I decided to check out Cracker Barrel for breakfast, having heard they changed up some things, not necessarily for the better. I must say it was a totally positive experience at the restaurant here in Albany. My eggs were perfectly cooked, the biscuits were just as good as I remembered and everything else in the breakfast platter was hot and properly cooked and flavorful. Great service and timely. And I bought something in the gift shop and the people in there were very personable and helpful. I will be back to try supper and see how they do on this. It is still comforting to have a place where you can get a consistently well prepared meal with good service. It has gone up in price, just like every other restaurant in town. We need to extend these folks some grace; we need Cracker Barrel as much as they need us. read more

Service was deplorable. Waited well over an hour for our food. Never refilled our drinks. Management obviously needs a shake up here.

Monday at 7pm, 2 hours before closing, there was no sour dough bread and their coffee batch was expired. I was only told this after waiting for my food and had to eat cold eggs no bread. Pancakes were horrible, they had a chewy consistency, the syrup didn't even help. Service was horrible I didn't even want to shop afterwards, just wanted to get out of there. Lights were on bright! This is not the Cracker Barrel I remember, it's too bad I flew in from the west and this was the one thing I was looking forward to. read more

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The catfish is always consistently good. But the chicken and dumplings were horrible and bland with a tiny piece of chicken in it. We've noticed there was full plates left untouched on tables while we were walking out. read more

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My husband, granddaughter and I came for lunch on a Tuesday. We were seated right away and our server, Ny, came over promptly to take our drink orders. We all ordered iced tea- two unsweetened and one half and half. She took our order when she brought the drinks. I ordered chicken and dumplings with green beans and turnips and cornbread. My husband ordered grilled chicken tenders, turnips and green beans. Our granddaughter ordered chicken and dumplings, green beans and fresh fruit. The food came out fairly quickly and really hot. We all enjoyed everything we ordered. The green beans were especially delicious to me. Our overall experience was great and our server was excellent. The restaurant was clean and welcoming. We will definitely return! We're Reward members and we got some pumpkin pie for my husband's birthday reward. She put it in a go container since we were stuffed. read more

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This location SUCKED! They absolutely RUINED my first taste of Cracker Barrel ap badly, I may never go back! The rolls were hard as a rock. The service was slow and uncaring! I ordered a steak and grilled shrimp. Steak med rare. Steak was well done! They were out of the grilled shrimp and brought fried shrimp instead which was way smaller than the picture. Not to mention the baked potato WAS DRY. I asked for butther and they bring me out tis USED looking container with barely any butter in it! The only thing I enjoyed was LEAVING! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Dry over cooked baked potato and no butter! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Albany, Georgia

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I was visiting from out of state, it was my first time eating here and it was pretty overwhelming but JoAnna was amazing! She recommended the campfire chicken dish, which was amazing btw. The service and the food was great. I'll definitely come back next time I'm in town. read more

As always, the breakfast at Cracker Barrel is unbelievably amazing and cannot be beat. The pancakes are unbelievable and so are the biscuits. Unfortunately, though, we experienced some of the worst service we've ever had. I'm not sure what the stars on the servers' aprons mean, because our server had 4 stars but was one of the worst and meanest servers I've ever had. She constantly sassed our table and acted like we were bothering her simply by ordering. We asked for our coffees after she didn't bring them for 10 minutes and she rudely said "I'm making them." Food also took 35 minutes and they weren't even crowded. I try to give servers the benefit of the doubt, as I do work as a server myself, but there is no excuse to be acting like she was. Anywho, if you can see past the shockingly rude service, the food is phenomenal and still worth it in my opinion. read more

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Went for Breakfast this morning with my Service Dog, my Friend was unable to join us, illness. It was Such a Pleasure to see everyone, Especially Ryan. She was training Terrance who just started. as always it was a wonderful time and experience. The Staff are the BEST!! Will always be back. Great Job Ya'll read more

My grandparents and I came here for Lunch (1:05 on a Tuesday) and were not let down! There was little to no wait and was taken to our table quickly. We were served by Ny. We got seated at 1:05 and got our food around 1:30. My grandma got Chicken and dumplings with green beans and turnip greens, my grandpa got grilled chicken tenders with green beans and turnips and I got Chicken and dumplings with fruit and green beans. Very fast service, cool decorations, and delicious food! What's not to like? read more

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We visited this store just 2 wks ago to pick up our niece from ABAC and had a really good time. The food was hot and fresh and the service was superb. That's why we decided to visit again on our way back to pick her up again for the holiday break. The waitress, someone named "Shana A" was incredibly rude. We waited nearly 15 minutes for her to come to the table to take our order and even then, she had already taken the drink orders and served the food for the table next to us who came in 15-20 minutes AFTER we arrived. When she finally decided to come back, she was haughty and acted superior as if it was a bother for us to be there. My niece's French toast was cold, and the mac&cheese and mashed potatoes with gravy was instant and canned -- and cold. The fried chicken was somewhat raw on the bone, not thoroughly cooked. The young lady who served us last week was entirely different. We left her a $20 tip, which was a 50% markup to the bill itself. We pay for our service and we were not able to leave 'Shana A' anything because of the slow service, bad attitude and we asked for extra napkins three times, but she brought them only as we were leaving, along with the bread that we never got during the meal. Also, it was my birthday so I had a dessert coming. Was scared to ask for it with her arrogance and bad manners. Date: 12/9/2024 Time: 2:45 PM Needless to say, we won't be back. We called a friend of ours who lives near the area and he said "I could have told you not to go there. They put the CRACKER in Cracker Barrel." Yeah, Shana is Black like us...but she's been obviously been Podunk-trained like 'Stephen' from the movie "Django". The good news - the Cracker Barrel where WE live is entirely different. They never treat us badly just for being our color-that's why I joined the Rewards Club in the first place. read more

I ordered through doordash. Doordash called to tell me they were out of one of he sides I chose. They asked what I wanted to replace it with. Upon receiving my order, the 2nd side was missing. So they were out of both. I ordered chicken and dumplings, with broccoli cheese casserole, fried okra and mac and cheese. Was able to switch one side to hashbrown casserole. The hashbrown was disgusting.. All of it was super bland, with no flavor at all. The cornbread and rolls were super dry and hardned. If you like good quality food, or flavor, I would not recommend. read more

Cracker Barrel is our favorite go-to place when we are RVing because it's RV friendly! They have designed parking spaces in the back of the building for RVs. We always go in for dinner or breakfast. It's our first time to this Cracker Barrel in Albany, it's a little further away from the highway. But we find the location is nicer than some others we have been to. There's also some other restaurants around and Lowe's, Walmart near by! Hubby asked our waitress something on the menu, she explained, but kind rude. And, she walked away while she was still taking our orders without saying anything. She brought over drinks, but in double portion! We got two cups of each drink. I was confused. She said, so you don't need to ask for refill. It's kind of waste to me because I sometimes couldn't finish one cup! I had grilled trout with cole slaw and fruit as sides. The trout was tasty, wish the skin could be more crunchy. Hubby had turkey special. He said it's no seasoning at all. Reminded him of the cafeteria food in high school! LOL! read more

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Food is always excellent. Service is great. Waitstaff is attentive. No spoon, had to ask for sugar. Grits and coffee are hard to handle with no spoon. B - today ! read more

The only reason this restaurant got a 2 star from me is because I enjoy the Craker Barrel franchise. We have been going to Craker Barrels throughout the country for years. However, this one disappointed me. First of all we waited in line for at least a half hour. That in itself wasn't the issue. The fact that we actually had to wait in a long line was. Normally, they would giv²e us a beeper and we can shop to kill the time. This wasn't done at this location. Secondly, it took a long time for the waitress to come to the table. When she finally came, she didn't bring us the usual biscuits and corn bread along with water and silverware. The biscuits didn't come until we finished our meal and had to ask for them. My water never came. I ordered a Cinnamon Toast Latte. The waitress told me the machine was broken, so instead, I ordered a hot chocolate. When they finally came with my meal, they brought me a latte! Guess the machine was quickly fixed.. It was interesting that I overheard another waiter telling a customer at a nearby table that the latte machine is broken. They have to get their story straight. In spite of the serving difficulties, when our food finally arrived, it was delicious...even the latte! I had the meat loaf and my husband enjoyed the chicken pot pie. read more

Placed an order for pickup, waited 45 min for it when they said it would be 15 minutes and when I got home the order was wrong. Not only was it short two sides, the portions were minuscule! Mash potatoes tastes sour too. This is the second time I have had the order wrong, my bad, I didn't check it before I left. There were other customers who were smart enough to check their orders before they left and were still waiting in the corrections when I left. Not sure what happened to this restaurant, they were very conscientious and the food was always good. Disappointed!! Did not take pictures. read more

Mac and cheese was barely warm, okra was cold. One piece of chicken in chicken and dumplings. Waitress acted like it pained her to get biscuits and butter (she didn't even ask us if we wanted them, we had to ask her). She never came to check on us or see if we needed refills (we did). Gave us the check when she brought our food. Never saw her again. read more

Slowest Cracker Barrel I've ever been too. Over 1 hour 20 min wait for eggs and bacon. Coffee was Luke warm so we had to wait on another pot to be made. Avoid this location. 2 people came out and promised food would be right out. Still waiting 20 min later. Bathrooms dirty. Owner here should be embarrassed. read more

That was so so bad. Eggs were cold, hash brown casserole was dry and crunchy, took 50 minutes to get one entree. Never got checked on or I would've told them. We had to flag down another server to get one drink refill. We had to ask for silverware and there was no butter with the biscuits. read more

We've gone to cracker barrel quite often because we travel in our RV a lot and we tend to boondock in the parking lot at night while we're traveling. So I usually feel obligated to eat at the cracker barrel due to their courtesy of allowing us to park. I have to admit the last couple of times I've been here I've been less than satisfied. This recent trip we didn't have very good service and the waitress was inconsistent and a bit gruff. I had the turkey special on Thursday and to be honest it was like eating cafeteria food. There was no seasoning on anything except the apples. My wife had the trout which really was quite good, so maybe that's what we'd recommend if you came here and you like fish. Anyway maybe I'll stick to breakfast when I'm camping in their parking lot... lol read more

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Jasmine my waitress was very Poised, Outstanding Server. She was easy to interact with and very efficient. She even asked if I was a Veteran. Thank You to Cracker Barrel for Recognizing Veterans every day!! Happy Customer. read more

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Honestly the worst Cracker Barrel we've ever been to. Hostess who sat us was bad mouthing the people she had just seated. We were abruptly seated five minutes later. The restaurant was not crowded by any means, it was after 1 pm when we were seated. We waited about 20 minutes to speak to our waitress, who brought waters. We ordered our food at the same time we ordered drink so we could speed up the process. We waited well over an hour for our food. My child's mini cheeseburger was basically charred and the bun was burnt it had sat waiting for so long. We never got asked if we wanted drink refills. I had to flag down the waitress to get ketchup, I was tempted to snatch it from the little station myself. We gobbled the food so fast we got hiccups. Good in general was okay, but not great. We sat for 1.5 hours and it took us 6 minutes to eat the food. Never again, my kids' first experience at Cracker Barrel and they promptly declared it "The Worst Restaurant Ever", congrats Cracker Barrel Albany! read more

We ordered breakfast delivered from Cracker Barrel this morning. Sorry I forgot about taking pictures!! The food quality and taste was definitely very good. The portion sizes are horrible. They filled up 1/4 of their own dishes . If my portion size was that out of control, I'd go get a smaller dish so that it didn't look so bad!!! We got two DIFFERENT breakfasts...so TWO opportunities to get it right or very WRONG, which is what happened here. Also, the driver had to wait for 20 minutes for the order to be ready once she got there, so the frozen coffee became very melted...one more mark against Cracker Barrel. It's safe to say that we won't be ordering from here again. Take out service is definitely not a priority at this restaurant!!! read more

We were sat immediately and server was quick to wait on us. Breakfast was good. Breakfast is usually pretty easy. I was happy with this CB today. Our server was nice and efficient read more

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Great place for brunch. So many options and you will not leave hungry. However be prepared to wait because servers are busy and limited. Not their fault, you will be waiting for about 40 minutes or so during peak weekend times. The food is very good. Salads are loaded with an assortment of good vegetables. The fried shrimp was cooked to perfection and the grilled chicken was juicy and flavorful. Go early or be patient because good food is worth waiting for. Busy, busy , busy! read more

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What happened to the chicken in chicken and dumplings? Dont get any chicken anymore. Just a whole bunch of dumplings

Came at 12:00 food still not on table after an hour. Cold air clean but slow as syrup on a winters day. To few waiters for to many tables at lunch. Food quality seems good. Just set aside time for waiting. Drinks stayed full. read more

The worst! Sooooo slow, even when there's no one there. And the wait staff disappear. Probably due to their embarrassment of working here. If you go, make sure you have 2 hours to spend. We got breakfast, 45 minutes for scrambled eggs and biscuits and gravy. That's right, 45 minutes for a 5 minute meal. read more

Cracker Barrel offers an excellent dining experience, both with food and service. Whether it's breakfast or lunch they do a very good job on both. I got the fried pork chops. You can't go wrong. The restaurant is extremely clean and well-maintained. The service was a little slow but that's no big deal. The order was delivered correctly. Great location. Decent price. read more

The food was great, and the service was excellent. My server was very kind and helpful, with a lot on her plate at once.

It took 15 minutes to get a drink. We've been here for an hour and still no food. Waiter does not check in with us at all.

I am visiting the city of Albany and one thing I can't get is good food ok this city however, Cracker Barrel never let's me down. The store is chock full of new inventory for Fall. I scooped up my favorite pecan bars. My friend had never had Cracker Barrel pancakes. Blasphemy!!! Who does that? Any who we ordered a huge breakfast even though it's dinner time. All day breakfast here is the way to go. The food was very eye appealing and gorgeous and tasted even better. This store had the quickest service ever. The server was amazing and management walked around greetings patrons. That's how you do it folks. Other restaurants take note please. Talk to your people. read more

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Do not go here. Waited 15 minutes to get a service NO ONE came to our table. CRacker Barrel needs to pull this franchise. read more

A for effort, I used to work at one and there are some things you need to know. There are something's that are heated up in the microwave and not prepared like a good establishment would have done. You've got to have the right server because some just don't care read more

I don't normally do reviews, but this place was so bad, I can't help myself. Food was not good. For starters, there was a gob of cut-up, barely-cooked bacon on top of my salad that looked like dog vomit. The croutons were stale. Next out was my loaded baked potato without the sour cream that I had asked for ( when I asked for it, I was told they're out). it was topped with the same disgusting bacon as the salad (although it was slightly warmed this time, so no quite as gross). The potato was barely warm and tough, like it had been overcooked, then cooled and probably reheated in a microwave. Sent it back and asked for tater tots, which still weren't out when we got the bill. Horrible place! read more

Service can be mid if they're busy or you're unlucky. But food is always pretty good. Cheesecake pancakes go crazy hard.

Restaurant was clean and server was nice. BUT!!! We waited an hour for food. Coffee was warm not hot. Server had no idea who ordered what once food finally came out. Not a great experience for dining out. read more

Half empty parking lot and a 25 minute wait for a table. Thirty minutes later a waitress came by. Another 25 minutes to get water. We left after 55 minutes without ever seeing our food. No one on the section where we were seated had food. Keep on going! Not worth stopping at this Cracker Barrel. read more

The food served here is delicious. It is always fresh there is something for everyone even the picky eaters. The prices are good the service is fast. The only thing I have ever disliked is the noise level. But the noise comes because everyone is here enjoying their meal. Kids do fine here. Older generation is fine. And the young adults and teens all fit in and enjoy the experience. I know it is the food that brings everyone in. The variety of options keep you coming back for more. The store is just an added delight. Everyone will like their meal from here and you may discover some great new items you have not had before. ENJOY. read more

Don't stop unless you have a lot of time to wait on your food. I usually love Cracker Barrel food but not so much this one. Ordered turkey and dressing; sweet potato casserole. Very disappointed. read more