I rarely eat at chain restaurants. Not because I'm a snob; more because I don't drive, rarely join others on long road trip adventures and live in a densely populated part of Philly that has few chains. Tweedie, a friend from Wyoming, who does go on long road trips, was visiting the tri-state area. He has a few bases of operations-Rancho Mirage in California, a house in Cody, Wyoming, a hidely hole in San Jose and some dystopian compound near Parhump, Nevada. I took advantage of his love of driving and my own obsession with being a passenger and we enjoyed a lot of 'let's just get in the truck and see where we wind up' adventures while he was in town. He loves Cracker Barrel and when we passed this one, he asked if I was hungry. It was early-ish in the day. While I generally do not get up and eat breakfast, I'd fortified myself with a few pots of tea and he'd fueled up with Dunkin' Donuts coffee before we left. I checked in with my stomach and it said, yes, I should eat, so we decided to break our fast here. Since it was a weekday, there was no wait to be seated. The hostess was rather blank-neither friendly or rude-but we figured she was not joining us for the meal and may have had deeper things on her mind than trying to charm us. The restaurant looked spotless and well tended. Our server came within seconds of us being seated at a clean, non-sticky table to take beverage orders. I was surprised to see Twinings tea on the menu and promptly asked for a large pot. The server frowned at me. Hmmm-did I commit a faux pas? She told me I could have as many refills as I wanted but not a large pot. Okay-semantics. Before she left, we told her we knew what we wanted to eat (Old Timers Breakfast x 2), so everything was ordered together. To me, most of the breakfast offerings looked the same-iterations of eggs different ways accompanied by grits, biscuits, choices of breakfast protein-and Tweedie agreed that they varied little from each other but assured me that we would not leave hungry. Hot beverages appeared quickly. My companion was happy with his coffee and I with my tea. It seemed like almost no time had passed when our server returned and filled our table with hot plates, biscuits, butter, preserves and asked if we needed anything else. Nope-we were ready for this. Maybe it was simply novelty, maybe I was hungrier than I'd suspected, but everything tasted basically good. Scrambled eggs, grits, fried apples, bacon, hash browns, what I know as 'milk gravy' and hot biscuits. We got quiet as we got down to the job of raising our blood sugar and we cleaned our plates. The server checked in dutifully, each time being assured we were fine and in need of nothing else. Would I go out of my way to return to Cracker Barrel? No. Would I send friends there? Sure, if they were on a long trip, it was on their route and they were famished. Was the food outstanding? No, but for $9.99, it was more than adequate, it was a comforting, mostly carby and very filling breakfast in a clean establishment. We were sated and in need of no further nourishment until early dinner time. Cracker Barrel doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is-an inexpensive chain restaurant and I'm okay with that. read more

This cracker barrel is delicious!! I don't know why they don't have more stars than they do but for the price of budget friendly good food they should definitely. I usually get their chicken pot pies which are a every Wednesday daily special so I make my way to Ridley park area from the city. If you like a crispy, buttery golden crust and typical pot pie filling you should enjoy theirs. Also I eat their Chicken BLT sandwiches another one of my favourite menu options. You can get it fried or grilled for those that may not go for straight fried like I do. These sandwiches are juicy, tender and kinda big. You'll definitely will get full off this dish cause it comes with a side of your choice. I don't come here often, maybe like once a month but I tell you this, I'm a have to step out the box and try their breaded cod dish and other fish dishes like the catfish. They also have good breakfast at affordable prices too If your not in the mood for lunch or dinner items. Forgot the mention lunch and dinner isn't available until 11:00am. read more

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My family usually comes to Cracker Barrel for good ole fashion cooking at a reasonable price. On 9/11/2021 5 pm there were three of us. I had roast beef with hash brown casserole and fruit. The roast beef portion was small and potatoes sent back because they were cold. When I got them back it was a smaller amount than the first but it was hot. My daughter in law had steak hamburger with mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans. She remarks it was bland and won't be ordered again. Son had country fried chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and okra. Chicken was good but very little gravy went with the potatoes and he had one piece of okra and said he'd never get it again. Ordering okra at Cracker Barrel is something I always did but found the last few years it's been tasteless. So it's off my list. The service was better than any other restaurant I've been to during this Covid time but the quality and quantity of food was defiantly not what we're used to in this Cracker Barrel. Maybe next time we'll just stick with ordering the 24/7 breakfast. Breakfast is always a sure bet... right??? read more

My mom and i had a great lunch here today! She had chicken and dumplings with mac & cheese and mashed potatoes and I had the Sunday chicken meal with the same sides. Service was excellent. Christina was was kind and knowledgeable about the menu. She was attentive but not overbearing and made sure to clear finished plates off the table as we went. She is a shining staff member! Ambiance is relaxed, and we enjoyed checking out the shop up front. Everything there seems to be reasonably priced. Great experience overall. Thank you!!! read more

The food is delicious and for a good price. The service is good and the wait staff are friendly. The restaurant is a country theme that has great country music playing and the country store has very nice items in the store to buy. I would go back again. read more

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The Sunday Roast special. I ate one carrot from this dish after waiting 40 minutes over the pickup time because they "never received" my online order. Still waiting for a refund. read more

Cracker Barrel - Sunday Roast Special - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

Comfy, cozy, country style dishes that's pretty well prepared and filling. Trout's pretty good, so are the generous sides. read more

Cracker Barrel - Weekday early dinner - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

Food was fine. Server was fine. Check out person, rude. Too busy reading a document to the same degree of the cash register

Fairly empty and I asked for a seat away from others because of covid19 and no mask on everybody? Junior red head kid says only area open is in a herd of people who are not wearing masks. I'm starving so I sit a few feet away from a family of 3. Fried chicken dry, mash potatoes dry, terrible food and service. No pork chops dinner and that's what I used to love about Cracker Barrel. This chain is gone so far down hill I'm fairly certain within a few years they'll be gone. Management is pathetic. Food unhealthy. Biscuit rock hard and day old. Sell your stock it's on the way out!!! read more

I'm rating this five stars because it's a Cracker Barrel which is a chain and it shouldn't be reviewed like privately owned restaurants. And because it's located just off interstate 95 and there may be some people who have been traveling great distances and are tired and hungry. If they see some of these the low end reviews they might forgo this place which would be a mistake because there's no good food right off an exit north for the next 5 miles. Easy off and on I-95. Cracker Barrel's are good because they offer a consistent product with friendly service and reasonable prices. I have no idea why this particular location has been so underrated by so many. I first came here when they opened a couple times and never a problem. Then I saw the lower ratings and I came back - and they were still fine. I've enjoyed all visits and meals. C'mon people this is Cracker Barrel not that fancy five star ship docked at Penns Landing. I've tried this location at least four times in 2018 including Mother's Day and have not had one problem. My service has always been spot on and attentive. My items have arrived as advertised. And this is good comfort food. Also worth noting is the dozens of families I see who gather here and it may be their one chance per week to be together over a meal. I always see smiling faces of these tables. Would they come here if it was bad? Today I was thrilled to see my homemade lemonade with fresh pulp was served in a frosted glass because it's 92 outside. Meal: Cracker Barrel Sampler containing meatloaf, chicken and dumplings and your choice of regular or sugar ham. You get 3 sides with this platter. It was really good and I had leftovers. Worth a stop! read more

We were hesitant to come here at first because of the reviews, but I'm glad we gave it a shot. The food was sooo good. We got breakfast. Super cheap and good quality. The service was honestly the best I've had. I can't remember our waitresses name, but she was so funny and kind. All the waitresses and staff were very welcoming. It almost felt like a mom and pop diner. The staff welcomed you with open arms and cracked jokes. The atmosphere was pretty cool. Lots of cool knick knacks on the walls. We stayed and played checkers after we ate, super cool that they have a table for that. Overall, definitely recommend giving it a shot. At the end of the day, the people working there are human beings. They'll have bad day, it doesn't mean it's a bad place. People have become too comfortable treating food service workers like robots. read more

Went to the ridley location last nite for dinner, we were surprised with the food, When they had brought our fried chicken dinner out WOW what a change the chicken was very small, the meat was dried out we had got mac, and cheese and green beans as our sides, the bowls were not even enough for 2 fork fulls, the biscuits were very small, both our dinners were not even hot, when we first started going there the food was good, and hot, its really disapointing because that is the only cracker barrel local read more

I found myself stuck waiting for a delayed flight to come in. Hotel staff directed me to a Denny's but it was closed so ended up here. It's been probably 25 years since I've been to a Cracker Barrel. I did have to wait (maybe because Denny's was closed, more pressure here). I didn't like having to wait in a "store". I don't remember that from previous visit. The selection of foods was great and I was able to find all the comfort food I desired on this cold, fall day. Service was good and I loved the huge fire in the fireplace - it added to the homey feel. read more

Stopped in to peruse the store and pick up a gift card. It smelled so good in there, so much so that I was perfumed with good food smell for a while afterward, even though I was only in the store for ten minutes tops. I do like Cracker Barrel so we'll be heading there for a meal soon! read more

I love the food at Cracker Barrel, and normally their service is great! I've been to a Cracker Barrel in Tennessee & Las Vegas. I am currently at one in Ridley Park in Philadelphia. WOW, they are S-L-O-W. It took about 40 minutes to be seated, another 15 minutes for the waitress to take our order, and another 40 minutes for the food to come. read more

My family had one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. Our server took very long to come to the table, disappeared for over 30 minutes at a time, and was clearly unhappy. Upon dropping the food off she realized that she forgot my husband's gravy and when she brought it back she dropped it on the table without even stopping and never came back again. My daughter's Mac & cheese was cold and I couldn't even tell her because she never returned. We asked a manager to get our check since our server was nowhere to be found and she also never returned. We finally got a bus boy to get the check for us. The table behind us never got one of their meals and the server never checked on them. They advised the manager of this and they were assured it would be rushed and it was still not delivered when we left 15 minutes later. Highly suggest going anywhere else for your meal! read more

Tough for them to get the order straight after three weeks for being open a party of three ordered the turkey lunch the manager came out to ask if we could eat lunch without the stuffing and They would bring that out later!!!! The nerve of him!!! we said no and been waiting 45 minutes for them now to make the stuffing Butters were all liquid They seem like they were from another table or under a heat lamp read more

NEVER AGAIN. After being completely understanding of Covid times and short staff issues. We sat and waited 20 minutes for a server..even though there were only 4 tables eating in the whole place. When she finally came over, she was obviously in a bad mood. She said she'd be right with us. In the mean time, she argues with I'm assuming her manager right in front us. We order and move on. Our food comes out on plastic containers? Everyone around us had plates. Not sure in what world you serve people this way. We also did not receive half of our meal and the waitress never came back to fill drinks or check on us. Meanwhile we could see all of the servers and cooks eating and chatting in the back in plain sight. Eventually another host? came over and gave us our check. We complained and he said he would bring the rest of our food out...at that point we said don't bother. He said he would tell our waitress and at the point we just left. No money off the bill and no apologies. We will not be returning. Disgraceful. read more

Cracker Barrel - Cold breakfast served on plastic while DINING IN. - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

Oh my! I felt like God blessed me, making the wrong right turn! All I can say is the food was astonishing! My kids ate this food all up, and every last bit! I was supposed to be on a diet LOL! Cracker Barrel is my favorite! I want to live here LOL! The servers are lovely, I believe my server was called Britt! I'm not really sure though! Thanks for being my rock Cracker Barrel! Or I could say heaven LOL! read more

Cracker Barrel - Tummy Time! - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

We went to the restaurant located in Ridley Park, Pa on New Years morning at 11 am expecting for a little wait. They told us when we got there it would be about an hour wait for a party of 6. My wife checked in after an hour and they told her about 20 more minutes. After 2 hours my wife went back to the hostess and they decided to try to accommodate by splitting into 2 tables not near each other. The manager came out with no current solution so we ended up leaving with no breakfast and wasted 2 hours of our life. if I could do 0 stars I would because that's the service we received! read more

Do you want salad full of hair? This is your restaurant! I ordered door dash and my salad had multiple visible hairs in it. So gross.

We just recently left from this restaurant. This restaurant used to be the place my wife and I always went to when heading out to eat. Today was the worst experience ever. We waited 1 . 5 hrs not kidding got there at two and food was out at 3:45. My wife and I both ordered the grandma breakfast and our son got the kids cheese burger. For service was very slow just getting refills. Secondly my wife's food and mine were jumbled onto the plates she had food items that were mine and vise versa. I should not have to play food separater at a restaurant. Than our sons burgers were over cooked. We returned it 2x and the server informed the manager. When she returned the second time she did apologize but stated "The food staff were goofing around and not paying attention " seems not one is paying attention if I received food that I never ordered regardless of being my wife's order or not.The server we had was Tori read more

Yummy food, nice staff, and very reasonable prices. There was a 10-15 min wait at 6pm, which passed quickly since you can browse the store while you wait. It looks like they're using about half their tables rights now, which was nice because it meant it wasn't too loud or crowded. I got peach tea and the chicken n dumplings entree with carrots, turnip greens, and hash brown casserole. All was tasty, and a nice treat since most of those things are hard to find where I live. My meal and drink came out to less than $15 total. I got some sentimental/retro candy in the store while checking out. If you're looking for something casual and filling, I think this is a good spot. read more

Open on thanksgiving day, they have a good breakfast options. The food tasted good I would go back there again. read more

Cracker Barrel - Old timer breakfast - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

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Walked over from the Hotel. The staff at this Cracker Barrel are the best I have seen. Very attentive, courteous, friendly. I had the trout dinner. It was tender and delicious. Also came with mashed potatoes and broccoli. I love surprises like this place. Will definitely return next time I stay at the local hotel! read more

This is the second cracker barrel I had. I loved my first experience in nj so much, I claimed cracker barrel as the best breakfast from a chain. This time wasn't the same. I ordered the pancakes with egg, sausage, bacon, potato casserole and then I ordered french toast as well. This was $15 total. The pancakes were a bit too crispy and not as good as I remembered. The sausage wasnt fresh, eggs tasted good, potato casserole was good, bacon was okay and the french toast was good. I wouldn't call this experience the best breakfast from a chain anymore. Maybe this was a bad day. read more

Wooooh! what a great experience !!! I want to first give PRAISE to our server Courtney her service is amazing her personality was amazing and she knows her job WELL! She helped us saved, and I mean we didn't have to ask for refills or condiments she was ahead of the game the whole entire visit! Which definitely makes me want to come back! I really appreciate the service , how nice and clean it was, the friendly demeanors it felt like everyone came to work and actually wanted to work which makes the experience an whole lot better! We were a party of 3 since my daughter didn't want to come and besides that , wow our bill came up to about $50+ and that's truly not bad for how much we got! We ended up tipping which bought the total up to $70+ but i say this to say this is a nice experience, and it's a place you should visit atleast once! You'll get a bang for your buck & i like how the design of the place make it feels like your truly in a cabin. The food was good! Thank you Courtney for making our experience one of a kind! read more

Cracker Barrel - fruity pebbles pancakes , cheese eggs & stuffed tattered tots for a handsome little boy :) - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

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We went to this location for their fish fry platter and their haddock platter after seeing pictures of it on their app. I fully expected not to receive anything like the displayed meals but what we received was truly horrendous. The haddock came out the size of a thin steak fry. It was far from crispy as described and was served cool not hot. The cod, in the fish fry, was served as four bite size pieces the size of a very small chicken tender. As with the haddock, it was not crispy and served cool. Being in a hurry, we did complain about this to our server (who was wonderful) and just vowed not to return. The price for the two platters totaled $30.28 with tax. Don't waste your time here because the kitchen staff obviously either has no control of when the platters go out or they don't know what they are doing. read more

Food was half ok the other half soso. I've been to alot of the Cracker Barrel locations during my travels and my food was always steaming hot. This place serves half of your food warm the other room temp. Great waitress!! I could tell she knew I wasn't too happy. She tried to make up for it with her service and a smile. She even offered a refill in a plastic cup for me to take. I went to pay my bill and decided to browse the country store and found a 50$ Xmas ornament, it was the last one. I asked if the would give me a discount for the floor model. They said no. I thought about it as I looked around and went back to the young lady and decided to get it. She returned with the item. I asked if they had the box and she said that they threw away the box but could find A box to put it in. I told her to leave it. I thought it would be a bit cheesy to give e gift without the original box. I didn't think it was right to charge full price for something that was a floor model and no box. read more

What a fantastic breakfast. Our server was so nice and especially helpful. Our food came out just as ordered, social distancing was observed and people were asked to wear their masks when not at their table. read more

Waitress seemed to be in a hurry to get us out of the restaurants a hurry we were 75% through our dinner when she dropped our check. We had to ask for dessert and when it got there it was only one serving not two like we asked. Food was okay, fairly priced but small portions. read more

Went there first time last week after watching ad on tv with wife. Not sure how the neighborhood is, a parking sign warns to keep your belongings away!! It's a small restaurant but what made it worse is, they devided the whole space into a restaurant and a shop. So food area is tiny. All tables are so close that you can grab food from next table!! Menu is very limited, you can get better choice even in Danny's!! Food was okish! We ordered a burger, they don't offer medium rare. So you are stuck with medium. It tastes good though. But wife ordered a chicken strip meal after not finding anything she likes. It was RAW in the middle, literally RAW meat looking at us. Called the server, she apologized and offered us something different to try! Overall ok experience. read more

The food is not bad but it's just average. It's kind of hit or miss. I was excited to go here after having been to many other Cracker Barrel's before, but it just wasn't the same. For breakfast, we also ask for extra crispy bacon and it always comes out flabby and sometimes our pancakes will be burnt. Dinner is good but the sides are always iffy. The mac and cheese is one of my favorites but at this location, I never order it. I don't hate it, but it's just nothing special. read more

I love Cracker Barrel but this one is either hit or miss. Some days the food is so good all you want afterwards is a pillow. You can taste the love in it those days. Others...like this morning, EVERYONE SEEMS TO HATE THEIR JOB BECAUSE THE FOOD TASTED LIKE TEARS AND DESPAIR. The waitress even seemed like she didnt want to be there. I will just cook next time read more

Terrible. We're here visiting from Texas and the food was not good at all. Our Texas location taste 1,000 times better, I got loaded hash brown casserole and they just put a slice of cheese on top and warmed in microwave!!! Pancakes were hard as bricks I do not recommend this location AT ALL read more

Nice updated decor. Friendly associates and buttery good pancakes! Slightly secluded location.

Bad location. Slow service, rancid ham, and incorrect order. Said something to the front before I left and waitress over heard and said that someone else said the same thing and she wonders who is cooking today. Smh. Save your money and go to another location or restaurant. read more

First of all the nurses from our school went there to get lunch. We asked the waitress to make her eggs fried hard. When she brought it out it was raw and runny when she brought it out.strike one, then the manager came out and said I'll take the drink off the bill. Strike 2, then we all ordered the buttermilk pie. We waited for a while and finally she came out and said we have no strawberry and she charges full Price for the pie $5, the we ask the manager and he only took off $.25 strike number three!!!!!! Cracker barely will not be seeing the nurses. read more

Cracker Barrel - Southern Near Me - Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

The food was good like always! But our server Chelsea was incredibly rude to my boyfriend and I. We had asked if we could add two orders of the "Loaded hash-brown casserole tots" to our order and she replied with "you probably only want one" we assured her we wanted two. A few minutes pass by and she brought us ONE order and then proceeded to give us the check. We had to them ask her for a third time for our second order of tots. read more

I have eaten here since the opening day and I have been here at least ten times , the food has always been good and the service is stellar, I'm glad we finally have a Cracker Barrel in Delco, great place to eat! read more