Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

We have been taking our kids here for years and I’ve never been dissatisfied. Service is always fast, efficient, friendly. And the food is always tasty, filling and just what we ordered. Don’t forget about the coffee and the very cute country store and all of the old time-​y stuff you find there!
I don’t know what others are complaining about, I always leave seeing customers satisfied.

Yes it’s a chain, but it’s comfort food in large portions at a very reasonable price. The service was great and everything ordered was correct. This location has always been consistent!

On ⁷⁄₃₁ we took friends to eat at Cracker Barrel near East Towne Mall in Madison. Asked for sunny side up eggs, got scrambled. They reordered the eggs and got hard fried eggs. The special French toast strawberry cream cheese special was terrible. Maybe 8 half strawberries and a bland cream cheese mix on French toast.
Was totally embarrassed because we told our friends what a great place this was. Not going back.

Had the Tuesday special of meatloaf and mashed potatoes. It was great! Super fast and kind service. Loved it, and their little shop is very fun.

Come in here quite a bit by myself, usually later in the evenings. Service is usually slow and the wait staff seems to be inconvenienced when you show up during their closing hour and more concerned about leaving work than giving proper service. *News flash wait staff* better service=bigger tip. Keep coming for the consistent food. (Which is ok at best) better service in the mornings as long as you beat the rush, good luck with that.

Arrived here around 8am or so on a Saturday morning, on the way to Minnesota from Illinois.
I got my Old Timers Plate that i always get at cracker barrel (we go every 3 – 4 months or so). My Fiancé got the Fresh Start Sampler Plate. Service was excellent here, as it always is with Cracker Barrel restaurants. The food arrived in ~20 minutes, which is pretty standard.
My Fiancé’s plate was good looking. Very fresh and delicious. My meal was good, but I had issues with the gravy and grits. Both were over buttery, and had a sort of film over the top, similar to the one you would ver from microwaving some Nacho cheese from a glass bottle. They did not taste very good, and gave off the impression of microwaving things from a can, rather than being «home made»
Once we were done, we grabbed the check, went to the store to grab some overpriced candy, and then headed out.
Service — ⁴⁄₅
Food Quality– ³⁄₅
Serving Size — ⁵⁄₅
Speediness — ⁴⁄₅
Atmosphere — ⁴⁄₅
Overall: ⁴⁄₅

LOVE the food. TERRIBLE service. We waited 45 minutes for a table, and then 10 for the waitress to even come to our table. The waitress hardly said anything to us while we were being served and was so rude. Not sure if we will ever be coming back!

Cracker Barrel is my favorite restaurant, but this was more of an average experience for me. Our waitress was clearly in training, as at some points she seemed unsure of what she was doing, and she didn’t check on us as much as I would have liked. One person in my party also asked to have their food separated, and it all came on the same plate, making them unsatisfied, although she enjoyed the food itself. The biscuits and cornbread were very good, even if they weren’t warm or soft.
I paid $ 8 for four pieces of french toast with cinnamon apples, with bacon and eggs on the side, though, so I was happy with my meal.

Food was horrible. Service was mediocre. Atmosphere was alright.
My boyfriend dragged me here since we were on the road and needed some food to get us through the long trip. You enter into a little country store that was cute but over priced. Then we went into the restaurant part. Service was super slow even though half the tables were empty. Took forever to get water.
Our food took about 45 min and tasted like crap. I got bbq chicken with broccoli and a sweet potato. The chicken was lacking in flavor and moisture. The sweet potato was more like a cup of brown sugar with a bit of potato. Disgusting. The broccoli was good at least and the only thing I actually ate.
I won’t be going back. No matter how stranded and hungry we are.

I was bringing my family to Cracker Barrow today a group of 6 but after hearing they fired a 73 year old Vet for handing out a Corn muffin I changed my mind… I hope others feel the same way…

Not sure if I’m not used to the type of food they serve here, but it’s never been good. Last time I ordered french toast. Got 4 slices of soggy french toast. The egg wasn’t even cooked on it! Potatoes and grits were very bland. But I love the golf tee game!

As always, this is a Cracker Barrel. It is homey, delicious and comfortable. You do not come here for gourmet, you come here for comfort food.
I am always happy with their bottomless coffee and affordable prices. Our waitress was friendly and efficient. When my husband found a hair in his food she promptly took it away, comped his meal and brought him a new breakfast.

I really like CB for a good breakfast meal. I still think the Original Pancake House trumps them… They are in a league of their own but the CB does provide good quality and breakfast for a excellent price. You can feed a family of 5 and everyone be full for a great price.
Being someone who doesn’t eat pork and this being a breakfast country restaurant, I am very pleased that they have turkey products like bacon and sausage. The menu is very large as they have two, one for breakfast and the other for lunch/​dinner.
Service has always been good when I’ve dined there and the staff has good knowledge of the menu.
I reserve 4 and 5 stars for upscale and gourmet restaurants but is give the CB a solid 3 stars.

Breakfast. Not busy at all on a Sunday morning and we got bad slow service from a waitress that it didn’t seem to matter if she wrote order down or not — we weren’t getting all our food without reminding her — few times. Food wasn’t that good — taste was combination of hot sauce, syrup or whatever else we could find to cover the flavor of the crap the spray on their grill. Best food option may have been the candy and junk they sell in the country store.

We came here on a snow day and they took us in even though they were closed!
Their cinnamon french toast is phenomenal and a must try for all first timers. Everything else is your standard american breakfast house.

I nicknamed my «lunch special» the «recession plate,» as my portion was significantly smaller than my table mates. The food was okay, just kind of fatty. The corn muffins had so much butter it was nauseating — and i love butter.
The only thing that saved this place was the chocolate bar i purchased in the store area. That shit was good.

I am always happy with the food here! Love coming with my sig other when it’s not busy. Some of the waiters could do a better job of looking cleanly though I must admit.

I am writing this review as a big advocate of Cracker Barrel in general. Every city I travel, I know I wont be disappointed. Not to sound like a broken record, but my favorite is the Grandpas breakfast with hash brown casserole. I decided to get the apple dumpling dessert here and to my big surprise, they do not peel the apples here in the apple dumpling. Call it picky, but other two previous Cracker Barrels that I have gone to, they peel the apples. It tastes much better and when i told the waitress that, she simply shrugged it off. When my friend also complained that his berry dessert was only half of what it should be (completely deflated and only half the bowl), she didn’t offer to take it back or anything, just kind of laughed it off. Most likely, we probably wouldn’t have sent our food back simply because I use to work in the food industry, but I know its just simple etiquette to at least offer. Nevertheless, I will still continue to go to Cracker Barrels no matter what. Good food at a GREAT price.

I am sorry to hear about the bad food some people had here because we have never had a bad meal here. (update, just had a bad meal here. The shrimp dinner. one of the worst I have ever had. They do fish so well but their shrimp was over breaded popcorn shrimp that did not have that country specialness that you expect from CB. The hushpuppies were also dry and flavorless.) I have had very good trout and also a very well done steak. It fits into a narrow country recipe selection but when you are in the mood for that you can’t beat the price and the quality of food. Service has always been good, the environment is pleasant and there is plenty of room. The bathrooms are very clean. The gift shop has something for everyone. We almost always find something and they don’t particularly cater to out taste. In the midst of country craft, bible baubles and kitchen kitch (is there such a thing?) we have found some nice decorative items, ornaments, candy, and other gifts.
Found a hair in an egg and they immediately remade the entire meal and the manager came out to speak with us. Good and appropriate recovery. My pancakes this time around were not as flavorful as the last. They were still good.
On a cold winter day get a seat near the fireplace and have a nice home cooked meal. The coffee has always been good too. It isn’t fancy stuff but still good.
Folks here are almost always very pleasant and talkative.
Update: The French Toast was nothing special. Third meal I have had here that I didn’t care for much. Avoid it. Ham was so-​so as was the smoked sausage. Not a good breakfast for me. Coffee wasn’t good this time either. Staff continues to be great.
I would suggest the management review all their dishes and step them up a notch. The meals are underpriced. Maybe this is leading to less quality dishes. Stop this. Raise the prices and improve the quality.

First off– as an 11-​year Madison resident, I ate at Cracker Barrel for the very first time (here) last weekend. We met friends from out of town, and overall it was pretty good. The staff had no problem pulling together two tables for the 7 of us, and service was both prompt and correct. CB serves breakfast all day, and what a breakfast it is! Portions were fair, not huge, and the price was right. Bacon, eggs, biscuits and grits– yum. My only gripe was that the sausage gravy was gelatinous and plopped out of the bowl instead of pouring. That was kind of gross.
CB clearly caters to insterstate travelers, and it does this well. You can also find some interesting items in their huge «country store», from cutesy mugs and figurines to sweatshirts for Gramps and Easter dresses for the young’uns.