Stopped in specifically to try the alligator, and I was not disappointed. When you first get there, it looks like a hole in the wall. When we went, the buffet wasn't open yet. We all ordered our food and a sweet waitress half jokingly and half seriously offered to hold our little one so we could get a full meal. We graciously declined. The people were really nice. All of the food was great. I would definitely go back. read more

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Happy Saturday Morning! Just wanted to tell you we visited on Wednesday around noon as we drove from Ft. Lauderdale to Naples just to eat at Cracklin' Jacks we saw on TV with Guy Fieri. Guy was spot on. We never had such delicious properly cooked food in our lives. We ordered grouper, frog legs the size of a weight-lifter, oysters, catfish, gator bites, mahi-mahi and they were all delicious and cooked to perfection. Sauces were brought to the table but the food was perfectly seasoned dipping sauce was not needed but we at it anyway. The salad had variety, delicious and the bisque was delicious and served at the perfect temperature. The drawn butter was an added touch. Hushpuppies were also out of this world. We grew up on these dishes and have found chef's do not know how to properly cook seafood in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and other places as they overcook the food. Cracklin Jack's knows how to cook these special foods. We look forward to returning to your find establishment and got so excited about the menu we forgot to order the fried green tomatoes our favorite. By the way there was just enough breading on the food and it was not greasy. Our waiter/busboy(man) were attentive and watched out for our table despite many other customers he had to attend to. You have two very happy customers and intend to come at least monthly. Don't change a thing your restaurant nailed it. Thank you for being there for us as few restaurants know how to properly season/cook these specialties. Your prices are more than fair and portions were generous. More people should visit your establishment. You staff was wonderful along with the food. Looking forward to our next visit (with fried green tomatoes). Please don't change a thing. Keep up the good work! read more

Food was just ok and overpriced drinks. My brother-in-law had an old-fashioned that was $22 and I don't even think it was 2 1/2 ounces. Service was ok. read more

Best fried chicken in Naples (in my book). All I ever order. You get LOTS of side dishes with every meal. Everything is delicious. It's A lot of food so be prepared to Stuff yourself! Friendly staff and service is usually fast. A place locals take out of town visitors for a BIg meal. Enjoy read more

Best time! Delish catfish and lovely sweet vibes from the staff! They also have a lot of events almost daily! Really impressive how they pull it off! I can't wait to try all the fun things they offer and look forward to coming back ! Yee haw! Xo read more

Cracklin' Jack's - Closing time but still accommodated - Seafood Near Me - Naples, Florida

Very eclectic menu. Family style dozens are sure to please. Try the gator bites if nothing else! read more

My family really likes Cracklin Jacks. Music is typically pretty good. Love sitting outside in the open air. Don't like it when there are people smoking outside though. They are hiring and do need more servers. Our server Maura was awesome! Very attentive, sweet girl. Got my daughter new food when she didn't like her order. Pasta was sour tasting. Probably just how it's made and not our thing. Crab legs, just ask for them to not be so well done and they are perfect. Ribs- delicious! Fried chicken tasty, sometimes a little dry, usually very good. Gator tail is perfect. read more

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Again the food could have been superb. The catfish delicious. Love the KY cornmeal breading. Fried green tomato's thick, too ripe and soggy. Chicken livers way overcooked. Crusty and hard. Half were inedible. Sides were good. Saving grace were the homemade muffins read more

Food was alright. Girlfriend didn't really like it (shocking). Gator and fried pickles were good but the rest were all mid or terrible. There were like 2 workers. read more

We had 8 people in our group and had great service and food. Gator bites and the Grouper bites were excellent. Pulled pork was perfect and the Grouper sandwich both fried and broiled were great. The outside seating area is nice also and has its own bar. We will be coming back when we come back. read more

Food and service was very good. Our group had a variety from the menu ... spare ribs, two varieties of shrimp and the catfish. The corn muffins were good, but a little too much chunky corn for my taste. The Cajun shrimp got very good reviews ... especially the Spicy Andouille sausage that came with it. The catfish had a great batter and farm feed fish was not a strong as some catfish. The french fries were more like thick potato chips. The hush puppies had just the right amount of sweetness to them. Spare ribs were just ok. The ambience was what you'd expect from a place called Cracklin Jack's. Since we were too far South, I expected the sweet tea to be below par and got what I expected. A southern fare restaurant that had pricing too close to the costing of Naples 5th Ave district read more

Such a fun tiki in the back! As long as you like fried food and sweet drinks, and you have a sense of humor, this place is for you! With Yard Dog Charlie on the accordion, my daughter and 3 grandkids had a blast. We even bought the cd! read more

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I ordered the brisket meal, it tasted like roast beef.. Highly disappointed. Our server didn't give us his name but he was friendly and good. Unfortunately the AC wasn't working inside which made for a lackluster experience for us traveling down there. Probably wouldn't go back if I'm ever in the area again. read more

I was looking for really good fried chicken, people recommended Crackling Jack's. I was not impressed. I should say that the parking lot is always full. This one is on me. PS. I did find great Fried Chicken in Naples. Publix grocery store. read more

It is easily the BEST southern fried food you're going to eat. Everything was piled high and perfectly cooked! Ribs and sauce were great too! The service was excellent and the staff rotated like clockwork to make sure you had everything! A very rare find! read more

Loved this place it was super yummy and everyone was so nice very friendly and great service

Outstanding food. I had the shrimp and oyster basket. The hush puppies are out of this world delicious. I would suggest ordering an extra side of those. Coleslaw was on point today. Couldn't have had a better lunch. I'll be back when I'm in town. read more

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Best fried chicken, catfish and down home country cooking you will find in the area. Always fresh and delicious.

Don't waste your time! I went because I saw it on DDD. I had the gator bites. They were decent, just a small portion. I also tried the frog legs. Too much breading and served with butter. Like I need anymore fat. The service was unfriendly and bitter at life. read more

I was here many years ago, my Aunt was down from NH so i thought this would be a good place for lunch. I was really disappointed in the food. we had the catfish with fries and hush puppies. the hush puppies were so hard and everything was over cooked. It must have been a really bad day so i'll give them another chance later. read more

I was part of a group of 3 that went for dinner. My brother had the fried chicken w/collard greens & mashed potatoes, his girlfriend had the liver w/onions dish along with collard greens & coleslaw- both were happy with both taste & size of portions. I had the catfish along with collar greens & white beans. Unfortunately the catfish was overcooked and the coating a bit too crunchy for my taste which was disappointing. Both of my sides were tasty & the hush puppies excellent. Our waitress was very friendly & attentive, she did a great job! I would recommend trying out Cracklin' Jacks as I believe my overcooked fish was just one of those one time anomalies that happens once in a while. read more

Food good, fried chicken delish, collard greens yummy. Understaffed!!! Manager was working bar. The hostess was the waitress and busser. Waited over an hour for our food. Leadership needs to be present. read more

The new look is nice and you can tell the new ownership has put some money into it. The service is always great, but....... The price increases are ridiculous. It's ok K to want to make your investment back, but all at once. The Scallops went from $24 to $37. Seriously. You are going to fall flat after season. Residents won't pay that. You may want to rethink that. Check your bill closely. Won't ever go back. read more

The native was raving about this place as where the locals go to eat, and has been talking about thisnplace for a few days. We finally made it to the place as our final dinner with the family folks before we head back up north. We must have hit a b game night on a wednesday night. They apparently could only accommodate our party of 11 outside on the patio that night. Suppose not a big deal if its nice bbn out, not sure if we could dine here if it was rainy outside with a large party. Our waiter must also be a new guy, he kept saying "i am not sure if we have that anymore, let me go double check" on a few things we ordered. I wanted to try the crab cakes, but appparently they were out. I got the andouille(i know I spelt it wrong) sausage over dirty rice.. gator bites appetizer.. hush puppies.. kids chicken tenders... special of the evening of grouper..clams and shrimp all fried.. bbq pork. Others ordered a salad. First off... our hushpuppies made it to the other end of the table (i got up and had inquired if he got the order, his response was that order was probably mine but the others at the table ordered some after we did so more were on thr way.). The hush puppies didnt end up to the table till after our maincourse showed up. We asked for two sets of the side dishes (apparently it comes family style, but with 11 people sharing little dish.. its a bit to travel and not enough for anyone), and those didnt show up till after the main dish showed up also. They didnt give my son a spoon to eat his applesauce... the clams were.. very sandy The plus. The kids chicken tender order is huge and pretty juicy (bonus it is served on a frisbee so you get a souvenir). We got to try gator. The salad was huge and looked delicious! The grouper was good. The sausagr anf shrimp was good (spicier than i expected). Portions are huge. The butter for hush puppies was really good, and i actually tried itnon the family style corn bread. I liked the soft corn bread! I would be willing to come back and give them a shot to see what their a game looks like. read more

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Just ordered food which my kids and I hate to be disappointed. Brisket came out super dry and the young man snatched it from my hands to just "add" watered down juice to it.. Then the supposed "Owner" which was not it but I at this point let it go said "give me 5 mins I will cook you up some good brisket " lmao. It takes hours to make it not 5 mins. Then my kids didnt tell me till we got home they didnt get there fries with there meals. Such a shame since I loved this place but was devastated by lack of customer service, empathy, food quality and people who work there dont lie to customers. Wish I took before and after pics cause I got the same "dry meat with au ju" sauce and still dry as desert storm. But also its pathetic that a young man would come out as the owner and give me the same thing that I gave back and saying he "cooked" it himself like i am uneducated. Such a damn shame. Let's get brown bag back!!! # 1 read more

Nothing close to what it used to be. All the fried foods have the same basic breading! The service is so-so! Takes forever to get a waiter or waitress to come to your table. Don't go if you're hungry, it takes forever! People who walked in after us got their orders taken and served before our group was! The food isn't terribly bad but prefer to not to spend our money on just basic food when there are much better places to eat! Sorry, always loved this place in the past but Jack's has gone downhill! read more

Food is excellent, atmosphere is even better! And check out the new Cracklin' Jack Alligator! read more

Cracklin' Jack's - New woodburn sign by Lila Rippere - Seafood Near Me - Naples, Florida

We went for a good southern dinner. It happened to be the end of the dinner shift which we didn't know when we walked in. The place was buzzing. I ordered country fried pork, and my partner ordered a ribeye steak. The white gravey for the mashed potatoes was runny like water. I couldn't even cut my pork with a knife, I had to pull it apart with my fingers. Now my dinner was $20 & the steak was $39.00! Full of fat and grizzle. Our bill came to $87.00, including the tip. Adding a cup of soup and a piece of pie. We won't be back. When we left, the place was empty, supposedly everyone was outside to watch a male stripper show, I guess that's where all their efforts go, definitely not the food! read more

My picky family of 5 just ate the most delicious meal at Cracklin Jack's. The chicken tenders are real cut chicken, not frozen. I had the baby back ribs and they were meaty, tasty and fall off the bone tender. Everything was so good. We had the blackened shrimp, gator bites, grouper nuggets, fried shrimp, French fries, dirty rice, onion rings, collard greens. We're visiting the new great Wolf Lodge in Naples from about 2 hours away and would highly recommend a meal here!!! The service was also excellent!! read more

Good food great service and reasonable prices. Rainy night so we are indoors. Hope to eat outside next time

Please stop and in and support this local restaurant...The only place around to get true southern fried catfish "white" not any black mush in the catfish. This place is top notch and trust me you won't find any better around... I grew up in Louisiana where Opelousa Catfish was a staple we were fortunate to always have it. So no matter where I try catfish now I always compare it to Opelousa Catfish,... This place and our waitress Cindy deserves 5 stars Thank you for choosing SWFL $15.99 3 large Catfish filets (I had 1 of 3) Fried okra AYCE included free with dinner Turnip greens Mashed potatoes /gravy Cornbread Zucchini bread Northern beans read more

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I really was excited to take 4 of us. We were excited to try the Gator bites and al the other well reviewed food. Our server came over welcomed us and took our drink, app order, and food order. Unfortunately, that was the last time we saw her! Gator bites never showed and drinks had to be ordered from the bar and paid separately. After 30 minutes our food came and it was excellent. We had to stop a bus boy to get someone to give us a bill so we could pay and leave. This could have been a great hangout place and one I was hoping I could repeat. Not sure why she disappeared and we were ignored, but we will not be back! read more

My first visit to Cracklin jacks was beautiful food great. People great. This time under new management took 45 minutes to get first order and then it came out wrong, they take back and second order was Luke warm, the French fries were slivers of potatoes ok fine but Luke warm as well. I like my food hot. Spoke to manager and she was as rude as the person seating you. Waitress was just out of rehab (good for her god bless her) and serving alcohol She was new, then she would not come back to see if we needed anymore drinks. Manager never took a penny off over priced for quality. We'll never go back. read more

When I first arrived I almost turned around and left! The dining room is pretty drab, but we decided to go outside to the back patio- that's the spot! For this kind of restaurant experience Cracklin Jacks can't be beat- the beer is cold and they give you cozies to keep it thus. I can't say enough about the delicious fried frogs legs and fried green tomatoes. We will come back, Jack! read more

If you like high priced mediocre,small portions and cigarettes smoke this is the place to go

Really enjoyed the frog legs. Flavor was extra tasty. This Restaurant should be called Taste of the Everglades. The alligator is very good also. I've been looking for a place that does good fried chicken and it looks like I found it here at Crackling Jacks. We went on a Monday for Bingo but it was canceled. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone liking Cajun or Southern cuisine. Service was outstanding too. read more

Food was great, with several menu options. Price seemed high for seafood options. It was a casual location with good service.

Food was okay, nothing spectacular. Service was not good considering it was slow. I think it was overpriced.

The waitress seemed in a hurry. The food was undercooked! I was thoroughly disappointed

I used to like this place. If you go, avoid Kristynne at all costs. The most loud, rude individual I've ever met in the south. I made the mistake of visiting the facilities while my table was placing their drink order. When I sat at our table Kristynne was serving a party seated at a booth which was seated nearly at the same time. As Kristynne was walking away from the second table, a member of my party approached her to request that she add a Sauvignon Blanc (for me) to our table's drink order. Her response was to loudly exclaim, "Excuse me- EXCUSE ME, I'm helping this table, I will be back, PLEASE SIT." We all saw her walking away from the second table and down the stairs, when the member of my party apologized and mentioned he saw her walking away she said "No, no, I was helping this other table." The worst part is that she would dare insult us by lying. She was walking away...so much for trying to save her a few steps. Her response was so outrageous we were compelled to cancel our order completely and walk out of the restaurant. I'm going to miss this place. read more