Being Cuban, the predominant choice of cooking every time in my household is (you guessed it, Cuban food). With that in mind, my ventures to Cracker Barrel are loved due to the fact I get to savor tasty southern food that I normally otherwise wouldn't :)
Every Cracker Barrel is shaped and designed the same, this one in particular is well kept and the staff is friendly and quick. The food here is great, whether you want a streak, country fried chicken or pot roast. My favorite side dish would be the hash-brown casserole, made just right. I would seriously continue to name drop but like I stated earlier, you won't go wrong with the majority of the items on the menu. The typical price for a meal will run you about $25 for two so its a great place to make it a regular drop in.
Cracker Barrel has always been a mainstay for my family and me. Whever we want to treat ourselves for breakfast, or special occasions, this is the spot. We alternte beteween this location and Pembroke Pines. However, this most recent trip to the Barrel was the most disgusting and disappointing experience i have ever encountered. The Men's rest room was disgusting with dirty paper towels strewn about, piss all over the floors and one stall that was so stopped up with poop and paper that it was close to overflowing. Well, considering i was there wiht my 7 yr iold who needed to poop, i marched out of that bathroom and advised the hostess. A few minutes later, our table was ready, and we sat down. It took the waitress about ten minutes to acknoledge us and get our drink orders. then, about another ten minutes for her to return for our food orders. When the orders came, every plate came incorrect or incomplete. A service disaster on all fronts. Needless to say, my 7 year old (hopoe  you didnt forget about him) could no longer hold it and he asked me to take him to the rest room. Guess what was waiting for us - the same disgistimng restroom - only now, with about 45 minutes more filth and piss on the fdloors - YAY!!!
Luckily the 2nd stall was unoccupied and after celaing the floor and toilet seat thorougly my son was able to go.
This time i called for the manager to advise. You know what, this was a complete embarrasmnet for this establishment - and if they felt anything other than disgust and embarrasment for their service and their cleanliness - they should be fired. Bottomline. My wife told me after the meal - this may be the last time we come here.. and she might not be exxagerating. it was that bad.
The only reason this is not a one star review is because we have been visiting Cracker Barrel for years and, the food is always great.. but the service and cleanliness issues are something we have noticed getting worse and worse over the last 18 months or so..
a shame.
Pretty upset with this place.
This may be my 3rd time here and each time it's bad. Way too long of a wait outside. Long wait inside. And then the food really isn't great or any better than let's say Denny's.
This time, 2/3/12, we got a table for 5 after a 45 minute wait. We got our drinks fast but then we waited 1 hour exactly to get our food yet our food wasn't what we ordered. I had the double meat breakfast and asked for turkey sausage instead of regular sausage. I got into turkey sausages and no bacon. She thought I MEANT only sausage but didn't ask. Then I got my bacon 10 minutes later when I was done eating already. My wife didn't get her fried apples or grits on time. My brother in law NEVER Â got his bacon. Eventually the manager came out and said he would take off the drinks from our receipt.
After all that we had to stand in line 10 minutes to pay.
This place sucks.
This was my first and last visit to this restaurant. I ordered a sampler platter with country ham, meat loaf and chicken and dumplings. The country ham tasted like the meat had gone bad, even my girlfriend agreed when she tried a piece. She had to spit it out into a napkin. The chicken in the chicken and dumplings was dry and difficult to eat. My meat loaf and my girlfriend's meat loaf were edible but not great. I would gladly pay more elsewhere not to be served bad meat.
Review Source:Winner of my 150th review goes to my all time favorite Southern cookin' joint...Cracker Barrel!
Hey y'all, want some biscuits and gravy? Come here! Your taste buds will have a party once them biscuits are in your mouth! A+, top notch.
Want some of the most amazing pancakes you'll literally ever eat? Visit CB! You will not regret it.
The eggs, hash brown, and bacon are always delicious; however, it's extremely hard for any breakfast joint to go wrong with these very popular items. Cracker Barrel always gets these right, no matter what.
The orange and cream Stewart's soda is my favorite drink and near second is the apple cider.
I also love the nostalgic feeling I get when I first walk in to the store. I feel like I am visiting Orlando as a child and it takes me back to the happy Disney World times I had with my family. We always ate at CB during our trips to good ol' money guzzling Disney so I appreciate Cracker Barrel in all it's form.
You want an amazing breakfast? Go to CB. You will not regret it.
It's a Cracker Barrel. Â It's got standard Cracker Barrel fare. Â We've always had good, friendly service here. Â I'm a fan, so by default they'll get a good rating.
If you've been to a Cracker Barrel, you know what to expect. Â Southern-Homestyle food at reasonable prices in a crowded restaurant. Â Good choice for a road trip stop or a weekend breakfast.
But this one?
It's got booths.
Hurrah for Privacy and Comfort.
Sad to say this was my first visit ever, but definitely not my last. This place is so good but not somewhere you frequent unless heart disease & obesity are your goals in life. We went on a Saturday and didn't have a wait which I hear is a miracle. We both ordered the Old Timer's. Loved the cinnamon apples, the hashbrown casserole, and the biscuits.... oh the biscuits. With apple butter. Heaven. My turkey sausage was really dry and overcooked but I can forgive and forget due to biscuit intoxication 48 hrs later. Service was also on point which was nice. The place has a cool little store attached where you can kill your wait time looking through tons of cool gifts and knick-knacks. Awesome spot to stop at on the way to the Keys or just to get away from the madness that is Miami.
Review Source:Cracker Barrel is one of my favorite chain restaurants. Before they built the Fl. City location, I would drive to Naples for their food! Yes...Naples! It's the perfect place for breakfast, lunch or dinner! For breakfast, anything on the menu is good, except for that Sawmill gravy! It's the nastiest thing I have ever tasted. I can't figure out why they havent added a Sausage gravy to their menu! Â My dinner favorites are the Roast Beef (it's Pot Roast), Chicken Fried Chicken (minus that gravy), and the Fried Catfish. The Pot Roast is always tender and moist, and the gravy they put on top of it is devine! I always have them put that on the potatoes too! As for the sides, the mac n cheese is awesome! The mashed potatoes n gravy is awesome! The hashbrown casserole is pretty good! The carrots are sweet and a wee bit overdone (I like em that way)! And the green beans are also a little overdone and have a meaty flavor! The food is consistently good! There is one more item to avoid on the menu tho...the beef stew...its absolutely flavorless! If the weather is nice, kick back in one of their rocking chairs! So relaxing!
Review Source:I've been here several times and yet have a bad comment to make. Food is great, staff is friendly and the store is packed full of fun items to search through. Breakfast is available all day. The portions are large and can be shared. They have salads now also. I chose a grilled chicken salad. Very good! Their Grandpa's country fried breakfast is amazing: Eggs, Hashbrown Casserole with Chicken Fried Chicken or Country Fried Steak, biscuits. Its all good...
Review Source:I know this is a chain restaurant and well we all know what to expect, but I love coming here on Sundays with my family. Â It's really family friendly, the prices are cheap and food is not bad. Â The country store is irrestible and I feel like I am not in Miami when I go to this place. Â On the down side, sometimes it is so packed that the waiters take a little long to get to you, but when they do they are always nice.
The pancakes are delicous!  I am sure they have a million calories and a ton of butter, by they are sooo good.  Reminds me of my childhood and when my mom used to make me pancakes for breakfast ;).  And who doesn't want to reminisce good childhood memories?  I have bought the pancake mix at  the store and they are so easy to make and they taste the same.
There's no Cracker Barrel in CA, so when I have the opportunity to cracker barrel it up I get excited.
I was really impressed with service; outside of Miami everyone is extremely warm and nice like deep south style. Â
A breakfast sampler with like 7 different items is $8.99 and takes up 3 plates. Â All the food was prepared well and tasty. Â Two entrees and two drinks $21, great value.
The coca cola chocolate cake is also to die for.
It's a chain restaurant, we all know what to expect from that.... a hit and miss situation. Also, this chain has a reputation for serving mediocre, fatty food - and serving breakfast to the masses to the point of not being able to keep up with demand on the weekends... and this location lives up to this assumption meticulously. However, there are some thing surprisingly good things about this restaurant:
1 - Every single server in this place has always given me EXCEPTIONAL service. That's a mouthful, but it is as true as it is surprising.
2 - I have never encountered the awful bathroom scenario other yelpers have found here.
3 - Who doesn't love the country store with all those useless little things we can't resist but buy... oh and the old school candy and during the holidays - Â the cutest and most unusual ornaments and such?!! Awesome!
- All that said, I must admit the worst part about this place is that I have seen and heard (more than once) a manager be rude and a complete a@%&%^ to  employees. What a jerk! As a customer, I find that to be a complete turn off. Take it to the back, please.
Otherwise I will still be coming in here almost every week on Thursday for the turkey special, and the occasional candy run.
was here on jan 1st. it was pretty empty. the waitress asked us what we wanted to drink before i could even sit down. it seemed she was in quite a hurry.
bathroom was awful.
we ordered fried chicken with green beans. the chicken was not that bad, the beans came from a can and were disgusting, could not eat them at all. me and bf shared the meal so we asked for another plate. she brought us an entirely wet one after quite a while! we also ordered a salad, it sounded nice, but the actual salad was disgusting too. they chopped up an unripe tomato and you could see where they (not very efficiently) cut out the rotting parts of it. that was gross. the pieces of ham or bacon or whatever it was sprinkled on top of it were not tasty either.
it was on our holiday and our last dinner before returning home. it was the worst dinner we had and the waitress was totally oblivious...
at the register we had to wait because the girl was on the phone. she totally ignored us. when she was finally done, she asked us "are you ready?". well yes, WE are, but are you? she didnt understand the sarcasm. i had heard some good things about cracker barrel and was happy to finally try it. what a disappointment! will never return again..
It's amazing if you go outside of Miami, how friendly people are.
And Cracker Barrel is no exception. Servicewise, couldn't have asked for anything better.
And the same goes for the food. It's so good, you forget it's a chain. Probably my favorite place for breakfast and their lunch and dinners equally as good. This is American southern style cooking at its best.
And as if that wasnt enough, their desserts are excellent.
One negative though. I wish this chain would adopt urban locations to their business plan. They are missing out on so much business and neglecting so many potential customers. Â It's a shame they focus on people in car-dominated locations and not enough on urban locations.
When your in the mood for a good ole country breakfast, this is the place! I've gone a lot over the years and their food is amazing. Their pancakes are DELICIOUS! They are warm fluffy buttermilk served with the cutest mini maple syrup bottles ever! I love their service, they are always smiling and in a good mood. Inside the place is nice. The decor is very country. You definitely forget your in Miami. This is a top 10 breakfast spot for me!
Review Source:This is Cracker Barrel. I'm not really sure what anyone who eats here expects that they don't get when they come here. The service is fine. The food is dirt cheap. The ambiance is Cracker Barrel-esque. The little store is packed. There is plentiful parking. Everything that comes along with the amount of traffic that a Cracker Barrel--particularly this location--gets is something that should be expected. That said, I've never had a bad experience here.
Things I enjoy: Cheap, awesomely filling breakfast food at any time of the day.
If you enjoy this as much as I do, you'd be a regular here too.
This has to be one of my favorite places for breakfast when heading down into the Florida Keys. Although their menu offers excelent selection of southern food, I have a hard time not ordering their famous pancakes or French toast with natural maple syrup.
Can say that with all my travel it was awesome seeing them in every little across the southern belt of the US.
Great food, beautiful shop, decent service but very nasty bathrooms.
Hubby likes the blackened catfish with greens, okra and mashed potatoes..be sure to ask for the pepper sauce for the greens.
The mamas pancake breakfast is awesome and available all day, big portion. Â Tried their fried boneless pork chops tonight, they were yummy and tender.
Their apple dumpling is a great deal, huge portion with plenty to share.
You would think their tea would be awesome, but it's meh at best. Â I find it bitter and strong for my taste, I don't think its for poor preparation, just maybe the brand they use.
The biggest problem with this place is that they need to put additional effort on keeping the bathrooms cleaner.  Half the stalls were out of paper and there was litter on the floor.  The water wasn't draining right in the sink, suggesting plumming issues....although the  bathrooms are gross everytime we go there!  It's a definate downer on the dining experience.
I have been to many cracker barrels in and out of Florida. Â I have never been disappointed.,..er, that is until now. Â I'm not a good cook, probably an awful cook, but I can fry an egg. Â The cook at this cracker barrel failed that simple task. Â
The sausage was only suited to be used as a hockey puck. Â
Grits gummy and bland. Â
The server should have been a cast member in lost.
Oy. Â So sad. Â It was my baby's birthday breakfast and I wanted it to be special. Â But it was not to be.
Oh, and I got a trinket in the gift shop because it was on sale (or so the sign said), but the register lady told me the sale was last week. Â I told her to take down the damn sign with the sale price. Â She practically rolled her eyes and mumbled something. Â I didn't care what; I was outta there. Â Will I be back? Â Hell no.
Ok..so I am not sure what the hype is about this place. I went with a big party of 12 Saturday morning @ 10 am. The wait was about 15 minutes which wasn't so bad. The staff was very accomadating so as far as service a give them 4 stars. However, the food is no different than going to Denny's (except the hashbrowns are really good here). As I sat there waiting for my food, the noisy atmosphere reminded me of the cafeteria at my job and that in itself gave me anxiety. It was so loud and busy that it did not make well for a relaxing morning breakfast with family. I ordered the Old Timers Breakfast which was ok..nothing special. My husband ordered the french toast and they had a very eggy saturated tasted..not my favorite. Overall, it was bearable.
Review Source:Its sad to live in a state so far south, geographically, yet not be in the "south". I love southern food, it warms my soul, it makes me happy, why cant I have a southern joint on every block in this city I call home?
Damn shame I tell you, but at least we've got Cracker Barrel about 20 minutes from our new home, and boy do I love this place.
There is no questioning what I get when I pull up to this place, Chicken n Dumplings, corn, mashed potatoes, corn bread and a biscuit, and of course, downed with a orange n cream soda.
My brother and sister both had the country fried steak, and enjoyed it. Wife had the Chicken Fried Chicken (huh?) and really liked it as well.
Most important part, my little ball of sunshine loved her food as well, even gave her clap dance outside on the rocking chairs (perfect place to ease the itis before driving back)
This Cracker Barrel is "hit or miss". On the one hand, it's fantastic to finally have a Cracker Barrel "close to home"... i put close to home in quotations because its really not that close. We live on Brickell and this location is in Homestead, so on a good day we can make the drive in anywhere between 45-50 min. But its the closest a Cracker Barrel has ever been to Miami so its a start!
When we've eaten here for lunch, the food and service has just been OK. But when we've come here for their breakfast the food and service has been FANTASTIC!
Its bizarre. Definitely come for the breakfast, its some of my favorite in So Fla.
A cool neighborhood tip is that the everglades are really close by. You can bring the kids to have breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then explore the Anhinga Trail afterwards to hunt for gators and wildlife!
This Cracker Barrel is a hit or miss. Either the food is delicious and the service is excellent, Â or the exact opposite. I don't get it. I ordered a simple oatmeal here with banana topping. When is came it was just nasty plain fruitless oatmeal. Did you have to screw up my oatmeal order? Yet other times I order "mommas special" and its the most delicious breakfast ever. Cracker Barrel is a great place but I think they try to do too much. If they simplify things maybe they won't screw up a simple order.
Review Source:Loved the place! Just like any other Cracker Barrel of course. We had the burger and the spicy catfish and both were great. Excellent value, we both ate well and the bill was $21.
Service was not the fastest but they were very nice and it was a matter of calling their attention when needed.
Would come again and recommend.
I really enjoy going out to breakfast on Sunday mornings and the Cracker Barrel is pretty close to the house. Â We have been here four or five times and it is fairly good most of the time. Â The food is as good as any other Cracker Barrel and the service is usually pretty good. Â The reason I am only giving them two stars today is that this morning the service was sub-par. Â We were seated and forgotten, they messed up my wife's order twice and I had to almost beg for coffee. Â They kind knew they weren't doing very well and were full of apologies, so I will probably give them a few more chances.
Review Source:Sunday morning breakfast was calling me to Cracker Barrel today. I have been to a few of them throughout the state and one in Georgia where they had sweet potatoe pancakes that were awesome. I asked for them here and my waiter looked at me all puzzled. Unfortunately they did not. But moms and i had a nice breakfast there. The server was on point and he gets 5 stars!!! The wait was non existant and the food was good. The place was packed and everything still went off without a hitch. Now if your coming with a big party like 4 or 5 people i would expect a wait cuz the place was super packed.
Review Source:Off of US1 On the way to the keys you wont miss the Big Cracker Barrel to your right. (In Florida City)
Very Country place obviously. They have a country store filled with useless but cute knick nacks.
Didnt care for their breakfast last visit i had here but willling to give it a try again..
Came here for dinner to try out their Meatloaf w/3sides special. DELISH. Big portions. It was lighter in color than i expected. Im used to seeing Meatloaf Darker in color but it was good&cooked with onions and green peppers.Oh &Corn muffins & Biscuits! YUMMO
Good service but it was pretty empty tonight. Our Total was $20.25 (2 dinner's) cant beat that.
I've been to this Cracker Barrel location a few times, and with the exception of one bad visit, it's been pretty good. My husband and I come mainly for the biscuits and grilled chicken tenderloins, but we've heard that the rest of the food is good, and I've heard great things about their breakfast that they serve all day long.
The service is usually friendly, and they've got a fun little shop attached to the restaurant.
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