My visit here at the beginning was not a great experience. My husband's hashbrowns were burnt and his eggs were not cooked properly. I ordered eggs with Coby cheese scrambled soft. My eggs came out without cheese and were not scrambled soft. We spoke to the manager and he fixed what was wrong. At the end of our visit the manager and server apologized and made it right. Finally, the bill came and he removed my husband's meal due to the inconvenience. I have been eating at Cracker Barrel for years and I can say they will ALWAYS fixed what went wrong. I will continue to eat here and recommend others. The Ambiance was loud but calm and welcoming. I would suggest that the people at checkout be more welcoming. read more

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A once well respected place to eat. Now it seems to have lost its charm. I believe that their business model is geared more towards the many travelers using the 80/94 interstate highway. Not for us locals. The food for the most part is average, which is a change from the past, and a bit pricey. Lately, the country charm atmosphere is overshadowed by the lack of timely clean up. Not sure if this is because of lack of help or the aforementioned passing through visitors. Knowing that the chances of seeing them again are slim. In other words, apathy. But whatever the reason, it's a problem. Bottom line I won't eat there again. read more

Dropped in on Thanksgiving day for a meal since we were coming back from Chicago I'm actually a sucker for the Cracker Barrel aesthetic The antiques on the wall and the smell of a roaring fire The food is usually just above passable, but when you throw in a really nice trinket store I think you can put me on the pro side. read more

Items I purchased were ready when I arrived. They were fresh and good. Service was welcoming. I was greeted upon entering.

the service there is not good anymore like it used to be. the waiters are not as friendly as they used to be. i didn't feel comfortable there. i don't think i would feel comfortable at again. i may not never go back for the last past year. i've noticed that being cheese a casserole is no longer a cheesy casserole. they stop putting the right amount of cheese in it and it's also crunchy like it left over from the day before they don't tell you that you get free biscuits. i just discovered that after going there for so many years and it is not friendly enough for me. it could just be me, but i'm sure it's not they really need to fix the cheesy casserole. i believe that is all i have to say maybe i can call corporate or something to make sure they do the right thing because i kind of feel cheated by paying for something i don't get which is cheese and the cheesy casserole read more

This experience was perfect. Our server Aaron was so attentive and pleasant. The food was cooked perfectly and came out quickly and hot, even though they were busy. The restaurant was clean and orderly. I've had mixed experiences at this location, but it seems like they might've finally got their act together! The store is also fun to go through and we were greeted multiple times by store associates. read more

Curbside and takeout is awful.... Been waiting 30 mins seeing other cars for curbside come and go then I called and the said the kitchen is backed up but couldn't give a reason that the other cars are able to get their food and leave. This is the second time this has happened someone needs to do better!! read more

Had the steak and shrimp last night. The steak was overcooked (medium) and hard as a rock. The shrimp was what I would call deep fried tiny bits of garbage. I wouldn't call it shrimp. The corn tasted like it was sitting in in a bowl for a few days. The mashed potatoes were very lumpy and hard, as if they baked a potato and crushed it. Very disappointing. Will never go back! read more

It's been a long time since I've eaten here but still as good as I remember. The hash brown casserole is still a 10. Pancake edges weren't as crispy but still delicious. Love the new fall offerings especially the lattes. Service continues to be exceptional. read more

Always delicious food and great service and today did not disappoint. High of 1° and we needed comfort food. Delicious pot roast, country fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuits. It's Sunday and the place was packed. We waited 5 minutes or so. Our server was very nice and attentive. No room for dessert but took away leftovers as the portions were substantial. Can't wait for my next visit read more

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The wait to be seated wasn't too bad for a Sunday afternoon. The wait for the food was ridiculous--almost and hour and The food was cold. The server was rude and annoyed by our request. After speaking with the manager, I decided to cancel the order. Almost two hours and I walked away hungrier than when I arrived. I usually don't eat here and this will definitely be the last time. Such a shame. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Lemon pepper Trout - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

I would give it a zero if possible,food was disgusting, I will never go there again,our waitress was wonderful

The Cracker Barrel is located across the street from the Hampton Inn and two other hotels. It is what you come to expect from Cracker Barrel good food, friendly service, and family friendly ambiance. It is good, fast food when you are tired from a long road trip. read more

It has been a long time since I've eaten at a Cracker Barrel, but I still appreciate the "Old Country Store" vibes, and I absolutely love that they now offer Impossible Sausage. We stopped in for breakfast around Christmastime because I'd been seeing their billboards for the Stuffed Cheesecake Pancakes, and I finally made a point to go try them! This location is right next to the Indiana Welcome Center, so this was an excellent reminder that I still needed to stop by the Christmas Story exhibit, which we did after breakfast. My breakfast was tasty, and my husband enjoyed his order of French Toast. I was also pleased to see that they have lattes on their menu - perhaps not Starbucks quality, but a nice option to have. We browsed the Country Store before leaving, and I found a nice Purdue hoodie on sale to pick up as a Christmas gift. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Lattes - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

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My meal was almost $40 including the tip... Why do online apps ask for tips? Workers are already getting paid to do their job. They are not serving me or offering exceptional service through an app. That is what I base my tip amount on, However the app asks for a tip.... Anyhow, My meal was almost $40 and one of my side I requested sliced tomatoes. What I received was 2 small pieces of tomato, the butt end, just the butt because it was a sliver of a slice and a small old looking slice that look like it came from a roma tomato (this counted as a side). I also requested sliced onion, what I received was old onions that were dried out and stained with what I am going to assume tomato. I also added a slice of ham to my order which was $6 something. It was dried out and old. You guys should be ashamed of your selves for letting this poor quality make it to the customer. read more

Not certain what's going on food and ser vice use to be amazing now it's not worth the drive , wait times are forever to get cold food and skimpy portions , I sent my food back the other day only for it to return worse I just said never mind and returned entire meal waste of time and effort read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Skimpy portions - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

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This was the first time I decided not to cook Thanksgiving dinnerand started searching for a good place to order food from I decided on Cracker Barrel big mistake states heat and serve but actually means cook and serve turkey breast was frozen and hard and salty the dressing you get crumbs in a bowl, pecan pie was even frozen the best part of the meal was cranberry sauce this was the worst dinner I have ever had. read more

We have heard so much about the breakfast menu at this place that decided to give it a try on our way back from Chicago to Michigan so decided to stop at the Hammond,IN location. It was on Memorial day so place was very busy and packed, which I sort of expected so was ok with it. After getting our table ready, we ordered our food and none of our orders were correct, they all were missing the bacon side, when we pointed out to the waiter, she never came back, I had to ask another waiter and by the moment we got the bacon, all in a single plate instead of part of our separate meals, we were already done, when we pointed out, the waiter didn't seem to care. Then at the cashier, the person at the counter seemed very overwhelmed with a busy place, and it was only noon. If you work on a holiday, your staff should be well aware and trained to handle it, no need to have a bad attitude. Clearly this location is not well prepared for setting a good ambience to their customers. read more

Worst experience at a Cracker Barrel ever! Waitress was rude, manager was rude, and the food wasn't edible. We love stopping at Cracker Barrel when we travel, but we won't be back to this one. read more

If I could give this joke of an establishment zero stars I would. Me and my family recently decided to eat at this restaurant for the last time, granted eating at any place around the holidays can be chaotic this visit was nothing short of a disappointment. We waited almost an hour for our food while people arriving almost 30min after us received their food almost immediately. Our waitress was non existent and managed to forget our drink orders twice, after waiting an hour we decided to leave. Before leaving my wife tried to speak to a manager and even had to wait for that, upon speaking to them they stated there was nothing they could do for us and gave us nothing but a caddy apology. If you like waiting an hour for cold fried chicken then this place is right up your alley. Thank God this place is going out of business soon, maybe a chillies can take its spot and pump out some real food. read more

Tried this same location again. This time for lunch. Got home with the food. (I live less than a mile away) The food was cold. Again. Unless you actually dine inside the restaurant I don't see how you can get hot food from here. Also, they use the 3-divider plates and I would think a serving of the fried okra would fill a section...but they must have shared an order of the fried okra with someone else because clearly I know I receive MORE when dining in... read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Chicken fried steak: okra and mashed potatoes (Not even a full serving of Okra) - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

Let me start by saying...I LOVE Cracker Barrel! It has a lot of nostalgic memories for me and their biscuits are fabulous, but this very last time I went was absolutely atrocious! My food was horrible. I got a simple breakfast plate with scrambled eggs, bacon (asked for it crispy), hashbrowns casserole, fried apples, and biscuits. The eggs were so under done, they were inedible, the hashbrowns were raw, the bacon was flabby, and the biscuits were overdone. Our service was so slow, and it seemed like most of the guests experienced the same thing. But my biggest complaint was the food. It will be a long time before I recover from this this experience. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Wet eggs and flabby bacon - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

Always consistent. You know what you are going to get. The lady servicing us was patient and very helpful. We all loved our lunch and were very full. Very reasonable for 6 adults and 2 kids. Always l ok ve cracker barrel. Will definitely be returning. read more

Cod dinner was great. Great atmosphere, comfortable and not too noisy. Service was excellent. Only thing to improve would be to offer salmon on the menu read more

I would give zero stars if possible my servers name was Brianna. Ordered food when server brought out food I asked for silverware she said no problem. I waited 15 -20 min watched Brianna take other orders I politely said excuse me every time she walked by I was ignored. At this point I was upset and honestly ready to walk out a table next to me asked if I needed silverware and said that they had extra. I replied yes at this point food was cold finally Brianna comes back still no silverware I asked for check and a container 20 mins later she brings container and check. I understand that it gets busy but there no reason that a table should go so long without being checked on. Will not be going back. read more

Pros: our food did taste good, even though I didn't get what I ordered. The manager ended up comping our meal because so much went wrong. Drinks were refilled promptly. Cons: long wait for a table (can't hold that against them due to it being a Sunday morning). Saw our actual server exactly one time. My order wasn't put in correctly so I got a different meal (but wisely asked to keep said meal since it had taken 45 min to arrive and didn't want to wait 45 more). The person who brought the wrong meal was going to grab the missing items and bring them separately - never saw that person again nor the items. We asked for one other small item from a different server and after waiting 15 min for it, decided to leave. We asked to speak to a manager about our experience and they did make it right. I'm not sure if they were understaffed or what was happening, but it was definitely chaotic. Hopefully service improves. read more

Food was tasty. I froze the whole meal. Requested heat, still froze. Good food, clean dining room. My date an i put back on our coats and still shook the whole time in restaurant. Inquired if a door was opened and host checked with negative results. read more

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Cracker Barrel is a chain restaurant which doesn't mean it can't earn a 5 star review. I wouldn't have even written a review if our experience wasn't so horrible. We arrived at about 5:20pm knowing we had to be at Midway airport by 7:30 pm. We were seated quickly so we were comfortable that we would have enough time. We did not, and I guess the first clue should have been the table next to us where all three people were literally siting with their heads on the table, and it was clear they hadn't eaten yet. 15 minutes later our waitress asked us if we were ready to order and asked for our meal and drink order at the same time which was perfect for us being in a rush. Then the wait commenced. Our drinks came pretty fast, but our appetizer (which we asked to be delivered with dinner) took 40 minutes. This whole time I kept seeing who I believed to be the manager going table to table in our section having long conversations with the patrons who were obviously not happy. I also noticed that other servers were getting food out to table rather quickly. While we were waiting the table next to us cleaned, seated, and served before we received our food. As a note we all ordered stuff that should have been ready to go, and not made to order. in other words, we had chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, etc. Not something like a steak that had to be grilled. So it really should have been a matter of plating the food, and not actually really cooking it. Finally, at 6:25pm I stood up to go find the manager. The waitress stopped me as I stood up and said we should be next. I told her we had to be at the airport in an hour, and we had to go. Her response was, "A year ago I had kidney failure and was in a coma." I am empathetic, but that had no bearing on her slow service. Anyway, I sat down and our food was delivered about 3 minutes later. Two of our dinners were fine, but my wife's food had a large hair in it that was obviously not any of ours. We didn't have time to send her's back, so I gave her half of my meal. We inhaled what was on our plates and ran out the door. I stopped to pay at the register and told the cashier that we would not be tipping, and why. I told her part of the reason was because of the hair in the food, and that we didn't have time for the manager to make it right. We are not from Indiana or anywhere near. We were flying home, so there really is no danger of us eating here again. I really like the Cracker Barrel chain, but this particular restaurant should be avoided. read more

came in at 8:30 when they close at 10 and they didn't have anything basically our waitress said well i leave at 9... bad service. we're exhausted and just wanted some dinner after a long traveling day. read more

I've been to so many Cracker Barrel's across the country and I just have to say that the service I received this morning from Karla N, was the best I've ever had. She was so sweet, attentive, and kind. Even when the kitchen had a minor mix up on my order she remained so sweet and apologetic. She is a reason I would come back to this location! She deserves all of the praise! read more

My wife and I really enjoyed our breakfast: great atmosphere, nice warm interior (including fireplace), good food and excellent service. We'll be back. read more

I haven't posted a yelp review in a long time. Last week I was visiting my Mom and always take her out to eat when I visit, and she was craving grits, so we were off to Cracker Barrel. I have to say, we had the best waitress, whose name I believe is Renee from my receipt. I wish I had checked before we left. She was incredibly attentive, kind and seemed to enjoy her job. We were there at around 3pm on Friday, when I can say we've had subpar service at other area restaurants since that's not always the best time to go to eat since less staff is on duty. I just hope this reaches that location so our great waitress is recognized and we'll be back. read more

Just left this location after spending almost an hour and a half waiting for food. When my Mom inquired why we were waiting so long, the waitress replied "its the grill it's backed up." After watching everyone around us leave and tables again fill up and are served, my mom again asked why the wait was so long at which time the waitress again blamed the grill and offered up some biscuits. Again, after waiting, my Mom then asked for and talked with the manager, who then said, "I know you've been waiting 57 minutes. it's the grill. I will comp your food, and it will be right out." I guess right out meant another 20 minutes along with cold food. Unfortunately, we left the food there uneaten and will not return. Why does it take over an hour for pancakes, bacon, and eggs. We sat down at 10:50 and left after 12. read more

Easily the worst Cracker Barrel I have ever been to. I did not bother looking at the reviews of this location because overall, the Cracker Barrel chain is a good solid choice when dining options are limited. 1. Took forever to get service. A young lady passed by after about 10 minutes and asked if we had our orders taken and told her no. I assume she picked up our table since our assigned server was nowhere to be seen. 2. Bathrooms are very dirty. 3. This is the kicker. When i was in the dirty bathroom, my girlfriend friend told me I missed the fireworks. A fight broke out in the kitchen and spilled into the dining room. Not sure if it was actually physical but definitely very loud voices that caught the diners' attention. I will still visit other Cracker Barrel locations but not this one. read more

We visit this location frequently when in town to visit family. We have had to wait quite a bit to get a table before, but we don't usually mind as we enjoy walking around the shop and our son loves playing the checkers games they have set up out front and inside. This time, we were a party of six on a Sunday morning and were told it would be about 20 minutes. They were pretty spot on with that, as I think we waited about 26 minutes. Our server arrived quickly to take our order. We told her that we were on a bit of a time crunch that morning and she really came through in making sure we got our food quickly and kept our drinks full. As far as the food, it was all good. My egg was a bit undercooked, but not enough for me to say anything about it, and everything else was perfect. The kids ordered milk with their breakfast and were pleasantly surprised to find it came with an Oreo filled straw. Never saw two kids drink their milk so fast lol. read more

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Worst food and service ever! Ordered turkey dinner to go. Had to wait 1.5 hours in parking lot to get food. All of the chefs walked out because there weren't enough workers. Dried stuffing mix was just poured on the plate. Apparently the emergency cook didn't know moisture had to be added to it. No gravy and pumpkin pie substituted with apple pie! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

Good service, friendly staff, food was prepped well. The to go service is good, accurate. I would recommend this location.

It's Cracker Barrel. It's a chain. Not a whole else much to say except their grits are horrible. It's a congealed mess that looks like they prepped the bowls in advance. I'm shocked that people like these from this place. Their store is cute, pricy but cute. read more

'Preciate the effort but nah, i haven't been to a CB in a few years and perhaps my tastebuds or preference for food has changed but this was a fav that has fallen faster on my top list than my USC football program has the salad I ordered never arrived the biscuits and gravy were dry and pasty the fry chicken was a ok but com' on we expect to get finger licking good Fry Chicken don't we from CB? Oh and if you hit the restroom come prepared with your own TP you can do better read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Empty TP - Southern Near Me - Hammond, Indiana

We have always loved a good Cracker Barrel biscuit! As always the biscuits never disappoints. The service and server were great. She made some mistakes here and there, but she was so attentive and cognizant that it more than made up for her minor mistakes. Cracker Barrel also still has the old country charm that it has. Though the menu has been changed dramatically, the comfort food has not. read more