I went here on recommendation from a local and went with low expectations but I was so pleasantly surprised I came back for a second time on our 3 day trip to Mesa. FOOD: I ordered the baby size of the Banana Colada with Cream and loved it! Husband got passion fruit and he enjoyed his too. The ice is so light and it was the perfect amount of flavoring, my ice didn't melt at all! The second trip I went back the girl wasn't very friendly and poured waaaay too much syrup, I couldn't finish it. I'd suggest asking light syrup if you have to bank on it being inconsistent. SERVICE: Seems like it's all high school students working there. Takes a long time to make these but they do freshly shave the ice as you order. Store was really clean and lots of tables to sit and enjoy your treat and looked like there were table games you could borrow and play with. TIPS: I'd recommend just getting the baby size, it's enough for an afternoon treat. Always get cream! read more

Bahama Bucks is amazing, you owe it to yourself to try it. This location has a nice drive-thru, which is convenient and pretty fast. Staff has been friendly to me and my family on our many visits. read more

Way better than a typical shaved ice at a carnival. Tons of flavors. Smoothies sherbet iced coffees and there are some flavors that are sour :) the tropic creme on top is AMAZING :) read more

Bahama Buck's - Tons of flavors! - Shaved Ice Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

My family enjoyed their choices ! And yes the workers are young but very compitant .. Definitely worth a try !! read more

Bahama Buck's - Family lovez it ! - Shaved Ice Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Would give no stars if possible. First off, when I asked questions about flavors the employee was laughing and talking to someone in the background about something irrelevant to my question. Then when I finally got to the window it took 15 minutes to make three drinks. Not only did it take a ridiculous amount of time, but they didn't offer to give a bigger cup so the drink would keep from spilling all over. I'm home now with stained clothes. Thanks for nothing. I will never come to this location again! read more

I brought my kids and my son's service dog. When we went to place our order, one of the girls interrupted me ordering and said wait do you have a dog? You can't have that in here you have to go. First of all, we're in the summer in Arizona. Its 100+ degrees outside and against the law to leave a dog in the car. Second, it's a service dog for an 11 year old who's birthday is today! We came because Bahama Bucks is Dog friendly. We would've gladly had our dog go outside at the tables with my son, but the way the young lady spoke to me and my kids was disrespectful and disappointing. read more

While I really do like the shaved ice, my order is made incorrectly 50 percent of the time. I even have tried saying it multiple times to ensure it is correct and they still fail to do so. I truly don't understand how a business can run with high school students who don't pay attention. It's shaved ice... it's not complicated. They need to hire people who aren't just there goofing off. read more

A great place for a treat! We always receive great friendly service. I enjoy the sugar free options. They have a punch card for frequent buyers and you can often find buy one get one free coupons on their FB page. read more

Bahama Buck's - Girls and their treats :) - Shaved Ice Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Love this place! So clean and great family atmosphere! They have the best employees, great customer service and they always seem to be smiling. Really nice kids. Really tasty smoothies. Love the coconut, and The strawberry one. My kids love cotton candy with extra cream. I suggest going here. You will not regret it. They're super fast and friendly. read more

Very bad service,I had to repeat my order 4 times finally got my order and heard them laughing , I don't notice at first but when we got home they were a size large and not the avalanche that I ordered. They also charged me for the wrong size read more

So cute.!!! And delish.! Friendly staff. My first time here and I absolutely fell in love.i can't wait to come again...clean and all around great place.! read more

Male worker was too lazy to chop pickles so he put "sliced" pickles on our Piccadilly! Menu board clearly states "chopped pickles!" Female worked came in, I brought it to her attention and she just shrugged. Maybe they thought we weren't worth the hassle because we are Native AmerIcan or just plain lazy?? Last time we're coming there. read more

My son and I were very excited that a Bahama Bucks opened up down the street. We frequently visit especially now that it is summer. However, customer service definitely needs some help. Almost every time I visit this location an employee has a hard time working the register. After repeating my "simple" order to the third employee I was a little frustrated and expressed it. One employee decided to give me attitude and after I paid I felt unwanted and was treated as an inconvenience. So, if you don't mind inexperienced and rude employees enjoy. I just won't be visiting this location anymore. read more

Have always expected the best of Bahama bucks however the one on power Road was closed so we went to this one and it sucked. Both my friend and I asked for lychee and other flavors but hers tasted like toothpaste and mine did not have lychee actually neither of us had lychee in our snowcone. Was sorely disappointed. Had asked for Tropic cream but got condensed milk instead and I really didn't like it and I paid an extra two dollars for it. read more

Amazing service! Product taste so good and the syrup was evenly distributed leaving no ice without flavor. An employee named Kellie was a large help and picked out the best flavor. Highly recommend the jolly rancher flavor! Definitely recommend this place over an other Bahama bucks! read more

Saw on their Internet listings that this one was open, SO EXCITED! Got there, they dont even open till 1:00, SO BUMMED! False advertisement!!!!!!!!!!! read more

I had never had Bahama Buck's until about a year ago, since then I have found myself to be a regular here. I come here every week or so. I love the frozen lemonades! I also love introducing people to this place because I have yet to receive any negative reaction to it. Everyone I bring is thoroughly impressed and they love the product. The menu is extensive and has something for everyone. I've honestly never had any issues with my order, whether it be large or small. They have a friendly young staff and a good clean seating environment if you prefer to eat there. This is a great establishment, with a great product, and a wonderful staff. read more

No one in line in front of us at the drive through. THe lady took our order, (3 shaved ice, 1 smoothie) then asked us to repeat it again after confirming it, which is fine, maybe she lost it?! She still had the order wrong after she repeated it back to us, so we nicely said it was ok and we would start over. After confirming the order, we drove to the window. I had a free shaved ice so I gave her my punch card. She then gave us our shaved ice order(minus the smoothie) and we waited about 15 min for what we thought was for our smoothie. She annoyingly opened the window and asked if she could help us, we told we were missing the smoothie. She said she never charged us for it?! Weird but ok, so we gave her our debit card again. She then had the smoothie ready at the window(super weird). So not only did we pay for the smoothie, we payed twice. Rudest establishment and horrible customer service. I have NEVER had this experience at ANY Bahama Bucks. I doubt they stay in business long. read more

Mmmm the best! Tigers Blood with cream! Staff is always friendly and helpful. The punch cards are the best! Try ice cream on the bottom next time! Can't go wrong. The drive thru is also nice. read more

Ya really good typical Bahamas bucks shaved ice just absolutely terrible service be ready to get your order wrong more than once and then expect the staff to have attitude about their mistakes read more

I'll start by saying I absolutely LOVE the snow balls and smoothies at Bahama Bucks, and we go frequently; however, this particular location is consistently disorganized, and it takes forever to get our order. We often get one item from the order, then end up waiting another 10 minutes for the remainder of the items. On two separate occasions, they completely forgot part of our order. This is frustrating when trying to enjoy dessert together, and we will likely drive further in the future for better service. read more

Went there yesterday with the fam. Place was really clean and the service was fast. Really nice employees they offered us a lot of samples and were really patient with the kids. read more

i waited in the drive thru for 45 minutes only for two snow cones, not only that they got my order wrong. the lady at the speaker box told me to wait a second after i had already been in the line for 25 minutes. overall, a bad experience and i know covid is still in place but it's literally snow ones? they don't take that long to make. read more

All I ordered was a lemonade and there were no other cars in the drive thru and I waited 15 minutes before they even took my card. Then it took ANOTHER 5 minutes for them to give me my lemonade. If i could give this place 0 stars I would. Don't come here if you're looking for good and fast service. read more

Pretty much just a shaved ice shop. Pretty good flavors and nice clean storefront. It's nice to have a place that's got AC to sit down and cool off. My wife really likes to add the icecream to the shaved ice. read more

I've been to this location lots of times. Shaved I've is really good. I usually get birthday cake ( a must) and strawberry daiquiri and the get the ice cream and cream on top. So good. I've always had good service. It's a snow cone place with high school kids running the joint so they do their best but I haven't had any service issues. I will be back many more times. read more

So just tried out bahama bucks for the first time, see what the hype was about...not impressed with the flavor or the fact that it dripped all over my lap 2 bites in. Tried their new "tigers blood" flavor, cinnamon, ugh! On a positive note they did shave the ice, so it wasn't chunky, crunchy ice. read more

This place is great for their shaved ice, but lacks customer service. All teenager girls.. not one hello, didn't talk to us, acted like we were inconveniencing them when ordering! I get hiring teenage girls but please teach them some customer service skills!! read more

literally just got a mini shaved ice for almost $6 that had barely ANY flavor in it. a cup of ice for $6?? also asked for extra cream on top and there wasn't any . read more

Love this smooth shaved ice! Such amazingly soft texture. Love the strawberry colada with cream on top. This place also had hyper color spoons. Kids loved these!! Wish we had one in our town! read more

We normally love it here. Today, not an adult in sight a bunch a teens with one boy working and three girls talking. Our ice was so saturated with flavoring we could not eat them past four bites. Absolutely, disgusting. $7 wasted. We won't be back to this site again. Huge disappointment. read more

I won't be going back to this location again. I was literally in the drive-thru line for 30 minutes with only 2 cars ahead of me. They couldn't get the first cars order right. I watched the customer hand back an order and counted a total of 6 for the first car and 1 for the second car. The inside was not busy so there is really no excuse for such slow service. If I could have gotten out of the drive-thru I would have left. They just lost my business. read more

Love this place! It's a Bahama Buck's open on Sunday!!!!!

I wish I could rate this place a zero or less but yelp graciously must allow a one star. We ordered, told them we had a coupon, which they agreed to take and then after preparing the shave ice said that they would not take it and it did not apply to their location. The coupon clearly stated "Valid at all locations" which we showed them. We talked to the moronic manager who literally said "I know it says all locations, but that is only valid in East Mesa." Ummm, geograpgically challenged dumb girl you are in East Mesa. Literally, I can afford another $4 for your non authentic attempt at a shave ice. It is not about that at all. It is about your lack of customer service and.confusion on how to execute your very easy job that will cause your little franchise not to last. I simply drove a couple miles to the next location that gladly took the coupon. Thx manger on duty just now for driving away busy with your unprofessional attitude! Do not worry though, you drove me right to a competing location. read more

The lady in the drive thru didn't tell me the card machine wasn't working and that they were only accepting cash before I even ordered. As soon as I got to the window she finally decided to let me know then continued to talk to me like I was dumb. How a girl get smacked. Lack of respect. read more

Walked in and was not greeted. After waiting at the order area for a few minutes we were told we need to leave and they will not serve us due to some 'issue'. We left, but I went back I side to let my son use the restroom. It wasn't even a 2 minute period, and they were now serving other people. Zero acknowledgement from the staff at this point. Will not be going back here ever. read more

This review is based on my visit on July 27th, 2015. I've driven by this Bahama Bucks on numerous occasions but just got a chance to try it out today. As I drove into the lot I did notice that there was a drive thru, which is perfect when you're not wanting to get out of your air conditioned vehicle in this crazy heat. After a cursory read of the menu I decided to just order a regular blue raspberry shaved ice. I waited for quite a while before it was ready, which perplexed me as it appears as easy as pouring flavoring onto ice, but I'm sure it's more complex than that! In the end, the wait was totally worth it! This is NOT your ball-park snow cone, this was packed with immense flavor and the ice was shaved into an almost snow-like texture. It was served in a cup and had one of those small cocktail umbrellas in it, a nice touch! I'm excited to go back and try some of the more complex offerings. I am surprised I have waited this long to go here! read more

I LOVE Bahama Bucks! I constantly find myself craving their shaved ice. All I need is the baby size because its so flavorful and reasonably sized. There's so many flavors to choose from, but my favorite is passion fruit and guava with tropic creme. Staff is always friendly and I love the cute beach theme. Highly recommend. read more

I love Bahamas's bucks. I usually go the the southern and Mesa location but stopped by here while detouring around gridlock. They are really light with the syrup. By the time I got below the rim of the cup, I was basically eating plain ice. I know at the other store, the staff packs the ice into the cup, adds syrup and then makes the dome and adds more syrup. Maybe they're skipping the first part? I was really disappointed and hope they can retrain their employees. read more

Came in and the credit card machines were down because the business decided to update them during business hours. We had taken an Uber to get here as we came from the airport nearby so getting to a bank was going to be an issue. We had a fully stamped buy 10 get one free loyalty card which you can use for any of their 5 sizes up to a 32oz Avalanche. We decided to get a small and use the free card since we didn't have any cash. The cashier informed us there was going to be a .69 cent fee for the cream on our shaved ice. I told her our situation and reinstated the fact that we were just getting a small with a card that is good for any size up to an Avalanche. This fell on deaf ears as she didn't care at all. I would have gladly paid for the entire thing with a debit card had they not decided to run a lengthy update on their credit card machines during business hours. I just feel like the customer service and treatment to repeat business and clearly loyal customers could have been much better and .69 could have been overlooked because of the situation. Maybe this is why this location has the worst reviews out of all of them. 3 stars only because the shaved ice here is amazing quality. read more