This is still not the best Dairy Queen ever. The location is a bit outdated, the employees (while efficient) are not usually very pleasant, the parking lot is a bit of a pain, and the interior seating is lacking. Also, for some reason, I have to sign a credit card receipt on a clipboard when paying for a $4 Blizzard with a credit card. HOWEVER, aside from that first time, my ice cream has tasted better. It tastes reliably good on the last couple times I've tried it. Unless you feel like driving over 30 minutes to get to the nearest Dairy Queen, this the best one in the Cedar Falls area. So while it's not-nearly the best Dairy Queen I've ever been to, when compared to the local options, it deserves a much higher rating than I gave it the first time. They actually have chocolate ice cream, so that already put them leagues above the other Dairy Queen in Cedar Falls. (This one is technically in Waterloo, but it's only about 2/3 blocks from the Cedar Falls border) I'd go back again, and this has become my go-to place for ice cream. read more

10-13-26 stoped in got a choc chip cookie dough with xtra cookie dough and it littlerly was made with nasty choc not fudge and there was like 5 cookie dough pieces ordered a Large hot fudge sundae, hot fudge was cold as ever and they put it on only 1 side only thing that was right was a Small bowl of 1 choc and 1 vanilla read more

Stopped in today for the 3pc chicken tender meal, it is a very good deal and very tasty. and I would say the employees at this location are top notch very helpful and polite give them thumbs up .... read more

Very friendly workers. Food is tasty and delicious. My favorite place to go when hungry.

please never ever go to this place. first of all when you go through the drive thru, you can see their employee drink counter through the window which has multiple vapes sitting on it... the interior is disgusting and smells musty, the employees are high as fuck on drugs you can literaly tell. and not just weed like LITERAL DRUGS. anyways. today i went there and requested a small blizard with extra oreo, when i tell you they stacked so much ice cream on it that it was pretty much a medium/large blizard even. so there was so much ice cream IMMEDIATELY dripping down my hands, on my clothes, on my car, and on the door of my car... when i requested a large cup to dump it into they tried to combat me by saying "well it is 100° outside so expect it to melt"...... so after arguing and arguing they gave us ONE large cup for 3 BLIZARDS that were all the same condition as mine... so when we went in to get a refund the lady at the counter gave us extreme attitude about it before telling me "maybe you shouldnt order ice cream in '115°' weather" like isnt the whole point of ice cream to cool you down??? anyways... to conclude my essay i would like to say that this place is grimy, they have ROACHES RATS PARASITES TERMITES AND GREASE EVERYWHERE, and half of their employees are DRUGGED OUT and RUDE ASF!!!! ty very muxh read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - this is the ice cream that dripped on my car when the employee handed it to me.. not even when it was in MY hands - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Waterloo, Iowa

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Last three visits have been horrible. This last visit I ordered waited in my car for over 5 min when they informed me chili was frozen. Frozen during lunch hour? I have been a regular at this location but you lost a loyal customer today read more

It seems that they are still training their help and the current kids there need much more hands-on training. We were not given our drinks with our combos and our order was incorrect. The desert was given to us before the meal and had to be eaten or it would have completely melted while waiting the food. The food also took longer than it should have and it seemed the employees didn't want to make our food. Not what I expected from this location, makes me miss the former owner and staff. read more

The manager/owner was in the store. Amazing service, he was kind and the staff was as well. When handing me my order he repeated the order. Everything was correct and food was amazing! read more

The service at this Dairy Queen is pretty bipolar. The ice cream is always quality but the three stars is for the customer service. This location now serves the food such as fries and burgers but I've never gotten anything but ice cream. There is no place to sit down and the inside is so tiny I can't imagine how they can adequately make food. On nice days the drive thru is really busy and can extend out onto the frontage road. The service thru the drive thru is pretty slow. I've rarely received stellar customer service at the drive thru. A please, thank you and have a nice day would constitute good service. They have a freezer with ice cream cakes inside. Not too much variety but if you are looking for one they will have something. They will write messages on them with gel for no charge. One time their drive thru was really busy so it went inside. There were several customers in line and three employees working. One employee was working drive thru and the other two were cleaning up a spill in the entry where a customer dropped their drink. So there was no one helping the customers inside the store. It wouldn't have been that bad but no one was greeted when they walked in or told "we will be with you in a moment". I stood there for five minutes before I left with nothing and went to a Dairy Queen in cedar falls instead. read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - Double fudge cookie dough blizzard. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Waterloo, Iowa

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Great good and staff. The prices are very good and the food , especially the buster bar is excellent.

The product is good, of course, it's DQ ice cream! But the rest of this location sucks! The manager/owner is not very friendly, and you can tell he is not respectful or nice to his employees therefore they obviously don't enjoy their job, thus, the customer service sucks. AND they are always way under staffed because we end up having to wait a long time just for a blizzard or cone. The one time my husband and I ordered food we both got a six piece chicken basket, we ate it outside and realized we only got 4 pieces, we went in and let them know because we paid the extra money and the manager yelled at the employee for it right in front of us but HE made it and she totally rung it in right. I can only imagine if he treated his employees better and didn't create such a terrible work environment he would have employees that respected him and enjoyed their job enough to provide betted customer service. read more

Finally a Real Dairy Queen in our area with a full menu! I had a 1/2 lb. FlameThrower Combo and it was awesome! Fries were perfect & so was my burger! Hats off to the new owner for bringing this to us! read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Waterloo, Iowa

This is the cleanest Dairy Queen I have ever been in. The staff is always very professional and friendly. The owner is often in the stores and is also very friendly. The ice cream is never a disappointment. Adequate seating inside and out. read more

Super clean DQ. It's nice that it got redone, and that it is in such a convenient location. Employees were always helpful and nice to us, so not sure what's up with other reviews? We've had blizzards and hot food, and both were delicious. Standard DQ, though seating is sparse, but it was enough to accommodate everyone the times we have gone. read more

No masks. Ice cream was already half-melted when we got there. Got a cone, it was hardly dipped and already messy when we got it. Not coming here again. read more

Very rude manager Don, and rude associate at the drive thru, My friends who were in the car behind me ordered ice cream and I tried to pay for my order as well as their order and manager Don told me I was a problem for trying to do so. That team should be ashamed of themselves. He said he wouldn't do it because it's a problem. Couldn't give me a good reason other than I would be a problem if that were to happen . These weren't even strangers I was paying for, people I knew which I told him I knew them and what car they were in and then he just ignored me and walked away. This will be the last time I visit this location. read more

Love walking down to this DQ. Staff is always friendly. The owner has always been polite and very helpful. I get a DQ cake for just about every occasion - so I'm in there a lot. :) read more

Worst owner ever!! Refuse to put M&Ms on chocolate ice cream in a dish he said he does not have to. These were for two small children I end up going to McDonald's and they were happy to try to make chocolate ice cream and put M&Ms on them , with no problem read more

The ice cream was good but the older man that was helping out behind the counter was rude and had no personality for serving the public. I won't be going back to this location..... I will drive a little further to a different one. read more