My fav memory of going home from the beach and still feeling the motions of the waves during the drive home was the inevitable stop at Dairy Kurl. This place is a family operated business and is now run by the grandkids. Its located right off Gulf to Bay and looks very run down in its blaring red and white striped painted - rv looking building. :) Its got an awning where you place yoru orders through a protected iron grate. (this area's not nearly that safe at night.) In any case, soft serve ice cream and smoothies served here! The item i always get is the chocolate dipped vanilla cone - a generous pile of gluttonous soft served covered in chocolate - what more could you ask for? read more

Completely agree. It looks a little run down, but it is has the best soft serve ice cream in the town. read more

Dairy Kurl - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

If you're looking for awesome soft serve, this is your stop. It doesn't look very modern or up-to-date as mentioned in other reviews, but that'll just tell you this place has been around and keeps on truckin'. I always go for the chocolate vanilla swirl. It's fantastic! read more

I have been going here since I was a kid, now I take my step son here and it's his favorite place on earth just like it was when I was a kid! The prices are great and the serving sizes are huge. I've never had a bad experience here and the ice cream is so creamy and amazing! read more

Dairy Kurl - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Been twice now within 2 weeks. So far consistantly with regard to service and ice cream. Not a fan of the traditional cone they use. Leaves a really bad after taste, like chemically. Got it the second time just in case the first was a fluke. Nope, still chemical after taste. I was please with everything else I purchased though. read more

I love getting ice cream here but they need to hire more workers or need to have their workers acknowledge the customers. Waited for 25mins at the window. The least the worker could of done is say sorry I'm behind I'll be with you shortly, didn't say anything just stared at us the whole time. Disappointed. read more

I love soft serve, little shacks that serve yummies, and cheap eats-ergo I love Dairy Kurl. Just had a "small" (HUGE) vanilla soft serve in a waffle cone and my nephew had the "large" (UBER-GIGANTIC) chocolate-vanilla swirl in a sprinkles-loaded waffle cone. We were happy peeps. read more

A nice cheap cone after leaving the beach. Although, I would not say its the best soft serve I've ever had. It was decent and hit the spot. Whatever size cone you normally order when you go for soft serve-go one size smaller. their portions are HUGE. read more

I love ice cream, but I love it better when it's from a mom and pop shop! This is a walk-up window only. There were over 10 flavors just for Milkshakes!!!!! I love raspberry so that is what I ordered...unfortunately I got some blueberries in it too...someone needs a lesson on their berries! :) In any case, it was still SO YUMMY! The choc. vanilla swirl cone looks delightful too! It's a great spot to stop on the way back to Tampa from the beach!! read more

Good ice cream, great prices, but very slow service and all of the food items absorbed the taste of the cleaning supplies they used. My napkins smelled like Fabuloso, and my cone and sprinkles had the distinct taste of it. Cover your food before you clean! read more

I wish I lived in Florida because of this place. I always go to Clearwater every couple months to visit my best friends who live there. Everytime I go there I always visit this place on the way back from the beach. Everyone who works there is always so nice to me. They have different flavors for milkshakes but my favorite one is Strawberry milkshake. read more

This place is great. Been here for ever. Not much to look at from the outside but it is definitely worth the stop. They have really good soft serve. I love their slush shakes:) read more

I love this place. A Clearwater staple. Do yourself a favor and get the Candy Kurl in your choice of candy. It's like a McFlurry but better and with your choice. Butterfinger and Andes Mint are my favorite. They even have real whipped cream. It's a must for vacationers and locals. read more

AMAZING ICE CREAM!! Wonderful customer service & awesome 50's vibe. My fiance and I just moved here from Illinois & found our new favorite spot! read more

Stopped for 2 soft serve cones after the beach and they were delicious!!!!! The service was fast too! We will be back!

This place used to be good. Customer Service, non existent. Bathrooms out of order, "We normally go to Church's Chicken to use the bathroom" , says the guy behind the counter. Can we get a rag to wipe off the bench seats? Was the question my wife asked. No was the answer. Finally verdict. Overpriced and not worth it in my opinion. read more

I know it's only ice cream, but it is part of our history. Chump building, potholes in the parking lot. New paint? Not. But check out that line. Axe for the chocolate with chocolate dip. Nice! Any questions? read more

I had to check this place out, which is three blocks from my house, well, first of all the prices for this so called big portion ice cream is high. When I order the regular size and they gave it to me, it looked like the kid size, cause I was comparing it to the kid size that had been order before me. The service was bad also. I won't be returning. I will drive the extra couple miles to go to Toppers Creamy. read more

such good soft serve, and maisie is the best!! had the ice cream out super quick and was so sweet

This tiny run down looking shack is so decrepit that I swore they were closed until I got closer and saw that they were still open. They only do soft serve ice cream but you can still get shakes and sundaes. I opted for a regular swirl on a cone, it was definitely high quality soft serve with a decent portion at a decent price. read more

The Strawberry Milkshake is the only thing I've ever gotten from here in the 10+ years that I've been going. The best milkshake that I've ever had. Super cool place. Lots of good times here with friends. read more

Been going to this place since I was a kid. It has been here forever so I am a little nostalgic towards it. I don't live near here anymore, but the other day was heading to the beach and decided to stop by for a yummy ice cream cone. I medium swirl in a cone was $3.11!!! I am sorry, but that seems awful expensive for this little place. I used to recall them being pretty INEXPENSIVE! That was one thing that made them better than Dairy Queen which is right up the road! read more

Decent quality soft serve ice cream. Chocolate or vanilla or mixed. Impressive looking banana split. They send to have random policies that interferred with the enjoyment of my group. For example, they couldn't put a topping on a cone. Ok. But they also wouldn't put it in the side. Because, they don't allow toppings on the side. They won't let you get a cup of water. You have to buy a bottle of water. The lady was friendly, but the random polices weren't customer friendly. Next time, we'll go elsewhere. read more

The service and location tends to be the best points of going here, as for the coco / nilla swirl it melts before you get your car door open. Prefer Toppers on East bay for lack of melt before I leave the parking lot and flavor. read more

literally so good!! i'm very picky about my ice cream cause i'm not that into sweet things anymore. but this was delicious. definitely recommend coming here. also the girl who helped us was so sweet!! i will be coming here again read more

This place reminds me of an old time Tastee-Freeze that my grandmother used take me to as a child to get ice cream. Every time I head to Clearwater I pass it and the memory of our tradition comes back so I had to stop. The only difference in the place my grandmother took me to and this place is Dairy Kurl only serves ice cream. The ice cream was ok but I thought it was a little expensive. That is until I saw a grandmother pull up with her young and very excited grandchild making memories of their own. read more

We pulled up while the open sign was still on, got the kids out of the car, and got behind a couple they had just finished serving. They quickly shut the glass and turned the open sign off. I stood there and the girl working opened the window long enough to say, "we just closed." It's a real shame. Dairy Kurl has been a yearly tradition for us when we come to Clearwater on vacation but we won't be back after such a classless move. What poor, poor customer service. read more

How could you not?! The twist of choc-vanilla dipped in chocolate is awesome. I mean. We.ve all had it and it.s no fail! Ofcourse the ice cream is going to melt from underneath the shell, so be ready for the marathon lick of all the ooze read more

Since under new ownership Dairy Kurl has taken a real turn, for the best! Ice cream was delicious and felt like I was ordering from family... owner was making ice cream and accommodating... a lot cleaner than before as well. Over all excellent experience! read more

Paid for several toppings that were left off our sundaes. Had gotten items to go so we didn't know until it was too late.

Danielle is the sweetest most awesome employee ever! And I love everyone that works here! This is the best icecream pace in florida! Keep calm buy icecream. read more

Was looking to have a hot fudge sundae but was very disappointed. Thought I was getting hot fudge but what I got was chocolate sauce. There is a big difference between hot fudge and chocolate sauce read more

This place has been around forever. I always felt this was where you had to go after the beach but the ice cream is always too icy lately.

Okay this one was a surprise when I first visited. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but boy is the soft serve ice cream good. Plus it is fun to watch them dip the huge cone in the vat of chocolate!! read more

This is the most amazing ice cream you will ever eat in your life!!!!! Just by tasting it you will wish you lived here!!!!

I have lived hear for 50 years and went to Clearwater high with one of the owners sons. Ordered 3 hot fudge sundaes all the way with extra nuts and got a "are you kidding me" sundae with barely any ice-cream and no whip cream. I asked both employees if that was correct and was not only told it was correct but was asked...what's the problem??? Last time customer sorry to say. Hate to see a landmark go but every dog has its day. I have endured price increases for less products in the past but this is unacceptable.. If you choose to go here, good luck. Its hit or miss. read more

If you don't give this place 5 stars, it can't be because of the ice cream. The only thing they could improve is the hours. They need to stay open 24 hours a day. I would live there. :-) read more

I felt as if they were racist. She served three people before me when I got to the window she told me she doesn't have enough ice cream left and she needs to go home. Came all the way from Atlanta . Very disappointed !! read more

I've been coming here since I was a child. Absolute best soft serve ice cream around. Maybe anywhere. I love dairy kurl and will always stop by when I'm in town! read more

We have been going to 'the kurl' as we called it since we moved here in 1977! It is the most reasonable priced best tasing soft serve ice cream anywhere in town! Some nights the line is so long but everyone waits so very patiently because they know it is worth the wait! I used to get the swirl dipped in peanutbutter and rolled in nuts, but with this Florida heat and humidity I couldn't eat it fast enough before it was melting and making a mess! Now I get it in a cup and once in a while I get a peanut butter sundae. You have to try it! read more