Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

So it started out as five stars. We got sat fast and our server was sweet. But from there it went down hill. Our food finally came out but stuff was wrong or missing. There were four of us in a group .it took forever for one friends tea to get a refill. our coffee cups were so full we could not put cream and sugar. My eggs in a basket that I ordered were suppose to be made with egg beaters not real eggs. When they came out you could tell it was cooked with real eggs and then real eggs poked out and egg beaters thrown on top. My best friend never got her biscuits so when we asked another waiter she had a attitude about the who thing .all in all not our best first experience.

A few good people and I visited this Cracker Barrel location around 11ish on a Saturday morning on our way to the lake to visit family. An easy breakfast that didn’t involve cooking and cleaning up a kitchen mess sounded like the best option before a road trip.
The restaurant was not busy at all. Which I thought was odd, but I’ll gladly take a no-​wait, here’s your table entry. The server was nice. She moved kind of slow for how much business (which wasn’t a lot-​we got princess parking!!) they had. She also screwed up our orders a little bit and didn’t come back to refill drinks for a long while. Another server had to bring us the missing items. Though she was nice, she needed a little improvement. Our server had no sense of urgency. When she did finally come back to the table she just dropped checks off.
The food was pretty good. It isn’t Wild Eggs by any means, but it is inexpensive and easy to get in and out of.

Service is poorly horrible.
I honestly come here every weekend to have brunch /​breakfast and today I felt like I am beyond disappointed. The waitress’s don’t even know what I wanted to order, looked at the menu and just stood there.
It IS NOT MY PROBLEM. That you didn’t have a good night rest but don’t take your anger/​frustration on me.
I am not enjoying it at ALL. This was our favorite location to go too also since we live down the street, and after today, I will tell my friends and my family who comes here often what happen.
Not only you lost two today but you lost two of your loyal customers. I am usually a big tipper but today I don’t know what’s going on but she def doesn’t deserve my business. Cracker Barrel employees need more experiences in customer service.

I am a big fan of consistency. This cracker barrel delivers it, despite not living up to the name as I have yet to see a barrel of crackers or a barrel made from crackers.
Most cracker barrels are located off major roads, which I presume is to make things easier for travelers. However, their parking lots are hard to get into — getting to the Cracker Barrel is a warm up for the puzzles they leave at the table. If you can get to parking lot one is worthy of their hashbrown casserole.
This Cracker Barrel is between the highway and my house so I eat here often when people are traveling and make a pit stop to share a meal. I love that we can meet there, have a decent meal with far away friends without having to put forth the effort to cook a meal and clean the house. Going here engenders the risk that you’ll run into an old teammate or college roommate on a road trip that you intentionally lost contact with though so be careful!
The staff here is also quick about what they’re doing and have this strange habit of letting you know if something is holding up your food and refilling your drinks. The food is familiar Americana so you can’t go wrong — unless you’re pork adverse and almost everything has pork fat in or near it.
This place is easy to get to and the staff is friendly and efficient. I can’t ask for more.

Went for lunch with my wife after a weekend get away… the service was good and was able to have a nice conversation with our waitress about the area. Overall the food was typical of a Cracker Barrel so expectations there were meet. The only real complaint was I did observe one waitress use her hands to pick up a dirty broom and then touch a customers food, but it was at the patrons request so because he didn’t like the temp of something…

After the last CB experience, I was not sure if we would try again. This location was close to the hotel and worth the stop.
The whole family enjoyed breakfast for dinner. We were seated and quickly greeted by Ashley, who was a great server… attentive, professional, and fun.
The restaurant was a little dirty and could use a good cleaning.
Except for the food, all of it, being a little cold, dinner tasted good. Cracker Barrel has yummilicious food, just need to pay attention to some of the details. But I will pony up a surprising 4 star.

You would think a company that has been in business this long could figure out how to seat people properly, but we went with a party of eight and they seated over thirty people before we got seated. And they argued with us about how tables could be pulled together. You don’t seat a party of seven who just arrived before a party of eight who have been waiting for 30 minutes.
The only saving grace was our very polite and professional server, Kristina Howell! She brought refills without having to be asked and made sure we were taken care of. SHE deserves five stars, but the establishment deserves one star. They need to learn how to improve Customer Experience.

This «Old Country Store and Restaurant» is awesome. The country store is merchandised in such a creative way. The colors are balanced; each section is a theme of some sort. Nautical, sweets, whites, naturals to name a few. With each display section you will find clothing (tops, bottoms) and accessories: bags, hats, earrings, scarves that work together. Today I found 2 bags and 2 pairs of earrings that I love. The shop is mostly for women and children sorry guys but this store is amazing.
I love the décor in the restaurant as well. Old country tools and paintings, rustic appeal really beautiful to look at. I ordered one of the specials BBQ ribs half rack with 2 sides (fried okra and green beans) with sweet raspberry tea. The ribs were very tender and the okra and green beans had a nice flavor, the tea was delicious and refreshing. The prices were very reasonable and our waitress was wonderful, attentive, helpful and courteous.
I would love to eat and shop here again and again. Not only were the salespeople friendly the customers were friendly. I had several conversations with other wives shopping while all our husbands sat outside rocking in the chairs and enjoying the view.

Started to write a negative review about this particular Cracker Barrel location 2 months ago, but the manager begged me not to and gave me and my kids a free meal.
Yesterday was a repeat of the same awful experience. Three groups seated in front of us.
Drinks arrived after food. Silverware brought after drinks, after waitress was asked what we are supposed to eat with. Two out of three knives were dirty. Drinks never refilled. Two out of three meals served incorrect.
Waitress, Emily, was short with us at all times, be them far apart.
I live local but will never waste another dollar at this place.
STAY AWAY!!!
Rats in the Cobb Salad!!!

The wait staff held it together well when I65 was stopped and backed up to Louisville. There was a reasonable wait, considering the unexpected crowd. My rainbow trout was perfectly cooked and seasoned and my husband loved his country fried steak. Kudos!

I had gone nearly 30 years of my life without eating at a Cracker Barrel. I was brought here by my (then) girlfriend, for a meal with her family. I thought to myself, «oh great, this will be swell» and looked forward to the event. First time at a Cracker Barrel, first time meeting her family (after a funeral they all attended), and first time driving past the Snyder to get to a restaurant. Win-​win-​win.
Unfortunately it didn’t turn out so swell. The place clearly works for families of a specific background. It seems to be doing well, financially, and I know these places are popular across interstates all over America. I just… don’t know why. Service was OK. Food was bland and cold, sort of like the atmosphere. We didn’t even have to wait to be seated. I couldn’t imagine waiting for an hour to eat at a place like this.
At least I learned a valuable lesson that Sunday — a family that chooses Cracker Barrel stays together (and those that have never been to one before, don’t stick around for too long).

A pit stop at Cracker Barrel is the quintessential sign that the Smith family is on a southbound vacation. This is one of the few occasions when you won’t hear me nagging to find a local spot. There’s something about the rocking chairs out front, clusterf*** front store, checker and table side games and hash brown casserole that keep me coming back for more.
My recommendations for newbies:
–opt to have your sourdough bread grilled and don’t miss out on the blackberry jam
–the blackened catfish is delicious (and comes with low-​cal versions)
–if breakfast — and you feel like porking out– give the old timer’s breakfast a whirl-​grits, meat, casserole, eggs, a side of heart attack garnished with an orange slice to lighten up the guilt
–lastly, this place is super budget-​friendly

I love eating at CB. I do so about 50 times a year. I have to say this is the worst service I have ever gotten at one of these stores. They are not that busy either.
The good is fine but the service very slow. I wonder if it is just my server?

In 2 words …
Drive on.

Chicken fried chicken was terrible! I’ve had TV dinners better than this! The portions were a joke. Service was prompt but not very friendly at all. If you’re not on the verge of blacking out from starvation… keep driving!

Can’t go wrong with Cracker Barrel! Good Classics.

This particular location happened to be exactly like every other Cracker Barrel I’ve ever been to. Standard «mock southern» cooking and packed to the gills with travelers. My visit here was the first time I had something other than breakfast and I was actually surprised how not awful it was. I ordered the catfish dinner. The Mac & cheese was dry like it had been sitting too long under a heat lamp, but aside from that it was all delicious looking and tasting. I might actually order dinner again on another visit.
Also– I love that they offer Stewarts bottled diet & standard root beer as a drink option.

Expensive but some times it’s not worth the money

Ewwww, Franken-​chicken alert!!!
While I still enjoyed my dinner of fried pork chops with country «vegetables», my hubby’s order of Chicken Fried Chicken was pretty close to inedible. I did not believe him when he told me the chicken was chewy and rubbery. So I tried it for my own sake… OMG…it was the weirdest piece of chicken I have ever tasted. It was rubbery with a bouncy squeak when I chewed down on it… such weird texture… I even pried away the outer fried shell to make sure it was chicken meat. It appeared to be chicken meat. But I am unable to confirm it.
Stay away from that fried chicken! Everything else about our meal was good as usual. The service was friendly and efficient.

Junk, Junk, and more Junk.
I really am not a fan of this mock southern style restaurant. My only reason in going was because my mother said so. Although I can protest on Unilocal,I would never protest to my mom.
The place was crowded as usual with no room to move because everyone was surrounded by Better Homes memorabilia. Our service was fine, I do not blame the people that work there for the restaurant quality. The food was perfectly bland and tasteless, even for eggs and bacon.
I will not be checking in anytime soon for an update. The motto for this restaurant/​store seems to be over portion is fine if it is at a cheap cost.
They may be known by their fans as the country home store with rocking chairs out front, but to me they will always be known as the southern embarrassment.