I found a hair in my food today, which is bad enough, but to make it worse the manager didn't even come out and apologize. I went from being sick to being just mad as heck. When I started to leave, I finally ask for him and he claimed he didn't even know about it, but he never once said, "I'm sorry". First, they put all of my food on the one plate, and my steak was hanging off a good inch when it was delivered. When I started to stir the gravy, I uncovered the hair. Don't know Mississippi law about wearing hair nets, but I plan to find out.
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Jill S.
Very unlike all the other Cracker Barrels I've to. Poor service, cold food, no refills for drinks. The waitress suddenly became friendly just before she brought the check, but it was too late for a good tip, as far as I was concerned.
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Gordon K.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014; Place: Down Home Shuffle We had a 20 minute wait for lunch which would have been tolerable. We were seated at a very good table. As soon as our waitress shuffled over, we ordered. After 20 minutes I got my meatloaf, but no mashed potatoes. Ms. Shelena Shuffle said they were out of mashed and hash brown potatoes. Why not inform us when we order? So, I ordered a baked potato. It was delivered 20 minutes later by another. By this time I had eaten my meatloaf. But, they brought the potato plain with no butter and no sour cream. We had some butter at the table and 25 minutes later the sour cream was delivered. We were in this restaurant a total of one hour and 45 minutes. This is the first time I left no tip. Usually I feel bad about not leaving a tip even if I thought the service was shabby. This time I felt good about it. We should not even have had to pay for the meal, but I did not want to waste any more time asking for the manager. Heck, I felt like they should have paid me. Was the food good? I don't know. All I tasted was incompetence smothered with my growing impatience. I will not go back to this Cracker Barrel. Vote with your feet.
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Grace S.
Do not go here!!! We normally love Cracker Barrel but the meridian location is pitiful. First, we put in for a table and the girl told us a thirty minute wait. After more than ten people were called, a name similar to ours was called. At that time we discovered that 9 more people were in front of us. Meaning we probably had close to an hour wait total with no end in sight. On a hot day with no where cool to wait, that was it. We left. And one more thing, tons of Cracker Barrel employees littering up the front area. Clogging up the space that was already crowded and that we're doing nothing but getting in the way and toting baskets . What is that??? Finally, you have to put in for a table up front but it's not clear where that is until you weed through that mess to the back and find out you have to go back up front. Then when you come in and think you have a table and go to the front that is wrong place and you have to go to the back and weed through that mess to find out it isn't you that they called. The only reason I'm giving one star is because I can't go lower. Keep driving past this one and look for a place with a higher iq entry point!
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Laura E.
We LOVE Crackle Barrel! Great food, super nice servers, great food including breakfast anytime of the day, servings are HUGE, and my absolute favorite part I can shop while waiting for a table or while waiting for my food! They have great gifts, for babies to grandmas. And if your a bargain shopper you'll love the 50 to 70% off deals. I got some amazing deals today on holiday candles, jewelry and cute toys all 70% off! And I have 1/2 my meal left to have for dinner!
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Dixie D.
Hostess didn't even grunt st us as we followed her to a table. Not one word! Our waitress was good and the food was great! The cashier was EXTREMELY RUDE! The cashier yelled at me because I was talking to the gift shop hostess and the cashier wanted me to sign the credit charge. She yelled, "READY!?". I was the only person in line. She then asked me if I wanted s receipt and I said that I did. I wanted to fill out the survey so I could report how rude she is. The seating hostess, Dianne, and the cashier have bad attitudes and need to be fired.
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Julie K.
I'll start positive. People are nice. Food is good. Service is EXTREMELY slow. We were there for 2 hours with our two young kids, both were melting down by the end of it. They forgot certain parts of our order and then the young girl cashier messed up our receipt by not asking if we needed to add a tip. So then I had to wait longer to talk to the manager in order to leave our overwhelmed waitress a little something. Unfortunately we won't be going back.
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Secret C.
This is usually our "go to" favorite when traveling. It allows something for every age. Unfortuntaely, this location is less than average. Our service was very slow and our group was a party of 7. We were constantly seeking our server for our beverages and our food took a long time. I have eaten here twice while visiting Meridian and will not dine here again.
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Hannah B.
Pretty standard as far as cracker barrels go. The sirloin steak and hash town casserole was tasty. These best part about his place was the gift shop. They had SO many adorable Halloween things out. Yes, Halloween in July.
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Michael B.
Worst Cracker Barrel experience EVER! My cup of coffee is empty after I told the guy I hadn't had much sleep and to keep it coming as I still had a lot of work to do. My water is empty, my meal was awful! (They can't even make a simple sandwich here!)
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Sadiee M.
This place is YUMMY for your Tummy!!!!! Great food and good prices..... The staff is very nice and fast
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Big D.
One star only as my first impression was their bathroom. I'm sure before everyone eats they want to wash their hands. This place was horribly disgusting. Worse than a gas station or truck stop. I just did not want to eat here, the smell the broken sink. The silver was unclean, the meal was not very good. I asked for mash potatoes and was given a baked potato broken up. They said this was the best they could do. I told he manager she seemed sorry but laughed it off. She told me they were struggling with their problems and bathrooms???? Why tell me just fix it. They offered no refund for the poor food, service or mistakes. A real -1 Star place.
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Theodore L.
We were passing through Meridian, MS and I had the fever for some pancakes. I'm sorry I didn't have a better option. Where's an IHOP when you need one? For starters, the service was nice, but sluggish. It took forever to get my weaksauce coffee. It tasted like black water with sugar and cream. I like coffee that will bite you with authority. Maybe some with chickory. The eggs were over easy, yet the whites were rubbery. The sausage was some of the saddest I've ever eaten. I would have been ashamed to serve that sausage to my dog. It tasted old and reheated. But I didn't go for sausage. I wanted pancakes. Remember the Three Stooges episode where they were trying to eat some vulcanized pancakes? When they were finally able to cut through and eat those delights, they started choking up feathers? Now you know what Cracker Barrel pancakes are like. I'm convinced people don't go to Cracker Barrel for their fine dining, it's for the jelly jars and rocking chairs.
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John S.
Terrible. The food was lukewarm. The hashbrown cassarole was soggy as pudding. One order of fried chicken was cooked tough and leathery. At the front they rang me up terribly wrong--it figured to over $20/meal, even though the prices marked were about $10 on each and two meals did not have drinks with them--got them to go for two family members. The cashier was oblivious. She got her manager who was severely math-challenged and he finally removed two meals that we did not order, consume, or take with us and gave me back $16, which brought the average to $16/meal. Whatever. Bad food. Overcharged. Below average intelligence employees.
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Susan L.
I really love the food here, but the service you get is somewhat of a gamble. One time the food comes out all at once and put together, the next time you get half of your food and the waitress ignores you until 30 minites later when you get the rest.
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David H.
I don't know what these other people are talking about but I've been eating at this Cracker Barrel location for many many years, on a weekly basis, and out of all of those years, I've had maybe 2 bad experiences. The food is always great. Sometimes the wait for a table can be 20 minutes, depending on whether it's a weekend or holiday. Sometimes the wait on your food can take a while, but out of 100 visits, I may have had 2 extremely bad visits. Every business has a problem every now and then. Taking into account how many people they serve per week, I think they are entitled to it. I will say this. The problems have only occurred when I am seated on the far west side of the restaurant to the left of the fire place. Maybe that part is served by a different kitchen staff. Anytime I am seated in the east dining room, I've never ever had a problem. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a down home southern breakfast experience.
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Ken S.
I don't go to Cracker Barrel expecting fine dining, but because I want something besides fast food on long trips. And Cracker Barrel's are usually consistent -- as franchises should be, that's their strength. This Cracker Barrel managed to overcook my country fried steak to the point it was almost inedible. If I didn't need to get back on the road I'd have sent it back. Wife said her chicken was overcooked to the point that she had to trim the edges.
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David H.
Extremely disappointed. Before I came to Meridian, MS many people kept saying, "Go to Cracker Barrel, they have the best breakfast!" Well... First,it's called Cracker Barrel and Country Store. I've never been to any of these, but if that's a country store then the souvenir section of Walgreens is it's big brother. It did not feel country and everything there was basically ordered from the Oriental Trading company magazine. When I asked about an old sign being on sale they said, " No, that's ornamental." Um I think that's what someone would sell at a Country Store no?... Whatever. The Restaurant: I came 2 times to this location. First time I ordered momma's breakfast plate expecting unicorn semen; well... the eggs were... Eggs (nothing significant to report). The sausage patty was salty! I mean Salty! If that's how they eat sausage patties in the south, then I guess it explains a lot about the populations' health. I got ham and the taste was the same; Salty. It was also dry and over cooked. The only thing I did like on both visits was the pancakes. Just by the look of the pancake you can tell they use oil to cool it, which I don't mind it's a different, but it has good taste. The pancake is probably the best thing going for them. The customer service was equally good. I'm serious, it was good. The servers do the best they can with what and who they work with. The cooks... They need to take a cooking class! The side items are not good. On my second visit, we placed our orders, we got our drinks, and waited... And waited... And waited. The server apologized for the delay and brought us some biscuits on the house. and we waited... They brought more biscuits... And we waited... After an hour and 13 minutes we decided to go, when... Our food finally arrived; So we stayed. Well, we should have left. 3 of the 8 orders were correct and some peoples eggs were undercooked (if you could even call that cooked). The whites weren't cooked and the server noticed and he sent it back to get it corrected; 13 minutes later he brought them back and still they were not right. He sent them back one more time and still not right. At the same time we noticed people leaving because they too had waited too long. People noticed our experience and they decided to leave as well. I knowingly ordered pancakes (and that was it). Everyone of my friends' side orders were left behind; No one enjoyed them. We normally do not complain but, after remembering that one of our party actually ordered a breakfast sandwich, we were told to wait for the sausage patty!!! What? Wait for the meat of the sandwich?! That person blew up. So we talked to the manager and after all I give her a lot of props! She didn't charge is for the incorrect plates and apologized for her cooks. (She shouldn't have to do that.). Team fail! The service was good, the food was not, but their pancakes are good. But that's it. The store needs help and more original items. Maybe some local art work or something. The only cool Ãtems are the rocking chairs in the front of the store.
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Steven D.
This place, like all other Cracker Barrels are the same . Nothing fancy but mostly caters to the older crowds with a "home cooking" style. Personally I would never eat here but my boss, how is over quite older than I am, loves eating here. The steak was ok and honestly was cooked perfectly. The waitress was also every nice.
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Ryan F.
Service is terrible. Takes forever for anyone to come to your table. Plus after ordering took 5+ min to get our drinks.
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Keith H.
One of the best breakfast meals served in Meridian. I've always had very good service from Dallas who remembers me sometimes months in between visits.
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Patrick G.
Nothing special, Just southern cooking. However, I've never been disappointed and that's saying something.
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J M.
I'm a fan of road trips, and this years brought us through Meridian. After checking in at our hotel at a different exit, Cracker Barrel was voted for dinner, and I have to say our experience wasn't horrible. (Aside from two tables with crying kids, and kids let loose to roam the dining room). Our party of three was seated promptly, albeit a few tables from the kitchen, at 6 on a Thursday evening. The chicken n' dumplings, fried catfish dinner, and sirloin steak (cooked medium) came out hot, and within an average timeframe. My only complaints, are the sweet potato casserole was sold out for the day, and our server informed me after I had ordered. The bread plate suffered from hard corn muffins, and drop biscuits. I usually seek out non-chain businesses, but Cracker Barrel is one that you know what you're in for ahead of time. Friendly, decent service, and food. The only drawback about this location was trying to find the entrance to the parking lot which seems congested due to a few other restaurants, and hotels in close proximity.
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Tyler H.
It was the usual busy, noisy, cracker barrel. The food was good and the service was ok. Not too shabby for the area you are in.
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Barbara Y.
Had a good breakfast here. The food was the same as the rest of the chain, but the service was better! Our coffee and water were checked and kept topped off, and the food came in a timely manner and was hot. There must be a big difference between the breakfast and dinner staff, since the other reviewer had bad luck at dinner. I think of Cracker Barrell as a breakfast place, and wouldn't normally go there for dinner. I did take the other reviewer's tip and ask for a table as far from smokers as possible. Didn't smell any smoke!
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Paul C.
I am not fond of the Cracker Barrel and this visit reinforced my opinion. First off, we had about a 30 minute wait to be seated. The wait was 25 minutes too long (only 5 minutes needed to browse the company store). We were seated in the non-smoking section and our table was adjacent to the smoking section. The divider that separates the sections is a wood trellis, and it did not prevent the smoke from drifting over to our table (duh?). The smell was so bad we asked to be moved. At our new table the service was extremely slow. We eventually placed our orders and waited... and waited... and waited. When the food arrived, my grilled catfish was decent, but my sides dishes were not hot. I'm not going back.
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K W.
from the two reviews, i can conclude the following: 1) no one knows where the hell meridien, ms is and thus can't find this cracker barrel, OR 2) the same shitshow has been going on since 2007 and no one will return to this establishment. i'm pretty sure it's number 2. so to elaborate on my supposition: i used to LOVE stopping at cracker barrel as a kid on our yearly summer "family experience trip" (not a ~vacation~, mind you, because it entailed driving from louisiana all the way up to the mid-atlantic states to visit family. not fun when you're a hyper 6 year old trapped in a car for countless hours and doubly not fun when you have an older brother who is fond of combat. but i digress...) eating at cracker barrel for ANY meal was the highlight of these trips. i loved playing giant checkers and that golf peg game. the food was pleasing to my novice 6 year old palate...things couldn't have changed that much...or could they? fast forward 20 (or so) years... this cracker barrel is HORRIBLE. i was moving from nola to philly about a week ago and stopped here with my travel companion to get some breakfast. i was fantasizing about fluffy scrambled eggs, peppery sausage patties, and creamy grits for about 2 hours. i had even mapped out the cracker barrel on my yelp iphone app. what i got was not what i had hoped for. an hour wait for a to-go order (see above) that wasn't even hot. to make matters worse, both my friend and i had stomach problems a few hours after eating our meal. the only saving grace was that our food was comped...and it was only comped after i suggested to the manager to do so. (managers should not have to be told proper customer service by their patrons.) avoid this place AT ALL COSTS.
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David H.
Extremely disappointed. Before I came to Meridian, MS many people kept saying, "Go to Cracker Barrel, they have the best breakfast!" Well... First,it's called Cracker Barrel and Country Store. I've never been to any of these, but if that's a country store then the souvenir section of Walgreens is it's big brother. It did not feel country and everything there was basically ordered from the Oriental Trading company magazine. When I asked about an old sign being on sale they said, " No, that's ornamental." Um I think that's what someone would sell at a Country Store no?... Whatever. The Restaurant: I came 2 times to this location. First time I ordered momma's breakfast plate expecting unicorn semen; well... the eggs were... Eggs (nothing significant to report). The sausage patty was salty! I mean Salty! If that's how they eat sausage patties in the south, then I guess it explains a lot about the populations' health. I got ham and the taste was the same; Salty. It was also dry and over cooked. The only thing I did like on both visits was the pancakes. Just by the look of the pancake you can tell they use oil to cool it, which I don't mind it's a different, but it has good taste. The pancake is probably the best thing going for them. The customer service was equally good. I'm serious, it was good. The servers do the best they can with what and who they work with. The cooks... They need to take a cooking class! The side items are not good. On my second visit, we placed our orders, we got our drinks, and waited... And waited... And waited. The server apologized for the delay and brought us some biscuits on the house. and we waited... They brought more biscuits... And we waited... After an hour and 13 minutes we decided to go, when... Our food finally arrived; So we stayed. Well, we should have left. 3 of the 8 orders were correct and some peoples eggs were undercooked (if you could even call that cooked). The whites weren't cooked and the server noticed and he sent it back to get it corrected; 13 minutes later he brought them back and still they were not right. He sent them back one more time and still not right. At the same time we noticed people leaving because they too had waited too long. People noticed our experience and they decided to leave as well. I knowingly ordered pancakes (and that was it). Everyone of my friends' side orders were left behind; No one enjoyed them. We normally do not complain but, after remembering that one of our party actually ordered a breakfast sandwich, we were told to wait for the sausage patty!!! What? Wait for the meat of the sandwich?! That person blew up. So we talked to the manager and after all I give her a lot of props! She didn't charge is for the incorrect plates and apologized for her cooks. (She shouldn't have to do that.). Team fail! The service was good, the food was not, but their pancakes are good. But that's it. The store needs help and more original items. Maybe some local art work or something. The only cool Ãtems are the rocking chairs in the front of the store.
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Steven D.
This place, like all other Cracker Barrels are the same . Nothing fancy but mostly caters to the older crowds with a "home cooking" style. Personally I would never eat here but my boss, how is over quite older than I am, loves eating here. The steak was ok and honestly was cooked perfectly. The waitress was also every nice.
(2)
Ryan F.
Service is terrible. Takes forever for anyone to come to your table. Plus after ordering took 5+ min to get our drinks.
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Julie K.
I'll start positive. People are nice. Food is good. Service is EXTREMELY slow. We were there for 2 hours with our two young kids, both were melting down by the end of it. They forgot certain parts of our order and then the young girl cashier messed up our receipt by not asking if we needed to add a tip. So then I had to wait longer to talk to the manager in order to leave our overwhelmed waitress a little something. Unfortunately we won't be going back.
(3)
Secret C.
This is usually our "go to" favorite when traveling. It allows something for every age. Unfortuntaely, this location is less than average. Our service was very slow and our group was a party of 7. We were constantly seeking our server for our beverages and our food took a long time. I have eaten here twice while visiting Meridian and will not dine here again.
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Hannah B.
Pretty standard as far as cracker barrels go. The sirloin steak and hash town casserole was tasty. These best part about his place was the gift shop. They had SO many adorable Halloween things out. Yes, Halloween in July.
(3)
Michael B.
Worst Cracker Barrel experience EVER! My cup of coffee is empty after I told the guy I hadn't had much sleep and to keep it coming as I still had a lot of work to do. My water is empty, my meal was awful! (They can't even make a simple sandwich here!)
(1)
Sadiee M.
This place is YUMMY for your Tummy!!!!! Great food and good prices..... The staff is very nice and fast
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Big D.
One star only as my first impression was their bathroom. I'm sure before everyone eats they want to wash their hands. This place was horribly disgusting. Worse than a gas station or truck stop. I just did not want to eat here, the smell the broken sink. The silver was unclean, the meal was not very good. I asked for mash potatoes and was given a baked potato broken up. They said this was the best they could do. I told he manager she seemed sorry but laughed it off. She told me they were struggling with their problems and bathrooms???? Why tell me just fix it. They offered no refund for the poor food, service or mistakes. A real -1 Star place.
(1)
Theodore L.
We were passing through Meridian, MS and I had the fever for some pancakes. I'm sorry I didn't have a better option. Where's an IHOP when you need one? For starters, the service was nice, but sluggish. It took forever to get my weaksauce coffee. It tasted like black water with sugar and cream. I like coffee that will bite you with authority. Maybe some with chickory. The eggs were over easy, yet the whites were rubbery. The sausage was some of the saddest I've ever eaten. I would have been ashamed to serve that sausage to my dog. It tasted old and reheated. But I didn't go for sausage. I wanted pancakes. Remember the Three Stooges episode where they were trying to eat some vulcanized pancakes? When they were finally able to cut through and eat those delights, they started choking up feathers? Now you know what Cracker Barrel pancakes are like. I'm convinced people don't go to Cracker Barrel for their fine dining, it's for the jelly jars and rocking chairs.
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Gordon K.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014; Place: Down Home Shuffle We had a 20 minute wait for lunch which would have been tolerable. We were seated at a very good table. As soon as our waitress shuffled over, we ordered. After 20 minutes I got my meatloaf, but no mashed potatoes. Ms. Shelena Shuffle said they were out of mashed and hash brown potatoes. Why not inform us when we order? So, I ordered a baked potato. It was delivered 20 minutes later by another. By this time I had eaten my meatloaf. But, they brought the potato plain with no butter and no sour cream. We had some butter at the table and 25 minutes later the sour cream was delivered. We were in this restaurant a total of one hour and 45 minutes. This is the first time I left no tip. Usually I feel bad about not leaving a tip even if I thought the service was shabby. This time I felt good about it. We should not even have had to pay for the meal, but I did not want to waste any more time asking for the manager. Heck, I felt like they should have paid me. Was the food good? I don't know. All I tasted was incompetence smothered with my growing impatience. I will not go back to this Cracker Barrel. Vote with your feet.
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Laura E.
We LOVE Crackle Barrel! Great food, super nice servers, great food including breakfast anytime of the day, servings are HUGE, and my absolute favorite part I can shop while waiting for a table or while waiting for my food! They have great gifts, for babies to grandmas. And if your a bargain shopper you'll love the 50 to 70% off deals. I got some amazing deals today on holiday candles, jewelry and cute toys all 70% off! And I have 1/2 my meal left to have for dinner!
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Grace S.
Do not go here!!! We normally love Cracker Barrel but the meridian location is pitiful. First, we put in for a table and the girl told us a thirty minute wait. After more than ten people were called, a name similar to ours was called. At that time we discovered that 9 more people were in front of us. Meaning we probably had close to an hour wait total with no end in sight. On a hot day with no where cool to wait, that was it. We left. And one more thing, tons of Cracker Barrel employees littering up the front area. Clogging up the space that was already crowded and that we're doing nothing but getting in the way and toting baskets . What is that??? Finally, you have to put in for a table up front but it's not clear where that is until you weed through that mess to the back and find out you have to go back up front. Then when you come in and think you have a table and go to the front that is wrong place and you have to go to the back and weed through that mess to find out it isn't you that they called. The only reason I'm giving one star is because I can't go lower. Keep driving past this one and look for a place with a higher iq entry point!
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Dixie D.
Hostess didn't even grunt st us as we followed her to a table. Not one word! Our waitress was good and the food was great! The cashier was EXTREMELY RUDE! The cashier yelled at me because I was talking to the gift shop hostess and the cashier wanted me to sign the credit charge. She yelled, "READY!?". I was the only person in line. She then asked me if I wanted s receipt and I said that I did. I wanted to fill out the survey so I could report how rude she is. The seating hostess, Dianne, and the cashier have bad attitudes and need to be fired.
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John S.
Terrible. The food was lukewarm. The hashbrown cassarole was soggy as pudding. One order of fried chicken was cooked tough and leathery. At the front they rang me up terribly wrong--it figured to over $20/meal, even though the prices marked were about $10 on each and two meals did not have drinks with them--got them to go for two family members. The cashier was oblivious. She got her manager who was severely math-challenged and he finally removed two meals that we did not order, consume, or take with us and gave me back $16, which brought the average to $16/meal. Whatever. Bad food. Overcharged. Below average intelligence employees.
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Susan L.
I really love the food here, but the service you get is somewhat of a gamble. One time the food comes out all at once and put together, the next time you get half of your food and the waitress ignores you until 30 minites later when you get the rest.
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Barbara Y.
Had a good breakfast here. The food was the same as the rest of the chain, but the service was better! Our coffee and water were checked and kept topped off, and the food came in a timely manner and was hot. There must be a big difference between the breakfast and dinner staff, since the other reviewer had bad luck at dinner. I think of Cracker Barrell as a breakfast place, and wouldn't normally go there for dinner. I did take the other reviewer's tip and ask for a table as far from smokers as possible. Didn't smell any smoke!
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David H.
I don't know what these other people are talking about but I've been eating at this Cracker Barrel location for many many years, on a weekly basis, and out of all of those years, I've had maybe 2 bad experiences. The food is always great. Sometimes the wait for a table can be 20 minutes, depending on whether it's a weekend or holiday. Sometimes the wait on your food can take a while, but out of 100 visits, I may have had 2 extremely bad visits. Every business has a problem every now and then. Taking into account how many people they serve per week, I think they are entitled to it. I will say this. The problems have only occurred when I am seated on the far west side of the restaurant to the left of the fire place. Maybe that part is served by a different kitchen staff. Anytime I am seated in the east dining room, I've never ever had a problem. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a down home southern breakfast experience.
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Ken S.
I don't go to Cracker Barrel expecting fine dining, but because I want something besides fast food on long trips. And Cracker Barrel's are usually consistent -- as franchises should be, that's their strength. This Cracker Barrel managed to overcook my country fried steak to the point it was almost inedible. If I didn't need to get back on the road I'd have sent it back. Wife said her chicken was overcooked to the point that she had to trim the edges.
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Keith H.
One of the best breakfast meals served in Meridian. I've always had very good service from Dallas who remembers me sometimes months in between visits.
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Patrick G.
Nothing special, Just southern cooking. However, I've never been disappointed and that's saying something.
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J M.
I'm a fan of road trips, and this years brought us through Meridian. After checking in at our hotel at a different exit, Cracker Barrel was voted for dinner, and I have to say our experience wasn't horrible. (Aside from two tables with crying kids, and kids let loose to roam the dining room). Our party of three was seated promptly, albeit a few tables from the kitchen, at 6 on a Thursday evening. The chicken n' dumplings, fried catfish dinner, and sirloin steak (cooked medium) came out hot, and within an average timeframe. My only complaints, are the sweet potato casserole was sold out for the day, and our server informed me after I had ordered. The bread plate suffered from hard corn muffins, and drop biscuits. I usually seek out non-chain businesses, but Cracker Barrel is one that you know what you're in for ahead of time. Friendly, decent service, and food. The only drawback about this location was trying to find the entrance to the parking lot which seems congested due to a few other restaurants, and hotels in close proximity.
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Tyler H.
It was the usual busy, noisy, cracker barrel. The food was good and the service was ok. Not too shabby for the area you are in.
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Paul C.
I am not fond of the Cracker Barrel and this visit reinforced my opinion. First off, we had about a 30 minute wait to be seated. The wait was 25 minutes too long (only 5 minutes needed to browse the company store). We were seated in the non-smoking section and our table was adjacent to the smoking section. The divider that separates the sections is a wood trellis, and it did not prevent the smoke from drifting over to our table (duh?). The smell was so bad we asked to be moved. At our new table the service was extremely slow. We eventually placed our orders and waited... and waited... and waited. When the food arrived, my grilled catfish was decent, but my sides dishes were not hot. I'm not going back.
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K W.
from the two reviews, i can conclude the following: 1) no one knows where the hell meridien, ms is and thus can't find this cracker barrel, OR 2) the same shitshow has been going on since 2007 and no one will return to this establishment. i'm pretty sure it's number 2. so to elaborate on my supposition: i used to LOVE stopping at cracker barrel as a kid on our yearly summer "family experience trip" (not a ~vacation~, mind you, because it entailed driving from louisiana all the way up to the mid-atlantic states to visit family. not fun when you're a hyper 6 year old trapped in a car for countless hours and doubly not fun when you have an older brother who is fond of combat. but i digress...) eating at cracker barrel for ANY meal was the highlight of these trips. i loved playing giant checkers and that golf peg game. the food was pleasing to my novice 6 year old palate...things couldn't have changed that much...or could they? fast forward 20 (or so) years... this cracker barrel is HORRIBLE. i was moving from nola to philly about a week ago and stopped here with my travel companion to get some breakfast. i was fantasizing about fluffy scrambled eggs, peppery sausage patties, and creamy grits for about 2 hours. i had even mapped out the cracker barrel on my yelp iphone app. what i got was not what i had hoped for. an hour wait for a to-go order (see above) that wasn't even hot. to make matters worse, both my friend and i had stomach problems a few hours after eating our meal. the only saving grace was that our food was comped...and it was only comped after i suggested to the manager to do so. (managers should not have to be told proper customer service by their patrons.) avoid this place AT ALL COSTS.
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CP P.
I found a hair in my food today, which is bad enough, but to make it worse the manager didn't even come out and apologize. I went from being sick to being just mad as heck. When I started to leave, I finally ask for him and he claimed he didn't even know about it, but he never once said, "I'm sorry". First, they put all of my food on the one plate, and my steak was hanging off a good inch when it was delivered. When I started to stir the gravy, I uncovered the hair. Don't know Mississippi law about wearing hair nets, but I plan to find out.
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Jill S.
Very unlike all the other Cracker Barrels I've to. Poor service, cold food, no refills for drinks. The waitress suddenly became friendly just before she brought the check, but it was too late for a good tip, as far as I was concerned.
Takes Reservations : Yes Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Breakfast Bike Parking : No Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Noise Level : Average Alcohol : No Outdoor Seating : No Has TV : No Waiter Service : Yes
CP P.
I found a hair in my food today, which is bad enough, but to make it worse the manager didn't even come out and apologize. I went from being sick to being just mad as heck. When I started to leave, I finally ask for him and he claimed he didn't even know about it, but he never once said, "I'm sorry". First, they put all of my food on the one plate, and my steak was hanging off a good inch when it was delivered. When I started to stir the gravy, I uncovered the hair. Don't know Mississippi law about wearing hair nets, but I plan to find out.
(1)Jill S.
Very unlike all the other Cracker Barrels I've to. Poor service, cold food, no refills for drinks. The waitress suddenly became friendly just before she brought the check, but it was too late for a good tip, as far as I was concerned.
(1)Gordon K.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014; Place: Down Home Shuffle We had a 20 minute wait for lunch which would have been tolerable. We were seated at a very good table. As soon as our waitress shuffled over, we ordered. After 20 minutes I got my meatloaf, but no mashed potatoes. Ms. Shelena Shuffle said they were out of mashed and hash brown potatoes. Why not inform us when we order? So, I ordered a baked potato. It was delivered 20 minutes later by another. By this time I had eaten my meatloaf. But, they brought the potato plain with no butter and no sour cream. We had some butter at the table and 25 minutes later the sour cream was delivered. We were in this restaurant a total of one hour and 45 minutes. This is the first time I left no tip. Usually I feel bad about not leaving a tip even if I thought the service was shabby. This time I felt good about it. We should not even have had to pay for the meal, but I did not want to waste any more time asking for the manager. Heck, I felt like they should have paid me. Was the food good? I don't know. All I tasted was incompetence smothered with my growing impatience. I will not go back to this Cracker Barrel. Vote with your feet.
(1)Grace S.
Do not go here!!! We normally love Cracker Barrel but the meridian location is pitiful. First, we put in for a table and the girl told us a thirty minute wait. After more than ten people were called, a name similar to ours was called. At that time we discovered that 9 more people were in front of us. Meaning we probably had close to an hour wait total with no end in sight. On a hot day with no where cool to wait, that was it. We left. And one more thing, tons of Cracker Barrel employees littering up the front area. Clogging up the space that was already crowded and that we're doing nothing but getting in the way and toting baskets . What is that??? Finally, you have to put in for a table up front but it's not clear where that is until you weed through that mess to the back and find out you have to go back up front. Then when you come in and think you have a table and go to the front that is wrong place and you have to go to the back and weed through that mess to find out it isn't you that they called. The only reason I'm giving one star is because I can't go lower. Keep driving past this one and look for a place with a higher iq entry point!
(1)Laura E.
We LOVE Crackle Barrel! Great food, super nice servers, great food including breakfast anytime of the day, servings are HUGE, and my absolute favorite part I can shop while waiting for a table or while waiting for my food! They have great gifts, for babies to grandmas. And if your a bargain shopper you'll love the 50 to 70% off deals. I got some amazing deals today on holiday candles, jewelry and cute toys all 70% off! And I have 1/2 my meal left to have for dinner!
(5)Dixie D.
Hostess didn't even grunt st us as we followed her to a table. Not one word! Our waitress was good and the food was great! The cashier was EXTREMELY RUDE! The cashier yelled at me because I was talking to the gift shop hostess and the cashier wanted me to sign the credit charge. She yelled, "READY!?". I was the only person in line. She then asked me if I wanted s receipt and I said that I did. I wanted to fill out the survey so I could report how rude she is. The seating hostess, Dianne, and the cashier have bad attitudes and need to be fired.
(1)Julie K.
I'll start positive. People are nice. Food is good. Service is EXTREMELY slow. We were there for 2 hours with our two young kids, both were melting down by the end of it. They forgot certain parts of our order and then the young girl cashier messed up our receipt by not asking if we needed to add a tip. So then I had to wait longer to talk to the manager in order to leave our overwhelmed waitress a little something. Unfortunately we won't be going back.
(3)Secret C.
This is usually our "go to" favorite when traveling. It allows something for every age. Unfortuntaely, this location is less than average. Our service was very slow and our group was a party of 7. We were constantly seeking our server for our beverages and our food took a long time. I have eaten here twice while visiting Meridian and will not dine here again.
(2)Hannah B.
Pretty standard as far as cracker barrels go. The sirloin steak and hash town casserole was tasty. These best part about his place was the gift shop. They had SO many adorable Halloween things out. Yes, Halloween in July.
(3)Michael B.
Worst Cracker Barrel experience EVER! My cup of coffee is empty after I told the guy I hadn't had much sleep and to keep it coming as I still had a lot of work to do. My water is empty, my meal was awful! (They can't even make a simple sandwich here!)
(1)Sadiee M.
This place is YUMMY for your Tummy!!!!! Great food and good prices..... The staff is very nice and fast
(5)Big D.
One star only as my first impression was their bathroom. I'm sure before everyone eats they want to wash their hands. This place was horribly disgusting. Worse than a gas station or truck stop. I just did not want to eat here, the smell the broken sink. The silver was unclean, the meal was not very good. I asked for mash potatoes and was given a baked potato broken up. They said this was the best they could do. I told he manager she seemed sorry but laughed it off. She told me they were struggling with their problems and bathrooms???? Why tell me just fix it. They offered no refund for the poor food, service or mistakes. A real -1 Star place.
(1)Theodore L.
We were passing through Meridian, MS and I had the fever for some pancakes. I'm sorry I didn't have a better option. Where's an IHOP when you need one? For starters, the service was nice, but sluggish. It took forever to get my weaksauce coffee. It tasted like black water with sugar and cream. I like coffee that will bite you with authority. Maybe some with chickory. The eggs were over easy, yet the whites were rubbery. The sausage was some of the saddest I've ever eaten. I would have been ashamed to serve that sausage to my dog. It tasted old and reheated. But I didn't go for sausage. I wanted pancakes. Remember the Three Stooges episode where they were trying to eat some vulcanized pancakes? When they were finally able to cut through and eat those delights, they started choking up feathers? Now you know what Cracker Barrel pancakes are like. I'm convinced people don't go to Cracker Barrel for their fine dining, it's for the jelly jars and rocking chairs.
(1)John S.
Terrible. The food was lukewarm. The hashbrown cassarole was soggy as pudding. One order of fried chicken was cooked tough and leathery. At the front they rang me up terribly wrong--it figured to over $20/meal, even though the prices marked were about $10 on each and two meals did not have drinks with them--got them to go for two family members. The cashier was oblivious. She got her manager who was severely math-challenged and he finally removed two meals that we did not order, consume, or take with us and gave me back $16, which brought the average to $16/meal. Whatever. Bad food. Overcharged. Below average intelligence employees.
(1)Susan L.
I really love the food here, but the service you get is somewhat of a gamble. One time the food comes out all at once and put together, the next time you get half of your food and the waitress ignores you until 30 minites later when you get the rest.
(3)David H.
I don't know what these other people are talking about but I've been eating at this Cracker Barrel location for many many years, on a weekly basis, and out of all of those years, I've had maybe 2 bad experiences. The food is always great. Sometimes the wait for a table can be 20 minutes, depending on whether it's a weekend or holiday. Sometimes the wait on your food can take a while, but out of 100 visits, I may have had 2 extremely bad visits. Every business has a problem every now and then. Taking into account how many people they serve per week, I think they are entitled to it. I will say this. The problems have only occurred when I am seated on the far west side of the restaurant to the left of the fire place. Maybe that part is served by a different kitchen staff. Anytime I am seated in the east dining room, I've never ever had a problem. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a down home southern breakfast experience.
(5)Ken S.
I don't go to Cracker Barrel expecting fine dining, but because I want something besides fast food on long trips. And Cracker Barrel's are usually consistent -- as franchises should be, that's their strength. This Cracker Barrel managed to overcook my country fried steak to the point it was almost inedible. If I didn't need to get back on the road I'd have sent it back. Wife said her chicken was overcooked to the point that she had to trim the edges.
(1)David H.
Extremely disappointed. Before I came to Meridian, MS many people kept saying, "Go to Cracker Barrel, they have the best breakfast!" Well... First,it's called Cracker Barrel and Country Store. I've never been to any of these, but if that's a country store then the souvenir section of Walgreens is it's big brother. It did not feel country and everything there was basically ordered from the Oriental Trading company magazine. When I asked about an old sign being on sale they said, " No, that's ornamental." Um I think that's what someone would sell at a Country Store no?... Whatever. The Restaurant: I came 2 times to this location. First time I ordered momma's breakfast plate expecting unicorn semen; well... the eggs were... Eggs (nothing significant to report). The sausage patty was salty! I mean Salty! If that's how they eat sausage patties in the south, then I guess it explains a lot about the populations' health. I got ham and the taste was the same; Salty. It was also dry and over cooked. The only thing I did like on both visits was the pancakes. Just by the look of the pancake you can tell they use oil to cool it, which I don't mind it's a different, but it has good taste. The pancake is probably the best thing going for them. The customer service was equally good. I'm serious, it was good. The servers do the best they can with what and who they work with. The cooks... They need to take a cooking class! The side items are not good. On my second visit, we placed our orders, we got our drinks, and waited... And waited... And waited. The server apologized for the delay and brought us some biscuits on the house. and we waited... They brought more biscuits... And we waited... After an hour and 13 minutes we decided to go, when... Our food finally arrived; So we stayed. Well, we should have left. 3 of the 8 orders were correct and some peoples eggs were undercooked (if you could even call that cooked). The whites weren't cooked and the server noticed and he sent it back to get it corrected; 13 minutes later he brought them back and still they were not right. He sent them back one more time and still not right. At the same time we noticed people leaving because they too had waited too long. People noticed our experience and they decided to leave as well. I knowingly ordered pancakes (and that was it). Everyone of my friends' side orders were left behind; No one enjoyed them. We normally do not complain but, after remembering that one of our party actually ordered a breakfast sandwich, we were told to wait for the sausage patty!!! What? Wait for the meat of the sandwich?! That person blew up. So we talked to the manager and after all I give her a lot of props! She didn't charge is for the incorrect plates and apologized for her cooks. (She shouldn't have to do that.). Team fail! The service was good, the food was not, but their pancakes are good. But that's it. The store needs help and more original items. Maybe some local art work or something. The only cool Ãtems are the rocking chairs in the front of the store.
(2)Steven D.
This place, like all other Cracker Barrels are the same . Nothing fancy but mostly caters to the older crowds with a "home cooking" style. Personally I would never eat here but my boss, how is over quite older than I am, loves eating here. The steak was ok and honestly was cooked perfectly. The waitress was also every nice.
(2)Ryan F.
Service is terrible. Takes forever for anyone to come to your table. Plus after ordering took 5+ min to get our drinks.
(1)Keith H.
One of the best breakfast meals served in Meridian. I've always had very good service from Dallas who remembers me sometimes months in between visits.
(4)Patrick G.
Nothing special, Just southern cooking. However, I've never been disappointed and that's saying something.
(4)J M.
I'm a fan of road trips, and this years brought us through Meridian. After checking in at our hotel at a different exit, Cracker Barrel was voted for dinner, and I have to say our experience wasn't horrible. (Aside from two tables with crying kids, and kids let loose to roam the dining room). Our party of three was seated promptly, albeit a few tables from the kitchen, at 6 on a Thursday evening. The chicken n' dumplings, fried catfish dinner, and sirloin steak (cooked medium) came out hot, and within an average timeframe. My only complaints, are the sweet potato casserole was sold out for the day, and our server informed me after I had ordered. The bread plate suffered from hard corn muffins, and drop biscuits. I usually seek out non-chain businesses, but Cracker Barrel is one that you know what you're in for ahead of time. Friendly, decent service, and food. The only drawback about this location was trying to find the entrance to the parking lot which seems congested due to a few other restaurants, and hotels in close proximity.
(3)Tyler H.
It was the usual busy, noisy, cracker barrel. The food was good and the service was ok. Not too shabby for the area you are in.
(4)Barbara Y.
Had a good breakfast here. The food was the same as the rest of the chain, but the service was better! Our coffee and water were checked and kept topped off, and the food came in a timely manner and was hot. There must be a big difference between the breakfast and dinner staff, since the other reviewer had bad luck at dinner. I think of Cracker Barrell as a breakfast place, and wouldn't normally go there for dinner. I did take the other reviewer's tip and ask for a table as far from smokers as possible. Didn't smell any smoke!
(3)Paul C.
I am not fond of the Cracker Barrel and this visit reinforced my opinion. First off, we had about a 30 minute wait to be seated. The wait was 25 minutes too long (only 5 minutes needed to browse the company store). We were seated in the non-smoking section and our table was adjacent to the smoking section. The divider that separates the sections is a wood trellis, and it did not prevent the smoke from drifting over to our table (duh?). The smell was so bad we asked to be moved. At our new table the service was extremely slow. We eventually placed our orders and waited... and waited... and waited. When the food arrived, my grilled catfish was decent, but my sides dishes were not hot. I'm not going back.
(1)K W.
from the two reviews, i can conclude the following: 1) no one knows where the hell meridien, ms is and thus can't find this cracker barrel, OR 2) the same shitshow has been going on since 2007 and no one will return to this establishment. i'm pretty sure it's number 2. so to elaborate on my supposition: i used to LOVE stopping at cracker barrel as a kid on our yearly summer "family experience trip" (not a ~vacation~, mind you, because it entailed driving from louisiana all the way up to the mid-atlantic states to visit family. not fun when you're a hyper 6 year old trapped in a car for countless hours and doubly not fun when you have an older brother who is fond of combat. but i digress...) eating at cracker barrel for ANY meal was the highlight of these trips. i loved playing giant checkers and that golf peg game. the food was pleasing to my novice 6 year old palate...things couldn't have changed that much...or could they? fast forward 20 (or so) years... this cracker barrel is HORRIBLE. i was moving from nola to philly about a week ago and stopped here with my travel companion to get some breakfast. i was fantasizing about fluffy scrambled eggs, peppery sausage patties, and creamy grits for about 2 hours. i had even mapped out the cracker barrel on my yelp iphone app. what i got was not what i had hoped for. an hour wait for a to-go order (see above) that wasn't even hot. to make matters worse, both my friend and i had stomach problems a few hours after eating our meal. the only saving grace was that our food was comped...and it was only comped after i suggested to the manager to do so. (managers should not have to be told proper customer service by their patrons.) avoid this place AT ALL COSTS.
(1)David H.
Extremely disappointed. Before I came to Meridian, MS many people kept saying, "Go to Cracker Barrel, they have the best breakfast!" Well... First,it's called Cracker Barrel and Country Store. I've never been to any of these, but if that's a country store then the souvenir section of Walgreens is it's big brother. It did not feel country and everything there was basically ordered from the Oriental Trading company magazine. When I asked about an old sign being on sale they said, " No, that's ornamental." Um I think that's what someone would sell at a Country Store no?... Whatever. The Restaurant: I came 2 times to this location. First time I ordered momma's breakfast plate expecting unicorn semen; well... the eggs were... Eggs (nothing significant to report). The sausage patty was salty! I mean Salty! If that's how they eat sausage patties in the south, then I guess it explains a lot about the populations' health. I got ham and the taste was the same; Salty. It was also dry and over cooked. The only thing I did like on both visits was the pancakes. Just by the look of the pancake you can tell they use oil to cool it, which I don't mind it's a different, but it has good taste. The pancake is probably the best thing going for them. The customer service was equally good. I'm serious, it was good. The servers do the best they can with what and who they work with. The cooks... They need to take a cooking class! The side items are not good. On my second visit, we placed our orders, we got our drinks, and waited... And waited... And waited. The server apologized for the delay and brought us some biscuits on the house. and we waited... They brought more biscuits... And we waited... After an hour and 13 minutes we decided to go, when... Our food finally arrived; So we stayed. Well, we should have left. 3 of the 8 orders were correct and some peoples eggs were undercooked (if you could even call that cooked). The whites weren't cooked and the server noticed and he sent it back to get it corrected; 13 minutes later he brought them back and still they were not right. He sent them back one more time and still not right. At the same time we noticed people leaving because they too had waited too long. People noticed our experience and they decided to leave as well. I knowingly ordered pancakes (and that was it). Everyone of my friends' side orders were left behind; No one enjoyed them. We normally do not complain but, after remembering that one of our party actually ordered a breakfast sandwich, we were told to wait for the sausage patty!!! What? Wait for the meat of the sandwich?! That person blew up. So we talked to the manager and after all I give her a lot of props! She didn't charge is for the incorrect plates and apologized for her cooks. (She shouldn't have to do that.). Team fail! The service was good, the food was not, but their pancakes are good. But that's it. The store needs help and more original items. Maybe some local art work or something. The only cool Ãtems are the rocking chairs in the front of the store.
(2)Steven D.
This place, like all other Cracker Barrels are the same . Nothing fancy but mostly caters to the older crowds with a "home cooking" style. Personally I would never eat here but my boss, how is over quite older than I am, loves eating here. The steak was ok and honestly was cooked perfectly. The waitress was also every nice.
(2)Ryan F.
Service is terrible. Takes forever for anyone to come to your table. Plus after ordering took 5+ min to get our drinks.
(1)Julie K.
I'll start positive. People are nice. Food is good. Service is EXTREMELY slow. We were there for 2 hours with our two young kids, both were melting down by the end of it. They forgot certain parts of our order and then the young girl cashier messed up our receipt by not asking if we needed to add a tip. So then I had to wait longer to talk to the manager in order to leave our overwhelmed waitress a little something. Unfortunately we won't be going back.
(3)Secret C.
This is usually our "go to" favorite when traveling. It allows something for every age. Unfortuntaely, this location is less than average. Our service was very slow and our group was a party of 7. We were constantly seeking our server for our beverages and our food took a long time. I have eaten here twice while visiting Meridian and will not dine here again.
(2)Hannah B.
Pretty standard as far as cracker barrels go. The sirloin steak and hash town casserole was tasty. These best part about his place was the gift shop. They had SO many adorable Halloween things out. Yes, Halloween in July.
(3)Michael B.
Worst Cracker Barrel experience EVER! My cup of coffee is empty after I told the guy I hadn't had much sleep and to keep it coming as I still had a lot of work to do. My water is empty, my meal was awful! (They can't even make a simple sandwich here!)
(1)Sadiee M.
This place is YUMMY for your Tummy!!!!! Great food and good prices..... The staff is very nice and fast
(5)Big D.
One star only as my first impression was their bathroom. I'm sure before everyone eats they want to wash their hands. This place was horribly disgusting. Worse than a gas station or truck stop. I just did not want to eat here, the smell the broken sink. The silver was unclean, the meal was not very good. I asked for mash potatoes and was given a baked potato broken up. They said this was the best they could do. I told he manager she seemed sorry but laughed it off. She told me they were struggling with their problems and bathrooms???? Why tell me just fix it. They offered no refund for the poor food, service or mistakes. A real -1 Star place.
(1)Theodore L.
We were passing through Meridian, MS and I had the fever for some pancakes. I'm sorry I didn't have a better option. Where's an IHOP when you need one? For starters, the service was nice, but sluggish. It took forever to get my weaksauce coffee. It tasted like black water with sugar and cream. I like coffee that will bite you with authority. Maybe some with chickory. The eggs were over easy, yet the whites were rubbery. The sausage was some of the saddest I've ever eaten. I would have been ashamed to serve that sausage to my dog. It tasted old and reheated. But I didn't go for sausage. I wanted pancakes. Remember the Three Stooges episode where they were trying to eat some vulcanized pancakes? When they were finally able to cut through and eat those delights, they started choking up feathers? Now you know what Cracker Barrel pancakes are like. I'm convinced people don't go to Cracker Barrel for their fine dining, it's for the jelly jars and rocking chairs.
(1)Gordon K.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014; Place: Down Home Shuffle We had a 20 minute wait for lunch which would have been tolerable. We were seated at a very good table. As soon as our waitress shuffled over, we ordered. After 20 minutes I got my meatloaf, but no mashed potatoes. Ms. Shelena Shuffle said they were out of mashed and hash brown potatoes. Why not inform us when we order? So, I ordered a baked potato. It was delivered 20 minutes later by another. By this time I had eaten my meatloaf. But, they brought the potato plain with no butter and no sour cream. We had some butter at the table and 25 minutes later the sour cream was delivered. We were in this restaurant a total of one hour and 45 minutes. This is the first time I left no tip. Usually I feel bad about not leaving a tip even if I thought the service was shabby. This time I felt good about it. We should not even have had to pay for the meal, but I did not want to waste any more time asking for the manager. Heck, I felt like they should have paid me. Was the food good? I don't know. All I tasted was incompetence smothered with my growing impatience. I will not go back to this Cracker Barrel. Vote with your feet.
(1)Laura E.
We LOVE Crackle Barrel! Great food, super nice servers, great food including breakfast anytime of the day, servings are HUGE, and my absolute favorite part I can shop while waiting for a table or while waiting for my food! They have great gifts, for babies to grandmas. And if your a bargain shopper you'll love the 50 to 70% off deals. I got some amazing deals today on holiday candles, jewelry and cute toys all 70% off! And I have 1/2 my meal left to have for dinner!
(5)Grace S.
Do not go here!!! We normally love Cracker Barrel but the meridian location is pitiful. First, we put in for a table and the girl told us a thirty minute wait. After more than ten people were called, a name similar to ours was called. At that time we discovered that 9 more people were in front of us. Meaning we probably had close to an hour wait total with no end in sight. On a hot day with no where cool to wait, that was it. We left. And one more thing, tons of Cracker Barrel employees littering up the front area. Clogging up the space that was already crowded and that we're doing nothing but getting in the way and toting baskets . What is that??? Finally, you have to put in for a table up front but it's not clear where that is until you weed through that mess to the back and find out you have to go back up front. Then when you come in and think you have a table and go to the front that is wrong place and you have to go to the back and weed through that mess to find out it isn't you that they called. The only reason I'm giving one star is because I can't go lower. Keep driving past this one and look for a place with a higher iq entry point!
(1)Dixie D.
Hostess didn't even grunt st us as we followed her to a table. Not one word! Our waitress was good and the food was great! The cashier was EXTREMELY RUDE! The cashier yelled at me because I was talking to the gift shop hostess and the cashier wanted me to sign the credit charge. She yelled, "READY!?". I was the only person in line. She then asked me if I wanted s receipt and I said that I did. I wanted to fill out the survey so I could report how rude she is. The seating hostess, Dianne, and the cashier have bad attitudes and need to be fired.
(1)John S.
Terrible. The food was lukewarm. The hashbrown cassarole was soggy as pudding. One order of fried chicken was cooked tough and leathery. At the front they rang me up terribly wrong--it figured to over $20/meal, even though the prices marked were about $10 on each and two meals did not have drinks with them--got them to go for two family members. The cashier was oblivious. She got her manager who was severely math-challenged and he finally removed two meals that we did not order, consume, or take with us and gave me back $16, which brought the average to $16/meal. Whatever. Bad food. Overcharged. Below average intelligence employees.
(1)Susan L.
I really love the food here, but the service you get is somewhat of a gamble. One time the food comes out all at once and put together, the next time you get half of your food and the waitress ignores you until 30 minites later when you get the rest.
(3)Barbara Y.
Had a good breakfast here. The food was the same as the rest of the chain, but the service was better! Our coffee and water were checked and kept topped off, and the food came in a timely manner and was hot. There must be a big difference between the breakfast and dinner staff, since the other reviewer had bad luck at dinner. I think of Cracker Barrell as a breakfast place, and wouldn't normally go there for dinner. I did take the other reviewer's tip and ask for a table as far from smokers as possible. Didn't smell any smoke!
(3)David H.
I don't know what these other people are talking about but I've been eating at this Cracker Barrel location for many many years, on a weekly basis, and out of all of those years, I've had maybe 2 bad experiences. The food is always great. Sometimes the wait for a table can be 20 minutes, depending on whether it's a weekend or holiday. Sometimes the wait on your food can take a while, but out of 100 visits, I may have had 2 extremely bad visits. Every business has a problem every now and then. Taking into account how many people they serve per week, I think they are entitled to it. I will say this. The problems have only occurred when I am seated on the far west side of the restaurant to the left of the fire place. Maybe that part is served by a different kitchen staff. Anytime I am seated in the east dining room, I've never ever had a problem. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a down home southern breakfast experience.
(5)Ken S.
I don't go to Cracker Barrel expecting fine dining, but because I want something besides fast food on long trips. And Cracker Barrel's are usually consistent -- as franchises should be, that's their strength. This Cracker Barrel managed to overcook my country fried steak to the point it was almost inedible. If I didn't need to get back on the road I'd have sent it back. Wife said her chicken was overcooked to the point that she had to trim the edges.
(1)Keith H.
One of the best breakfast meals served in Meridian. I've always had very good service from Dallas who remembers me sometimes months in between visits.
(4)Patrick G.
Nothing special, Just southern cooking. However, I've never been disappointed and that's saying something.
(4)J M.
I'm a fan of road trips, and this years brought us through Meridian. After checking in at our hotel at a different exit, Cracker Barrel was voted for dinner, and I have to say our experience wasn't horrible. (Aside from two tables with crying kids, and kids let loose to roam the dining room). Our party of three was seated promptly, albeit a few tables from the kitchen, at 6 on a Thursday evening. The chicken n' dumplings, fried catfish dinner, and sirloin steak (cooked medium) came out hot, and within an average timeframe. My only complaints, are the sweet potato casserole was sold out for the day, and our server informed me after I had ordered. The bread plate suffered from hard corn muffins, and drop biscuits. I usually seek out non-chain businesses, but Cracker Barrel is one that you know what you're in for ahead of time. Friendly, decent service, and food. The only drawback about this location was trying to find the entrance to the parking lot which seems congested due to a few other restaurants, and hotels in close proximity.
(3)Tyler H.
It was the usual busy, noisy, cracker barrel. The food was good and the service was ok. Not too shabby for the area you are in.
(4)Paul C.
I am not fond of the Cracker Barrel and this visit reinforced my opinion. First off, we had about a 30 minute wait to be seated. The wait was 25 minutes too long (only 5 minutes needed to browse the company store). We were seated in the non-smoking section and our table was adjacent to the smoking section. The divider that separates the sections is a wood trellis, and it did not prevent the smoke from drifting over to our table (duh?). The smell was so bad we asked to be moved. At our new table the service was extremely slow. We eventually placed our orders and waited... and waited... and waited. When the food arrived, my grilled catfish was decent, but my sides dishes were not hot. I'm not going back.
(1)K W.
from the two reviews, i can conclude the following: 1) no one knows where the hell meridien, ms is and thus can't find this cracker barrel, OR 2) the same shitshow has been going on since 2007 and no one will return to this establishment. i'm pretty sure it's number 2. so to elaborate on my supposition: i used to LOVE stopping at cracker barrel as a kid on our yearly summer "family experience trip" (not a ~vacation~, mind you, because it entailed driving from louisiana all the way up to the mid-atlantic states to visit family. not fun when you're a hyper 6 year old trapped in a car for countless hours and doubly not fun when you have an older brother who is fond of combat. but i digress...) eating at cracker barrel for ANY meal was the highlight of these trips. i loved playing giant checkers and that golf peg game. the food was pleasing to my novice 6 year old palate...things couldn't have changed that much...or could they? fast forward 20 (or so) years... this cracker barrel is HORRIBLE. i was moving from nola to philly about a week ago and stopped here with my travel companion to get some breakfast. i was fantasizing about fluffy scrambled eggs, peppery sausage patties, and creamy grits for about 2 hours. i had even mapped out the cracker barrel on my yelp iphone app. what i got was not what i had hoped for. an hour wait for a to-go order (see above) that wasn't even hot. to make matters worse, both my friend and i had stomach problems a few hours after eating our meal. the only saving grace was that our food was comped...and it was only comped after i suggested to the manager to do so. (managers should not have to be told proper customer service by their patrons.) avoid this place AT ALL COSTS.
(1)CP P.
I found a hair in my food today, which is bad enough, but to make it worse the manager didn't even come out and apologize. I went from being sick to being just mad as heck. When I started to leave, I finally ask for him and he claimed he didn't even know about it, but he never once said, "I'm sorry". First, they put all of my food on the one plate, and my steak was hanging off a good inch when it was delivered. When I started to stir the gravy, I uncovered the hair. Don't know Mississippi law about wearing hair nets, but I plan to find out.
(1)Jill S.
Very unlike all the other Cracker Barrels I've to. Poor service, cold food, no refills for drinks. The waitress suddenly became friendly just before she brought the check, but it was too late for a good tip, as far as I was concerned.
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