Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

We got here at 10:30 am. The place was not crowded at all. The waitress did not come to our table until 10:50. We ordered our drinks and food at 10:50, the drinks arrived at 10:56. The food was served at 11:10 and it was very good. The waitress was ver nice. But the place is probably under staffed.

In general, I’m a huge fan of Cracker Barrel and eat there often. My experience at this particular location left a lot to be desired. It was Saturday at 11:00 and they were fairly busy. When we walked up to check in, there were two groups ahead of us. The hostess was doing something with her little tablet computer thing for about three minutes before she took the first group back. It was a family of five and she was seriously gone more than five minutes seating them. Altogether, it took us about 15 minutes to be seated. When we were seated, she had given us breakfast menus, but no lunch menu. After about five minutes, we still hadn’t seen a waitress so I walked back up to the hostess station and got menus on my own. Finally, a waitress from the adjoining section saw our situation and took over our table. Our food took a very long time to come out as well. From the time we walked up to the hostess until we got our food was about 45 minutes. The waitress who took care of us was really good after we finally got her. The food was your standard Cracker Barrel fare, which is to say good and consistent. This location just needs to up their service game.

We just went for breakfast of pancakes and bacon. The restaurant was not even half full. Our service was terrible, our drinks took 5 min, our order took over 25 minutes! For pancakes!!! When they finally came, the bacon was inedible, the pancakes were rubber and the plates were burning hot from sitting in the window. We will never be back! The management was apathetic and said «we’re doing the best we can». What? Clearly, pancakes are a science these days and no one cares about the customer anymore. I’ve worked in food service for many years and I know when it’s the kitchen, the server or the capacity of the place. This is unacceptable. Do not go there!!!

I’ve been here several times in Florida and Georgia and I have come to the conclusion that this is not my cup of tea. I just don’t like the bland flavors. It is edible but there is no pop to anything. Everything is so plain jane. I really hate the long waits especially for food that doesn’t WOW me. I will probably rather go to a Denny’s than here. Maybe it’s just me bit I don’t like the food. The service is great though.

OMG…5 STARS for Cracker Barrel!
Sooooo, I am thinking, «Where shall I dine tonight?» We, as a family, have had sushi, Italian, fancy schmancy dining, I think I am in the mood for down home southern cooking – and my mommy doesn’t cook, so what to do, what to do? Yep, Cracker Barrel.
We jumped in the family car and headed to the Cracker Barrel nearest to where we were at the time. We parked pretty easily, and then walked to the entrance. There were rocking chairs all over the patio area with plenty of people chilaxxin – even a few nasty smokers – okay, it’s not Cali, I get it.
We walked into the entrance and there is a HUGE «General Store» type thing going on in there. My mommy said, «Let’s eat Stephani Lea and then we can come back and shop.» Okay ;(
We are greeted in typical southern manner – «Hey y’all, how many?»
My family and I entered the restaurant and were led to a comfortable table near a warm and cozy fire place. There were little games on the tables with tiny pegs – I played until the food came. The waitress, Haylee, was incredible! She probably is not more than 18 years old, but really understands «hospitality» to the core. LOVED HER!!!
Haylee made sure we had everything we wanted, from sweet tea refills, to more butter, to more cornbread muffins, to extra gravy for the dumplings… ON POINT!
I ordered the fried catfish, with fried okra and mac n cheese and also added some dumplings… yep, call me FATTIE! I also had plenty of sweet tea to wash down the southern food. I guess you truly do only live once, so why not fill your temple with cholesterol, fat, complex carbs, etc… I never do this, so it kinda feels good ;)
I really love Cracker Barrel. I wish we had these in the Bay Area, but people are too healthy for a concept like this to actually «make it» there. We even visited the «Country Store» after the meal. I bought a little gift for my friend at home and some Xmas stuff that was cheap by now.
The service we received from Haylee was comparable to fine dining as far as her constant check backs, pre-​bussing, hospitality, up-​selling, concern for the guests, etc.
Cracker Barrel – if you don’t know what you have in this super star employee you are missing the mark – we LOVED Haylee. She made my Dirty South visit ultra «Dirty South,» if you know what that means…
Still catching up on my Thanksgiving reviews… thank you for being patient. This was before that awful foot surgery… I am just happy I could visit my fam and teach them about Unilocal.
Stephani Smiles for Cracker Barrel ;)

First time I’ve ordered lunch. I tried the apple chicken salad and I was impressed. One of the best salads I’ve had in a long time. The grilled blue berry muffin was a great touch.

First off let me say I’m a huge fan of Cracker Barrel i love their food and their service is exceptional. But not this particular instance! I made a new account just for this review I was that upset about it. We walk in and are told the usual that it would be 20 minutes or so before we would be seated (large family.) Well after 30 minutes we ask about our table again and are informed our table would be ready, «any minute now.» According to the Hostess. we waited nearly one hour and we still hear nothing and we just left. I’ve been here before and they’ve never been so bad.

I normally go to the one in Conyers. This location is closer than conyers so we decided to go here today. What a great choice. I do not know if it is owned by a different person but it is 100X better than the Conyers location. The food was better and tasted more homemade than the other ever has. My family and I really enjoyed it. The waitress was awesome and she always made sure our drinks were full. I will be visiting this location from now on.

Country Cooking
I love Cracker Barrel more for nostalgia sake than anything else — maybe it is because we do not have them in the New York City area; not sure.
The good thing about this chain is that the food is solid — this is definitely not gourmet stuff but solid and filling fare.
This Cracker Barrel was fairly empty when we blew in on our way over to Augusta — we were hungry and in need of some liquids to rehydrate so this was the perfect pit-​stop for us.
Since we were having a fairly large and elaborate dinner later in the day I didn’t want to get crazy with heavy southern fried anything– so I just went with a salad. My buddy, on the other hand, scarfed down a plate of chicken and dumplings like he just got out of a concentration camp — the boy was hungry I guess.
The food was fine– the biscuits were salty as all get out, but other than that, not issues.
Waitress was great and we were energized and on our way in short order.
A good stopping place if in the area.
Parking all around.