del mar( if u wanna call that a restruant) loco boys (if you want to call that a restruant) nearly normals cafe ( but i think thats local-hippy food)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I've never been, but I hear that Red Robin is Celiac friendly. There was a thread on it a while back.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

If the hippies there are as into nutrition as the hippies where we used to live, it's probably a great place to eat!!!

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

I used to work at an Applebee's....in general, they are not good about allergies. Even their chicken breasts have a marinade on them that has soy sauce, which has gluten in it. :( Fries are cooked along with gluten-filled items. All their appetizers, dips, etc. have gluten in them. :(

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
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Go to the hippy place! Hippy food is usually very celiac-friendly!

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Lister Rising Star
Lister
Posted
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called the hippie place, she asked if corn as wheat in it :rolleyes: so im not sure if i really wanna go there

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

Lister, was it a manager you spoke to or just an employee? If it wasn't the store owner/manager, I would call back and ask to speak to the manager, he/she may be more knowledgable.

jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
Posted

I wrote a few days ago about my experience at a resturaunt, that I called just a little chuckle. Applebees was the place. :blink:

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
Posted
called the hippie place, she asked if corn as wheat in it :rolleyes: so im not sure if i really wanna go there

Actually a lot of people ask if corn contains gluten. Technically, it does. It's safe for us though.

I just googled that place. If I were stranded in your town and I had to eat somewhere, that's where I would eat :)

powderprincess Rookie
powderprincess
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called the hippie place, she asked if corn as wheat in it :rolleyes: so im not sure if i really wanna go there

yikes, haha. Guhlia is right. Ask a manager :)

wonkabar Contributor
wonkabar
Posted

Applebee's is definately NOT gluten free, but they've tried to be accomodating to my little guy. The last time we were there the mgr was very nice and honest about the fact that all of their fryers have already been used....why not have a dedicated fryer is my question!! We just get my son a plain hamburger that they cook on the grill. He's never gotten sick from the burgers there. Now that I'm thinking of it, I should be telling them to put his burger on foil while they cook it...duh! :blink:

Cheri A Contributor
Cheri A
Posted

We have not had luck at Applebees. The few times we tried, she got sick.

luvs2eat Collaborator
luvs2eat
Posted

Another bad experience at Applebees here. I went thru the whole litany of what I could NOT have on my salad... no croutons, no bread anywhere, nothing that might have contained flour in its lifetime...

So, I get to the bottom of this shrimp salad bowl to find a pile of chinese noodles! I called the waitress over and pointed to them and asked, "What do you suppose these are made of??"

"Those have wheat?" she asked.

UGH!!!

Smunkeemom Enthusiast
Smunkeemom
Posted

funny this thred should show up, I got invited out to Applebee's next week just last night (does that make sense?) anyway I called them last night and the converstation went like this

"I will be visiting your restraunt early next week and I was wondering if you had a gluten free menu."

"nope."

"is there a good time I can come in and talk to you about what I might be able to eat there?"

"we don't cater to weird diets"

and he hung up on me.

yep, that was the manager. :(

I called my friend and told her what happened and she said "we won't eat there then" and I said thanks, and she said "no, you don't understand, I won't ever go back."

she is a good friend. :)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted
funny this thred should show up, I got invited out to Applebee's next week just last night (does that make sense?) anyway I called them last night and the converstation went like this

"I will be visiting your restraunt early next week and I was wondering if you had a gluten free menu."

"nope."

"is there a good time I can come in and talk to you about what I might be able to eat there?"

"we don't cater to weird diets"

and he hung up on me.

yep, that was the manager. :(

I called my friend and told her what happened and she said "we won't eat there then" and I said thanks, and she said "no, you don't understand, I won't ever go back."

she is a good friend. :)

Wow. That is pathetic. Good for your friend!

penguin Community Regular
penguin
Posted
funny this thred should show up, I got invited out to Applebee's next week just last night (does that make sense?) anyway I called them last night and the converstation went like this

"I will be visiting your restraunt early next week and I was wondering if you had a gluten free menu."

"nope."

"is there a good time I can come in and talk to you about what I might be able to eat there?"

"we don't cater to weird diets"

and he hung up on me.

yep, that was the manager. :(

I called my friend and told her what happened and she said "we won't eat there then" and I said thanks, and she said "no, you don't understand, I won't ever go back."

she is a good friend. :)

And that's when you call corporate and raise hell. Don't they have some wierd Atkins or WW menu? Why aren't those wierd diets?

Smunkeemom Enthusiast
Smunkeemom
Posted
And that's when you call corporate and raise hell. Don't they have some wierd Atkins or WW menu? Why aren't those wierd diets?

meh. If he is going to be like that on the phone, God only knows what he would do to my food when I came in. I won't be going there. I guess corporate might want to know he was being a jerk and probably lost a lot of customers (since everyone I know is going to hear about it, same for my friend)

EG+FC Apprentice
EG+FC
Posted

I went to eat at Applebees after I became gluten-free. I spoke to the manager and he was so nice to me. I asked him what I could eat and he said that grilled chicken was okay. He also said that he thinks that the BBQ sauce was okay. So I got happy and ordered that with a house salad. When it comes down to it, the manager was wrong. My tummy got really bloated and I felt soo sick. I will def. not eat there again. :(

penguin Community Regular
penguin
Posted
meh. If he is going to be like that on the phone, God only knows what he would do to my food when I came in. I won't be going there. I guess corporate might want to know he was being a jerk and probably lost a lot of customers (since everyone I know is going to hear about it, same for my friend)

Yeah, that was more my point. I wouldn't even set foot in there with management like that, and I bet corporate would not appreciate what he said to you. Even if they don't cater to "wierd diets" there is certainly a better way to say it. :angry:

eKatherine Rookie
eKatherine
Posted

Whether the manager's attitude is rude or he's a polite one, the message is the same. All the food is pre-prepared. Nothing is cooked to order, so they really can't do anything special for you, even the tiniest little bit.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
"I will be visiting your restraunt early next week and I was wondering if you had a gluten free menu."

"nope."

"is there a good time I can come in and talk to you about what I might be able to eat there?"

"we don't cater to weird diets"

and he hung up on me.

yep, that was the manager. :(

Unbelieveable! I kind of wondered about Applebees as we have one not too far away--but after reading this, I won't bother to check. <_<

Iron Jack Kidd Newbie
Iron Jack Kidd
Posted

I believe you have to suspect all restaurant fryers; breaded stuff is getting cooked in them all the time. I have had bad experiences in both Red Robin and AppleBee's. =/

Smunkeemom Enthusiast
Smunkeemom
Posted

Okay, so I called the corp. office and they said they would email me information, and I got the email today, it says....

"Thank you for your recent request for a list of gluten-free menu items available at Applebee's. Due to the frequency in which we change our menus, as well as the small risk of cross-contamination, we can not provide the list you requested. The health and safety of our guests is simply too important to risk sharing inaccurate or outdated nutritional information."

so, they are def. not safe.

just thought you guys would want to know.

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