Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

My mother and I had a great experience at this Cracker Barrel. We often visit Cracker Barrels while traveling from state to state.
We enjoyed breakfast this time and was happy with our meals.
After paying our breakfast bill, we were informed that an 80% off clearance area was full of goodies. I found several Ohio state tee shirts for $ 5– $ 7 each.
Parking was average, maybe a little smaller than our home CB.

The Cracker Barrel is good old fashioned comfort food served in a charming southern atmosphere. I love browsing thru the store while waiting to get seated and am always amazed by the antique looking things for sale.
As a creature of habit, I tend to order the same thing wherever I am dining out but have tried many things on the Cracker Barrel menu and they have almost always been very good.
Blackberry pancakes — very (if not too much so) filling and very good.
Country fried steak — excellent.
Fried shrimp — as good as you’d find anywhere if not better.
The salads are always very fresh and I especially love their French dressing. I would buy it if they sold it in the stores.
Most of the breakfast items are good as well as the side items. Baked/​spiced apples, cole slaw, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, various fresh veggies all are good choices.
I have visited numerous Cracker Barrel locations all over the country and have never experienced bad service, food showing up missing ordered/​requested items or any of the other issues that other diners say they have run into. They tend to be pretty consistent and usually spot on.
My one and only gripe is that I recall about 20 years ago, they used to have ribs on the menu and I absolutely loved them but they removed them from the menu some time back. Recently they started offering ribs again but they were nothing even close to the ribs that they used to offer. I wish they would offer those good ribs again from the past. They were excellent. The latest ones offered are greasy, fatty and the taste just isn’t there.

The food and service is ok. It’s just another corporate ran store and is a clone of all the Cracker Barrel stores. The most annoying thing is standing in a line waiting to pay after you have dined. I know it’s marketing because they want you in the store but it sure isn’t convenient to the customer which in my opinion should be the first priority.

This location was my first Cracker Barrel experience. The first thing I thought was, why is there a store in the restaurant? Nowadays I like the uniqueness of the set up and the merchandise they sell. The merchandise they sell seems like things you can find at Hallmark. I love the country feel of the décor and I like hospitality. I had a mixed plate of meat loaf and pork with green beans. The food was okay. Simple but good.
Overall, I’m glad I got to try Cracker Barrel and I have been to other locations since my first visit for breakfast and lunch.

Giving this Cracker Barrel 1 star is being generous. Yesterday, my parents, husband, our son and I went for breakfast/​lunch. We were seated in a timely manner which was probably the only good thing I have to say. When our waitress came over to take our order my husband got chocolate milk for him and our son– they were completely out. Ok whatever. She comes back with our drinks about fifteen minutes later and to take our order. My dad got a meal that came with French toast and strawberry toppings. Sounds delicious right? Well my husband got their «mama’s French toast» which plainly states on the menu «with a topping of your choice». He asked for strawberries and was told that they were out of strawberries and that he could choose something else. He decided on just syrup because he was just baffled at the fact that my dad just ordered something with strawberries and wasn’t told the same thing. I ordered a bowl of fruit for our son (he is 1). When the waitress came back to check on us, after another 20 minutes, I had asked her why the table behind us had just got served an enormous amount of strawberries and why my husband was denied them. Her response was «I can’t give him strawberries because we serve it as a topping». WHAT? I literally said «if you say so» and she left. She came back with our food with strawberries for my dads meal and my husbands. My sons fruit bowl had 5 pieces of fruit in it. 2 pineapple pieces and 3 blueberries. For $ 3??? What the heck! So we keep our mouths shut because this waitress was obviously hating her life at that point and did not want to be there. But then the manager came over. And said he «cleared» the request for the strawberries to be used on my husbands meal and my dad explained how it just made no sense on the menu. I explained the server could’ve been a little nicer and more through with her answer to the original question. He started to walk away and my dad had said to us «I just don’t understand it but oh well». The manager then turned around and said, I kid you not, «sir did you say something to me? You don’t need to be smart about it!» My eggs were cold and disgusting and my dad only received HALF of his meal before asking where the other half was ten minutes after she came back. Oh and my blueberry muffin was burnt. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT.

Looking for a fake/​touristy looking country store? Then Cracker Barrel is the place. Many high priced novelty gifts and candy.
Food was nothing special. My food came with two eggs. I ordered them over easy. When my food arrived, I was missing one egg. I know counting to two can be hard and all. I also only had one orange slice on my plate when others in my party had two. The waitress brought me out the other egg. Both were cold and rubbery. The french toast was lukewarm. The side dishes are not served on the plate. Each comes on it’s own small late or bowl. It took us a couple of minutes to realize that not only was I missing one egg, but my son was missing grits & apples, and my husband was missing his «hash brown pie.» The grits had a strange layer on top. I didn’t try them, but everyone else in our party did. They were declared bland and gross. My husband’s medium steak was beyond well done. a friend of ours said her bacon tasted like fish. She hates fish. The pancakes were deemed the «best» of what we ordered.

Too loud, too crowded, it’s like a food factory. They want you in and out.

While in Ohio visiting my family, we decided to get lunch with all my aunts, uncles and cousins there. I hadn’t been to a Cracker Barrel in ages, and my husband never had.
I was pleasantly surprised how great everything was. The service was super fast, especially considering how crowded it was and how large a group we were. The food was great (I had the chicken dinner) but for me, the best part of my meal was their lemonade. Amazing, reminded me how my great aunt used to make it. So delicious.
The waiters sang happy birthday to my husband, cousin and uncle (who have birthdays close together) and the sundae they gave them was great, and yes I did steal my husbands birthday sundae!
The waitresses we had were sweet and really friendly. Another plus.
Also love the little shop in front.
All in all, a great place to get a good meal at a good price!

Stopped here on my way back to Indy. The place was packed on a Sunday night due to a craft show nearby. The food was very good. I had not been to a Cracker Barrel in a while because I felt the quality had fallen off but this one seemed to be on top of their game. The Sunday special was a boneless fried chicken breast which was the best I think I’ve ever had. Very well cooked with great flavor. Our waitress was also very nice and friendly. Really enjoyed our experience at this location.

It wasnt the food that was the issue, it was getting someone to wait on us. We went it later in the evening to get something to eat. The waitress was cleaning up her area when we were seated. we set there for a good 15 – 18 minutes and then i asked the lady can we at least place our drink order. She seemed amazed that we were not waited on yet. Then the manager came out and apologized. Then I got totally offended when the token gay person came out to our table. I guess the manager was thinking that we thought, we didn’t get waited on because we were gay. That wasn’t never the topic of conversation or brought up. So needless to say now we have to drive from Bridgetown to tri-​county or mason to eat at Cracker Barrel.

The pancakes were amazing. And that’s about it. Craker Barrel used to have semi decent food but like nearly all chains the bigger they’ve grown the more lax theyve gotten in food quality. Bacon was chewy and literally dripping with grease. Gravy was cold. Grits were Quaker Instant. Only the pancakes were good.
Service was not bad they the nano-​second you have an empty plate the servers are bugging you asking if they can remove anything. They are running out of dishes in the back and cycle through them as fast as possible.
Even more so than most chains — you feel like a number and are treated like a number. Not bad customer service necessarily but this is manufactured assembly line style eating and it is way more noticeable than other chains.
Not worth a trip.

Went here on a Sunday night for dinner. I had the buttermilk fried chicken dinner, which is the Sunday special. It was really good. I would definitely go back and get it again. If you are just looking for a down home, laid back place that seems to serve nothing but comfort food, then Cracker Barrel is your place!