Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Had dinner at Altoona PA store and usually it is very good. Not tonight! Had same meal I always order. Fried chicken tenders that were re-heated and dried up. Could not cut them with a knife. Also dumplings were not able to eat due to over salty taste. Told server and she says, We have someone new tonight! Definitely not work $15 for a dried up meal. Only thing edible was Mac and cheese l, fries and biscuits.

Soup was cold, food was lukewarm, biscuits were borderline raw. This was at the Altoona cracker barrel on 3/15/25 worst visit we've ever had

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

I took my mother to the restaurant in Altoona on 3/12/25. Our server was Angel. I ordered a steak cooked medium and the sides were seasoned rice and a house salad. The steak came out rare with blood pooling on the plate and the rice was undercooked. It stinks that the best part of my steak dinner was the salad. My mother got chicken with a double order of broccoli. Half the broccoli was cooked good, but the other half was just tuff stalks. She said the chicken was mediocre at best. I didn't send my meal back because I was starving, and my sugar was getting low. Both my mother and I decided we would not be coming back to Cracker Barrel. With the tip, the bill came to almost $60.00. Definitely NOT worth the money.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Had dinner at the Altoona Cracker Barrel store number 0482 today. The broccoli had no seasoning. The dumplings were tasteless. Food wise everything else was superb. The meatloaf and Chicken Fried Chicken was great. The carrots were cooked to my liking. Now, for the things that we truly disliked: our table was never cleared of dirty dishes, even though we were clearly done with eating and so told the waitress. She came back with our check and still didn't take away any dirty dishes. At one point she was even sent back to our table by the manager , and I clearly heard the manager tell her to clear the table , but instead she asked us if we needed anything . I told her no but I told her I believe your manager wanted you to clear the table . She smiled and walked away . We stayed about an extra 10 to 15 minutes just trying to settle our stomachs and regroup, and the dirty dishes remained in front of us the entire time. Secondly, for nearly 25 minutes of our stay the banging and clanging of sweeping the floors was nearly continuous, and was even being conducted by the manager. So there was no reason to even speak to the manager about how the noise Disturbed our meal.
We did wait for our meal a little longer than normal, but since we do like Cracker Barrel food and their prices we let that slide. However, when you add all of the other items above to the longer than normal wait, it wasn't a happy experience

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Carrots, Corn Muffins, Sawmill Gravy, Meatloaf, Chicken Fried Chicken

Our hash brown casserole was dry and just warm. Dumplings were over cooked.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meatloaf

The food was good, though some of it was cold. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

Parking: Plenty of handicap parking

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Corn Muffins, Cracker Barrel Biscuit and Dumpling Mix

The eggs weren’t cooked right and the workers made the drinks very sloppy and messy, they need better training 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Got the chicken and dumplings, I was very disappointed they were gummy doughy and gravy like, I have had this many times I am used to having chicken that I we could see, and the dumplings were square shaped. The waitress very kind and helpful her name was

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast, Meatloaf

The wait to order was very long. Waitress had way too many tables to take care of. Our food was Barely warm. Was not happy with the experience at all. It’s the worst one yet. The corn muffins were not done! We were kind of doughy.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast, Cracker Barrel Biscuit and Dumpling Mix

Took an hour for bread.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Food was great. I didn't know that you changed your steak fries to seasoned. I dont like them.
I used to go there at least 3 times a month for your chef salad but you took it off of your menu. Now I only go there about once every 2 to 3 months.

Vegetarian options: Good selection of vegetarian dishes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast, Pumpkin Pie, Fried

Come here often. Favorite breakfast in town.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

My husband and I ordered the turkey dinner and we were really disappointed. We got the large portion and it wasn't any more turkey than what you should be served as a regular portion. The stuffing was awful. It was nothing but crumbs with gravy on it. The worst we have ever had. The sweet potato cassrole wasn't very good. It was mushy. I don't think there was much brown sugar in it. We have always enjoyed our meals at Cracker Barrel. Not sure what happened that day.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Apples

The food for 2 of the 3 of us was warm instead of hot. It was still very good. Everything else was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Kid-friendliness: Very kid friendliness.

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast, Chicken Fried Steak