Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Woke up in the most amazing mood yup me lol Hanging with the hubby and one of the ONLY good ones left. I love you Glenn hehehe I love you too Frye tons and tons Muah
Waitresses name CHRISTIE she ROCKS! !

I tried this Cracker Barrel last night when I was craving breakfast food (and sweet tea!) and found it to be excellent. I got there around 5:30 on a Friday night, I expected a wait, but nope. I was seated right away and my waitress showed up a few minutes later and I’d already decided on my order. so that saved time. service was fast and friendly. she checked on me twice to see if everything was okay. which it was. Theres nothing better than pancakes with maple syrup on a cold night. or any night! The restaurant itself was just like all the other Cracker Barrel’s, cool stuff on the walls to look at and a beautiful fireplace. I love the fireplaces at Cracker Barrel. and then of course, theres the gift shop. I LOVE their gift shop. some people found it overpriced. I think the prices are fine. and they have some really different products that you can’t find anywhere else. the cashiers are always friendly as well. I really cant think of anything bad to say about this place. so give it a try next time you’re in Portland!

I love Diner breakfasts. Large portions, eggs cooked in grease, toast with lots of butter, oh yeah!
My other half lives sausage gravy and biscuits and we are always in the hunt for a yummy version and thought this would be the spot for sure.
The featured breakfasts are out for me. I can’t have dairy and all of them sound great but come with grits and gravy. So I opted for eggs, sausage and pancakes. I was bummed there were no hash browns.
My food was fair, my hubs was happy with his. The service was good as well. We asked about the stars on the aprons, you earn stars with service and continued education so it’s cool that they want their staff to continually improve.
My biggest issue is paying. You have to pay in the store. And I get it, they want you notice the kitschy item and look around and end up buying stuff you don’t need. Fine. But! The space is so narrow and limited that it is difficult to stand in line and not be in someone’s way. The line doesn’t move fast at all. We waited 12 minutes to pay for our breakfast behind just 3 other people. No thanks.

We enjoyed our old time and breakfast sampler breakfast. We love Cracker Barrel. They have great food, but we enjoy breakfast most of all. Hash brown casserole is the bomb. Scarborough, Maine.

a great meal with great service. I had the breakfast sampler it came with real grits and biscuit and gravy all for only 7.99

I have been to many different Cracker Barrel’s over the years. Most of the time we eat in and have great service. Tonight the weather was crappy, so we decided to do takeout. First we waited 10 minutes for someone to take our order, then he kept telling us they were out of this or that. Rick and I both wanted mash potato’s and was told to pick something else, I chose dumpling and Rick picked Apple slice. I was so in the mood for those dumplings after waiting 30 minutes for them. I open my dinner and no dumplings. Rick got no Apple slices, we both got mash pototo’s. They screwed up or bread order too. Don’t get me wrong the food was good, but it would have been better if it had been hot.

Food all tastes prepackaged or frozen. Nothing has the impression of being «fresh». Staff focused on table turnover more that service. Avoid this place and enjoy one of the fine Maine diners like Becky’s or Miss Portland and support LOCAL businesses.

I took out dinner yesterday night and although the food was actually quite tasty, the service was terrible. I walked in and was told a server needed to take my order (why) as opposed to the host or a manager. I waited for 10 minutes for my order to be taken. I finally placed the order and it took almost 30 minutes for the meal to be ready. I asked several employees where my meal was and they would say they would check but never get back to me (this includes the manager as well). I drove, literally, 1 – 2 min back to the hotel and the food was almost ice cold. I am sure it was sitting around somewhere before being packed.
I will admit, even cold, the food was still good (almost like a high end type frozen dinner) especially for the price (about $ 11 for one entrée with 3 sides and 2 biscuits). Seriously you get what you pay for. That being said, I would go back again but remind the server that you will leave (I swear I will next time) if they are not TIMELY bringing you a HOT meal.
PS The side of dumplings was addictive as was the biscuit. I think those are the 2 reasons I would go back :)

Cracker Barrel seems to be owned by a hoarder. There is crap all over the place. It seemed like they wanted to save all the crumbs from the food and leave it on the table. This is probably one of the reasons why they never clean their tables. I didn’t check the bathrooms but you other people can inform us about that. Any way the food tasted Like butt and manager is way in over his head and will never get his crappy restaurant in control. If you want to wait 15 minutes for your drinks to come out. Go to the worst restaurant in Portland (if not the world.) Cracker Barrel

Great food, great atmosphere, great service, great price. This was the third time I’ve been there sense i was introduced to it a couple months ago.

GREAT breakfast!!! Big choice, pancakes are amazing. combo breakfast is big enough to split. Lunch can be hit or miss,

I really want to like Cracker Barrel, lord knows I’ve given them more than a few chances. I went there most recently for my sister’s bday for brunch. I feel like I always get the third degree when I try to get the breakfast sandwich on something other than bread (an English muffin perhaps) with cheese & no tomato & topping.
I also feel like I could deal with crap service if the food was good but it’s just meh.

Wow only rated 3 stars. All our food was excellent. Blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup. This chain never fails me!

Waited for 10 minutes after being seated for someone to take my order. Yes, I got up and left.

This place is hands down the best breakfast chain around.
The boyfriend is from the South and is obsessed with breakfast foods, so no matter where we are, Cracker Barrel is always a must for Sunday mornings (and any other time he gets a craving)!
The service can be hit or miss, and yes, the décor is tacky, but the food IS good.
Their biscuits are amazing! I could make an entire meal out of them and their homemade lemonade. I’m also a fan of their meatloaf, it tastes almost exactly like my grandmother’s recipe. The boyfriend loves their pancakes, fried chicken and fish.
This place is comfort food at it’s near best!

Overall I was impressed! I had avoided Cracker Barrel’s like the plague after a bad experience at one somewhere between Georgia and Florida. My 11 year old really wanted to eat here though and since we were staying right next door at the Doubletree.
The biscuits were exceptionally delicious! I didn’t care for the gravy but it was on the side. The grits were cooked perfectly and the hashbrown casserole was yummy!
I am not afraid of Cracker Barrel anymore. (for now at least!)

The food was amazing!!! I got Wild Maine Blueberry pancakes and my husband got breakfast sliders. I really really enjoyed my pancakes, my husband said the sliders were kind of small but he enjoyed them .
Our waitress was awesome!!! She was very kind and generous and brought us drinks when they needed refilling. She even apologized because the music wasn’t working right.
Would visit this location in a heart beat when visiting next time!

I know this is a chained restaurant but the food is good and if you can get past the commercialized «country store» part then do enjoy the good food and friendly service.
I loved the crisp bacon and cornbread with gravy. It was a good way to start my sightseeing of day in Scarborough & Portland.

Hey! I thought this place was actually pretty good! We had a great waitress who was very friendly. I had yummy eggs in a basket! (That’s eggs over medium in toast. the middle of the toast is cut out!) I did get sausage with mine. I definitely don’t like the sausage they have. Not my favorite. I should have ordered bacon! But, needless to say. everything else was YUMMY! My husband had pancakes, bacon and eggs over easy and he loved all of it. We’ll definitely go back for sure!
The store also has a bunch of clearance racks and they had these amazing Halloween costumes for $ 5.00! They were over 50.00!

Typical chain type breakfast place that makes you wade through a ton of crap souvenirs in the crowded store before you can event get to the restaurant. We were seated quickly but they put parties of 5 on a 4 top with a chair at the end. Not really great when most of the party is 6 + foot men. There is a ton of food served and it is fairly quick. The waitress that takes your order isn’t the same that brings the food so if you need anything once your food is served, be prepared to wait, or get up and get it yourself.
They have no GF menu and they are not really educated on the dietary restriction. That is disappointing for a chain.
Trying to pay the bill was a nightmare. You have to go back into the Disney-​type store where people are lined up to buy all the useless crap they found in the store. They need to have an express register for people who just want to pay and go.
Overall, it meets expectations for what it is, so just be realistic about where you are.