Our server, Katherine was attentive and friendly. The service was fast. We had chicken strips that were great the steak was okay. Overall the restaurant seemed to be clean. read more

While traveling you ca find a Cracker Barrel in every town , which is great for breakfast! Coming in here was just comfort away from home . And the shop has the cutest little things to buy as souvenirs. The staff is super friendly and the food came out so quick . Classic style ambiance with amazing food! Great for one the road stop ! read more

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They were running on a very limited menu when we went the day before Thanksgiving. According to our waitress, "All our ovens are busy preparing for tomorrow." Normally, Cracker Barrel has a large menu, even with their recent cuts. You can find a whole meal's worth of whole foods. I recommend hard-boiled eggs, sweet potato, baked potato, side salad, fresh fruit, and steamed broccoli (which is not oily!). Service can be hit or miss, but it's been good the last few times I've been there. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Homestyle Grilled Chicken Salad without cheese or dressing - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee

Cracker Barrel is always a good stop for me. Their chicken fried chicken is consistently good in my server was amazing. I also wanted to check with all the controversy about the store what was going on and it's pretty much reverted back to the way we've always known it. The only thing missing for me is the sweet potatoes have been taken off the menu. For now. read more

It's a Cracker Barrel... you know what you're going to get. I always order the Uncle Hershel's Favorite, with grilled catfish, scrambled eggs, loaded hash brown casserole, and pancakes with biscuits and gravy. It was good. And I have leftovers. read more

Each time we've come the service has consistently gone down hill. We come here when we visit family because we used to know and trust Cracker Barrel but not anymore this was our final visit. With two toddlers we were seated fairly quickly and then we never saw anyone again. Servers walked by us, the host walked by us, nothing. After 15 minutes I got up to ask who our server was and the host went to check. He came to apologize and say someone would be right out. 5 more minutes and no one came. We got up to leave and suddenly a manager rushes over, oh I'm so sorry can we serve you? As my 3 year old is crying and we've been ignored for 20 minutes we chose to leave. No apologies. No let's make it right. Just we'd really like to serve you, yeah after 20 minutes of being ignored that's clearly not true. Maybe CB should go back to focusing on its food and its customers instead of on booze and logos. read more

I have obren to a CB in a long time. I liked it. Super great service. The food is country, like what I grew up on in southern Indiana. The country store is fun to browse and there are good products too. I have eggs, bacon and pancakes. They syrup is good - I don't use much so I had left over bottles to take home. It's a fun, relaxing place to have breakfast. My experience at this Cracker Barrel was so relaxing and casual. The food was cooked well, tasted good and was what I was looking for. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Mommas Pancake Breakfast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee

I was seated right away. The waitress came by soon and, I ordered coffee. Then the problems started. Minutes passed and the waitress did not reappear. In the meantime, I realized that I was not given a lunch menu. It was 11:00 AM. After more minutes of waiting, I got up and went to the front to procure the needed menu. Still more time passed, finally a manager type person asked if my server had been by. I said that she had but, that it had been sometime. The waitress came immediately with coffee and, I could tell she was mad. She did not check on me as she should have. When I requested a coffee refill, it took awhile. She then told me there were only 4 pots to go around among the servers. The biscuits were very good. The meatloaf and mashed potatoes were good but bland. Meal should have been warmer. Coffee was very good. I would have appreciated it, if she had brought water and a bread butter/jelly basket, if the coffee had not been available. Actually, the bread bread basket would be a good idea to offer all the time. Also, if coffee is unattainable immediately, offer a complimentary juice/soda until coffee is served. Ambiance was standard Cracker Barrel. Did not feel like waitress appreciated my business. read more

Consistently one of the best places for warm, fresh comfort food. Always quick, friendly service. My husband chose this over an expensive restaurant for his birthday, that is how good it is! Always busy but always no wait. read more

Service was good. Waitress was always available when we needed something. The food for me was below average. Years ago was the same but at a different location. Told my wife we won't eat at Cracker Barrel again. Recently saw on google best fish and chips. Cracker Barrel was up on top. We decided to try it one more time. I'm from the west coast where there is great fish and chips but hadn't found none in middle TN. The fries were good but the fish and chips tasted like frozen fish from the grocery store. Never again. read more

I've had a love hate relationship with CB over the last few years. Today was a hit. The food was good and our server Kim was fabulous. The fire was very nice as well. I hope this is a sign of good things for an old favorite. read more

food was ok. Parking was awful, we pulled in with a RV and the RV spaces were all taken by CARS and TRUCKS. we had to pull into a back regular spot and then when we left cars had parked all around us instead of parking in the regular parking lot making it very hard for us to get out! IF A SIGN IS POSTED TGAT SAYS RVS ONLY IT SHOULD BE FOR RVS ONLY! very disappointed read more

We ordered to pick up and it was waiting for us when we arrived. Location is not as easy to get to as some Cracker Barrel locations.

I like the food, but I'm not willing to put up with 45 minutes to get served. Last time I went to the one in Dickson TN it took 30 minutes just to get our drinks! We left shortly after. Last few years this has been a trend for Cracker Barrel in all of the locations we have tried. Good food. Service is bad. read more

We ate here on our way west bound on I-40 before passing through Nashville. The staff was friendly, but the food was horrible. The chicken was overcooked. The vegetables were also overcooked. Please skip this Cracker Barrel on your travels. Also, the bathrooms were not clean. read more

Had a late breakfast there today, got seated right away; However, it took 45 minutes to get our food delivered to the table and before that it was 20 minutes for our drinks. It's pretty difficult to mess up bacon, eggs and other breakfast items but Cracker Barrel has done it! Food was sub-par and didn't taste good at all. Not going back! Cracker Barrel needs to go back to their old menu and food quality! read more

Pitiful! We were seated immediately, placed our orders in about five minutes, then waited for 30 minutes with no food, no refills, nothing. We left. read more

Ordered a special at 3:58. Refused to honor early dinner price because we ordered 2 minutes early. Will not be back

Came here with friends for breakfast... Nice place, but it gets really packed at breakfast time! Food tasted good. We did have to wait, but that didn't take too long. Service was friendly and decent. Overall, a decent, adequate place for breakfast! read more

Food was amazing. Our waitress was really kind. I like that the restaurant is attached to a store, so when you are done eating, you can shop or browse. The pancakes were a little hard to cut, but still tasted great. The maple syrup was in really cute bottles that you could take home. The restaurant looked old which made the place look unique. I thought it was cool that while you are waiting for your food, you can play a puzzle game. I completely recommend this place and give it 10/10. If you are visiting Tennessee, you should totally eat here. read more

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Met a couple of old friends for Brunch. Noted that overall appeal of the Cracker Barrel has greatly diminished over the last few years. Our server (Lea Q) had to ask repeatedly as to who order what despite her 4 star apron embellishment. I requested a hamburger steak with eggs and potatoes. She returned saying the h'burger steak could not be served as breakfast but could be lunch. I said that is okay but was informed no eggs. Why? She said the manager Andrew said so. So I asked for greens - since it was lunch - but alas it was not yet lunch time for the sides but was for the hamburger steak. Grits it shall be when the available offering were read. Bad mistake. I would not feed them to an ex wife. I told Lea Q to update her resumé and I will say it here; with food, service & management as I experienced today the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will not be around much longer. That is unless Dan Evins and his Uncle Hershel are resurrected and start getting it back to as it should be. And for Christ sake, make edible grits .... It's the south ya'll !! read more

I love Cracker Barrel they have the best pancakes of any restaurant I've ever tried. Not sure how they cook them, but I go there especially for them they are second to none in my opinion. read more

ordered a DoorDash order and got to the bottom of the turnip greens and there was a piece of paper in the food.

Solid southern style classics. Affordable prices and attentive service. Kids got a special menu item which had grilled chicken breast with maple bacon and cheese and two sides that they enjoyed. Side of soft scrambled eggs and hash browns were fine. Nothing stellar but very inexpensive relative to other places. Our server was very attentive with checking in and tea refills. Took a bit to get our food but guessing that this is due to reduced staff during this weird Covid deal. read more

My 4 years olds sausage was pink in the inside. Told the manager Dan that my daughter ate some and his response response was apathetic and just asked if we wanted him to give us a new one. Maybe teach your cooks to temperature check pork..... especially when its for a kids meal. read more

Great breakfast here during the US127 Yardsale. Shout out to our server Mackenzie who did a great job and was super friendly. Also appreciated Sabrina who was working in the store. read more

Normally we can't go wrong with Cracker Barrel but our visit today at this location was horrible ! First we were told it would be 20-25 minute wait. Ok so we get on the list & after an hour & 10 minutes we go up to check to see where we were as far as time line & we were told only 6 more in front of us. Ok so we wait some more & finally get seated. Our waitress was not the most pleasant , our food was not cooked like we ordered but we didn't send it back for we had already wasted almost 2 hours traveling time in this restaurant & we just wanted to get out! Like I stated before normally Cracker Barrel is great but this location was horrible. We will NOT be returning to this location on our way back though. read more

I have never had a bad meal at Cracker Barrel and I've eaten at over 70 locations while traveling across the US. Great place for some good ole down home southern food read more

Well it's bothered me through the night. It was bad this time. From the cold raw meatloaf to the microwaved burning hot replacement items. The mashed potatoes were so lumpy and hard, it just wasn't worth eating. I specifically asked for a bowl of greens and was brought a 1/2 cup serving. When this was brought to the waitresses attention I then received beans. No syrup for pancakes until the check was brought. What tipped the scales is when the mgmt. seemed offended that I wanted to return the meatloaf. Hands down the worst meal the three of us have ever had at our local CB. BTW still tipped the waitress and have the receipt if anyone is interested. read more

I wanted to update My post sand review. Cracker Barrel manager called me and we had a wonderful conversation. She was very concerned about our review and was wonderful. She shared with us a coupon for a free meal. We used it in GA. And had a wonderful breakfast. Thank you for reinstating our confidence in Cracker Barrel. read more

Had the country fried stake, not too bad. A little dry but I'd eat it again. Great service and very friendly staff!

Service was fast. Food was great but what prompted me to send the review was how nice Kimberly was. It's been a long time since I've experienced amazing customer service. It gives me hope that we didn't lose kindness after Co-Vid. Thanks again, Kim!!! read more

Absolutely miserable experience. Came in for breakfast, but didn't get seated until after lunch. Put in our names after being told there would be a 45 minute wait and they would text us. We got the initial welcome text then An hour and forty minutes later we asked if we were ever going to be seated. They then proceeded to basically say it was our fault because "they called us" but we never got the text saying the table was ready and we even showed the phone to prove it , but they continued to be defensive and unapologetic. They then made us wait an additional 15 minutes before we finally got a table, seating at least another 4-5 parties ahead of us. One older server apologized and said she'd tell the manager, but either she forgot, or he couldn't be bothered. @$$ awful customer service. I couldn't even tell you what the food was like , I was so pissed the rest of the time I was there, except they were out of one of the dinners we ordered. It happens, and That usually wouldn't have bothered me if the customer service hadn't been so horrendous already. Also, the fire alarm went off almost immediately after we got our food. We finally left at 1:20pm, over three hours after we first put in our names at 10:17. If this mess had been in a sitcom, it would've been funny , but If I could give this zero stars I would. read more

Went to have breakfast with the hubby and can't think straight with the music so loud. Please tone it down. And also, please have better coffee. It was awful. read more

Terrible service at this CB restaurant. Waited 10 minutes before a server came to our table. We ordered immediately and watched other tables seated after us get food. After 35 minutes, the server did not check on us, refill drinks, or bring out our food. It's a shame since we usually have a good experience at CB. We walked out and had a fast, fresh meal down the street! read more

You can always count on a good home cook meal. The people are always friendly and daily special are delicious.

I can Personally say that the Cracker Barrel in Cookeville TN is the best one ever. The food and the waitresses were amazing! Can't ask for better service from both Faiths! In my opinion, everyone in the store deserves a star! read more

We live in a part of the country where there are few Cracker Barrels, so when we travel we've always enjoyed eating at their locations. Always clean, always good service, always good food. But the Cracker Barrel in Cookeville, TN, was a disappointment. The food was mediocre at best: * Fried Chicken: over-cooked to the point of being armor-plated. * Country Fried Steak: over-cooked, and part of it tasted burnt. * Mashed Potatoes: cold. * Carrots: so over-cooked that they had the consistency of baby food. * Sweet Corn: Pretty good. * Hash Brown Casserole: Tasty; texture was pretty inconsistent but interesting. * Corn Bread: Good flavor, but very dry. One of us wanted a glass of wine, but the wine selection was typical for this section of the country -- one label, and not a very good one. Our friend ordered it anyway -- but ID was in our RV. No ID? Sorry, no wine for you, even if you're in your late 60's with snow-white hair and you haven't been carded in 40 years. No wine? Well, OK. Ordered a bottle of root beer instead. But they were out of that. No root beer? Then a glass of water, please. That they could manage to provide. One of us had iced tea. The promised refill never came, despite asking twice, though we could see our server standing around in the kitchen, chatting with co-workers. Whatever the topic, it must have been more important than the customers. On the plus side: This Cracker Barrel is one of the many with some clearly marked Bus/RV parking spaces, and one of the many that will allow an RV traveler to park overnight there for one night. We telephoned ahead for permission to park overnight, and re-verified permission when we arrived. However, we were lucky to be able to park our RV at all. 4 of these 5 of these spaces, clearly signed "BUS AND RV PARKING ONLY," were full of cars, and half those cars apparently belonged to employees who didn't leave until the restaurant had been closed for more than an hour. We understand that it's difficult to ask a customer to move their car on the chance an RV customer (or a tour bus carrying 40 paying customers) might arrive. But allowing EMPLOYEES to park there? Simply poor management. If this were the only Cracker Barrel we'd ever visited, we would never go to one again. We do hope that the rest of the Cracker Barrel chain hasn't gone as far downhill a this one. But when we consider having a meal at Cracker Barrel in the future, we'll be sure to read the reviews first. read more

Easily the best breakfast place around. Took my daughter there this morning on the way to a list of errands. The service was excellent. Chloe G.took great care of us and checked back frequently. We couldn't have been more pleased. The food was very good and the restaurant, store and facilities were spotless. read more

The entrance to the restaurant is unique. You have to walk through the gift shop to the hostess station and into the restaurant, giving one something to do if the wait time is long......otherwise there are rocking chairs under the covered 'porch' outside. I waited at the table for my husband, daughter and grandkids. Our server was friendly and came to the table right away. He asked if I would like anything while I waited. I asked for decaf. I like hot coffee but this was on the cool side. The second up was much better. My husband being more familiar the Cracker Barrel ordered only what he knew he could eat. For me Cookeville and Cracker Barrel was only my second visit. I ordered Momma's Breakfast. My over easy eggs and bacon came first on one plate. Looked great. I am thinking a couple French toasts won't be bad. Was I wrong ! The French toast needed to be served on it's own plate. 4 large, thick French toasts which hid most of the large plate. At this point I am thinking my husband is going to eat more than he ordered. The syrup comes in little individual bottles that have been warmed. The bottle says 100% syrup which makes you think 100% maple syrup but half of that is cane syrup. It was still pretty good. Cracker Barrel is a family oriented restaurant and good for kids by offering crayons to keep them busy. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee