Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Stopped at this Cracker Barrel for breakfast yesterday on our way home from a camping trip a little further upstate. We love Cracker Barrels in general because of the atmosphere and the homey Southern style food, not to mention the prices are pretty good for the amount of food that you get. The service was just right at this location and all the food that we ordered was great. I was excited to fill my craving for Country Fried Steak and Gravy and theirs definitely hit the spot. I would certainly stop at this location again when we’re up that way.

After church, my 90 yr. old Mother, Aunt and I decided on lunch at the Lycoming Mall Cracker Barrel. It was very busy and the staff was really hustling. But most of all, I love watching the manager run his restaurant. They should make a training video of him depicting how to run a business. He is all over the restaurant, observing everything, pitching in, conversing with the customers, etc. When we arrived, there was a 15 to 30 min. wait. I asked for a chair for mom to sit because she can not stand for any length of time. The Manager brought a seat out into the gift shop for her. I’ve seen him pick up paper trash off the floor, use a mop on previous occasions, and handle large crowds with ease. He and his staff are efficient, friendly, and really hustle while keeping a good attitude.
We only waited about 15 minutes to be seated and our food was served in record time. I love taking my family there. The food is always good and reasonably priced.
They could use a little more handicapped parking.
Thank you.

Yum. I love the atmosphere. And, I think a lot of customers go for the little store and quaint family feel. All food here is delicious. And, tastes homemade. Staff is always polite and helpful. Food always comes out within 20 minutes even when busy. When busy you do have to wait in the store area for X amount of time. But, due to the store– it goes by quickly. I’ve never had a bad meal here!

When I was younger, the bland cooking of Cracker Barrel didn’t impress me. As I’ve gotten older, the portion amount versus price offered at Cracker Barrel now impresses me. Cracker Barrel is «southern style» cooking, so it fills you up, but is not exciting. This restaurant is located in the Lycoming Crossing, near the Lycoming Mall.
Standard Cracker Barrel layout, entering though the packed gift shop with narrow walkways. I do enjoy the selection of classic glass bottle sodas they stock, as it’s often hard to find such older sodas. Restaurant is decorated with vintage and distressed items. Fancy Fixin’s menu comes with three sides (an impressive amount) and corn muffins/​biscuits. I generally go for the Fried Shrimp unless the Pot Roast is on special. Service is fine and food arrives in a fair amount of time.
The Lycoming Mall area is odd due to its lack of restaurants (including many of the newest fast casual options) and in an area with limited food options, Cracker Barrel is fine for a meal.

Our first thanksgiving meal in America and it was pretty good and cheap… most of the restaurants in the area even McDonald’s were closed on thanksgiving day, this place was packed for lunch… I love this place and I wish we had places like this in Canada… their food was soooooo dirt cheap and the décor was pretty neat, very old country style with a fireplace and woodbuilt cabin feeling
I ordered the thanksgiving turkey dinner which came with turkey, ham, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, one side of your choice (got the dumpling, didn’t like it), cranberry, drink of your choice and a slice of pie all for $ 11.99, can’t find that in Canada
Service was great and food came out quick and pipping hot

This place can be hit or miss with the quality of the food. I ordered the chicken and dumplings once here and it was pretty bad, very bland, not much chicken, loaded with dumplings. The gravy was tasteless. I don’t recommend it. We arrived at about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The special that day was chicken pot pie, which I also don’t recommend. A group of people sat down next to us and ordered the chicken pot pie. The server told them they were out of chicken pot pie. This business has been in operation for quite some time now, you’d think they would have a rough idea of how many chicken pot pies are eaten typically on the special day because they repeat every week! So that group of people was disappointed, and had to go for the chicken dumplings, yuk.
Today I ordered the turkey sandwich which was quite delicious, actual sliced pieces of turkey as you can see in the picture I took. This was the first item I actually thought was good at this restaurant. My wife had a grilled chicken salad which was very good too! So with some of my previous poor items rated at a one star, and my good items that I had today, I won’t be a total troll, and give this place three stars.

Service was phenomenal. Food came out fast and hot. Food was decent quality… pretty much like any decent chain restaurant food. Portions were pretty large… even on the lunch special. Atmosphere was cheery. Seems like its catered to the retired crowd though… lots of elderly.

I only come here to eat the dumplings. I have no interest in much of anything else. I also never had to wait longer than 15 mins to be served my meal. As a side note. Cracker Barrel ranks as the 3^rd worst place to work if you’re LGBT.

The best thing about Cracker Barrel is that they are consistent from place to place. They are all very dependable.
When I arrived I was greeted warmly and I was quickly seated. The place was very busy (like every Cracker Barrel I’ve been to) but it wasn’t crowded. My server came quickly and took my order.
There was a reasonable amount of time from ordering to when the food arrived. When it did arrive, it was very hot and fresh. I had the country fried steak and it was hot and not greasy. The veggie sides were fresh, too. The flavor was great and it was good dining experience.
My server gave me just the right amount of service – there when I needed a drink refill but not annoying.
I will definitely be back here when in the area.

I don’t like the food here, too bland. If you are from England, you may like the food here.

Decent chain and this one lives up to the chain standard. I had a minor problem with my meal and the manager promptly brought a new one no questions asked. I can live with that they owned up to the mistake and made it right. I was satisfied enough with the outcome I paid for the meal despite it being offered for free. You can’t go wrong with the biscuits either they are always good.

Always fresh made Southern cooking.

If there was a way to put less than one star, I would.
I don’t like Cracker Barrel to begin with. If I want «homemade-​style» meals, I’ll stay home. Plus, our actual homemade meals are vastly better. They do ridiculous things to their food here, and I don’t like it.
I knew that before arrival, but we were given a gift card and said «what the heck? It’s free (to us)!» We overpaid.
Our waitress was decent enough, although she should have checked on us and our meal less than 10 minutes after it was tabled. She didn’t.
I ordered the «grilled» 10 oz rib-​eye prepared rare. I thought this would be safe, because who can screw up a simple steak? Wrong! What a huge disappointment that was. First of all, «grilled» should be indicated by char strips or grill markings on the steak. This was NOT grilled, it was cooked either on a griddle or pan fried.barely. RARE DOES NOT MEAN COLD! It was cold when it reached the table, which defeats the purpose of its still being rare. I don’t mean a little cold or tepid. It was COLD. Secondly, it had absolutely no seasoning on it whatsoever. Not even salt and pepper. They took a rib-​eye (I’m actually not convinced it was ribeye), threw it in a pan briefly without bothering to even season it at all, and then either it never made it to temperature or it sat in the kitchen for a bit without the benefit of a heat lamp. It was honestly the most disgusting piece of steak I’ve ever had in my life.
It probably didn’t matter much that the waitress didn’t check on us until well into the meal, because I likely would not have sent it back. At this point, I really wanted nothing to do with their steak and much of the rest of the menu scared me.
The steak fries were hot but tasteless.
As a side dish, both my wife and I ordered the cucumber, tomato and onion salad/​dish/​whatever because it was «new» and was pretty much the only «fresh» vegetables in the building (I will never understand why a restaurant serves canned vegetables. If I want canned veggies I’ll go camping!). They should not have bothered adding it to the menu. No vinaigrette, no oil, no nothing. They just threw some sliced cucumbers, some sliced onions, and a couple cherry tomatoes in a little dish.
Like I said, I can do much better at home for less money and with much better results.
I also ordered their «world famous» dumplins as a side (why are we dropping the «g?»). They were actually okay, but nothing that would lend itself to believing they were world famous.
The coffee was actually good, so there’s always that. On the other hand, I have a Keurig at home, so…
I will NEVER set foot inside a Cracker Barrel again. If I get another gift card, I’ll just eat the card. Guaranteed that it has more taste than the horrible food. Horrible.

I guess that you know what you are getting here. Very ordinary food not a single fresh vegetable on the menu… I wouldn’t come again.

Its like any other Cracker Barrel that I have been to. The place is clean and the food is good. Not fancy or anything just good.