It's been a minute since I've eaten at Cracker Barrel. I should change that. But this was a quick stop on a road trip. It's a tradition! This CB and I go way back. It's seen all my bad hair. I've savored all of its seasonal offerings. This was another good catchup. It's right there off I-75-between Tampa and Sarasota. It's easy access-with a McDonald's next door. There's plenty of parking and the familiar rockers out front. The store is well lit and nicely laid out. As of mid August, they have a good bit of Halloween and autumn decor already on display. Yeah, it's early, but it's fun. It has all the vintage candy and snacks-candles-vinyl, games, toys, baby clothes and accessories, so many cute dresses, sweatshirts, even shoes and jewelry-and all sorts of cozy decor. You can always find a cute, thoughtful or funny gift here. It's clean, comfy and yeah-their restrooms are pretty great, too! The store staffers are always friendly here. I'm already looking forward to going back! read more

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Cracker Barrel is always a great choice when you're in the mood for some good stick to the ribs food. We were on the way home from a trip to Tampa and decided to stop here for a bite to eat. It was pretty busy with a bit of a wait but it seemed to go by fast especially since I spent time looking at the items in their store. My husband and I decided to share the weekend special of fried chicken and we had it with green beans, cole slaw, mashed potatoes and of course their delicious biscuits. Our meal was very good with the chicken being perfectly crunchy on the outside and nice and juicy on the inside. Being a Floridian I'm pretty loyal to Publix fried chicken but this was a close second in terms of deliciousness. Our son had the grilled catfish with Mac and cheese and the fried okra and he really enjoyed his meat also. The server and the other employees that I interacted with were all very nice. Would definitely return to this location. read more

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Cracker Barrel is a great consistent go-to for home style meals at reasonable prices... The Bradenton restaurant is tucked just off the I75 so it's easy to get here and back on the road.... The greeters are always friendly and smiling and I was seated right away. The waiter asked about a drink and I'd already planned on chicken and dumplings so I placed the food order at the same time. The decor of most of the restaurants are antique memorabilia that reminds me of a simpler time. The chairs are wooden and not super comfortable - maybe that's to keep things moving. The gift shop is always fun - the choices rotate and there always seems to be a section dedicated to local sports teams. The chicken and dumplings were good as normal, cornbread was warm enough to melt the butter and all in all a good meal. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Sign for sale in the store - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

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We had a wonderful experience here! It was a cool day in Floida- it was great to see the burning fireplace! Jimmy was our server,and he was awesome! Really fun and charming! Our food was delivered hot and delicious! Everything was great! I would definitely visit the location again!! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

A classic restaurant that I love coming to! It may be a chain, but it still has that same country feel to it! Brief Summary: This Cracker Barrel location holds them to their standards and delivers well on service, quality, and value! If you're a fan of country food, drop on by! Would I Recommend This Restaurant? Yes The Food: I've had a number of things here, and it's almost always delicious and fresh. The fried chicken is a classic, and their new burger with the fried egg on it is fabulous!!! This is in stark contrast to the burger I had last time that made me seriously regret getting a burger at Cracker Barrel. Occasionally, you get a side of dried okra or chicken tenders that feel a bit too small, but for the most part, they do quality pretty well! I'm also not a fan with how often they change the menu and remove classics or move them to certain days. I LOVE their pot pie, but they recently changed it to where you can only get it one day out of the week, and I HATE THAT!!! Because I'm never there on that day! Overall, the food is delicious, but just know that sometimes there will be a miss. They're always quick to correct it though, so kudos to them for their hospitality. Value: The price you pay for the amount of food you get is incredible! I've always thought that Cracker Barrel has had a great value proposition, and I still think that to this day. I leave fat and happy each time and all without breaking the bank! Service and Staff: The staff here are almost all perfect. They're all friendly, and mostly extremely knowledgeable. There is also a server named Randy that is as friendly as can be! Will be asking for him in the future! Just all smiles, very friendly, and extremely knowledgeable! Location and Interior: The location is a bit tucked away, and the motels and stuff you drive past make you question how safe the area is, but the interior is just like any other Cracker Barrel. But I enjoy the familiarity of it. There's a certain feeling that Cracker Barrel gives you that just can't be fully put into words. But it's a feeling that makes me want to keep coming back. Final Thoughts: A beautiful location for a classic chain. Sit with Randy one time, and you'll be sitting with him for the rest of your life! Final Scores: Food - 7/10 Value - 5/5 Service/Staff - 4/5 Location/Interior 4/5 Total 20/25 = 4/5 Stars Stay fresh Mother Fooders! :p read more

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Great experience at this location. Wait staff were super friendly, food was exceptional and prices met my expectations. I always enjoy visiting CB's looking at their unique style and country vibe. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Pecan Pancake Plate - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

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One of the best Cracker Barrel's I've been to and I've been going to them across the country for years! Have felt recently that overall there was bit of a decline in the quality of some locations but clearly not the case with this one! Awesome food and love the revamped menus! Very friendly staff as well and all the classic feel you are used to! read more

Oh my gosh, if you go to Cracker Barrel, you HAVE to ask for Frankie! He is SO much fun and absolutely hilarious! He gave us great recommendations, provided excellent service, and, most importantly, took the extra time to be genuinely personable. I really appreciate when someone goes above and beyond to make your experience special, and Frankie definitely did that! He is absolutely fabulous... so much so that I gave him my hat! Frankie, you made our visit so much more fun! Keep being YOU! If you want, I can also  make it funnier and more Facebook-style, with a little more personality and emojis. read more

Eat at this Cracker Barrel a lot. 9 out of 10 times the food is awesome and prepared correctly with great service. read more

After many years we decided to go back to Cracker Barrel. Now the good first, service and no wait. The bad food quality hit bottom, such as eggs that don't taste or look like eggs - dried out pork sausage, biscuits break apart and crumble easily, but Cracker Barrel compensated by increasing their prices, smart move. Fortunate there are plenty of other chains to meet our needs. We will never return! read more

Food was delicious. Service was very good. Will definitely go back . The sweet tea is also very good. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Country Fried steak - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

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We've been eating at this location for over 30 years. It used to be a training center location. It has always been outstanding, but the last few visits the food and the service were terrible. We decided to give it 1 more try today and it's back to the way it used to be. Food and service were excellent. Looks like they have new management. Thank goodness! We love their sweet tea too! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes w/ gravy and green beans. - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

A most enjoyable time Right from the start our server made the visit fun. Quick with coffee, helpful suggestions, her ability and willingness to deal with our silliness and requests was appreciated. Cracker Barrel is sort of a unique place where you walk through their country store to get to the restaurant. The restaurant is large, the décor mostly old stuff on the walls, and there is a fireplace. Summer in Florida, the fireplace was not in use. For breakfast I had their Grandma's Sampler Pancake Breakfast, a couple of eggs, a couple of large pancakes, sausage patty, slice of ham, and a strip of bacon. I thought the sausage patty wasn't the best but everything else was fine. I did end up leaving some of the pancakes, just too much. My dining companion had their Steak & Eggs and loved it. I could see the steak was cooked perfectly. She did not like the grits I made her try. We laughed. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Grandma's Sampler Pancake Breakfast - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

Food was great as always. Plenty of parking, especially if you turn right when entering the parking lot.

I wish I could give this place 3.5 stars - it well deserved more than three, but I will err a little lower in this case... When visiting a different area, I am not a fan of stopping in and eating at a place I can eat locally where I live. But due to a comedy of errors yesterday morning, we ended up here. Though it was not our first, second, nor even our third choice - it was functional and served the purpose - getting ourselves a hearty and delicious breakfast. Greeting and seating needs some work - Was not greeted and had to wait to be seated (when you could clearly see there were plenty - and I mean plenty - of empty tables. The waitress made up for it, though. She was very friendly, patient with us, and took care of every request we made - a great job that I acknowledged when we paid. No complaints there. As a Cracker Barrel - it was one of the better ones I have been too... read more

Wow! Just wow! We don't frequent Cracker Barrel often - usually only when traveling, and especially not our local store! BIG MISTAKE! The Bradenton CB is crazy-good! From a warm welcome, to the lovely hostess, to CASEY's prompt appearance with her great smile, to her spot-on recommendations throughout our breakfast! (We were returning and fresh off a red-eye flight - so her upbeat attitude was even more welcome!) She actually *heated* our cups before pouring coffee, she offered adding cheese to my husband's scrambled eggs, and right up-front she said they have boxes if our breakfast was more than we could eat! Near the end of our meal, Casey mentioned they had special pricing for a dinner we could take home so I wouldn't have to cook! WoWzEr! What a great server! OH WAIT! I didn't mention my breakfast! I'm usually a loyal fan of the Old-Timer breakfast - but the new menu had loaded hash browns with scrambled eggs and bacon! MELT IN YOUR MOUTH - and as hot as I wanted it to be - PERFECTION in a dish! (And yes - I enjoyed the second half the next morning!) Parking is easy - and it's easy to keep an eye on your car from almost every table. The entire store was clean - no sticking shoes - and really fun, eye-catching tchotchkes to peruse (as always). read more

Popped in again today. Same great service. Ordered the country boy breakfast today with steak tips and another with sweet ham steak. Both were good as usual... read more

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Haven't been to Cracker Barrel in forever! Took a chance on a Sunday, but out our name on the virtual waitlist before we left the house. This was the MOVE! When we arrived we gave our name and we got in 5 min later. Everything we ate was delicious! Definitely sign up for rewards, we got the biscuit beignets, worth it!! read more

The host seated us promptly, but after 15-20 minutes, we were still not greeted or checked on by the waitress/waiter. Both tables on either side of us were attended to and followed up with, yet we were left without any greeting or service. Regrettably, we decided to leave due to the lack of service. 0 stars suggestion. read more

Food was like old tasting and seemed like everything like warm and cornbread luke warm as well but they were fresh. Seems they are going down hill fast with food read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Hashbrowns - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

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Ordered breakfast Eggs toast and bacon. It was all cold and bacon cold and hard as a rock. Left hungry. Server was chatting with her friends at another table. So service didn't exist. read more

Excellent. Ordered for pick up. When I arrive the order wasn't ready. that's okay, I got a warm dish! Basically you just need to pick up nearby the cashier and don't need to go all the way to the restaurant because their shop is at front. read more

Food has really gone downhill over the past few years. The CEO's priority should be improving food quality instead of destroying the company with a poorly designed rebranding. read more

Tried lunch at local location. It took 12 minutes from time we were seated until a unfriendly server(LaShonda) finally showed up. Service from kitchen was equally slow and food was tasteless, except for Fried Apples. Won't be returning here again, except to visit the General Store part. Restaurant sucks! read more

Stopped in for breakfast on a Sunday. Definitely do the waitlist online before you go. It fit us a table within 5 min of arrival. I had the pancake breakfast that also came with eggs. It was great!! My favorite was the biscuit beignets! Highly recommend! read more

Silverware was dirty for all! I mean crusty food! Tried to get waiter attention but (Phill) attention but he was too busy tipping dancing 2 other tables to DO his job properly! We normally have gone to St Pete for years weekly! Restaurant was way too small for area! read more

We arrived and were waiting at the host stand with a decent crowd waiting to check in or place our names on the list, yet no host. Not a big deal. The host could be seating someone or getting a large table together. The host returns and the first person starts to speak to him to put his name on the list. Instead of acknowledging the gentleman, the host picks up a the speaker and calls 4-5 names from the list. Still does not talk to the gentleman waiting to give his name for the list, but waits for all the names he calls to come to the stand and be seated. This process takes roughly 10 mins. Once he does return, then he starts to take names. We already are on the list as I put us on the list through the website. We are told that we will be sat shortly, the text that comes through says 10-15 minutes, but we are not sat for 30 minutes. Total wait time to be sat was around 45 minutes. Mind you this was a Sunday morning, but the process was not efficient or welcoming. At the table, we wait and watch the dinning room fill up. As it was about 10:30a, they may have been waiting for the 11a servers to arrive. We were eventually sat at 11:27a, but our server did not greet us until 11:35a. We watched tables around us get greeted, served drinks, and some served food before we were served our drinks. Our food came out, we ate, and no sign of our server. She did come by to drop of the check and ask if we needed anything before greeting a table. We waited another 15 minutes for her to come back with a to-go drink I asked for. That is 15 mins after she went back into the kitchen. Finally, after she starts out of the kitchen without a drink and then returning to get it, we can go and get on with our day. Breakfast, even with new COVID rules usually takes us an hour at Cracker Barrel. Still a good time and we enjoy the experience. This visit takes almost two and a half hours for the three of us to have breakfast. Our meals were good, even if they didn't have blueberry syrup. It was all just very slow. read more

Our server, Olivia was amazing. She took great care of us and brought us the extra things that we asked for, all with a smile. Kudos Olivia! read more

Once again, great experience. Consistent food taste, preparation, and presentation. Whitney was awesome! We would go back just to have her top notch service. Ice cream for breakfast is a must. Thank you! read more

I absolutely love Cracker Barrel Country restaurant and stores. The Bradenton, FL location off Manatee Ave (64) is a training location so you see some turnaround in staff but they are always very helpful when shopping and really go the extra mile to make sure you've had a good experience. The food is always fresh and arrives hot. Portions are a good size and you can rely on their favorites menu items like the meatloaf diner. The managers are always available should you have a issue with your visit. The restaurant, shop area and bathrooms are always clean. You also meet some really nice people there. It's also a great family eatery and if you happen to be traveling in a RV definitely try it out. I'm a regular and they never disappoint! read more

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Spent close to $70 on takeout. Food cold, inedible, mushy and orders not prepared as ordered. If they have your phone number and email address, why not call to say 1) we don't have that item, what would you like to replace it with? NOT, throw whatever in the order, don't fulfill the order at all!! waste of money, time, gas and threw it away!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! HORRIBLE!!!!! read more

Every thing the food was great and the gift shop was amazing great service they even offered to cut off the crust when they saw me doing it 100% recommend. read more

During our road trip, my family and I stopped here, and the food and service were both excellent. Our waitress was in the process of teaching a new employee, and both of them were really professional and courteous. The restaurant was extremely busy, but they quickly seated us and the food arrived quickly. I've dined at Cracker Barrel previously and have always been satisfied. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Fish Fry - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

It was well after lunch and staff was thin, but a dear older little waitress lady worked hard to be helpful and a blessing to our six family members. We were pleasantly surprised. She went the "extra mile". Had to thank her and leave a good tip read more

Stopped in after a day at St Pete's beach fried Chicken dinner was just what I needed.Briana was our server! She was pleasant and friendly. Quick with the Coffee and a nice smile. Our meals were southern Fried Awesome corn bread and cheese grits it was all good. We will be back next time though read more

Honestly the service here for me has been subpar. The food has been cold and rushed and really no labor of love. It's unfortunate because i enjoy the atmosphere but thats about it. My tea hasn't been great either, tasting like sugar water... overall I don't recommend Cracker Barrel but i do hope they can redeem themselves in their service department and really make sure the food is nice and hot. The biscuits though are always great! read more

Food was okay. I think Cracker Barrel in general has been going downhill. I had a new item -- layered hashbrown casserole. Basically a skillet breakfast but with their hashbrown casserole. Had bacon, eggs, cheese, topped with onion rings and raw tomato. Kind of weird toppings. It was good. Nothing crazy. VERY loud. I couldn't even hear my mom talking at the table. Took about 10 mins for a table on a Saturday morning, which wasn't bad. My mom had eggs in a piece of sour dough. She ordered them over easy and they weren't runny at all. Lots of other breakfast places in town! I could take it or leave it. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Hashbrown casserole layered with cheese, eggs, and bacon topped with onion rings and raw tomato..? - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

I'm Vegan/Vegitarian so not a lot of options here. They took scratch oatmeal off menus couple years ago. BUT .. I give them credit for flexibility and thoughtful servers. Flex for making something not on menu... pancakes with real blueberries cooked in batter. They were awesome!! If your Veg you're not going to have bunch of options... I only went there because it was Groups choice. read more

The new menu item strawberry french toast with custard gave my girlfriend bad food poisoning dont go here..

The food was fantastic. Everything was fresh and delicious. Staff were a bit rude and unfriendly. Everyone staff member seemed like that were having a crappy day and had attitudes. Food was a 10/10 but the staff was a 2/10. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Amazing loaded Loaded Baked Sweet Potato. My favorite item we got. So good!! - American Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

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