Stopped by on the way home from the airport Thursday night. Had an excellent martini and then had some of the best buffalo wings I have ever had. Washed them down with a frosty Yuenling. I love hot wings and have had them all over the country. These were the best. Got the bill and was shocked to see how reasonable the prices are there. Great spot with nice folks working and visiting there. I will be back. read more

A must try. New changes to the kitchen staff have resulted in not only much better food than in the past but also daily specials for both lunch and dinner. Great atmosphere including a marvelous deck/patio area. Service is friendly and attentive and they have many fun promotions and activities. A must try!! read more

Great little spot. Good beer selection, fast & tasty food. Booths could use an update, but they work with the overall feel of the place. Went here with my 6 y/o Sunday evening and was happy to watch football in a fun but not 'party' atmosphere where we both got something we liked. Will be back. read more

This is my favorite go to for a casual night or day! with friends. The food is absolutely amazing. I'm a wing snob and the wings are awesome! They have pretty great drink specials as well and the staff is super friendly. As soon as you walk in you're comfortable whether you are a regular or not. read more

THE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER. SERIOUSLY. I was going to write about everything that went wrong and I just don't have the energy. I even spoke to the owner and I can't believe she owns a business. Her customer service skills are apparent with the quality of service you get. DON'T GO TO THIS PLACE. If you do... read this when you get back and all I can say is... "I told you so". read more

The food here is very fairly priced and the Reuben sandwich is outstanding. You have to understand this is a restaurant with bar style food. For what it is, I would definitely recommend. Probably 4.5 stars as from time to time the service can be a tad slow, but it is a fun place to grab some food, some drinks, watch the game, etc. also they have a good kids menu as well. read more

Went there yesterday with a friend for lunch. The wait at 2 pm for the food to arrive was about 20 minutes. When it did, the sandwich that I had ordered was wrong- entirely the wrong thing. Waitress: I'll go put in an order for the right one....(already waited 20 min- me-frustrated and hungry) My friends tuna melt which he ordered on rye came on white- he wasn't happy about that but we agreed to just share the sandwich. I told the waitress to cancel my order as we did not want to wait any longer. Then here comes the kicker! When I picked up my half of the sandwich, the cook had burned the bread and had put the burned side down, as if he thought he could just pass it off that way- we got up and left. I will never return there. read more

To begin, The service here is not great. Not terrible, but if you want to get hung up on in the middle of your sentence, then be my guest. And no, the call did not drop. On another note, the food. I ordered mild buffalo wings with RANCH, and NOT blue cheese. What did I get? Flavorless dry wings with blue cheese. I also ordered just a regular cheese burger with fries. What do I get? A burnt patty that's raw in the inside.The fries were great though! If the same attention was applied to every other aspect of the restaurant, It would have 5 stars! We spent 30 dollars for a dinner that we didn't even eat. I'm so disappointed with this place, I really hoped it would be good because I just moved in to the neighborhood but never again... read more

Every burger, sandwich, pizza I've had here has really been good! And the wings are darn good too - and I am not a big wing fan. I prefer their burgers over Plan B, Max's... they taste like something I grilled out on my own patio! Nothing overdone, or trendy - just simple feel-good food that tastes great! Everything is just done well, right & the staff is real friendly. This place has a great neighborhood vibe going on & I always enjoy myself when I come here. read more

It's a typical pub. The food is decent, prices are fine, booze selection standard. I like the location a lot, it is in a charming area of CT right along the Farmington River. The outside patio is also really nice with a large deck built right around an old oak tree. It's definitely nothing special but is worth it for a quick bite and drink. If you're in the area it's worth checking out. read more

If your starving and no other place is open, keep starving. Service and food is terrible.

Very nice beer selection. Food is typical pub style. Laid back. Occasional live music. Go for the beer. Don't mind the old men and ladies that will surely be down at the end of the bar on most days, they're harmless. read more

To the Management and Owners of the Cracker Barrel, We (my husband and I) signed up for Yelp to write this review. Weve been in to the Cracker Barrel before in the past, and have left very disappointed. Inconsistencies more than anything else have been to blame. Food, service, grumpy managers, atmosphere......you name it!! Last night was different. We had a Groupon for $40, and figured, what the hay? Why not try it, since the price is so right. Went in, sat down, adn immediately were greeted by our waiter Brett. He had specials recommendations including an appetizer with "tomatoes out of his personal garden" (not sure if that part was just for show or not, but it was convincing!!) We asked some questions about beer for my husband, and he knew every answer. I had some wine questions, and he knew every answer. When it came to the food, he knew every answer. I realized he must be the owner or the boss, but he said no, he just does what hes told and gets to take care of people. :) Well, then there was the food. Peaches with tomatoes and mozzarella. Seemed simple, but it was amazing. Baby back ribs and salmon, two specials for the night, were flat out astonishing. The dining room was pretty full, but we never felt like there was anyone else in the room!!! I don't know what has happened here, but the pub is rivaling our favorite restaurants!!! My husband loved the beer selections, and our waiter brought samples and descriptions each time he wanted. We gushed to our waiter quite a bit, and he kept thanking us and saying "we do this. We like that." It was a special night, a special change that seems to have come over the little pub in Tariffville. A team atmosphere where everyone is well trained and enjoying their jobs is what we saw in this young man, and bravo to the managers and owners that have the people trained in the kitchen and restaurant. This is a real game-changer! (It was so good, in fact, that we didn't redeem our Groupon. We paid full price instead. That's a HUGE deal for me!!!!!) Make sure to ask for Brett if you read this review and go in..... Thank you to the Cracker Barrel for making yourselves a go-to place again. read more

Just had another great burger at the Cracker Barrel, local flavor, fun casual place for good food and drink. Again, another great review of 'The Crack', good food, great service, can't wait to return. read more

I was raised since birth just down from the center, on Red Hill Rd. Where you - (Cracker Barrel) are, used to be a bar and grill. I saw it change ownership several times. The locals loved it and hung out there after work. I did also once I became of age at that time 18 was the legal drinking age. In the same building were you are, to the left was a small market, the owners and my family were long time friends. Down the street was a soda fountain/coffee shop and next to it a Liquor store, both owned and run by the Blazis family. A best friend there used to live on top of your building in the 1st apt. My dad was one of the early firemen there in T'ville and retired as Chief of the AVON vol. Fire Dept rounding out his 30 yr career. I graduated Simsbury H.S. in '75, I left for the army where I stayed for 22 years.I haven't been back to "T'ville" in a very long time, and my child hood friends I found on Facebook, brought me up to speed. Only a few remain there, and happy for them since I can get any "News" from there. Tariffville is and will remain very near and dear to my heart. Someday if I get back that way I'll have to stop in for ole' time sake and have a burger. Thank you for this moment and opportunity. It's nice to reminisce. From Texas I'm ED PEASE JR, U.S. ARMY RETIRED read more

Went to Cracker Barrel for a light meal and a few drinks with friends. The wings were ok and the drinks were good, but the Rueben Sandwich gave me food poisoning! The owner claimed she tried the Corned Beef and it was good but she did not say anything about the Russian dressing, and I still have stomach cramps two days later.My wife had one bite of my sandwich and she was sick as well, no question we were given food that I would not eat in my own home, never go back. The waitress was terrible as well. read more

Good food and reasonable prices. Probably a dozen beers on tap, pretty good there. Lots of tv's and tables. Really sweet outdoor deck. If you're in the tarrifville area and hungry or thirsty, this is definitely the place to go. read more

Great casual local bar and grill.

Nice place. Adequate food. Be careful the tip is included on the check and no one will let u know. Went there with several people post work. Ran a tab at the bar and as I'm-closing tab I see a 20% gratuity included. Now I'm not one to cheap on the tip but I'd like to know It's included. Nothing indicated this was done. Seems a bit underhanded. Won't see me or my employees there again. Not a place to be frequented. read more

We like to come here on our weekly takeout night. Good food, good service, good selection of drinks. Fish & chips and the bbq chicken are both good. Really want to try the potato pizza soon! read more

Visited here for lunch today and had a really good classic burger. It was cooked just the way I ordered it, very juicy and tasty. My husband had two flavors of wings, hot and mustard-horseradish and enjoyed them too. Seemed like a local joint, tucked away off the main road. It has a rustic feel with lots of brick and wooden walls. Several flat screen TVs too. Will definitely go back and try some other items off the menu. read more

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Showed up with a friend, wanting to watch football game it was Sunday for the late game. Bartender couldn't figure out how to change the channel to Fox networks... She gets pissy and gives up. We move to see the game on one of the other antiquated tv's no problem. Waitress comes we order a blue moon. She says sure. Comes back with this super dark beer. I taste it. Ugggghhhhh. Sam Adams winter ale. Tell her. She goes back to bartender. BT says " oh tell them it's seasonal" she comes back says its seasonal. We don't want it. Tell her to take it back. She tells bartender. Bartender says" we'll he's an asshole! Just give him what he wants." She didn't know I am partially deaf and read lips. We didn't even stay for the food. I have been going there with my fake I'd since I was 18. I'm now 43. I will never go there again. Ever! read more

Great dive with good beer, good specials, and a great staff. Generous portions. The wings here are fantastic. Outside seating is shaded and plentiful. read more

Nice hidden place! Patio seating is great! I had the Mac and cheese with bacon and a nice cold beer! Wait staff is very friendly. Food was great! Will definitely come back. read more

This place has some of the best pizza around! They also have a good happy hour. Gotta check it out, great small town vibes!

Visited for lunch on a Tuesday. Very slow, I was with two others and the dining room sat 2 more 2tops. Took about a half hour for 1 onion soup, which was NOT French by any means, with either a chicken stock or an unacceptably light beef stock, my guess is as good as yours because there was no taste. After another 20 min we got salad which looked like a 4 year old tossed it together. It was chophouse, not chopped, either. Blue cheese dressing was offensively garlicky. The burger was charred- but asked for medium, chips I think were homemade should take a backseat for a bagged chip- burnt taste, just ruined the burger even more. Someone had a Reuben and that appeared to be decent. Chef may need some training. Server was nice but would disappear for a long time. Other table was getting up and looking around the corners for some attention and she still didn't come back for several minutes... Strange. Not going back, I know the server or chef may have had an off day but I don't enjoy grocery store salad in a bag type of food while I dine out. Soup is skip able. Burger temp was wayyyyy off. read more

It used to go here a lot a few years ago. My friend and I went back today for football. They finally had the taco shell salad back, so we ordered two after waiting for 30-45 mins for the waitress to take our order (she was very sweet). Our salads came: salad from a bag with a scoop of chili and some crispy things on top all for $11.50! We now had a different waitress, and I had mentioned that the menu said the salad came in a taco shell. She said, "let me see what we can do..." She spoke to the bartender, Katie, who has NEVER been nice, and disappeared into the kitchen. She came back and said the chef will specially make a taco shell. I said id rather order something else. Her reply: no, it's easier for us to do this. Within five mins, the salad came back in a fried taco shell. Still tasted like a salad in a bag. A pitcher of Coors L was $10!! I am disgusted at the staff's lack in professionalism when their food didn't match the menu item and gave ME, the paying customer, an attitude bc I sent the food back! I'm sure I ate spit. We won't be going back, ever. Gordon Ramsey needs to step in and take over this place!! read more

I will never go back to this restaurant again. The food was atrocious. The place seems to be very dirty and I have never had worse service in my life. The word is quickly getting out that this is a place to skip. read more

First: quickly view Mike B's response made on 7/15/11. Spot on Mike! The following review supplements Mike's anguish. Unfortunately in this ranking system you are not able to rate a 0 star. This was by far the most appalling restaurant situation I've ever been involved in. After waiting a substantial period of time (1 hour and 30 minutes) for our food we decided to ask our waitress what was going on. Initially we were attempting to keep our cool but after asking our waitress to talk to management, we couldn't stand the dysfunction any longer. Our waitress responded to our complaint by telling us that there was indeed an owner at the restaurant, but she refused to come and talk to us. Also referring to Mike B's response, "I can't believe she owns a business." I have been home and it has been 3 hours since we were at The Cracker Barrel, I am still in awe of the utter disrespect we were shown at this "restaurant", using these quotations loosely. I will never go back under any circumstances. The owner wouldn't come out to talk to us, really? read more

After nearly a year since I had a terrible experience here I tried again, and they've made some changes. The service was horrible last year, but Saturday it was excellent. The food was decent pub grub, I've had better and worse, but the overall experience was very positive due to the friendly and attentive staff. They are back on my "good" list. read more

Variety of beer on tap was good, but food was nothing special. Would not make a point of going back.

I don't think my wife and I will return for some time. They have a good selection of craft beers, but the clientele is often loud and obnoxious (drunk). We only ordered pizza and the middle was a tad soggy. The waitress reminded me of Miss Trunchbull from "Matilda". Inappropriately dressed and although trying hard, didn't have great social skills. Management needs to bring in "Restaurant Impossible". It's too bad because it could be a gem of a location for the locals. read more

My husband and I went for a dinner on a Monday. FOUR things on their menu were not even available. The waitress made another suggestion and guess what! They didn't have any of that either!!!! Will never go back there. read more

My friend ordered a Tito's and diet but when she got it .. it was indeed not a Tito's (tasted like well vodka) . My friend didn't like it so I went to the bar I told the bartender she didn't like it and wanted a new one. The bartender grabs the drink and pours in Tito's rather than giving us a new one. So I bring the drink back to my friend and go here try this. She scrunches her face and says it tastes worse than what it was. So she herself goes up and says I asked for a Tito's and diet and this is not what you gave me the bartender very rudely goes the girl (meaning me) just came up here and saw me pour Tito's into it and walks off with an attitude. So I walk back up to the bartender and go could I please get a new drink my friend didn't get what she asked for. The bartender then very rudely snaps and yells at me and says you just saw me pour Tito's in I don't understand the problem. So I yell I'm a paying customer my friend wanted a Tito's and diet and that is NOT what she got. The bartender then insults me and says I'm stupid and when I ask for a lemon and a lime she throws it into the drink !! Very frustrating and childish because I have NEVER been to a bar where I order something that I didn't enjoy and the bartender refuses and argues with me. This bad experience will make me never come back! If I could give this place no stars I would because it sure the hell does not deserve even one star !!!!! 10/10 would never recommend this place to anyone. read more

My boyfriend and I come here all the time. We've enjoyed pretty much everything we've had and it's a great place to go if you're looking for a laid back place for a drink and good food. read more

Great service. Great food. Cool atmosphere. I dont unerstand the bad reviews that others gave. Ordered burgers and sweet potato fries, salads, and apps. The salads are huge and very fresh. By themselves they could be a meal. The fries and burger were perfection. On a very busy night our waitress was attentive, and made us feel well cared for. Do not hesitate to visit this place and have dinner. read more

Awesome deck and patio offering a mix of sun or shade, very relaxed atmosphere, perfect for 3 out of 4 seasons in CT. It's pub food and pizza mostly but with lots of options and they also have a wide variety of beers on tap to choose from. Great place to kick back with some friends, watch the game, or just while away a summer evening. read more

I visit and eat here on a regular basis, the food and atmosphere is exactly what I expect and like in a neighborhood bar/grill...actually the food is a little better than that. read more

Used to be an okay local pub when we first started going here years ago. Food was decent and the service was okay, a fun local pub. Now, it seems like the foul mouthed, angry drunks at the end of the bar are in charge and they are usually hanging out with owner/management, very early in the evening. And then there are the drunks that are interspersed along the bar, getting served more drinks than can possibly be legal. We sat next to one guy who had at least 7 double shots of vodka in the hour that we were there - he was there when we got there and when we left. The bartender said he was parked out front and had no concerns about him driving, said he did it all the time. read more

The food was ok, but we went with a coupon from another site (not Groupon) we had purchased it only weeks before and they not only refused to accept it but would not allow reduction in our order (had to spend $35 to use it). Not impressed with staff at all and wont go back any time soon without big changes. read more