It's Cracker Barrel..... if you don't love it, it's you, not them! I can't say enough about it. Great food, not always great for you, at a reasonable price. Anyone on the highways will always pass a Cracker Barrel. If you've never stopped in, give it a go. If you have, then you already know what I mean. I have two "go-to" menu items that I go for one or the other. Momma's French Toast Breakfast or Momma's Pancake Breakfast. I always get a side of their sausage patties because they are phenomenal on their own or, if you're like me, they go great with Cracker Barrel Maple Syrup. The French Toast is light and plentiful. It doesn't have cinnamon which isn't a problem for me, but some people just don't like cinnamon. Although I'll never understand those people, they have a right to their own personal tastes. Butter and Maple Syrup complete the meal beautifully. Cracker Barrel Pancakes are their own. The recipe is good but it's the preparation that is the key. I suspect that they are made on the griddle with a lot of butter. The outside of the cakes are almost fried-like with a little bit of crunch to them. Like the French Toast, the Pancakes paired with generous amounts of Butter and Maple Syrup make these an absolute dream. Cracker Barrel serves Breakfast all day long. They do have Lunch/Dinner items as well, but I've only had a few other things. I can say that their Fried Chicken is also outstanding. They've also got a lot of great sides to choose from. And, if you like, they also have a selection of alcoholic beverages to choose from. I can't list them because I've never ordered any. Given that I'm usually on the road when I stop in, and I'm typically eating a breakfast item, alcohol doesn't mix well with either driving or breakfast. The service is pretty much the same at every Cracker Barrel. Fast and friendly. They have a system down for what they're doing and it seems very consistent from location to location. And then there is the Country Store. If you have a long wait for a table, you'll be able to amuse yourself and kill time by going through the Country Store. You'll find everything from classic candy and toys that you didn't think existed anymore, to clothes, John Deere merch, food, holiday gifts and much more. Would I go back? After going on about it for the last 5 minutes, I want to go back now! Cracker Barrel is great for a quick stop while on the road when you simply don't want fast food garbage or it's great for a family/friend get together. No matter your tastes or eating habits, they will have something for everyone. read more

The food was really tasty! I got the shrimp with fries and let me tell you it was very good! I also got a free hushpuppie which was surprising! The service was fast and I have no complaints! There wasn't a lot of people in there so there wasn't a lot of noise definitely one of my favorite brunch places to go! read more

The ambience is always good and a great place to take kids. If you want to have a quiet lunch/dinner don't go to CB. But then again, it isn't designed for that. I ordered a new menu item. Hashbrown shepherds pie. Don't get it unless you want big hunking meats and large pieces of carrots. There was barely any gravy and hashbrowns were more than a little well done. My husband had the smallest piece of meatloaf available (probably the "end" of the loaf. But the grandkids were happy. The waitress was friendly and frequently stopped by with the coffee pot. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Hashbrown Casserole Shepherd's Pie - American Near Me - Monroe, Michigan

The food seemed to be less quality. Service was ok at best. We never got drink refills. Or a dessert menu.

I have been a fan of Cracker Barrel since I was a child. I will always remember ordering the "Uncle Hershel's Breakfast" during a family vacation as we drove to Florida. I think I was 10 or 11 years old at the time, and I could not imagine the look on my face when the server put down 3 or 4 plates of food in front of me! I also enjoy the ambiance of Cracker Barrel - country eclectic. The old fashion candies, to the vintage items on the walls or hanging from the ceiling, to clothing and home goods - just a plethora of items to browse and take in. We also like going through the shop for seasonal items. Service is usually good even on those days when the restaurant is packed. Food selection is good, and prices are very reasonable. Bonus - you can get breakfast any time of day! Their pancakes are a fave of ours - with the flavor and slightly crisp edges = yum. read more

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They used to have a breakfast casserole that was amazing! Unfortunately, they had to be prepared the night before and baked in morning. That's probably why it was removed from menu. It sold out every day. It was the breakfast item they offered. Now, I just go for the chicken and dumplings, lately though, the pieces of chicken have been getting less & less. Bummer. read more

Food ok. But...it's the best gift shop we have in Monroe. No Hallmark. Some gift shop area at Meijer and Walmart. Nothing filled with cute things and memories. Nothing to get excited about collecting or adding to a celebration. Dollar Tree does balloons, gift bags and cards. But there is Cracker Barrel, the closest thing to Frankenmuth Monroe has to offer. Seasonal themes...gnomes are big, as are flamingos and horses. Lots of rural decoration themes...pigs, sunflowers, milk cans. Rival colleges in season(Go Blue!) And baseball and football and cornhole and pickleball; country music and classic rock. Inspirational sayings vie with saucy ones on t-shirts and travel mugs. John Deere in now manufactured in Mexico. SO, forget them. Patriotic themes and trucks. The 4H is welcome. Pretty dolls and good mommie dresses are in the side wall. Things get in early and sell through quick. Christmas will be clearancing by Thanksgiving. But if you love it and really want it, check online. read more

Ordered two slices of pie for door dash, receipt shows they checked off the two different slices of pie I ordered. Only got one piece of a kind I didn't order. Their solution to fix it was so stupid I just hung up read more

We were there at 02:00PM on a Saturday, and were seated right away. Server took a while to get there, took our drink orders, served our drinks and took our orders. There were only 4 of us we all ordered breakfast. Well it took over an hour and a half to get our food!!!!!!!! No sorry kitchen is behind, sorry for the wait, nothing!!! Once we got our food finally, the sausage and the ham were way overdone, pancakes, bacon, hashbrowns and eggs were okay. The worst part of the whole experience was we were headed to Shipshawana in Monroe, but by the time were done it was to late go. It closed at 5:00 and we wouldn't have gotten there until 4:45 thanks to Cracker Barrel. It was my first time there and my last. BTW the resturant was over half empty. read more

When we first arrived many tables with dirty dish. Our waitress was Cheyenne was great food was good. All and all it was good. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Dirty dishes - American Near Me - Monroe, Michigan

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We were seated quickly by a friendly hostess. The menu has changed quite a bit. Hash browns are not on the menu but you can pay extra for them anyway. The hb casserole is what is served now. Server acknowledged toast was burned and blamed it on the walmart toaster. Manager made a modification to the bill, but we just wanted correctly prepared food, not a discount. read more

our server was amazing, she was in training and was doing a great job. the ambiance was very old. very quiet and staring. but the food... my mashed potatoes could classify as a rock, couldn't even try to eat them because they were so solid. when lifted out of the bowl they retained the shape of the bowl, hence the photo. they also forgot bringing multiple items to the table and we had to listen to two people pester us with their take home meals while we were trying to eat our meals. DONT GO. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Mashed Potatoes - American Near Me - Monroe, Michigan

I love Cracker Barrel and have been there countless times, but this location had the worst ghetto service and the shittiest food I have ever had from a Cracker Barrel read more

One of our favourite stops. The food isn't great. Always needs doctoring. The servers are always terrific. Most everywhere we go they are funny, down-to-earth folks. There's a crazy fun general store you must enter/exit through. Pretty smart. We usually spend every bit as much money in the store as in the restaurant. Today, in Monroe, we managed a helping of sub-par dumplings, I walked out of the store with a new Stetson hat and two pounds of chocolate. See? 10/22 read more

Terrible service. Waited an hour. Do not come in. Nothing but excuses. People falling asleep waiting

Never, ever again. We arrived at 6:00pm on a Sunday and were immediately sat. That should have been our first red flag. Our order was taken and we received our drinks. One hour and 15 minutes later, the manager came by to tell us they were out of macaroni and cheese, and what else we wanted to do. No apology, no empathy, nothing. During this time of waiting, we saw others get up and walk out due to the lack of service, we saw drinks get taken back because the cups were dirty, a gentleman next to us waited 20 minutes (and asked three separate employees!) for salad dressing because the waitress forgot it when bringing out his salad. Our response to what we wanted to do in lieu of the macaroni and cheese was to leave. The manager wished us a good night, and that was the end of it. We will never return to this location. read more

This is a nice location just off the Interstate (I-75, exit 15). Head just west and make a left at their (small) sign on the south side of the road. Plenty of parking here. The store and dining rooms were clean and well maintained. Short wait to be seated. Food was delicious and plentiful. Service very good and friendly. As always, a great value and fun time. read more

Visited several months ago and found the dining area to be very dirty. Sticky floors, sticky tables. I can tolerate the slow and poor service but this gives all Cracker Barrel restaurants a bad name. I'm afraid to think of how dirty the kitchen area might be. read more

To start our waitress Jess was amazing! 2nd it was the worst food and the place was so dirty !!! I have never experienced this nastiness in my.life at a restaurant. My husband found a hair in his food the manager came and did not even apologize he just took it and replaced only the item that the hair was found in.....the silverware was dirty had to ask for more.....the table was dirty when we were set down.....IT WAS JUST REALLY BAD! 10 OUT OF 10 DO NOT RECOMMEND GO ANYWHERE ELSE. read more

As of 8/22 they have a lot of cones and yellow tape up .Thought it w as closed! Had to ask employee outside if it was open. No obvious handicap parking. Excellent food and service. read more

I really love the Mac and cheese. It does take a really long time to get food. It does smell really good too and the waiters are ALWAYS nice. read more

If there was a negative rating I would be checking that! Thanksgiving day at 4pm and no food! They only made a certain amount. Wth!!!!!! Why are they even open?!!!! You can order sides and there variation of a turkey dinner no changes! This place sucks! read more

We have eaten here often, whenever we are traveling north or south along I-75, but it has been a while. This one, like many Cracker Barrels, has sometimes been crowded and we've had to wait as much as 30 minutes for a table. Today it was not crowded at 12:15pm and we were greeted and seated immediately! Our server was Drew and she started with our drinks while we briefly pondered the menu! Our favorites at Cracker Barrel are Chicken & Dumplings (always a given), Lemon Pepper Trout, and Grilled Haddock dusted with Corn Meal. Since it has been a while, I had to order the Chicken & Dumplings! My wife was intrigued by Thursday's special, Turkey n' (Cornbread) Dressing Dinner for $5.99!! These came with choice of two sides and Biscuits or Cornbread, we took one of each plus Corn that we both like. Drinks came out right away and our food followed in just a few minutes. Gourmet? Maybe or maybe not! But it WAS delicious and filling Comfort Food served hot and fast! We've always had great and friendly service here and Drew has continued that by checking on us just enough to see if we needed anything! Just the usual pleasant stop at this Cracker Barrel! read more

Biscuits and gravy were better that what you'll find at neighboring restaurants in the area. Got the sampler breakfast which gave a piece of bacon, sausage and ham, eggs, potatoes and pancakes. Breakfast was good and filling. read more

I ordered a meal it came I literally the 2 sides that came with the ham was only about a tsp I was very dissapointed and my friend put a picture on face book and he commented on how mine was you all wont be here long if this is the way you cut cost. read more

My experience was absolutely horrible! Hair in my daughter's pancakes. Dumplings came out basically cold. My wife's whole meal was unbelievable, complete waste of money. Her chicken and dumplings had literally 1 tiny piece of chicken in it and hers and my daughter's hash brown casseroles were hard as a rock. We first asked to speak to a manager only about the hair in the pancake but the manager was rude and basically didn't care. After that my family started trying to eat and that's when we realized how bad everything was. Asked for manager again and she told us that's how everything was supposed to be. She told us "that's the new recipe for the hash brown casserole". Overall everything but our sever was a huge disappointment. Dirty tables all around us. Workers getting yelled at to come clean up tables. Just not the night I wanted with my family. We come out this way to get away from the bad stuff like this and here we are running into it here. read more

I made a review already when I receive my food it was raw my sausage was raw. My bacon was raw and my ham was raw. And my hash brown casserole was burnt to a crisp The email that the manager gave me to respond to her I was never given a response back. This is a food hazard and I will now be reporting them to the health department. The management in this place is despicable read more

DO NOT COME AT DINNER TIME ON A FRIDAY i mean yeah, what can you expect, it's a friday. but come on man. my food was cold and my eggs weren't cooked all the way and were soggy and cold. same with everything else. half of the food either came uncooked or overcooked. clean environment and nice people. waitresses were very nice and patient, working like 6 tables at once. but MAKE MY FOOD RIGHT! #promotecoldfoodhate oh and Daniel needs a promotion, nicest service i ever had. read more

A friend gave us a $25 gift certificate to cracker barrel so we thought we would try the one in Monroe Michigan what a mistake, we got there at 8:00 p.m. and we're told that the items on the menu that we wanted were sold out and unavailable we thought we would try to meatloaf what are disaster everything was overcooked they were out of gravy and everything was cold, I thought well at least it's not going to cost much because we have a gift certificate when we went to check out we were told that although the gift certificate was valid The machine would not process it and we would have to call the number on the back and get the card reissued, needless to say I'm not going to bother but I will never enter that store again read more

We were seated around 10:20 and did not see our waitress until around 10:40/10:45. Finally got our food around 11:35 and it was cold. Waitress barely stopped by for drink refills. I get Sunday's are busy but we watched our food come out onto the warmers and other food pile up with no one grabbing it. Not impressed with this location. read more

There is really nothing on the menu to choose from except breakfast. No sandwiches or even a simple hamburger. It has been years since I was last at a Cracker Barrel, and what a disappointment. The servers are fine. Ambiance is okay. read more

We went here on a Friday at noon and we expected it to be busy but our visit was unacceptable. First we were told it would be a 30 minute wait for food. Not a good sign. Then when we were finally served, the food was less than just prepared and just warm. There were at least 4 tables left not bussed the entire time we were there, how pleasant that was! Not going this location again. read more

Tasty food, excellent service. On our way to Toledo Zoo, stopped here. Convenient, right off of 75. Breakfast was great; grits were standard Northern style grits (a little soupy, not thick like Southern style). Fried chicken is tasty, but it was reminiscent of Banquet from the freezer section. Nice store and great selection of random things... Overall great job. read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Checkers on the front porch! - American Near Me - Monroe, Michigan

As people know you come for nice old home cooked food. Got meatloaf nice mush potato it's nice to be here. Service was ok. Just one person for too many tables I feel bad for her. She did best she can do to make people happy!! read more

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Chicken fried steak - American Near Me - Monroe, Michigan

This location is a nightmare. Keep driving or eat elsewhere, trust me. Sat us at a dirty table, all around us dirty tables, not bussed, dirty dishes everywhere. Asked to be moved and was told impossible it was the only table that was able to be served, had a waiter available. Got up with my family and asked to see the manager. Manager says her staff is overwhelmed and several just went on break(6:30pm / Dinner time) Was told they will get me seated when they can. Walked around the store area with my family, 15mins later called us, and sat us at another dirty table. lol 20 mins later the server shows up, taking orders from our table and another next to us at the same time. Dirty tables all around. Finally get ordered,,,20 mins later server shows back up with waters and says they are out of dumplings and hamburger buns for the hamburger my daughter ordered. lol finally just gave up and walked out an hour after we got there Was talking to the the 3 other tables around us, they received their soup ice cold, no drinks offered to any of our tables, etc, etc All 3 tables walked out, including us. Management just makes excuses, and clearly is not managing ANYTHING. Including making sure they plug in the soup warmer. lol Just Wow, I'll never stop at a Cracker Barrel again. and I'm sure it's just a matter of time for them. and Lucretia, you are NOT sorry,,,corporate CB isn't sorry,,,this location is a nightmare and HAS BEEN for quite sometime. this IS my "complete review", if you need another copy sent to CB corporate, etc,,,please at the very least do this yourself,,,or have someone teach you cut & paste. read more

This is an amazing restaurant with amazing food amazing employees. They go out of their way above and beyond to help you. The store is amazing. You definitely have to check it out. There's something for everybody there. They have new management now and everything is way better than it was. I recommend it highly read more

The Cracker barrel in Monroe Michigan has improved 100%. I was very happy with the service and portions. It was clean and the staff were very friendly. Keep up the good work. Lily the server was very good. read more

wow! what can I say: check in and even getting a table was the most disorganized thing we have seen in any restaurant ever, 30 min before drinks? waited an hour after ordering and still no food, had to leave because my kids can't wait 2 hours to eat, asked for an update and was told would be a while and "a while" could not be defined because of how SLOW the kitchen was putting out food, running out of silver wear, handing out to-go plastic to guests, people leaving before food comes, people leaving before getting a drink order, people leaving because their table completely ignored, bathrooms disgusting! floors disgusting! just skip this one.... read more

Nice place. Nice service. Very friendly people. Lot of room. Can have lot people if you need

Our monroe location as always out of everything and food is always cold when you are lucky to order what you want.