Both IHOP and Denny's were packed on Sunday morning with people getting brunch. Cracker Barrel was closer so we decided to roll the dice and tried getting a table during the peak breakfast hours. It worked out in our favor because it was only a 5 minute wait to get seated. Everything is bigger in Texas. The Old Timer's Breakfast was enough to feed two people. It came with two eggs, grits, choice of bacon or smoked sausage, fried apples or hashbrown casserole, and biscuits with gravy. For $8.99 it was definitely a good value with leftovers! Service wise things were good as our rising star server checked up on us several times to get us coffee refills, waters, and we were even offered another refill in a to go cup. read more

Came in for lunch on a Sunday, waitress seemed annoyed as soon as we were seated. Took order and food/drinks were just plz. Got up with our check and walked through the gift shop for a few minutes a when the waitress hunted us down and demanded that we stop shopping and pay our bill so she could go home lol. Yeah not ever going back there. read more

Breakfast at Hewitt, Tx Cracker Barrel. Julian was our server and she did awesome, kept our coffee filled and food came out hot and quickly. We split the Country boy with Garlic tip sirloin, which tasted great. Highly recommend this place. Loved the fireplace, got to sit right by it, gave a great ambiance and old fashion breakfast. read more

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I'm not sure why so many people hate on this place. It's a Cracker Barrel and honestly, one of the cleaner, friendlier, better food tasting ones we have been to. Stopped here mid day for a quick bite to eat that wouldn't break the bank. Service was very nice and prompt, and the food was very tasty. I had the grilled chicken breast with two sides and I was very pleased. Wife had the country sampler and it was all very good. I'm only docking a star because they pushed too much merchandising on us in the country store trying to check out. Not a fan of that practice after we just paid to eat the food. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Smoky Southern Grilled Chicken with dumplings and Mac and cheese - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

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Their chicken was over cooked to the point of being inedible. The mashed potatoes tasted like someone mixed up sugar and salt when they were seasoning it. The corn muffins were hard enough to count as a lethal weapon if thrown. The turnip greens were, I can't identify it, just off. Ordered to go. Will NEVER do so again. read more

We had a good waiter named Mario but my food was terrible. I had the pot roast with mashed potatoes and fried apples. Sounds good? NO! The meat was dense and hard. The mashed potatoes were over seasoned and I thought I could eat my favorite...fried apples. The mashed potatoes were over seasoned and the apples tasted out of the can. The biscuits were flavorless. I was so disappointed. I've given this place so many chances but I am done. It was so good for so long and have continued to go further downhill. I guess it's the Brown House Cafe for us or Our Breakfast Place. read more

Service: I ordered food to go in the mobile app and it was easy to do. The food was ready as scheduled. The to-go cashier wasn't welcoming, not rude either, but just not friendly. It was 7:45 PM so maybe she was just tired from a long day of work. Food: The catfish, green beans, and macaroni and cheese were all yummy. But my favorite item was the apple crumble pie. Omg it was good! I always forget to take pic of my food but I stopped after a couple bites to get one of the pie. it was so good that I wanted to make sure to include it in my review. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Apple crumble pie - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

The food is Always good and fast service , reasonable prices for comfort food. Friendly waitress and great shop area. The rewards program is awesome ! read more

We orders the chicken pot pie. It was not good! The food use to be so much better. Want order here again. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Not impressed at all.. - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

The overall quality of food in Cracker Barrel has declined. We have been for a few meals in last year or so and have decided it's not for us anymore. Breakfast may be the only thing going for them. Even so their availability of quality healthy choices is poor. It's no wonder they are suffering financially. read more

The water always tastes terrible, and when I asked for a bottle of water, I was told to walk to the store in the restaurant to buy some. This has never happened before, they usually bring it to me and just add it to my ticket. read more

This place looked remodeled with lighter colored walls. Food was a bit luke warm and corn tasted a little plastic. Staff was warm and friendly. read more

I am not sure if the waiter was new and would explain other complaints. BUT the food was not good. Momma's Pancake Breakfast (2 orders) and Grandma's Sampler. All of our pancakes were hard to cut, and hard to chew. The sausage patties were also very hard to cut and chew as well. Asked for biscuits when we ordered and the server said I'm not sure with y'all's order you get them, but I can bring you some. Never did. Food came out and asked again for biscuits and finally got them. Over 25 years eating at Cracker Barrel's From Central, North and East Texas this was the worse food and service. This is our second time as traveling through the area we have eaten here. Last time was great. This time was not. Will think twice before stopping again here. read more

Great food, great value. Waitstaff always works hard to keep up and provide great service. Would be nice if they served the biscuits as soon as you sat down, last several times we didn't get them until dinner was served. read more

getting real tired of not receiving my entire order everytime I order online. Truth be told, I should not leave before checking my order.

Seating was quick for a Saturday morning. Sunday morning is an entirely different story. The waitstaff was attentive and the food came out timely. I do like the ham steak but on this visit it appeared to be more boiled then broiled or grilled. Everything else was excellent. read more

I'm so impressed, this is a well-oiled machine managed correctly. We had a great waiter named Michael and everything was on point. Food was hot, the coffee is amazing. You can tell they don't use regular water from tap. This was my third visit and all three visit were great. Good job read more

I think the greeter tries too hard and I dont like being followed around when Im browsing in their store. We were seated rather quickly and our drinks came right out. Dinner took a bit long and then mine was not ready when the rest of the group received there dishes. Once I had mine and had my first bite of the chicken, it tasted strange. In my next bite and the bite after I found paper in my food. Getting boxes and drinks to go took longer than expected. Did get a credit on my dish. Waitress was pleasant but seemed very young and possibly her first time waitressing. Place was not busy at all. read more

Wont let me review on Doordash. Ordered two meals with gravy for dinner and received no bread. Chicken, gravy and no cornbread aint dinner

We've tried this Cracker Barrel a few times before, but this experience was just too good not to post about. You can never go wrong with Cracker Barrel on a cold and rainy evening, between the fire and cutest country store, it's the coziest place for the season. We were seated super fast, but I forgot to ask to sit closer to the fire (because why not right?). Our waiter Erik was phenomenal! He was kind, quick, and very accommodating. We asked if we could move to a table closer to the fire and he delivered! The food was pretty much perfect! We got the Homestyle Chicken and French Toast plate, and the Chicken Tender platter with fries, dumplings, and fried apples. Let's just say we had no leftovers to take home! We were brought biscuits and cornbread (which were very good), and our waters and coffee were kept full the entire meal. If you're wanting Cracker Barrel remotely close to the Waco area, make it this location, you won't be disappointed! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Chicken Tender Platter - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

Came in on a Tuesday morning at 11:00 and was seated right away. Waiter came straight over to greet us and ask for our drink order. We got our drinks quickly and ordered right away. Took only about 10 minutes to get our order (there was two of us). Our waiter continued to check on us and give refills. The food was exactly how we ordered it and hot. Glad we didn't listen to the negative reviews. Maybe it was bad at one point, but if so they have improved and it's like it always has been. read more

We ordered 2 thanksgiving dinners because we were both down with the flu. I usually like Cracker Barrel meals but this was pretty awful. We got a tiny piece of dry turkey, a scoop of terrible dressing, a tasteless serving of plain green beans and a little sweet potato mush. We had a tiny side cup of canned cranberry sauce and a yeast roll. This also included a decent sized slice of pumpkin pie but it was so bad, we threw it out. I hoped it would be decent since it was Thanksgiving but I was sadly disappointed with Cracker Barrel. Kudos to their hard working staff though, they pushed out a lot of meals today just wish the food was better. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Thanksgiving meal from Cracker Barrel. - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

Has anyone else noticed the continuing decline of Cracker Barrel? Did another big group buy them a few years ago? Ten years ago they had good food at a fair price, a clean place and efficient staff. I've noticed the downturn (not solely Covid) and for me and my family we're writing them of our list. read more

On a road trip from Dallas to austin so we decided to pop in for a meal. I got chicken fried chicken and Cameron got chicken fried steak! IT was DELICIOUS!! This was def a southern cooking leaving happy with full bellies! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

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My husband and I went to the Cracker Barrel in Waco for breakfast. Our waitress, Kayla, was wonderful!! Her cheery personality made our visit the best! She checked on us every time she passed our table and was quick to provide whatever we needed. The food was delicious too. read more

The food was great! Quick service and more food than you can eat in one setting. Make sure ask for a to go box before you start eating read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - First time here - Southern Near Me - Hewitt, Texas

Decided to order from Cracker Barrel...give them another chance...again. We are either the ultimate optimists, or idiots. Driven to the most undependable of all from wanting roast...severely lacking in Waco, obviously ...among other things. Roast made it, the gravy all over the green beans. Chicken gravy was missing, along with the biscuits. Did get someone else's two peach cobblers...or maybe that's a recent auto-add on intended to compensate for "whatever". It would be hard to be as incompetent as their performance appears - only explanation is they DO NOT CARE!! So boycott on... moving to next one, knowing may very well be the same. And no, not the pandemic's fault...true character of the businesses loosed. read more

This location needs lots of training. The management needs to retrain the kitchen and servers. Our waitress didn't bother checking up on us or asking if we needed anything. She only brought 2 glasses of water, and we had 4 members at the table. The eggs were undercooked and raw. They messed up multiple orders and they charged us for everything, even after taking away our meal when we said we didn't want it anymore. It was a very bad experience and I do not recommend this place for anyone. Will not be returning. read more

HUGE disappointment to say the least!!! We ordered Chicken and Dumpling. What we were served was a bowl of dumplings standing in water. The chicken was nasty, mushy crumbles of canned chicken on top. I would have never have thought that this meal would have come out of a Cracker Barrel kitchen. Much less served for someone to eat! What a shame! read more

Ordered "Chicken" and dumplings. Someone needs to teach the kitchen that there "are" two components of this dish. This is NOT soup where you put a ladle in and pull out whatever. I did not order Dumplings and Dumplings !!! Had enough "chicken" in it to MAYBE compose one wing of a new born chick. read more

Chicken livers were the highlight. Customer service was the lowlight. If you must have chicken liver this is your place. Otherwise stay home and cook yourself you'll be glad you did. read more

I do not recommend! Made a reservation at 12:52 for 1:30. Got there at 1:25. Waited 30 minutes! When we finally got seated, our drinks toke about 20 minutes to come out, they were all wrong. When we already were fed up about our experience so far, the food came out cold. We were so disappointed we just put the money down and left. I don't know what happened to Cracker Barrel, but the staff need training. I've been going to Cracker Barrel all over Texas for 30+ years, and this is by far my worst experience. Will not be coming back, please do not waste your time and money at this location! read more

Just tried out the new Cracker Barrel in Hewitt. May be my last time there. Service was terrible. Should have known that when I was the first to order and she read it all back so she would have it right. And you guessed it. Mine was wrong. Not sure how you can make that mistake when the waitress was the one who showed me where it was in the menu. Then didn't get our salads before our meal which wouldn't be a biggie but they didn't come until we had finished our meal. Had to ask for cornbread and got that about half way through. Never a refill on drinks until we were finished. And one server said they had two weeks of training before they opened. Guess not everyone pasted the final test. read more

We usually like Cracker Barrel but this morning we were disappointed. My husband ordered milk. They brought him a glass and he took a sip. It was spoiled. I thought you would have safety measures in place so things like this don't happen. The waiter was nice about it and brought him an orange juice instead. Wasn't taking a chance on the milk again. Then they put food down in front of us. The whole order was wrong. We started complaining but they figured out they gave us someone else's order. The restaurant was busy so maybe that was it. Will not go back for awhile. read more

Wait time sucks. This location needs to be twice the seating capacity. Cracker Barrel is going down hill over the last few years. Even before Covid. read more

It was our second day first time visiting Waco ready to enjoy our meal we joined the waiting list through the app at exactly 11:03 and when we got there we forgot to check in but at 11:30 we checked in we thought that it wouldn't affect it so we started waiting and around 11:49 we asked if our table was ready and the lady said 8 more minutes we got to our table at 12:15 The lady that waited on us was nice though so that made it a little bit better I hope I enjoy this food read more

The place was very clean. However, the waitress never brought any rolls until we asked. Previously, I have eaten at Cracker Barrels and the waitress brought the rolls when we sat down and would keep them coming. Also, our drink refills were non-existent. Another thing was they brought all the food out for the adults first and the kids had to wait several minutes before their food came out. Really horrible service. Hot tip to any restaurant: if you want to have adults with children come back bring the food out to the children first. Disappointed. read more

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal from Hewitt Cracker Barrel. Food had ample portions and nice textures. Favor was fresh and prepared perfectly. A wonderful experience to ease the stress of the virus. The crew handling the delivery to our vehicle were kind and professional. I do not pay online so had to handle that in the store. Will deal with them in the future for other holiday periods. read more

We have frequented this restaurant many times. Each time we say we won't eat there again, but out of convenience we end up doing just that. Today, our experience was horrible. I called in an order to go, and was put on hold for 14 minutes (not the peak hours either.) My steak, which I ordered medium, was burned on the outside and way over done on the inside, and so tough it was inedible. Our dog couldn't even eat it, and she'll eat anything. My husband's steak was very tough as well. Vegetables were just ok. Really getting tired of paying for something inedible, regardless of from wherever it's ordered. I would rate it a 0 if given the choice. read more

Store is clean and conveniently located on I-35 near Hewitt. It is smaller than most Cracker Barrel's, which may have affected our service. Like most Cracker Barrel's, it was crowded and noisy. We got our food quickly and it was good. However, we felt like the wait staff was trying to process us through. They kept asking us if they could take our plates before we were finished. I can understand once - but it was 3-4 times we were asked, by more than one staff member. It was obvious they were trying to process us through to get the next family seated. For that reason, I would not recommend the restarting to locals who want a family experience. For that - go to Harold Waite's. read more