Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

I really like other locations but the liberty location sucks! I took my mother here for Mothers Day. The food was horrible! We went early trying to beat the rush. my mother said she wanted the special and the waitress didn’t know what the special was. Come to find out they had the wrong sign up. So the special was wrong. Then they cut corners with everything! When I say everything i mean everything! The menu was a smaller menu so what we would have normally ordered wasn’t available. The food was cold to the touch! My eggs were watery not even cooked my gravy was cold and chunky! No one at the table received grits with their order! The ham was really good but cold. They gave us one syrup which wasn’t enough at all. Then we only received one jelly for a table of four! By the end of it all I felt like they were trying to cut corners to save money and the food wasn’t anything like the other locations in town! It was sad I wish I would have picked another place to take my mother for her Mother’s Day breakfast! I won’t be returning to this location if ur smart don’t take your mother to breakfast here today! Is not only a disappointment it’s a waste of money!

Good, clean restaurant. The waitress was nice but I don’t think I should have waited as long as I did for a Togo container… or to order my food. Especially since they weren’t very busy during our time there.

The hubby & I have been here before. I ordered Old Timers Breakfast, eggs were cooked good, the grits were very watery, the biscuits were under cooked, the gravy tasted like paste. My husband ordered the Smokehouse breakfast, he was supposed to get thick cut bacon, but got an average bacon, his grits were watery as well, his biscuits & gravy were the same. Plus he asked for ketchup & we never got it, waitress laughed off how crazy it was in restaurant I’m not sure how that affected us when it was just busy.

I’ve been to my share of a few Cracker Barrels around the country and this one is not really up to par.
My wife and I took my in-​laws to breakfast, wanting to try a change up from where we normally go. We experienced good service, so this review does not pertain to our server, just the food.
The resounding accord was that it just wasn’t very good. It was very bland. Everything from biscuits to chicken to french toast was extremely under seasoned and bland. Yeah, you can add your own salt, but should you have to? The worst was the gravy. Blech!!! I put it all over my biscuits, not tasting it first, and immediately regretted it. I could have used those biscuits for the butter and jelly.
Something must be done about this. Cracker Barrel, you have a reputation of decent home cooking. I won’t come back if this is what I’m going to be served.

The chicken and dumplings was basically a white cream sauce with a few pieces of chicken, nothing spectacular. If you want the gravy over potatoes that’s considered a side. My side of broccoli was very small (maybe 3). My husband said his chicken fried stake was over cooked and dry. We never did get our corn bread and biscuits that we ordered.

Took my mom for late Mother’s Day brunch. Great attentive service, very clean, sometimes long wait line because it’s very popular. Great selection for lunch and dinner. Never go wrong here. Fun place to shop for little country items and candy. I love rocking outside, feels like being in the country.

Our food was hot and really good. Biscuits were a little tough, but everything else was great. I seldom drink hot chocolate made from a package. Our server, Dustin, did a super hot chocolate. He was very friendly as well as super competent. Reminds me to go to Cracker Barrell more often.

Mmm– I loved their pancakes more than IHOP’s, especially with the crispy cinnamon apples as a topping– it was so delicious!
Definitely know that they’re a franchised breakfast place– just very southern/​country compared to Denny’s and IHOPS.
Service was good at this place.
Cheap delicious breakfast :)

I don’t deviate too far from my «usual» here, but who needs to when it’s so good? Mama’s French Toast Breakfast next to a warm fire on a cold Saturday. It doesn’t get much better than that. :)

Delicious breakfast, berry pancakes are so light and tasty! Attentive and nice waitstaff, clean facilities. The store always smells good and the rocking chairs out front relax me…

Met a friend there to have a meal around mid morning. The first impression was good as the store is filled with many different interesting items, but the real draw is the variety of sweets. Mostly vintage candy. I ordered breakfast items to eat as I rarely get to order breakfast in a restaurant. French toast, bacon, & biscuits & gravy. The french toast and the biscuits & gravy were so bland as to be tasteless. Additionally, they were lukewarm in temperature. Very disappointing. The bacon was fine, but that’s about it. My son had the mac & cheese, but he only had a few bites of it. Not sure whether he didn’t care for it or if he just wasn’t that hungry. Service was good, though I didn’t complain to them about the food as I don’t plan on returning there. The main reason is that the food didn’t seem off, just not good to begin with and I highly doubt it would be any different if I visited again.

Kansas to Iowa stop. I remember this place having fun family meals driving across country. However I will say the quality of food has seemed to go down.
Still better than the other bigger chains but my burger was very average.
The charming country storm is always heartwarming though.

I have eaten at Cracker Barrels in 12 different states. This is my least favorite one. The last two times I have eaten here, the portions are noticably smaller and the service is slower. I also don’t like that they give you the check before you get to order dessert. Cracker Barrel rocks as far as their country store and food goes but this one location needs some work before I go back.

If you are looking for home cooked country food then this place is the place to go. They have their own maple syrup and blue berry syrup which is served hot. Their Mac n Cheese is some of the best you can find in a restaurant. It’s very creamy and cheesy. My son is very picky about his Mac n cheese and this is the only place I have seen him eat it all before everyone else is done eating. My wife loves the blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup and my favorite is the sample plate because you get country ham, homemade chicken dumplings and meatloaf which is all very good. Their hashbrown casserole is also very good also. They have great breakfast too. And if you are looking for grits they those too. They have a huge gift store with all the toys and candy you had as a kid. It’s fun looking around with the kids and seeing what they think about all the stuff you grew up with.

I am giving Cracker Barrel a 4^th star because I really like their store. I love the hard to find, old-​fashioned candy. My kids love the kitschy toys. I love the creaky hard wood floors and the soda in glass bottles in the cooler.
My kids love eating there because they make food kids love. My toddler devoured a plate of macaroni and cheese and cinnamon fried apples. There was no food left on any of the childrens’ plates. They actually took food off the adults plates and we almost had to ask for more biscuits and cornbread. Amazing. So yes, 4 stars.
Personally, I noticed a significant change in the quantity and quality of my meal. I ordered the chicken fried chicken and noticed it had a stingy, unexpected guest quality to it. All of the portions were smaller, probably more like an actual serving, than a restaurant serving. The green beans had no visible onion or bacon like I remembered them having. I barely got any gravy. This is good for my waistline but still, I wanted the gravy to at least run over one edge of my potatoes or chicken. Nope, just dollops right in the middle. My sweet tea was a tad weak. It was good, not great, and I was satisfied.
It can be difficult to find a restaurant that caters to everyone from toddlers to seniors but Cracker Barrel does. I would go back again because they do have excellent breakfast. It’s served all day. The french toast is really good and it served with real maple syrup in your own little bottle. The bacon is perfect. The coffee is really good too.

i dont remember if it was this particular one, but my husband and I drove cross country and decided to stop to for a nice meal. well. it was country alright! from the décor to the nic nac’s to the good olé country food. i think i would have to say my favorite is the dumplings! cheap and food that hits you in the stomach, all at the right places and sink. i think my only complaint is that we got sooo much stares. my husband being white and me asian, it’s like they’ve never seen a coupling couple before… or maybe they’ve never seen asian!

This chain way beats denny’s, IHOP, and such any day!
had the catfish sandwich.
it was lightly battered… best tartar sauce ever… on perfect whole wheat toast.

This store/​restaurant is exactly what is claims to be, and it does it very well. Cheap, gut-​sticking food with a pinch of remeniscence thrown in. They sell rocking chairs on the front porch. They have the obligatory farm/​rural-​town memorabilia on the walls. And they have great food. I mean, this is about as gourmet farm food as you can get for the price. They have _​real_​maple syrup — and they serve it hot. Who is in charge of this place? Someone who enjoys eating food? Go figure. Anyhow, the only thing they are missing is more bakery stuff, whole-​grain items, and things from the local area (rumor is they use Burger’s smokehouse meats), but if this happened then they would be the Blue Bird Bistro, right?
Anyhow, don’t pass up the big sign on the side of the interstate if you’ve got to eat some good breakfast. But leave yourself some time afterwards to take a little walk and get the digestion started and you can already start to remenisce about he good old days of the USA when things were simpler and it was legal to use lead paint.