Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Place gets packed on the weekend. Canes and walkers everywhere! If you order food over the phone and pay at the counter and wait for your food by the hostsess. Also, if you have a weird last name like mine, the person bringing your food out going, «oh fuck no this can’t be a real last name»

Eating dinner here and I had to stop eating my pie to let the internet know how awesome our server, Laura g, was!

It was okay. My boyfriend hadn’t been here in 12 years and I haven’t ever been to a cracker barrel so I decided to check it out. He got the BLT sandwich and I got the salmon patties with green beans and steamed broccoli.
The BLT was huge and said to be satisfying. My green beans tasted like they were from a can and just sautéed with oil and seasoning. the broccoli tasted like it was frozen, and the patties were nothing special. I was a little disappointed because cracker barrel always has raving reviews. It’s just like any other cheap food chain.
As for service, the waiter was very nice and we got our meals really quick.

Have been to this location several times and twice with the same server who is just awful. Older woman with long brown hair named Beverly. If you get her, ask to be reseated or you will be forgotten about, get cold food delivered and extremely poor service. i’m actually quite surprised she still has a job. I usually don’t like to complain but had to let the management know what poor service in her section and it wasn’t the first time. Never again… Will go to Culvers and get better service and a hot meal with a smile.

Great food and great service. Nice relaxing dinner after a day at Carowinds. It’s convenient to the park and we know it will be good quality food

This review got four stars because of our waitress since she was awesome. Her name was Angie if my memory serves me right. I couldn’t give 5 stars because they were out of several items on the menu. We went there after long day at Carowinds. It was nice to eat some decent food after eating junk all day.

Happy Mother’s Day – NOT! We were seated immediately and congratulated ourselves for choosing to go at an off time like 3:00pm. Unfortunately we were to quick to celebrate our good fortune because things got ugly quick. We waited a good 15 mins for someone to take our drink order and another 20 to get the drink order. Add another 15 minutes and our waiter brought out burned corn bread for our dining pleasure. We should have left at this point, but being the hopeful people we are we waited another 10 – 15 minutes to be served our dinner. My husband ordered a sirloin steak medium, he received some unknown cut of meat burned to a crisp. The waiter then proceeded to put down my meal, however half of it was missing. At this point, we told the waiter to just bring dinner for our kids and take or two meals off the check. 20 minutes later the manager has taken our two meals off the check, but he has failed to come talk to us even though we requested such. Thank you so much Cracker Barrel for a truly awful Mother’s Day meal experience.

This place sucks. The wait time is ridiculous. The waitress couldn’t remember what she had to bring to the table. I asked for a water 4 times before finally getting a cup after my meal. After 45 minutes of waiting I was served frozen breaded chicken with some type of gelatin gravy sauce. My family were left with thick pancakes. I only tipped out of common courtesy. Needless to say this place will never get my money again.

always satisfied

Terrible service… way too many waitors-​waitresses to wait 15 mins and not even get a glass of water. Never mind the fact that the hostess walked by THREE TIMES, tried to make eye contact but she looked the other way. Two other waitresses walked right by us. We got up and left… NEVER coming back!

Food was good portions were odd in size and plating… SERVICE WAS AMAIZNG THOUGH Danielle was sweet, attentive, timely.

I went in solo — there was a huge crowd but, the atmosphere was very pleasant so I didn’t mind waiting and looking around their little shop. My waitress was pleasant enough and the food was delicious — I had the catfish and hash brown side dish (wish I would’ve picked a different side but, it was decent enough), and some mixed veggies that were delicious. I left with a smile and I felt I got what I paid for — good food and good service.

I’m so glad there is a Cracker Barrel near Carowinds. I love going with family and enjoy their fresh coffee and home cooked meals. It’s always a fun trip to eat here. I even love the gift shop too. I always get Grandpa’s Breakfast. I also ask for cheese in my eggs and hash browns.

We woke up this morning in the mood for breakfast out, and what better choice than a Cracker Barrel, right?
Not the case today. I’m not sure what it was, but from the waitress to the orders — (did not come out as ordered) to pouring coffee on our table twice when filling coffee (we had a toddler at our table, maybe this was making her nervous). My daughter asked if her eggs could be made two different ways (it said how you want them) and the face she was given said a thousand words.
My daughter also ordered Apple juice and her cup was empty so she ordered another one. The waitress said «there’s no refills» and my daughter said «I know but I would like another one» — to which the waitress said «I’ll bring you fifteen of them if you want to pay for them, is that what you want?» Kind of rude, maybe she didn’t sleep well the night before.
And the gravy was tasteless today which didn’t bode well for biscuits and gravy for breakfast. The kids ordered the double meat and the sausage patties were pink inside and tasted off. Even the grits were bland today.
For 35 dollars for three people I would have preferred someplace else. Funny part is when our bill came she put a smiley face after her name.

The kids have been begging for Cracker Barrel pancakes so I took one for the team and we went back for the first time since my other review.
I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. We were seated right away and our waitress actually knew a little about her job. They actually had the items we ordered (wow!!) and the food came out in a completely reasonable amount of time. One huge bonus is that it looks like the actually dusted the picture frames and knick knacks. No spook house worthy cobwebs.
There were minor glitches. The waitress delivered no plates or jelly with the biscuits, she deserted us a bit after the food came out but another waitress who was awesome came to our rescue. The cashier when we paid was a huge grouch. Huge. But that interaction was brief, so no biggie.
Maybe they have a new management team. This location seems to be inching towards decent.

I’d give It a Most Improved Rating for Service
My wife and late Sister-​in-​Law loved this place for brunch after Church on Sunday.
I hated it because of the Service, Food was always good but service was exceptionally slow to where it was painful just to go.
Finally relented and went back last Sunday for Brunch. It was crowded as usual but the appear to have learned how to better manage the crowd. When I walked in and looked at the crowd, I expected at least half and hour wait.
We were seated in just over 15 minutes and our server was right there to give us menus and take our orders. I had the Steak and Eggs and they came our perfect in a very reasonable amount of time.
Too early to give them an approval rating because this could have been a aberation but if they continue like this time, they are well on the their way to getting just that.

The food was just ok, basic chain fare. That being said, our server, Michael was excellent. We were seated immediately and the food came out quickly. Some of the other reviews had me worried about the cleanliness of the place but we found it to be quite clean, one of the cleanest Cracker Barrels we have been to.

I went to this Cracker Barrel on a Thursday evening. The staff was very friendly. We were seated quickly. The breakfast meal with Pancakes, bacon, and eggs arrived about 5 mins after being ordered.
The food was OK. A Waffle House plate of similar build is more appealing than what I was served. The friendly attitude of the staff here balanced the outing a bit. I was asked by at least 4 different individuals if everything was to my satisfaction. I also enjoyed the nostalgia of the old candies and snacks from the 80’s and 90’s.
Overall is was a very middle of the road experience. Good service. OK food. Pretty good price point.

Ambience?
You can hear the screams from the roller coasters across the street.
Location?
In front of Carrowinds Amusement Park.
Food?
Dude, it’s Cracker Barrel.

A great breakfast spot, Cracker Barrel is one of the most consistent brands I have ever encountered. On this particular morning, I went with their new «special», a whole grain and granola pancake breakfast which also came with two eggs and a meat. Good Lord, that’s a lot of food. I ate the two eggs (cooked perfect ‘over medium’ as ordered), a bite of the bacon (salty as usual) and barely half of the pancakes. I was stuffed.
Service was good. The waitress refilled my coffee and my friend’s unsweet tea often. No hassle that we were waiting on two others who failed to arrive.
A slight bump at the register, but these things happen. Something about a check that wasn’t closed properly meant that the clerk couldn’t take a payment until it was solved. That took a few minutes to get the manager up front to override.