Good, as usual. The food was good. Our server was really good. It was clean of course and not crowded at all. read more

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Passing through Aiken on a quiet night, we settled into the Cracker Barrel parking lot the way so many vanlifers do, grateful for a place that treats travelers with a kind of old‑fashioned hospitality that never needs to be spelled out. They've long tolerated RVs overnight with that polite, unspoken understanding that if you're having a meal, you have it with them, and even though we arrived too late for dinner, we knew we'd make it right in the morning. The lot was quiet after 9pm and we were undisturbed. An easy night's rest. At 7am sharp, we were the first guests through the door, stepping into that familiar warmth of coffee, griddles, and early morning chatter. Mrs. K. went straight for French Toast and a steady stream of coffee that never seemed to slow down, while I ordered basted eggs with bacon and sausage since they don't do poached, and as much as I wanted the biscuit, that's just too many carbs for me these days. The plates were hot, the service was cheerful in that effortless Cracker Barrel way, and the whole thing felt like the perfect reset before getting back on the road. We've always been big fans of CB and their support of vanlifers, and mornings like this remind us why. A handmade breakfast at a fair price, no hassle about parking, and a sense that you're welcome even if you rolled in after hours. It's hard to say no to that combination, especially when you're traveling in a rhythm that depends on places exactly like this. [Review 193 of 2026 - 1387 in South Carolina - 25382 overall] read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Cracker Barrel, Aiken - Southern Near Me - Aiken, South Carolina

The food was excellent and hot, for a store that has been struggling. The waitress Kristy, was on point, making sure our experience was top notch! Good job! read more

Seating person not at station 5 minute wait for him. Seated in an almost empty room. Server slow to bring menus, after ordering we waited 50 minutes before we left. read more

Everything I had tonight was good: hot fresh biscuit, apple butter, trout, mashed potatoes with white gravy, and fresh fruit.

I am from New York. We do not have Cracker Barrel there. Every trip to South Carolina, I look forward to atleast one visit to Cracker Barrel. There have been some changes in the menu and I see they now serve alcohol. Something else different this latest visit was service. I arrived on a Friday afternoon. There wasn't a wait and we were seated right away. Once seated, a server came to tell us our server has four tables and she is helping. Her name was Heather or Helen (sorry...trying to recall). She was very pleasant and personable. We were not ready to order. She said she would return. She came back and said, "Let me at least get you drinks". We ordered drinks and our meal with her. She took her time to answer questions and presented with smiles, being warm and helpful. Our actual server Selin came with out drinks. What a difference. She never introduced herself and was a lot less personable. "Here are your drinks". The silverware I was given was not clean. I asked for a replacement. She returned about 10 minutes later with our meals. No silverware. I patiently waited as she disappeared in the back. She returned. Walked towards our table, turned left and gave the table next to us meals and served a beverage to the table in front of them. Never returning to give me silverware, although I had a full meal in front of me. I had to physically get, walk to to the front and retrieve it myself. Let's discuss the meals. I ordered fried fish, mac and cheese, loaded sweet potato and cole slaw. I received meal minus the mac and cheese. The other table guest ordered a full vegetarian meal. It was dumplings, carrots, loaded sweet potato and a salad. Mind you, the waitress was told "I do not eat meat" by the patron, yet the salad came topped with bacon????!!!! Now, back to Selin. SHE NEVER CAME TO CHECK ON US. NEVER OFFERED TO REFILL OUR DRINKS. I even put my empty glass at the edge of our table to drop a hint. She came out to service tables around us, but not once saw to us after dropping the plates. She asked the other tables if they wanted anything else. Inquired if they wanted more to drink and so on. Oh...dropping the plates....let's talk about that. I ordered fries at the beginning of our meal. It took us maybe 15 to 20 minutes to eat while casually chatting. The order of fries came out AFTER our meals were complete. What fryer takes 20 minutes? She walked up fast, dropped the plate of fries at a high rate and kept walking. I think if she could have thrown it, she would. There wasn't any ketchup on our table. Of course me and the patron had to search and retrieve that as well. When we initially sat, we discussed getting dessert as well. I am sure dessert would have incorporated coffee as well. After our treatment, we didn't want to give Cracker Barrel another dollar or minute. A clear example where simple customer service would have equaled more revenue. Now the icing on the cake the fact our check was riddled with errors. My fish meal comes with two sides, but I was charges for the two sides as if they were extra. The house salad that was bought out and immediately rejected due to the pork on it, was still on the receipt. On top of that, the veggie meal was charged AND the sides were charged separately. Clearly our visit was overshadowed by Selin's poor customer service, so the food became secondary and less pleasurable to eat. However, I will comment on it. My fish was light and flaky. The crust was crisp with a nice crunch. It was actually smaller portions than I expected, but it still was adequate and tasty. For the size of the fish, think of a large chicken tender. The cole slaw was to be expected from a restaurant. My loaded sweet potato was the bomb. I have a sweet tooth and that gooey marshmallow top really added to the sweetness. It also had just enough pecans to give a nice crunch. I never got my mac and cheese, so I can't review that. The biscuits are always good to . Especially nice washed down with sweet tea. And now the Sun comes from the clouds: When you visit a Cracker Barrel, you pay on your way out. We explained our situation at the register. The worker called for a manager. Chris came to assist. With very minimal explanation and with a smile, he quite gratuitously adjusted our check. He made up for the errors and for her poor service (by the way, I never told him about her service, just the billing error). His willingness to have the customer leave happy and whole means a lot. Thank you Chris. With all this said, we still left Selin a nice tip. I am very strict on not rewarding bad behavior. However in this case, I am not even sure she realizes her poor performance. I am not sure she would self reflect on why her tip was low. With Cracker Barrel's checkered past in dealing with people of color, I am hoping this is just Selin's inexperience and not a reflection of a larger issue. Either way, if you like revenue Cracker Barrel, I suggest you make that query directly to your worker. read more

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Vibe: Late Lunch with mom & shopping Order: Kids meal (chicken tenders, Mac n cheese), hash brown casserole shepherds pie, "fried" biscuits w/apple butter, Diet Coke Food Taste: Delicious ***** Service: Excellent ***** Shopping: lots of sales***** Parking: plentiful in lot ***** I've eaten here many times, but this time was the best. Our waitress (Samantha) did an excellent job with our requests. As did the cook who accommodated our request to "open face then pan fry" our fluffy biscuits. My shepherds pie casserole with crunchy hash browns on top was delicious! They have a new $5 Takeaway deal that was a great idea we definitely had to try. If you purchase an entree, you can purchase ($5) an additional prepared dinner for later. There's 4 options to choose from for the takeaways. As you're paying/checking out (cause you need to come try the Shepherds pie before it's gone)...be sure to ask for a package of uncooked bacon. It's $15 for 2 lbs of the best thick cut bacon ever!! read more

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They were not busy for a Friday night. The waitress brought our drinks quickly. After she took our order, we didn't see her again until the food came. Our drinks sat empty for a while. The food was hot when it came out. The vegetables were a little overcooked. It was quiet with so few customers. On a non busy night, it is a good place to go for a quick dinner. The waitress was polite but not quite as attentive as I had expected. My wife likes to look through the country store after eating. Clothing was up to 60% off. I'm sure we will be back. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Catfish dinner with carrots and coleslaw - Southern Near Me - Aiken, South Carolina

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The country fried steak was horrible. The texture was more like ground cardboard with a cold gravy coating. On another recent visit, I had chicken and dumplings. They were like eating a really thick tasteless paste (no gravy at all). The food quality has really gone downhill. I had no issues with my server who did her job well. read more

My favorite food at Cracker Barrel is the Chicken and Dumplings and the Hashbrown Casserole.

The best pancakes in town yes, Like mama used to do them.... Everything else is delicious as well but honestly I go for the pancakes. read more

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Ordered drinks and asked for rolls four times... Drinks arrived just before the food and rolls arrived AFTER the food. Food is cold, I ordered a sirloin steak with onions and gravy, a loaded baked potato and salad... A PLAIN cold steak with cold french fries with a side of okra arrived. Finally a baked potato was brought out -They are out of sour cream for LOADED baked potato. I wish someone told me before I ordered. The baked potato cold to the touch doesn't melt cheese or butter. Steak ordered with onions and gravy, when gravy arrived in a bowl, no onions because "there's no sauteed onions." Drink order was slow to the point I was ready to go a gas station down the street. The restaurant is clean and quiet NOT BUSY AT ALL to justify the poor service. I sent my food back, asked them to CANCEL my order and take it off my check. My girlfriend ordered Chicken and dumplings, corn and a salad with THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING. The order arrived WITHOUT CORN and two containers of Ranch dressing. Server said they are out of thousand island dressing. Food was room temperature. Girlfriends brother ordered Mama's breakfast with extra butter and extra syrup. The eggs and french toast were cold and was only given ONE BOTTLE OF SYRUP and one scoop of butter. Couldn't melt the butter. Spoke to the manager (Jeremy) and he apologized and said "we don't offer thousand island dressing." He also said they do "have onions to saute." read more

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Went in a group of 3. Ordered: Mama's breakfast with French toast Nashville Hot Southern Fried Chicken A bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup The breakfast was fine, no complaints there. The soup was , well, not soup. It thick enough to eat with a fork and resembled a creamy pasta dish that had been sitting out. The Nashville chicken, I was painfully aware it was not cooked to order. It was tough and overly battered. Diamond, our server was good, no complaints. read more

I ordered this for my husband for his dinner and he almost ate that. Now, I did do some research on the picture which was absolutely disgusting and very concerning and I would suggest strongly not eating there. I was a frequent of that establishment at least once a week if not more, but I don't care to see it ever again. With the bad service that I've always received and the missing items from our to go orders, THIS was the icing on the cake. Now I did reach out to the corporate itself and they sent me a gift card and refunded my money for that one dinner, but I had already sent a couple of emails about stuff that had already happened and never got one word about it, but this, I guess,‍ frightened them as it did us. Be very careful ordering anything that you can't see through because that critter was in his gravy. I don't care if all of their employees are brand new, that should never happen. That's not because somebody is new. That's from being nasty. I know it seems like I always post reviews, but that's what needs be seen and I'm a magnet for terrible things for some reason. FYI, I'd definitely give it a --100 read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - you guys take a guess??? Country Fried Steak Sawmill Gravy - Southern Near Me - Aiken, South Carolina

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Tried Cracker Barrel for the first time. I had the Bacon and Egg Hashbrown Casserole; it was a good blend of flavors and left me full. The coffee was good and strong. Wish the biscuits and gravy came out hot, but warm was sufficient. The staff were friendly. Service was slightly slow, but I doubt they are highly staffed on a Thursday morning. The store they have was packed full of a wide variety of products. Almost a little too packed, hard to walk around the fixtures. Overall, it's a neat place to visit. read more

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we had an amazing breakfast this morning at Cracker Barrel, expertly served by Zoe. she was pleasant, great with refilling coffee several times and joyful. An all around pleasant experience. if you had a bad experience before, you should try it again. it was super! read more

We ate at this store on Monday, June 16, 20225. The food and service was terrible. Despite there only being about four table occupied, they had no cornbread or biscuits ready. They told us it would be twenty minutes or more before they had cornbread. We agreed to take biscuits, but they were cold and had never been heated. The server brought us more biscuits to replace the ones we had, but they were barely warm. My date ordered chicken sigh rice. The rice must have been cooked a week ago as it was so hard, it was not fit to eat. I ordered catfish with fried okra and Mac and cheese. The fried okra came out several minutes after the catfish. Our server never came back to check on us or offer a beverage refill. The lady three times, I have eaten at a Cracker Barrel it was terrible. That makes three strikes and now they are out. I will not be back. The Cracker Barrel management is running them out of business with their terrible food and service. Unless they improve, they do not deserve to survive. read more

Their Thanksgiving meal was amazing. The shopping experience in the stores the main reason I go there.

amazing staff and service. Pancakes are great. the roaring fire kept us warm. The store always has great sales.

It hasn't been my first time coming here, but every time has been great. Every time I get greeted by a nice lady, standing at the cash registers in the retail store. The place is quiet, even though it's busy most days which is very enjoyable. I have no problems with the food at all every time I've ordered something it's came out in a timely manner while tasting very good. read more

Brooke H is the best host she is so sweet and recommended my boyfriend chicken a baked potato and salad and he loved every bite plate was scraped clean and he was very much satisfied and so was I. 10/10 do recommend read more

We have been to this restaurant past, food has always been good except for today. My wife and I hadn't had the Country Fried Steak in a while, decided get it again. The orders came out, and on each plate was a perfectly round, deep fried something. We cut into it and find that it is NOT Country Fried Steak. What we found was essentially a symmetrical, stamped, thin patty of composite ground beef hamburger like substance, breaded and deep fried. We tried to eat it anyway, was not good. Neither one of us finished our meal. We're not sure what changed, but please go back to the original country fried steak cut of meat that was sold in the recent past! Meanwhile, the service and the rest of the food was great! read more

We went here for the fried turkey. That at least wasn't bad but no stuffing came with it. The service was another thing. Ordered biscuits as a bread. By the time they came out we were half way done with our food. Would expect butter to come with the biscuits none was there. Asked for butter was told would bring some. It never did come. Also our drinks were supposed to have refills, that never happened. At one point the waitress said she was fed up & ready to walk out. No wonder the lousy service. This used to be our favorite Cracker Barrel. Not sure if we will return especially if this is the service you get when they are NOT busy. read more

Food was delicious, service was the best I've ever had, thank you Crystal!! You're awesome! Ellen who checked us out was very friendly and helpful with my purchases. Bathrooms were the cleanest of any CB I've ever been to. on all counts! Keep doing what you're doing. read more

The food quality at the Aiken, SC store has declined a lot since two years ago when it was very good. The chicken was too greasy and no flavor. Some items such as the greens were uneatable. I would not recommend them until they up their game. read more

I was at the Cracker Barrel in Aiken ,SC a couple of weeks ago for lunch and it was good. Left $10 tip for the 2 of us. However, tonight we went for dinner, waited 20 minutes to be seated, waitress took our drink order, came back 10 minutes later took our order, ordered maple chicken and pot roast dinners, waitress came back 10 minutes later. We are out of pot roast, so we ordered chicken fried steak. stayed there for about 20 minutes still no drinks, biscuits, salads,, nothing. 10 minutes later they dumped all of it at once on our table. drinks, biscuits, salad, dinner. Boom. time I was done with salad dinner was cold. I've had the maple chicken before and it was good, but this time I think they pulled a swap since my Maple chicken didn't taste like maple at all. it tasted like herb and melt cheese. The bacon was good. this Restaurant is nice and clean, but it needs help. read more

Came with my family for breakfast/lunch. I got the 2 got $8.99 (Beignets and Loaded Tarter Tots) and the Homestyle chicken and French Toast. The Beignets were really good. I didn't care for the Tots but my husband liked them. I will not order the Homestyle Chicken and French Toast again. I was ok but not good enough for me to buy again. CORPORATE NEEDS TO GET THEIR HOT CHOCOLATE MACHINE FIXED! This is ridiculous. Not this locations fault though. The server was super nice and she was efficient! The wait wasn't bad at all. read more

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I didn't want to be too harsh so I gave 2 stars instead of 1. My son sent me dessert for Mother's Day. The mini Cheesecake was pretty good, but the Double Fudge Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake was dry and hard. Even the frosting was extremely firm and dry. This cake had to be several days old. I had about 2 or 3 bites and could not finish it. Very disappointing. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Double Fudge Chocolate Coca Cola Cake - Southern Near Me - Aiken, South Carolina

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After a 4 hour Ballet Recital my 10 year old daughter wanted to go to Cracker Barrel. We arrived at 9:30, our waitress Ava tried to sit our party of 5 (3 adults and 2 children) at a small table with 4 chairs. Ava informs us that we could sit some of our party at one table and sit two people at the table behind us. It was 9:30 the restaurant was empty, so our solution was to pull a chair to the end of the small table of 4 and Ava was not receptive to that. Ava continued to inform us, without prompt, that the two large round tables were taken, all other areas have been cleaned already, because the restaurant is getting ready to close, so this is all that's available. I informed my family that we would be leaving, my husband and children left, and went across the street to Outback. There was no way I was going to have someone with that mentality or customer serves relations handle my families food. Ava scooped up our silverware and proceeded behind the divider to complain to a co-worker about my family. I then told Ava's co-worker, the one she was venting to, I wanted to speak with a manager. I spoke with Kara the Associate Manager. Kara was amazing and showed strong leadership qualities; listened, very empathetic, compassionate and very apologetic. Thank you Kara for taking the time to come out of the freezer to address my concerns at 9:40pm ! Because of Ava...what started out to being an amazing evening for my daughter and her 1st recital ended ....... read more

I don't know what's going on with this CB. It's been a train wreck the last 3x I've been. I patronize this place frequently but that's going to change. We were seated 75 minutes in a not busy setting before we got our food. The manager was quite nonchalant and said there was only one cook as if that's my problem. When the food did come those that had mashed potatoes ,including myself , had cold potatoes. The corn muffins were truly inedible. Hard, dry and crumbly. Clearly they were leftover from that morning or the day before. The service was just average and usually it's very good here but lately the food has been super inconsistent and the management on the 2 occasions I've talked to seem indifferent. Time for a CB break . read more

Ordered (4) appetizers for the table, they were cold when they arrived, no dipping sauce. (4) plates came out and we had to wait 15 minutes for the other (4) plates to come out. had to request multiple times for more coffee and water. they added another party to our check, at check out. It took 15 minutes to explain we were being overcharged... it took another 15 minutes for the associate manager to straighten out our bill... Not a great experience at this Aiken SC location. read more

My husband and I just finished having dinner and the service was great. The fireplace made our experience even more enjoyable. Our waitress Samantha was amazing, she is such a sweet spirit who deserves recognition. We ordered the southern fried chicken, it was succulent and fried to perfection. We will definitely return before the holiday season is over. Great atmosphere!! read more

Never again , I waited 45 min for my food and it was so cold the pancakes didn't even melt the butter , I also had to send the eggs back . Short staff is no reason for cold food. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Cold pancakes - Southern Near Me - Aiken, South Carolina

Crackle Barrel is a great spot to get together have an amazing meal, laugh, and talk all while getting great service.

Worst service, waited 40 min for pick up, and food was ice cold, every person in the store was complaining of how slow the service was

The Southern Fried Chicken was great! Not too many meals can make me tap out, but I couldn't make a happy plate on this one. There was so much food! It wasn't until days... maybe even weeks later that the fried chicken was a new dish. I usually get breakfast, so I always thought they had fried chicken. You should try it. read more

What the heck is going on with this place? I knew there was something wrong as there were hardly any cars in the parking lot on a Sunday lunch time. I am sure the business will say its COVID but its the lack of coordination and leadership at this restaurant. The place is empty but immediately told there is a 15 minute wait. 15 minutes, get shown to the table - its a dirty table. Put our order in and immediately another lady appears and asks if we would like our biscuit / corn bread up front - ie there is an issue in the kitchen. Get our corn bread way up front and eventually the rest of our meal arrives. Eggs were ordered "over medium" and they are rock hard !! In the time we are waiting 3 different people arrive at our table at different times asking if we asked for silverware !! Got quite funny at times. Go to pay and no one is on the registers but there are 3 hosts standing doing nothing and 3 people that seemed to be standing next to the registers holding takeout food like just waiting for someone to arrive to collect it. Eventually after continually looking at each other 1 of the ladies waiting there decided to get on the register. read more

Absolutely a most wonderful experience on Monday morning, 06/03/2024. Our server was just a delight, sweet and efficient. I enjoyed the Grandmas Sampler and my husband had the hash brown bowl breakfast. All of our food was cooked nicely and so fresh, our coffee was very nice. The ice water tasted so good, it must be filtered. We are on well water at home and so we taste every chemical in the city water, but this was crystal clear with no chemical tastes. The women's bathroom was spotless. Just a great experience. Thank you!!! read more

Good food and beyond great service , I recommend this place to all my friends , great food for breakfast lunch and dinner , great value and over the top service . read more

had what seemed like a maggot in the country ham. im not uploading a nasty photo online. the manager came out, after i had brought the attention to my waitress(poor thing was devasted and ashamed and didnt want to come back to oir table, no blame on her)... but she also new the country ham smelled bad...after i suggested she smell it. i dont want to leave this a 1 star rating, but mr.manager, you need to do your diligence and come back after the meal to show some common courtesy. you should have reassured us that you went and investigated this a little further. my son in law was upset, and he is a big fan of the barrel. what prompted my review was a one star review with what seemed like a parasite in the fish a few months back. if we come back i will update the review. my eyesight is not what it used to be, but please be more sensitive to your customers. and having to ask for the breads now? tell your staff to ask/and /or let customers know now that they need to do this now dye to food cost. none of our dishes were perfect. and thats ok. but that ham had no business coming out like that. yes we all know country ham has a gamey smell. this was a rancid smell. someone get back to me with what the health score card was on 8/19/2024. read more