A classic Cracker Barrel! The sausage and egg hash brown casserole was hearty and had a ton of gravy! I usually love gravy but it was a bit too much for me and overtook the meal. Definitely leave feeling full. Staff were very friendly and they were able to accommodate a group of 10! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Sausage & Egg Hashbrown Casserole - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Cracker Barrel can be a hit or miss. This one was close to a miss. We came for lunch and three in our family wanted Chicken Pot Pie only one left and no luck with the other two - this is not the first time they run out of our favorites. Service and atmosphere are usually excellent. I gave them a three rating for being out of food. Also, we then ordered the meat loaf as a replacement and it was not very good. I ordered the chopped steak dinner which was average on this trip. Fried chicken was very good. Will we return to a Cracker Barrel - maybe? read more

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Ordered pick up via their website. Food was ready 25 mins after placing our order. Pick up is a breeze. You call the stores number, which is posted in the reserved spots, my food was delivered to my car 3 mins later!! Food was great, fresh, hot and delicious. read more

I came back again and was disappointed once again. This place has gone downhill. Things are not fresh and many seem like they're straight out of a can. Nasty. read more

I went to have dinner and it was the worst service and food. My server took 15 minutes to take my drink order. She was at a table talking to her friends. Then took another 15 minutes to take my food order. My food came out lukewarm. I told her , she had this lady manager come over to my table, very rude. Took my food a microwaved it. Brought it back out. The server never came back to my table for a refill on my drink or never asked if my food was better. Then as I waited for my check, I had to ask for it, I told my server that District wouldn't be happy about the service I had tonight. She went and told the Lady manager on duty. She came up to me as I was paying my check. Told me to go ahead and call corporate, she didn't care. It won't do any good. Very rude comments made as I was leaving. I doubt if I ever eat there again. That place used to be a great place to go to eat. But not anymore. read more

The food was excellent at a reasonable price. I ordered the good old boy country breakfast which was 3 eggs cooked anyway, and 6 strips of thick cut bacon cooked just right. 2 breakfast sides, which I ordered the hash brown casserole, and 2 biscuits with gravy, which the gravy which tasted a little too much like flour. The service was great. My coffee never went empty. Love the country feel. I was extremely satisfied and would definitely go back. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Good ol' Country boy breakfast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Cracker Barrel is my favorite restaurant for many reasons, including the RV parking and policy to allow overnight stays! When traveling, my family loves to stop at CB for dinner, stay overnight in our RV, and have breakfast at CB before heading out the next morning! We recently stayed over at this location and had a great experience. Plenty of room to maneuver in the parking lot and quiet surrounding area that didn't seem too sketchy. The food was amazing as always, great service from all employees, clean restrooms, and lots of fun seasonal home decor in the gift shop! Definitely would eat / sleep here agai read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Grilled tenders with carrots, green beans, and apples - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Very poor/rude customer service . Very Unwelcoming . Food was great . I walked in to pick up an order we called in . I went to the register and told her ( lady in her 60's with glasses ) I was there to pick up . She looked behind her and looked back at me without saying a word. I asked if I was in the right spot . She said " give me a name " . I Told her . She went to back and brought out the bag of food . I looked inside and asked for strawberry jelly . She replied it's in the bag ( she watched me go through the bag ) . I told her there was none . Then she scorned me and told me I needed to put it in the order . She spent more time being rude and lazy over easy things . She should not be in customer service . read more

The waitress was super rude to us and the food was terrible. I had the pot roast with beans and mashed potatoes.

Breakfast all day. Good variety of choices. Consistently good food. Friendly staff. Music is a bit too loud, tho. Hard to hear others talking. Grandma's French Toast is a great choice. Includes 4 slices of French toast, two eggs, and 3 slices of bacon. My favorite. read more

This is one the best restaurants in Urbana, IL.They give you a hearty portion of food. Customer Service is always fantastic and worth they wait if they are full. One of my Favorite days to go is Wednesdays. The Special is Broccoli Cheddar Chicken. This meal is absolutely spectacular. I have had this meal to go and even dine in and it never disappoints. I took a picture sorry I had already eaten a few bites before I remembered to post. Go check this meal out and you can have a choice of any side!!! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Southern Half n' Half - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

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I didn't take pics because I was at a Cracker Barrel and had low expectations. I haven't stepped foot in one for probably 20 years but we randomly did for breakfast at this store. Our server was Pam...and she was one of the best waitresses you could ask for...no joke. Fast, on it, went above asking if we wanted to go drinks even. Food was ready quickly and hot. Prices decent, portions generous and flavor not that bad. I'm not going to run back to a CB but if you're passing this store it's worth the stop for a homestyle meal. Hopefully you will get Pam as your server also! read more

This is cracker barrel is convenient. Clean ,friendly and the food is superb. The service is prompt even with the restrictions in place at this time they have improved over the last time I was there everyone was friendly and polite I do recommend if you're in the area to stop in at Cracker Barrel Champagne. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

The place looked amazing. The people were friendly and professional. My server was gorgeous with her glasses and her smile, and she was excellent. Definitely recommend this establishment. read more

Year One Review Update: Well I have now been here 5 times over the past year. The prices still are amazing and the food is good. Service on the other hand is so so. They are very cheap with the biscuits, we never get offers for seconds. The food itself I can endorse wholeheartedly. The country boy breakfast with a steak medium rare is still my go to dish when I come eat here! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Who can resist the country boy breakfast spread? - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

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Came in for an early dinner. I as seated by Sharona. Very pleasant. Shortly my server came over, I ordered an unsweetened tea. She brought it back and unplaced my order I chose the chicken fried steak okra mashed potatoes green beans and a side salad with a shrimp add on. My server brought my salad and May I say this was the best part of the meal. Crisp fresh tasty. Shortly my entree came nice generous portions. Fresh made and hot. Green beans had no flavor. Mashed potatoes were ok. Okra was hot shrimp was hot. The CFS however was probably the worst I have ever had anywhere. Overcooked dry and no flavor. I don't recommend this item. I should have gone with the Chicken Fried Chicken. After my food was dropped off I never saw my server again. Probably because she had a lot of tables. I never got a refill on my initial ice tea. She dropped the check off didn't ask me how my meal was asked me if I needed anything else I said no. This Cracker Barrel is always a hit or miss with service a food quality when dining in. I generally will order online and pick up and the food has been good. I was more disappointed in the service and the cfs. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - CFS - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

I haven't ordered Cracker Barrel in a awhile because I was disappointed in the past but I gave them another chance and this time the food was good. I deduced a star for forgetting one item but much better. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Meatloaf mashed potatoes and corn. Chocolate cola cake - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

I've never had a bad meal or experience The Cracker Barrel. love the fact that you can be on the road and stop for a yummy home cooked style meal. always a favorite for the family and do have to admit I like looking around the store too. read more

I love this place. Food is always good. Service is always good as well. Very clean. Cool gift shop. read more

Ok.. since the last time I was at this Cracker Barrel (on June 7th, 2012 ... with it's respective awful experience with of not getting a Rib Eye steak cooked to my liking) ... I tried several times over the course of two months following my last visit to register a complaint at the crackerbarrel.com feedback page .. that .. when submitting the feedback.. threw a 'web server 501' error (likely meaning a programming or setup error malfunction on the server prevented the operation from finishing). Finally, in August 2012, the 501 error was fixed and they received my feedback .. albeit 2+ months late. They promptly responded in snail mail a FREE 1 PERSON MEAL coupon to be used sometime before 1-13-2013. Well ... today ... Nov 24, 2012 was the day I returned to Cracker Barrel to give them another chance at making a Rib Eye dinner for me. My girlfriend ordered a Meatloaf meal. Our meals were .. .much much better (at least mine was) than last time. The Rib Eye was cooked to medium (as I like). I could use a steak knife and cut it rather easily. It had good flavor. I also had cornbread muffins and a baked potato with butter. Cornbread muffins *always* tend to be a little dry and tend to clump in the back of my throat. Usually I need a drink handy to wash it down as it clumps. My girlfriend really like the meatloaf meal she ordered. Thought it was a good change from what she considered to be normal. It was quite tasty and the vegetables she selected were also very good. The only chink in the armor of my meal was the baked potato. It was very very well cooked (or nuked.. not sure if they use a confection oven or a microwave oven) with the ends of the meat of the potato being very hard (like an over nuked or over baked potato gets) and the skin (which I do eat) was extremely tough. When I asked the server for a new potato, I said "the potato's skin cuts like leather". When coming to that conclusion, it took quite a bit of downward force on the knife to cut through the potato. A baked potato shouldn't offer so much resistance to being cut. After the server replaced the potato, the replacement was absolutely fine. No problems. The only other chink was service. Service wasn't spectacular. Generally, I give servers a standing rule that if they see my drink nearing or beyond half full, bring another without asking me. Eventually, I'll slow down and on my last drink it'll take a long time for me to get down to the halfway mark. This particular server had a hard time keeping me well lubricated with my Coca Cola. There were many times I waited for the next Coke to arrive for a few minutes. In general, this visit to Cracker Barrel was somewhere near average. Not great. Not awful. Had my first baked potato been edible an the server kept me sufficiently lubricated with a constant flow of Coke .. they'd have received 4 stars. Because it didn't .. this was a great improvement over the last time .. but didn't WOW me. 3 stars. read more

This was our best Cracker Barrel experience! The manager and Host were excellent and friendly, out of their way to celebrate my daughter's birthday. Very friendly. The waitress and food were also excellent. What a blessing they were to my daughter. A well run CB, definitely worth the drive! read more

AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL!! This place gives Cracker Barrel an AWFUL name! We should have known when we walked in the place & only 4 tables had people. They completely ran out of the daily special which was turkey and dressing. That should be a no brainer as far as making enough for a daily special...but they also had no meatloaf or roast as well. We told the manager and she had no clue about managing staff much less a restaurant. Do yourself a favor & go up the road to another restaurant! read more

My brother and I are extremely disappointed with the service and food we received on October 10, 2023. We were seated promptly, but the waitress passed our table at least six times before stopping to ask if we would like something to drink. We asked if we could order at that time, but she said she'd be right back after waiting another 10 minutes she finally took her order. A different server brought my plate of food and asked if we were sharing a meal. After telling him no, he promptly left with my food. Another 10 minutes went by and a different server, showed up with my plate of food and asked if we were sharing a meal. We replied no, we were not sharing, and that was the second time some one had asked us. The server started off to the kitchen with my plate of food. Finally a third server came out with my plate of food of again and told my brother his food would be right out. And of course, by this time my plate of food was cold. It has been handled by three different people. Then my brother's food finally showed up and at that time I asked to speak with the manager. I explained what happened. The manager proceeds to tell me the server must have bring it up wrong. That's our whole problem. It was her fault . My meal was detected off of the ticket. So to top off our evening, I gave the cashier $23. Our ticket was $22.94 . The cashier stood there with a blank look on her face, staring at the screen. Another employee asked her if she needed help she whispered something to him then he replies let me use the calculator on my phone. So he proceeds to tell her to give me $10.60 change. She proceeds get the money out of the cash drawer. I spoke up and said all I need is .06 cents and I don't care if it's six pennies, or a nickel and a penny all I need is .06 cents and my receipt. The cashier is looking at me with a blank stare, and says I don't know what I did with your receipt. At that moment, I was so frustrated I just left. Everyone at that restaurant needs retrained. From management to servers to cashiers. And for that reason, we will not be back. read more

Horrible service. Last two times we have had a horrible waitress. Tonight 1/22/21 at 6:46 will be my last trip here. Did I say the service was horrible. Server 1885319 read more

We've never had a bad meal at this store/restaurant. Clean, efficient, good/friendly waitstaff. No, it's not a 5-star restaurant, but it's a good place for a good meal at all times of the day, breakfast or dinner items. Typical "along the interstate" restaurant, but with a lot of local traffic as well. Look forward to dining in again once this COVID mess is over. read more

Chocolate = mmmm yummy made me really contemplate life. because if hot chocolate can be so good then what am I doing??

Good food ..the ribs were off the chain ..plus the bar was stocked with all kinds of beer.. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

I was on a trip with my husband and the in laws as we made our way to St.Charles, MO for a wedding and we somehow managed to eat here. Twice. Yes, twice. So, the service is charming and friendly. The menu is chock full of traditional Midwestern fare (aka, everything has some surprise chuck of meat in it). I'll explain. On our first breakfast visit, I ordered the oatmeal and blueberry muffin combo and coffee. The muffin was nice and warm was meant to be shared. The oatmeal was really good, no quick oats here. And I ended up buying a "ChiChi the Chihuahua " dog for the car trip. Trust me. It was a good idea. The second trip was more of a brunch and I ordered the "Midwest Veggie Plate", with my choice of 4 sides. I chose brown rice, turnip greens, potato wedges and beans. How 3 out of 4 of those dishes had shredded meat that was certainly picked out, will be a mystery to me. Brown rice with shredded meat? Beans with bits of ham? Turnip greens with a sliver of meat. It was like a demented macrobiotic plate. I kind of ate my meal, but with scrutiny. You don't really go to Cracker Barrel...you just kind of end up there. Best enjoyed on road trips with family. read more

I have been back several times and have been mostly satisfied with everything. They have microwaved a few items to re heat them but that's OK. I recently tried their grilled haddock and it was really good. I also like the grilled chicken tenderloins. I have those with the hashbrown casserole and pinto beans. I get the apple bran muffin instead of the corn bread. I still don't care much for their cornbread but everything else has really improved. I am so glad it has because I really like to browse the Country Store. read more

This is my favorite restaurant to go in Champaign, and if something particularly good happens to me, this is where we go to celebrate. You have to order carefully, it is true. The pork barbecue is good, the rainbow trout is pretty good if not fried, but the main reason to go is the GREENS. They have flecks of meat in them which is what makes them good. This is the reason that i like southern cooking. The biscuits and cornbread are also very good. I would avoid all other of their meat entrees, particularly their meatloaf which has a really weirdly fluffy and light consistency, as if meat had been aerated and transformed into a different substance with different properties, and the "chicken n noodles," which is like condensed chicken soup from a can, but with extra slime. Beef stew is a disaster; even the waitress described it as "fatty." Desserts are insanely huge and can be shared if you are a family of 4. Three of us all had a go at the apple dumpling and barely made a dent in it. It went back looking more or less the same as when it arrived. The thing I like the most about this place is its multicultural democratic bent. Despite the downhome theme of this place, which might seem off-putting if you are not a white person from the midwest, I have always had excellent service here. It is also the only restaurant in our town that I have seen that has both a white and a black clientele (I have never seen Asian people here, except for some people who were clearly part of a bus tour and therefore not there of their own free will). read more

Down home cooking like you remember or wish it had been. Plenty of food for the money. Breakfast especially good!! Salads large and delicious! read more

I came here on a Thursday lunch break and I am happily chowing down on the lunch special which is Turkey & Dressing, a side (homestyle fries), and biscuits. The portions are filling and the food tastes great!! It's Cracker Barrel, so of course it gets high marks for atmosphere. Service was great and prompt but not too overbearing! read more

Gah! Wish u weren't so far away. We were down in Urbana for my brother's gradation and came to breakfast before the big event. I had never been to Cracker Barrel before but after this experience, I will definitely be back. The food was delicious. I loved the baked apples. The coffee cup was kept full. I love the idea of the little peg game on the table to play while you wait. The waitress was so sweet and offered me a cup of coffee to go. Super nice staff throughout. read more

I arrived at Cracker Barrel Restaurant on Wednesday, June 5th at around 12:30 in the afternoon. We, my mom and I, were seated immediately. Our server came over and took our orders. I ordered the 2 piece fried catfish, pinto beans, mashed potatoes and fried okra. The food came out in a timely manner and was extremely good as well as hot. My mom ordered a bowl of pinto beans and a bowl of greens. She requested onions and corn muffins. Everything was extremely good. My mom could not eat all of her food and asked for a to go container. I will definitely come back to this restaurant. read more

I love Cracker Barrel for Sunday morning, on the way out of Champaign food. Great way to end the weekend. All the food is good, esp the hash brown casserole, but we all knew that. I'm reviewing especially for service. Twice now, we've been with parties of at least 10. This past weekend? 14! Both times, we've been seated without much wait (no wait this past weekend...and who would expect no wait for 14...at a breakfast place...on Sunday), been served quickly, been given separate checks without a second word, and just had a totally painless experience. Orders are all correct, food prepared well for what it is. Good times. This past visit...3 of us went to put names in for everyone, expecting a wait, and they pushed a huge table together, and sat the scouting party, letting them just wait for everyone else to show up. All service I guess I wouldn't expect from a run of the mill, always busy breakfast place. So - visit this Cracker Barrel without fear. Order Grandma's French Toast. read more

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals of the day, which is why Cracker Barrel is so great! They serve breakfast all day and their food is amazing! I'm from California, so there's nothing like eating country-style breakfast like Cracker Barrel! I always get the pancakes when I come here because their syrup is to die for! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Candy! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

I used to like this place. But ever since I had a problem with a food item not being hot, They have treated me like I don't belong there. I recently went back when they started having indoor dining. I ordered dinner and the server got mad because I asked her to get me a new portion of mac & cheese, because it wasn't hot. During Covid, they aren't allowed to heat it up. They have tto bring a new one out. So anyway, she took mine and few mins. later came out with a really hot mac and cheese. I asked why she nuked it, and she said she didn't. I could tell it the same one, because I had put pepper on it. And it was hard on top of the cheese. So she got mad and the mngr. did too and raised his hands up. And just walked away, paid for my dinner without saying a word. Then last night I went there and got seated , and No One would wait on me. So they have a New mngr. She came out and took my order and told me that No one would wait on me, because I'm a TROUBLE customer. She was told that I always have a problem with my food. I asked her if she isn't there, who will wait on me. She didn't have a answer. I think that is bad for their company. I called and complained. Didn't do a bit of good. I pay for my food and expect it to be the way I want it. That's what I told her. I WILL NEVER GO BACK. read more

I moved to Urbana a year ago and now and moving away. We went for breakfast recently, June 13th I believe and we had the most incredible service. We always do but this time was special. The server was so kind to our children who were antsy waiting for their grandfather to arrive. Our server purchased three toys for our kids and helped calm them down. She also was so quick with the orders, accurate, quick to refill coffee, made sure we had boxes, and to go coffee. She overheard that my birthday had passed and she gave me a to go chocolate cake. The way she spoke to my children was so wonderful and they loved her. I am a cynical person but she really made me remember that not all people are bad. Thank you for the amazing experience that my kids still talk about. read more

Their breakfast is amazing. The portion size to price ratio is very reasonable, and the food itself tastes great. Employees are all very polite, and the service is great. Overall, I have no complaints; I come here all the time! read more

Gross man! The food is tasteless slop and will only add about five cholesterol points to your day. Not impressed with the granny bait store either. The service is friendly, so at least the people who made you come here understand civility. read more