Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Cute shop, excellent customer service, always welcomed in with a warm smile. Only reason I give it 4 stars is because the wait for food can be a little long at times, but it’s definitely the best family friendly shop in buckeye. The kiddos love all the knickknacks in the store.

Was driving home from Buckeye to California and as we are in freeway we see Cracker Barrel. We just had to stop cause it had been over 20 years since we ate at one. We used to eat at the place all the time on the east coast. So we wanted to see if is still the same old country food or different. We were happy to know it was just as good as we remembered! We were very pleased and the staff was awesome.

Went to dinner here with a few friends that were visiting from Oklahoma. Food was good, service was good, though we did have to wait a little while for drink refills a few times (not a horrible thing). Dinner was not overpriced.

My wife and I went here for Thanksgiving. The place was pretty busy. And was fairly clean despite that. Our server was cheerful and mostly on top of anything we needed despite the chaos. The food was, well it’s Cracker Barrel. It seemed like it was processed turkey and was mostly flavorless. Although it certainly beat cooking and cleaning up at home lol. Although it was extremely busy the staff was very friendly and that is the 3 star rating on this one.

TERRIBLE. Terrible service and horrible food. After explaining to the waitress Id never been there and needed time she still came over every minute. We ordered food and in 4 minutes tops it was on our table. My bread was soggy, all the food was mixed together on the plate and the food was cold.
We left the food there and will be eating at home instead.
Disgusting, I would never go again and would give 0 stars if I could. I cant believe they even have business.

Excellent food. Always fun to go to. This is in Phoenix… I think that last one was a snowy Salt Lake City.

I love this place! Whenever I am in Buckeye Az visiting my brother and his family, I have to make a stop here.
It is absolutely cute and cozy! Their food is country style and have all the fixings you will just enjoy! I usually get their lower calorie breakfast-​yogurt parfait with scrambled eggs & turkey bacon. Their pancakes are light and fluffy and are tasty. All items on their menu are reasonably priced. And always their waitstaff are so friendly and sweet.
After my meal I always shop in their general store. They have really cute gift items such as glassware, candy, tea, clothing, etc.
I just wish they had one in my area but it is a nice treat for us when out of town!

Food was great and nice size portions. Service was seriously lacking even though the manager was there and interacting with others, talking to them and overlooking our table of 5 as was our waiter. Company from out of town was disappointed — they have been to many Cracker Barrel restaurants while traveling and have always been pleased.

As always good to go! Great hometown kind of food, atmosphere and even service. Had the Lemmon trout with steak fries and sweet corn, oh my goodness my sweet momma popped in my head. Wife had the homestyle «don’t let your» Meat Loaf with carrots and mash potatoes. She gives it a 4 star rating. Hey, I’m from the south so you know I’ll be back!

Came in for lunch, great service– Courtney was wonderful! Food great too! Thank you! Don’t live in this state but would’ve back if we did

This place has excellent service. Kathy in the store was very helpful when I was picking out stocking stuffers for my family at Christmas. The staff at the counter is always super courteous when I come in and pick up a to o meal. When we eat there, management is always visual and circulating the restaurant. The place is always clean and the food is always good.

In general I love visiting cracker barrels when I am in a state that has one — this location is totally sub par in comparison with others. The gravy brought to the table looked as though it had been sitting under heat lamps. It was cold so I asked the waitress for some hot fresh gravy. She took it and returned about 10 min later with the same two bowls and said she microwaved them. In addition no jam or honey on the table — had to again ask and again it took a while for the server to return only to have 4 jam packets thrown in the table.
I won’t return to this location — probably explains why this one wasn’t too busy on New Year’s Day

It always smells like an armpit in there. The aroma of bad body odor isn’t appetizing while trying to eat.

I’d like to give this place at least a 3 because the hour was late but the staff that we interacted with were wonderful. Very friendly and proud of their food. However they should contact Bisquick and at least make the dumplings on the back of their box because really what they served was a poor excuse for a dumpling. Also to call it chicken and dumplings is not a lie. It’s a few pieces of albeit tender chicken covered with a scant beige gravy with copious square pieces of noodle dough. Yes, I realize that this is more of a Pennsylvania Dutch dumpling but this was bad. We won’t order that again. Ever.

Cracker Barrel is always a safe bet for the family and myself. Service is usually great, food quality is good, and price is right.
I’ve been to many different CB locations throughout the US. And the buckeye location is average in service.

I don’t know where they hire there cooks from they don’t even know how to cook an over easy egg came out two times over hard.
The fried apples were mush.
I was not going to send it back three times.
You never know what you are going to get here.
Sometimes ok most the time bad I think they
Hire anyone one for cooks.
They are not Chiefs that’s for sure.

Basing this on my experience at this time. Server was extremely slow only 1 table of 2 in her area and no service. Another server saw me siting with no service and took my beverage order. Main server would be right back she said, she did not. When she finally did she had the nerve to say I’m sorry I must not have moved fast enough. Really!!! What about asking for help I mean come on it’s not busy at all and give me some lame excuse. Not impressed Cracker Barrel. When it’s busy I get it not when you have 1 table.

When we head toward Phoenix, I typically stop at the Buckeye location because its the first one we bump into after crossing the AZ /​CA border. By the time we get here, its usually lunchtime and we’re starving.
Its a Cracker Barrel. You see one, you’ve basically seen them all. However, for some of us who don’t have a Cracker Barrel in our state (ie: California), we relish the chance to come here.
Upon walking in, you’re greeted by the general store, full of merchandise. Head toward the back and find the Hostess podium to check in and place your name.
On this particular Saturday afternoon, there was no wait for our group of 6. At first the hostess tried to seat us next to the hostess station. I’m not fond of getting a continuous stream of foot traffic while eating, so we asked for a different table. We were seated in the back. Fortunately one of my friends looked at her seat. There was water all over the seat, probably from the bus tray they used to clean the table. We had to swap out our chair, and report it.
Our server Paige was friendly but not the brightest. We asked her for the Soup of the Day, and she actually told us «I don’t know». She thought it was vegetable. We asked her to go find out. She finally came back and told us the soup of the day, and we each placed our order for food. We also asked her another question about the menu, which she didn’t know.
The food came out fine, but she was terrible about refilling drinks, especially my friend’s cup of coffee, which we had to ask twice. She also forgot to give him butter, but lucky there was plenty of butter with the biscuits.
Three stars for the service. It was average.
The food at Cracker Barrel is always the same. Its American comfort food, where the portions are decent, its tasty and the prices are very reasonable.

Eh. it was ok?
My mom had come into town and stayed with us the first 2 nights. She then headed to her friends in Buckeye to stay with her for a few nights. They were heading out of town today and we decided to meet up for some breakfast/​lunch. We decided on the Cracker Barrel because of a few things… A.) My son loves the place. Give him some mac and cheese and chicken strips and watch him go. B.) It was close to my moms friends house and easy access right off the 10 freeway which they would be taking home immediately after we ate. Me and my wife drove down to meet them there. We arrived at around 10:45 and were seated immediately. We placed our orders which consisted of Grandpas Country Fried Breakfast (Country fried steak, 2 eggs, hash brown casserole, grits, biscuits and gravy), a Chicken Pot Pie for my wife, and a kids Chicken Strip Meal with mac and cheese for my son. I had coffee to drink, the wife had iced tea and my son had water. Here is how the food was… or at least my breakfast ;-).
Grandpas Country Fried Breakfast ($ 8.79) — It was a grip of food! This thing came with a huge country fried steak covered in gravy, 2 eggs over easy, 2 biscuits, a decent sized scoop of hash brown casserole and a bowl of grits. The country fried steak was decent. It had a crispy batter on it and it tasted fine. A couple bites didn’t have the best texture to them, but I did finish the thing. It wasn’t amazing, but then it wasn’t nasty either. Decent comfort food. The grits were not good at all… didn’t even touch them after one bite. The hash brown casserole was really good. It had a good crunch to it and a nice oniony flavor. The biscuits were solid too. Nice and soft and warm. The eggs were just alright. After I ate all the other stuff, they cooled down and I only took a bite or two out of them. Overall, the meal was decent. If I were to go back, I would order something else. My mom got some berry pancakes that looked really good. I would probably get those next time. My wife said her pot pie was decent. not great but not bad either. She ate it. My kid loved his chicken and mac and cheese. Coffee was good.
Service was very good. Our waitress was super nice and on top of clearing out plates etc. My mom footed the bill… I think it was around $ 70 but that’s for 6 adults and one kid. Pretty reasonable if you ask me.
Sounded like everything went well, right? Why only 3 stars? The smell of piss. Yes, I repeat, the smell of piss. I caught a whiff of it when I first got there near the front door. It wasn’t overpowering, but you could definitely tell it was a urine smell. I let it go and went inside. Before we sat down to eat, I went into the restroom to wash my hands. In there, there was an overwhelming, knock your socks off smell of piss. It was disgusting. I probably should have said something to the manager, but I didn’t. The place needed to be mopped or Lysoled to death in the worst way. It turned me off so bad that I can’t rate this place any higher than just A-​OK. The food was not as good as other Cracker Barrels either. I doubt I would come back to this specific one.

This Cracker Barrel is pretty close to where I live but I only eat there every few years. The service is always good. The atmosphere is fine. The general store is nice to look around in.
They are all about their «home cooked» style food, but the thing is, I’m always left with the strong awareness that I can make the same food at home, but better, and for a lot less money. Their food isn’t bad by any means, but it’s nothing extraordinary, either.