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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Categories: Restaurants American (Traditional) Restaurants Breakfast & Brunch Food Grocery American (Traditional), Breakfast & Brunch, Grocery [Edit]
17115 Dumfries RoadDumfries, VA 22026
(703) 441-2764
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Breakfast, Brunch
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
27 reviews for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Review Highlights
"the seasonal mixed berry cobbler is to die for."
(in 1 review)
"We Love the Chicken and Dumplings."
(in 2 reviews)
"Solid french toast, eggs over easy, maple syrup on the side."
(in 3 reviews)
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27 reviews in English
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Review from A S.
Bonita Springs, FL
10/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
730 pm not too busy but had to get up and find a waiter to take order. After bad start very friendly and excellent service and good food.
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Review from Bil G.
Woodbridge, VA
1/18/2012
I go here a lot because I like the food. But have had problems. Often the server will stick her thumb in my food which I don't like. Also when I order the dish with 4 country ham biscuits sometimes they will serve it on a wet lettuce leaf. The wet lettuce leaf is supposed to be a garnish but of course the wet lettuce leaf gets the bottom of the biscuits soggy and when that happens I have them remake the whole thing but tell them to leave off the wet lettuce leaf. Desserts are all sickly sweet. Chicken and dumplings are good but the dumplings are simply too thick but I order it anyway. It can be rather annoying in that sometimes you can't even get seated before your waitress wants your drink order. I look at them and ask if they are trying to rush me and usually that backs them off. They must think that Maine is wild as they talk about Wild Maine on the breakfast menu. I wonder if they think Tennessee is wild? They do have items which are not on the menu such as omlettes but I ordered one once and it was so bad I never ordered another one. I asked them for a list of what they fix that is not on the menu but they said they had no such list, just to tell them what I wanted. So I did but they said they had no eggs bennedict. Everytime I come in it seems they have a different manager so the turnover here is VERY high. But I like the fact that they seem to only serve butter and they know what butter is here. Other places they think that margarine is butter and butter is REAL butter. Also I think all they have is maple syrup, not the imitation stuff. I have to downgrade the place for often sticking their thumb in my food and the stupid things like the wet lettuce leaf garnish and lack of a reasonably sweet dessert.
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Review from Ladiejaymes J.
Richmond, VA
10/31/2011 1 Check-in Here
I really like this CB because the employees have always been very friendly everytime that I've come. The store is orderly and has a great variety of items in stock. The food is typical CB food. It seems people either love CB or hate CB. I for one, love it. We actually ordered take-out this time around. The sausage biscuits and side of hashbrowns were quickly prepared and our order was ready in no time. We were able to hop back on the road quickly. Also, we ordered a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit, which is not on the menu, but they happily put it together for us.
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Review from Jenny H.
Washington, DC
11/9/2011
I am originally from Tennessee (home of Cracker Barrel) so I have had my fair share of CB cuisine over the years. Though I live in DC, I recently introduced my boyfriend to CB and he has made sure that we make a trip to the nearest CB (an hour away) at least once a month. Out of all of the CB locations I have experienced, this location has the ABSOLUTE WORST service ever. Three out of four times I have been to this location in the past six months, we have barely been acknowledged within 15 minutes of being seated. This is unacceptable! The food is typical, CB food, but the service is underwhelmingly horrible. I will never forsake my love for CB, though I am a vegetarian and refuse to eat any of their southern-style vegetables (read: cooked in pig or other animal fat), I still manage to enjoy their non-animal dishes.
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Review from Jake K.
6/1/2011 3 Check-ins Here
I'm a huge fan of Cracker Barrel and it's menu of comfort food. The location is set up like any other with one thing setting it apart - it's nor 'Cherry Blossom Festival busy'. Yes, it's in quotes because the festival is what I imagine the 5th plane of hell is like. But I digress.
Get here and eat - only your waistline will regret it! -
Review from Ken R.
6/20/2011
So, this review is along the lines of my Long John Silvers review... what can I say about this chain? They do their thing and they do it sooooo right I'm helpless to resist!
My lust for CB is soooo bad that on road trips, none of my friends even bother asking me anymore where I want to stop at. And bless their hearts, they accommodate me more often than not (and not to their disadvantage I might add, judging by their happy, stuffed gullets :)).
And the Cracker Barrel meal that is most responsible for my glowing praise? Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast. With hashbrown casserole (to die for... you guys who've had it know what I'm talking about) and country fried steak. Seriously, when I'm on my death bed and nothing else matters about my health, this is the meal I'll have... two of them, actually!
And what amazes me most aside from the food is just how does Cracker Barrel keep it so inexpensive?! I mean, they're the affordability gold standard by which I judge all other restos. I just don't get it? Are they underwriting all the delicious food they sell by the massive profits they must make from their chotsky filled "country" stores? If so, more power to them for making some of my favorite food ridiculously affordable. -
Review from Julie H.
Ashburn, VA
1/15/2012
We love Cracker Barrel and have been to many of them, particularly when traveling. Hit this location today around 1:30 and there was a 25 minute wait for a table for 4. No problem waiting before being seated. Where I have a problem waiting is after being seated. It took 15 minutes for a server to come by and tell us that our server would be by in a minute. Five minutes later, he came by for drink orders. 15 minutes later, drinks were delivered and our orders taken. We started watching tables around us who were seated after us receive their meals. We even received one of their meals ourselves. The waiter then came back to ask us where our food was. We did not know. We had then been seated for an hour. He retook our order, "just in case". We are not sure if he forgot to place the order or if the kitchen lost it or what happened. He offered then to bring us some bread while we waited and after about 10 minutes, I went over to the kitchen myself to find out where the bread was at least. 10 minutes later, a different waitress brought out some cornbread. My daughter spilled her milk and my husband had to go hunt down someone for napkins to clean it up and we sat with wet napkins and plates in the middle of the table for the remainder of the meal. Another 15 minutes later, our order came out except for my husband's meal which was still cooking. My daughter's pancakes were crunchy but she did not care that they were overcooked. When his meal arrived a few minutes later, the sides were incorrect. By now, the manager was involved. The table behind us stormed out when their order was brought out wrong three times in a row. I'm not sure if our waiter was slow in the head or just didn't care. Regardless, we spent well over two hours at the table with most of it just sitting there waiting and no one cared. Unacceptable. We'll still go to Cracker Barrel but not this location.
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Review from Xtine O.
Columbia, MD
7/20/2011 2 photos
My review will probably be basis... only because I got oven turkey salad (which you cannot mess up on...) and dessert. The dessert is the only reason why this place is getting the review it is... the seasonal mixed berry cobbler is to die for!! I've been craving it since I left the place. Only downside is that it leaves you with food coma... or crashing because of the sugar.
The party I went with enjoyed their dishes though - biscuits, meat loaf, french toast, and grilled bacon with cheese burger.
Again, would go just for the seasonal mixed berry cobbler! See photos! -
Review from Raymond W.
Woodbridge, VA
9/21/2011
Outstanding service!!! My biggest peeve has always been CUSTOMER SERVICE! The Barrell gets it! Came in for a late brunch and tried the chicken & dumplings. Well prepared using breast tenderloins. Tasted almost as good as my Aunt's! The corn and carrots were good but the pinto beans stole the show. Taleisha's(sp) an awesome server!
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Review from Harvey K.
East Bay, CA
8/29/2011
I was in Dumfries a while ago and had breakfast at Cracker Barrel on a Sunday morning. What a nice place! The service was a little slow but the server was very friendly. The breakfast I had (eggs, sausage, toasts, hash brown) was very good. If I am in Dumfries again, I will definitely stop by.
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Review from Judith S.
Washington, DC
8/18/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Sometimes on a Sunday afternoon you crave country fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Services is as slow as molasses (I'm not kidding) and isn't as nice as the true south. At least the desserts are still sweet.
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Review from Chunnu B.
8/18/2010 5 photos
Love! Love their rocking chairs, love their store, love their service, love their breakfast, and love that this is as close as I am almost regularly going to get to the country. This will be four stars for their breakfast, which I normally come here for. I recently experienced dinner at another C.B. location and would give it three stars (the Campfire Chicken, though it looks neat all wrapped up in aluminum foil with corn on the cob and some veggies, it's pretty freaking bland. It took a lot of salt shaking and hot sauce dripping to get it good.)
I would have to say their pecan pancakes are the way to go. It's hard for me to get anything else. With a side of biscuits and gravy and a tall glass of OJ, it's a pretty perfect and filling breakfast. Service is friendly and very attentive.
Best time to come: on a Sunday. Sure there's a crowd...and a wait... sometimes...(and by sometimes, I mean most of the times), but it's fun to kill time in their store. Then, when it's time to eat, fill up, go home, and pass out the rest of the day. -
Review from Courtney R.
Arlington, VA
3/24/2008
I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE CRACKER BARREL. I can't go anywhere else (chain-wise) for breakfast, I don't care how hungover I am. It's to the point where nobody will go with me anymore, and let me tell you, in solitude one finds biscuits 'n' gravy.
No matter what time it is, I'm ordering Uncle Hershel's favorite--two eggs scrambled, sausage patties, hash brown casserole and biscuits and country gravy. I did deviate from my usual order once and ordered the pot roast. Downright divine--tender, salty and swimming in deeeeelicious gray. Some of the best sweet tea this side of the Potomac on tap too.
There are obvious drawbacks. They sell weird stuff in the country store, like lamps shaped like tractors or dolls that look like they will come to life and kill you (or at least steal your best friend from 4th grade). Now that I dine alone in this breakfast thunderdome, I do get the odd ogle from the borderline-redneck massive ("look Cletus, she's watching a lil' white TV with an apple on it!") and the service teeters on sucking... but that's mainly because I'm sucking down the fluid-ounce equivalent of the capacity of the Exxon Valdez (RIP).
They have rockin' chairs for when you have to wait (and you usually will), that little golf-tee pyramid game (handy for ADD grown-ups like me) and a dress nailed to the wall I would have worn with pride back in my Dead head days.
Back to the food: the eggs, scrambled, are buttery and slightly underdone, always sunshine-yellow and NEVER a speck of brown (which renders eggs inedible in my opinion). The hash brown casserole is starchy, onion-y and cheesy, gooey ooey mm mm mm! (Note to vegetarians--they use chicken stock in it, so it doesn't count on your "veggie plate.")
The biscuits are perfect--not too salty, floury white pillows encased in that southern-biscuit attitude that packs a bit of crunch. And the gravy--PERFECT. I can never get it that way at home! Nearly opaque, creamy and melts in your mouth. After about 50 shakes of pepper I'm in hog heaven. Literally.Listed in: Nut-friendly Jawns, Best Places to Eat
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Review from Jane S.
Denver, CO
8/25/2009
This review is purely for the "General Store" aspect of Cracker Barrel. Because really, the food is pretty much shyte, and you only eat a meal here if you are on a long road trip and you have no other choice.
But the general store has something that I have never been able to find anywhere else. I have gone to specialty candy stores, googled my heart out, and STILL I cannot find this item retailed anywhere but in a Cracker Barrel Store.
What is this amazing product, you ask?
Valomilk.
Never heard of it? I'm not surprised. It is one of the best kept secrets in the world. In fact, many days, I thank the powers-that-be that this delicious treat is not anywhere within hundreds of miles of me...because if it were, I would surely weigh at least 50 pounds more.
Picture this. The chocolate shell of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. But about 5 times as large. Darker, richer, tastier chocolate. Then....filled with what can only be described as heaven. Sort of like marshmallow. Sort of like buttercream. Soft and silky and creamy, probably filled with crack, and....well...freaking delicious.
5 stars for the presence of Valomilk alone.Listed in: My Favorite Firsts
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Review from Rachel C.
Bristow, VA
6/15/2008
I came here this evening with my family for Father's Day. It seems like all families had the same idea, because Barrel was very busy.
While we waited about 15 minutes to be seated, I browsed the "old country store". There's a lot of cute, kitchy merchandise. The store items range from Yankee candles, to Webkinz stuffed animals, to patriotic tee-shirts, and much more.
Here's where I knocked off 2 stars. Our waitress was friendly, and tried her best to give us good service. I understand it was pretty busy, but it did seem to take too long (a solid 10 minutes) for our waters and iced tea to be served. We had to ask our server twice for things, such as ketchup, extra napkins, and lemon for our water.
I ordered the bbq chicken, which came with 2 sides. My corn on the cob was mushy. At least my 1 year-old niece didn't have to worry about chewing the corn. My chicken was good, but I think it sat a bit too long in the kitchen, because it was lukewarm.
I recall having a better experience at the Manassas location. It's not as far from my parent's, so I will return there before this location. -
Review from John R.
Alexandria, VA
8/26/2008
5 stars for consistency.
Solid french toast, eggs over easy, maple syrup on the side. Even with the Waffle House next door, I always manage to make my way over to Cracker Barrel.
Sure, there are fancier breakfast establishments far closer to home, but for old school breakfast served exactly the way you want it, CB is the place to go.
Plus, I love the kitschy little shop filled with old fashioned toys and candies, I love to pick a bunch up as gifts every time I go over.
And if you're a motorcycle riding fool, Dumfries is a good turn around for an early morning ride. I love to ride down the GW Pkway to Mount Vernon, then Down US1 until I get to Dumfries. Have breakfast, then turn around and ride back to work (turns my 5 minute commute into a 3 hour commute, but the ride is beautiful, and when you're on a bike, it's all about the journey, not the destination)... :) -
Review from Wendy G.
Springfield, VA
9/17/2006
We used to visit them on a fairly regular basis. On vacation, we'd seek this place out.
This was our first visit back in about a year and a half. Not because of a bad experience however. Simply because they don't have ribs anymore. Why?! The ribs there were the best I've ever had. The sauce was perfect. Oh well. They bring them back every once in a while, but not nearly enough.
Surprisingly, we were seated fast. Then it got slower. We place our order and waited about 15-20 minutes for our food. They were busy, but not an unusual busy for them. The food was pretty good once it arrived. The fried okra was a bit mushy. The mashed potatoes tasted as if they and the gravy covering them were instant. The chick was good and so were the apples. I so wanted to save room for the peach cobbler, but I was a full little person.
The country store side of Cracker Barrel has really changed. No longer are they trying to be the quaint store that they started out being. Now, it seems that they are just trying to make people spend money on the gimmicky things. Halloween, Fall, Christmas, mass market stuff. Nothing quaint about most of it. Sad. I used to like exploring the store. All the hokey country saying on tshirts and hat made me happy.
We'll keep going. The food is still hearty and hits the spot now and again. -
Review from Jamie M.
7/9/2008
When we first moved here we'd plan our day trips around where the nearest Cracker Barrel was...simply because their breakfasts are awesome! Unfortunately this CB loses a star (yes, a whole star!) because they seem to have off kitchen days. It's like they're still too sleepy in the morning to remember to put some of the seasoning on things. Last time we went my french toast came out without any cinnamon or vanilla flavoring at all...it was like they dipped it in egg and just cooked it that way. Our waitress was too busy to notice us flailing at her so I couldn't get a side of cinnamon to dust it with, so I just ate it and was sad.
Maybe the next time we get up at some god awful hour we'll pop in here again...but I'm a bit less ecstatic about it than I used to be. -
Review from Wayne S.
Manassas, VA
9/29/2011
I used to really love Cracker Barrel but the last 4 or 5 trips to this one is slowly changing my mind. For breakfast I always get something that will have eggs. I ask, with a strong emphasis, for scrambled eggs that are scrambled WELL. Well this restaurant seems to have an issue with this. The last trip here I had to return them as they were way under done and I hate returning food. The eggs I received yesterday were basically pressed down and flattened and cooked like a fried egg. Nowhere even close to scrambled and this seems to be the norm here. The sausage was the driest and basically tasteless I've ever seen. Getting refills is damn near impossible and butter/jelly may or may not show up when you ask for it.
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Review from Faye F.
Columbus, OH
2/24/2011
Went for my Sis B-day dinner. We Love the Chicken and Dumplings. Well they Ran Out! We didn't find out until an hour later,We eat meat loaf and roast beef, instead. The manager did give us the meal free! At least we have other Cracker Barrel.
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Review from Michelangelo D.
Woodbridge, VA
11/21/2010 2 Check-ins Here
I love Cracker Barrel and have never had a bad meal at any of the locations I've been to. The service is always decent and the atmosphere good. And now that smoking is not allowed indoors in Virginia, it is even better. Either way, you can't go wrong with a Cracker Barrel.
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Review from judy s.
Oceanside, CA
6/16/2011
my 1st time ever @ a Cracker Barrel that I've heard so much about... sadly disappointed :( the service was SLOOOOOOOOWER than paint drying. do these people smile? and do they have a brain? there were 4 tables around us, each and every one of our orders were WRONG! lol... wow! and then we finally get our food.... :( they won't see us again sadly. the store is pretty cool tho. oh and the biscuits are good, that's all.
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Review from Jonathan C.
San Diego, CA
10/20/2010
This place gets the job done, get your stomach full! I ordered the country fried steak breakfast. Like my rating says it's A-OK. It's not the best country fried steak in the world but it did help me get through the long day. Service was decent they split our checks without anyone asking. More stars for the cool military memorabilia posted around our table.
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Review from Jay C.
Glen Allen, VA
3/21/2010
Food was OK and is what i expect from Cracker Barrel (I'm not a fan but the wife is). But the service was poor so the 3-star rating goes to 2-stars. The waitress was nice enough, but it seemed like she kept forgetting about us. Manager got involved towards the end of the meal, but it was too late at that point to do any good.
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Review from Melissa H.
Irvine, CA
10/9/2009
I love Cracker Barrel... mainly because they don't exist in California and they are something of a novelty. My husband and I come here every month or so and always leave happy. Tasty, consistent comfort food at a reasonable price - one really can't ask for more.
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Review from Russell Y.
Alexandria, VA
6/28/2008
I took my mom here for Mother's Day because 1.) she loves fried okra and not too many places serve it, and 2.) it was on the way to our "real" destination, Carl's ice cream in Fredericksburg. We had eaten at Cracker Barrel restaurants in the past, so it seemed like a safe choice. Well, it was basically disappointing. Just about all the food (fried chicken, catfish, breakfast) was rather flavorless. I wouldn't go back unless someone else was payin'.
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Review from Mark C.
Dumfries, VA
7/23/2010
uummm... can you say salt? It really doesn't matter how nice the staff when all you taste is salt. Looking to off your spouse - take them here often enough and their ticker will quit working. All I can say is - SALT - yuck.
