After being Greeted with a friendly hostess she sat us in Kim's section and she also was happy to see us and service was fast and delicious. The food was absolutely hot and delicious!!! Everything was prepared as ordered and the sourdough toast was perfectly toasted and actually very hot . My son and I Love Cracker Barrel and this location was one of the BEST in every way!!! If I'm ever in Clearwater again I'll look forward to eating there again!!! The store was decorated beautifully too! read more

Im always a big fan of Cracker Barrel and this location was pretty standard. The food was tasty and consistent with other locations. The ambiance is cozy and cute, and I love looking around in the store. The service was very slow though, as it took a very long time to get our food, but our server was nice. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich with sausage & fried apples - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

My experience with this Cracker Barrel is by far the best one I've ever had from any Cracker Barrel I've visited. The service was excellent and the food was amazing. The staff treated me like family. I would definitely recommend!!! read more

No, waiting for a table here today. Typical Cracker Barrel menu and ambience. Excellent service, they don't rush you out. I had the smoked chicken breast, which was recommended by the waitress and very good. The others at our table had beef stew and the shepherds pie special. Everybody brought some home because the portions were huge read more

always loved this place. The ol wooden smell. The gift shop always has all kind of cool retro type stuff and they change it up. Breakfast is my favorite. The whole atmosphere. The older people here are always friendly too. Nothing better than sitting in a rocking chair just chillin read more

Disgusting!!! The health department needs to visit this place. The food is old & dried out. Meatloaf hard, hashbrown casserole they served the hard crap they scraped from the side of the pan instead of cooking more. The apples are swimming in white grease. Mashed potatoes are ok but the gravy tastes burnt. Even the biscuits were hard as a rock. If a food fight breaks out in there, they're in trouble. Those biscuits will easily break windows!! The Bathrooms were gross & out of soap & paper towels!! Cracker Barrel used to be such a great place. We looked forward to the country style food, fresh biscuits, hash brown casserole & fried apples. Not even the staples that made them famous are edible anymore. Staff are rude & lazy. They speak like they were plucked from the back alley & thrown into the dining room without any training. They have no urgency to get you anything at all. They are also attempting to add gratuity to the checks for standard parties. (3 people) Pay attention cause they'll refuse to wait on you then add on a 20% gratuity without a word. I guess they figure they don't have to lift a finger if they can slip a tip on their bill anyways. I caught it, thankfully & made them remove it. They protested & called the manager to remove it. I tried to speak to the manager but she had no interest in what the issue was. All she cared about was getting back to the corner table where she sat stuffing her face. Meanwhile the restaurant is burning all around & management can't be bothered. The only person paying any attention is the lady that stalks you in the country store. She follows you as if you're stealing or hiding something. It's really uncomfortable to shop at all. They won't assist you in finding sizes but they'll quickly complain if you are carrying any of their merchandise in your hands.... Guess you can't touch it to purchase? My granddaughter wanted a stuffed doll & candy. When she handed me the doll, the staff member acted like I was stealing it when all I did was take it from my granddaughter and say thank you. Maybe they should pay more attention to the people in the dining room and less attention to stalking guests in the country store? They must be under new management & the new management is fully intent on destroying a once great staple in America. Just keep driving, there are plenty of local places that actually appreciate your patronage. Cracker Barrel, sadly, I just don't see them lasting much longer. They've taken away everything fun & nostalgic & tried to turn it into a basic poorly run cafeteria with sticky tables, nasty floors & rude staff. Soon they'll either go out of business or turn into another garbage buffet, where people serve themselves from the garbage left under heat lamps all day. I mean, I guess at least you're getting something by serving yourself but God forbid you have to ask for anything. Just AVOID!!! If you dare go in, don't say no one warned you. read more

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A debacle from start to finish. I will say the Manager comped the entire meal which I will accept as a good gesture and return as a result but still does not override the fact this was a horrible experience A-Z. Arrived and told 20 minute wait, it was 10. Was seated and the other 10 was waiting on a server apparently. Ordered our usual and a desert as it was a Birthday freebie. Server brought food and said out of biscuits which would be out (my favorite). Then said of out of chicken and dumplings, just refund the add on. Then came back and said oh no more biscuits tonight (what?). The portions of veggies was 2-3 bites and the crispy okra was maybe 8 pieces on one and 10 on another and microwaved or reheated and nasty soggy. Refills were slow on arriving even though we showed the waitress. Ordered our FREE Birthday dessert and came back we don't have that, second choice no, asked what do you have? Only one option, told her to make it to go as I was done and it was the smallest piece ever and even free wasn't worth it. All in all I will write it off as a one night someone messed up in the kitchen and the manager who tried to make it right but will be early in the day and will try them to see if it is a trend. read more

It's just not as good as it used to be, but it's still good. And I love the shopping!

We LOOOOOVE Cracker Barrel, and if we have a car (we live in New York City, and don't own one), we'll try to get to one. This one happened to be one of the best we've gone to though! There was virtually no wait on a Saturday late morning. Which of course meant we could get served right away. Does a trip to Cracker Barrel count without biscuits? I think not. Thanks for the hospitality! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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So I'm in town trading on a Music tour & we go to this Cracker Barrel, hmmm The waitress was a lil standoffish from the start. It's ok we all have our off days. We proceed to place our order & I asked for egg whites.ghey no longer serve egg whites, so I ordered country fried steak with a side of hash browns and grits. My grits come Lumpy and uncooked my hash browns were stale and hard to cut. I let our waitress know and she said oh sorry about that and walked away I asked her if she could bring me orange juice and ketchup. As I tried to Bear through eating at least some of the food I could not eat the grits. They were hard they were uncooked as for the hash browns they were stale I proceeded to tell the manager he comes over I tell him what I dealt with he said sorry for your loss and walks away. He did not offer me a discount he did not say anything else but sorry for your loss!!! I've been going to Cracker Barrel for the past 15 years and somehow they keep losing my votes.. I've lost all feelings and all taste for Cracker Barrel no discount was offered for their uncooked food!!!! read more

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Worker at the register had 5 pokemon prismatic boxes . Wouldn't sell me one because she said it's on hold for an employee . Terrible Cracker Barrel scalping the product before customers can even get it read more

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

The only reason I'm leaving a 4 star is because of Tima!!! She was the best. Old girl who checked us in was terrible. Brought her attitude to work with her. Or... didn't like who she was serving. Rude!!! Anyways, service work Tima was excellent and food was ok. Place was clean . I love the store with all the trinkets'n things . read more

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It's a Cracker Barrel. Took forever to be seated and utensils were dirty, but food was fine for what it is. Must love canned green beans.

The food was awesome and the service was over the top. We enjoyed the atmosphere and ambience of the old school Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. read more

What happened to Cracker Barrel? Biscuits are half size they were! Carrot Cake was not good. Sad!

Went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast for dinner. The food was good but the service wasn't so good: The waitress was on the abrupt side when taking my order and was very slow. I was missing some items I ordered and I had to get the waitress' attention several times. Then when I asked for a drink refill the waitress dropped it on my table - no pleasantries from the waitress throughout the visit. read more

Came here with a group. I was surprised there was a long wait at 1:30 on a weekday. Eventually we were able to get a table. We came to get the lunch specials. However I wanted the chicken pot pie and unfortunately it was only available in one size. It didn't come with any sides so I had to order extra stuff. I was hoping to get a side chicken salad but was not able to easily. So I ended up ordering a kids meal of chicken tenders and swapping the fries. The pot pie was just okay. Not a whole lot of chicken and I wish they had a smaller size available. Service was just okay too. Before I went I needed a refill of my tea and it took a while. Biscuits were just okay too. Overall the food was a little underwhelming. We don't come to Cracker Barrel too often though so maybe this is typical. read more

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I'm not sure what happened to this cracker barrel it used to be good. The food was terrible The bathrooms were disgusting it smelled like urine in the hallway. When I try to explain it to the manager he blew me off. I rated it a one because I couldn't give it less. I'm a local and it was disappointing. read more

Being from Lebanon Tennessee home of the original Cracker Barrel I know what to expect when dining there. This particular Cracker Barrel is lacking trained hostess. Food was subpar. Instead of the home town feel with homemade food it felt more like a chili's or Buffalo Wild Wings. read more

Ouch. First please start cleaning and don't stop till you get at least an inch of grease off the walls. The shiet on the walls was fuzzy with dirt and debris. Disgusting. Gluten-free are you kidding!!! This place has flour in the air. A healthy option is fried chicken without the gravy. The grilled chicken was marinated in maple syrup. It's time for this place to clean up or go away. read more

Food is always good there, had Shepards pie, I can't say enough about it, just want to go face down and devour it, my wife had country fried steak, she ate the hole thing so I figured she loved it. I kind of like to look at all the things on the walls it keeps me out of my phone read more

So I'd like to update my review, I have been contacted by both cooperate and management of Cracker Barrel and they were very professional. They handle my complaint when most businesses don't care about one customer, but Cracker Barrel showed me that they do. This company has always shown me that they are willing to handle complaints and issues. When racial issues came up and the way some black police officers were treated emerged years ago, me and my colleagues (police officers) refused to dine here again. Then we were immediately contacted by cooperate and after dialogue that issue was resolved. So let me commend Cracker Barrel again for taking the time to fix issues and keep their customers read more

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I don't know about the food yet haven't even wanted to touch that. I gave it 30+ minutes extra I gave my name to pick up my food and that short white old lady with yellow or white hair I can't remember seemed to be a bit racist very definitely Rude and just nasty. Idk she just was so rude and weird I hated her customer service. I know it could be better. The guy next to her was actually really nice and cool the one with the eyepatch the only reason why I even left a tip. Other than that I wouldn't have because of her attitude and whatever her issue is definitely get friendlier and much more respectful people like the nice man. Probably not going to visit again for a while might give it a chance in the future, so far not my favorite. Only might because of the older guy and because I just moved here but I don't need attitude when I walk to pick up my food. Thank you. read more

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

Friendly servers, good food, a relaxed time was had by all. I especially appreciated the lone Memorial Day table setting in honor of those who served. Well done. read more

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My husband and I stopped by for dinner 2/22/25 for dinner around 7:00 pm. We were seated immediately but waited about 15 minutes for the waitress to come to our table. This waitress visit only occurred after my husband left our table to find her. The waitress's first comment to us was, "it will be at least a 30-45 minute wait for food". We then stood up and left. On our way out the door we warned a couple coming in about the food wait, they didn't seem to be concerned and informed us they waited 2 hours at this location before. read more

The WORST experience I've had at a restaurant in years. My 6 friends and I visited this location and it took 40 minutes for our server to refill our drinks or revisit the table in any capacity after placing our orders. After speaking with a manager, a gentleman came out and gave us refills and apologized for our server because she was on the 'struggle bus'. When we finally got our food we mentioned the wait time and the server just chuckled like it was a joke and left again. On the way out a different manager asked how our food was and we explained all of the issues we had, he said "okay" and walked away. Truly UNBELIEVABLE! The woman taking our cards for payment was the ONLY individual who apologized for our awful service. Our server was Emily. We are never coming back. read more

Came in for a late breakfast on a week day and the place was still quite busy. We were sat right away by a very pleasant young lady. Food was great, restaurant was clean. Only complaint is it was a pain to pay/check out. The line zig zagged back into the restaurant and you had people just walking around cutting in front of people. It was a mess. Very unorganized. Will return next time I am in town. read more

Food took a long time to come out, and it was kind of cold? Did it just sit there for a while? Didn't even taste super good for how much it cost. read more

I usually don't go to Cracker Barrel but we decided to stop by today Saturday 06/27/2020 for lunch around 1:15 PM. It wasn't terribly busy given it was Saturday afternoon. Service: 1 out of 5 stars The service was the worst I have ever experienced at any dine in restuarant. I don't remember our waitress' name. She was nice but she disappeared on us for a long time. After we ordered, 30 minutes passed before I flagged her down and asked if we were getting our biscuits. To which she answered: "oh you want it now...?" I noticed that she was in charge of 5 tables and all customers seemed annoyed and I saw 1 lady walk up to her to get her attention which should never happen at a not so busy restuarant. Our food finally came after 40 minutes. By that time I was hangry. Food: 3 out of 5 stars Since I was starving by the time my food arrived, I demolished my food. My grilled catfish tasted good. But my husband's meatloaf was cold like it was sitting in the kitchen for too long before they bought it out. Overall I was very disappointed by the experience. I'm not sure what the point of the cashier asking us how the experience/food was if after I told him my complaints, nothing else was done except "ok I'll let them know." Disappointing. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Grilled catfish with 3 sides: apples, dumplings and fried okra ($11.99) - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Have been to this Cracker Barrel twice in the last week. Had a pretty good experience the first time, probably worth 3 to 4 stars, so went back a second time and had a terrible experience. Unlikely to revisit based on this latest experience. Both times there is a manager wandering around looking for a place to hide most of the time. He is an "executive" rather than a "working partner" with the staff members. He is not helping the restaurant. Today, we were seated and no server came by. I finally had to get up and chase the above mentioned manager around the store, nearly going in the kitchen to get him to ask if he could get a server to us. A server finally showed up but still after another unacceptable wait. Ordered Sweet Tea, and got unsweetened tea. When I asked if the server could change it, she commented that this had been happening all day with the person(s) making it forgetting to put the sugar in. Well, let's see, get rid of the person making it, and if you know its been happening how about testing it before serving it? I know that Cracker Barrel has been losing sales and is working to find themselves after Covid, but this restaurant isn't going to make it if it doesn't sort out basic service issues. read more

One of the worst chain locations around , Dirty and food left my whole party with bad stomachs not once but twice! Never again !!!

Called in and Ordered two orders of sausage. They gave me 1 order. Waited 20 mins while the rest of my food got cold. They offered me nothing for their mistake. Terrible read more

Always a favorite place and good time! Great and quick service! I ordered the country fried chicken with a side of macaroni and cheese, dumplings, and green bean casserole. The Mac and cheese was very good and so were the dumplings. The green bean casserole was also pretty good and perfect for fall! read more

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

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Went to this location with my husband 7/8/24. We're from North Alabama on work travel, and I'm pregnant and craving some pot pie. As I placed my order around 7:40 pm, my server immediately was hesitant and said she "has to go check" and went back to the kitchen. I assumed it was a supply issue, maybe they were out of whatever it takes to make pot pie? When she came back, we were told they couldn't make it because it was too close to closing time and it wouldn't be done. I was actually baffled. I said "It's not even 8:00??" She kinda shrugged and said "that's what they said" as in the kitchen/cooks. I mentioned I came here specifically for the pot pie so I would need another minute to look over the menu. As I looked, I thought, well what CAN we order that the cooks would not be too lazy to cook/lie and say it's too close to closing? It was 7:40 and they close at 9:00pm. Does it take an hour and 15 minutes to serve an $11 pot pie?! We got up and took our business elsewhere. The Korean place down the street was excellent, happy to serve us and had fantastic bulgogi. I have never experienced such unprofessionalism as this Cracker Barrel. Pure laziness. I hope someone higher up sees this and makes some changes because they lost our business, and I'm going to scream our experience from the heavens. The next time a pregnant lady (or anyone) visits a Cracker Barrel more than an hour before closing wanting a pot pie, they should be served. read more

Couple years ago place was good. This place is now horrible. Absolutely horrible. The coffee tastes like they cycle the same grounds all day, everything just tastes nasty. Whoever is responsible for the food should really find something different to do with their lack of talent. Absolutely horrible. I would be happier with getting punched in the face read more

The service was horrible and we asked for refills and the waiters like yes let me go get them and when we got our food we still haven't got the refills and when we where about to leave they came out with them. Don't go to this cracker barrel read more

Food was good and service was decent. This is a busy location but there was no wait time in a Saturday afternoon. The food was good but they can do better about their presentation. Looks like some threw the food in the plate. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Chicken fingers with Macaroni n' Cheese - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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We were here for a Saturday morning breakfast. Boy was it ever busy. The wait for two of us was 20 minutes. Lots of things in the store to look at while you wait, if you're into crafts and Seminole jerseys. Our server immediately took our coffee order but didn't seem too helpful when it came to answering our questions. Her answers were quick and brief. We didn't get any teaspoons for our coffees, and when asked for them from our sever, there were no apologies given. She actually brought us soup spoons. The coffee was tasteful with a nutty flavor. The food came within 30 minutes. Pancakes were tasty, but they only gave us one tiny syrup bottle. The eggs were a bit cold and so was the bacon and biscuits and gravy. Cold breakfast food is no fun. read more

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Always love the Cracker Barrel and get lost in the gift shop regularly! I stop at just about every one I pass in my travels down the estate coast. My favorite sides are the fried okra and mac and cheese. My Mom loves the chicken and dumplings!! read more

When hungry for home cooking this is where I go. Sweet tea is a must, always fresh. Like all the veggies but my favorites are turnip greens, fried okra (order crispy and will come out hot & fresh). I order the fried apples regularly. Alternate between the fried chicken, chicken fried chicken or meatloaf. Homemade biscuits & honey to top it off, always a treat. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Meatloaf, fried apples, turnip greens & fried okra. - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida