I'm really surprised this place doesn't have more reviews. I live down the street and it's ALWAYS packed--even in the winter. Sometimes the line extends beyond the parking lot. The great thing is even with the long lines, the service is still pretty fast. What's pretty cool is they even serve pet treats. I had my dog in the car while I was running errands and they offered her a FREE treat! She really enjoyed her sundae. My favorite blizzard during the winter time is the pumpkin pie. The s'more (with cheesecake bites) is my favorite blizzard for the summer. Year round, my "go-to " is the vanilla cone dipped in chocolate. Love this place! read more

If you are 10 minutes in line, they will fix your dipped cone when ordered so when they hand it to you it will be melting all over the place. Very dumb read more

The location says open until 11:00pm. I showed up at 9:50 and the staff shut the drive through off, refused to serve, and cheered when we left. If you are going to close at 9:50 then advertise that. 9/14/25 read more

went in for a online order. waited behind a couple that had a problem with their blizzards. waited 10 minutes and people got helped before me. then again they have no place or signs for pick ups or DoorDash orders which is ridiculous and still had a 15 minute drive home. and now 25 minutes later foods gonna be cold. every customer in their was disrespectful. and finally I went to the counter because took so long to fix someone's order. and they knew exactly why I was there for a online order. shits ridiculous that there's only two grill ones in all of Des Moines! read more

After I got my order (which had 3 ice creams), they all came out melted, and one of them was wrong. One of the ice creams that was ordered was the Ultimate Chocco Brownie Blizzard thing, and it was replaced by some Blizzard with nuts in it. The drive through was even closed so I couldn't order from there. One last thing, and its back to ordering. I asked for it to-go, and they never gave me a to-go tray. I thought they would, but I had to put the Blizzards in the tray myself and I got my hands all messy by doing that. Thanks DQ! read more

I really love the value menu here. For $5 or $7 you can get a full meal WITH an ice cream sundae. It's not an oversized burger and large fries with crazy high calories that you may not be able to finish, but it is enough to fill you up with dessert to boot. After ordering at the counter, they'll bring the food to the table. I like sitting on the patio out front. It's about as loud as normal fast food restaurants, but it's clean, bright, and pleasant. read more

food was fine, but the service was terrible, waited for 10 minutes because nobody came to counter and I was the only one in the place. one worker in particular was very rude. read more

Look, the food was great . But i've got some words . Service was meh , my blizzard was not flipped :( & none of my sauces were included. that's super unfortunate. read more

I had a problem using their mobile app, the manager on duty was horrible. Kept telling me how it was all my fault and nothing she could do. I asked for her manager or his number ( Blake) which she gave me then smirked and said " he will get your message in about 2 weeks, he's out" so I asked for corporates number she said " look it up on your phone " so as I was leaving and asked for her name she wanted ro k oq why I wanted it . And when I said that's fine. They can figure out who was working with the time and date. All of this said VERY loudly in front of other customers! She was a manager and one of her employees yelled something at me as I left. This place treats people like garbage. read more

I would like to say the service was great, I came in yesterday, when it was busy. There was this girl at the cash register taking orders and an older lady in front of me being a little rude to her. I could see her starting to tear up but she was very patient and kind to the women. I think someone said her name was Lilly. Overall I'm impressed with how professional she was dealing with a not so nice costumer. I recommend this Dairy Queen! read more

How many places in town have a clown come and hang with the kids once a week! Yes its true Dairy Queen Grill and Chill in Waukee has a kids night on Wednesday with clown! This is a great DQ it's bigger then most I have been in, and very clean as well! Nice patio for outdoor sitting! They have a very nice staff who was super helpful! They have one of those fancy digital soda machines where you can make your Mr. Pibb have cherry in it! This location is also the first one around to offer up the DQ Bakes which includes various sandwiches, melts, and hot deserts! Everyone in the world loves 2 things! Sleep and Ice Cream! And this is the spot for at least one of those in Waukee! read more

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I like this place. But one thing I don't like is getting a Sunday without a lid. I realize it's just two cups - one on top the other. But I'm in a car and having half a Sunday exposed on my drive is disastrous. I should not have to ask every time for a kid. This should be policy. read more

Another Blizzard soup! When I pointed it out to the employees, I was informed this is the way the banana split blizzard is supposed to be. This may be the first blizzard that i could not stand to eat. read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - On left how it's supposed to look verses mine on the right. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Waukee, Iowa

Horrible service, they weren't wearing any gloves and the ranch was clumpy and tasted like blue cheese. Fries were not cooked enough or they were either cooked to much not recommended going there again. read more

Employees always work quickly. No matter how long the drive through line is the work quickly to get the cars through the line. This summer they have a cotton candy blizzard. They have a number of sizes to fit your appetite. Many times your receipt will give you the opportunity to go on line and do a quick survey. By completing the survey they will give you a code for a free treat on your next visit. read more

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

Zero stars!. (If it would let me!!!). We came into the store for ice cream. There was a lady standing behind the counter eating food and drinking. There's a health code violation there. We stood there and she looked right at us. Said nothing and went back too eating. Needless to say. We walked out since no one appeared to care about selling ice cream! Much better service at the Waukee Ice Cream Shop!!! So long to Dairy Queen!!! read more

wait times are awful in the drive thru. be prepared to wait 45 minutes to order. food was not good enough to justify the wait

This place is DA BOMB. I have got ice cream here many times along with their cake. I've tried burgers here also. This place does everything well. This location even has an outdoor sitting area. Love it! read more

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Amazing DQ location right outside of Clive in Waukee. The store is clean and owner and staff are great!!! This is a grill and chill location with wonderful food and treats!! Love the warm bakes menu with melty cheese and warm hot fudge for desert. The style is newer more modern than some of the other area locations. There is plenty of parking and the lot and store are very well maintained. This is a great welcoming location with the awesomeness of being Dairy Queen. I would highly recommend coming here to satisfy hunger or a sweet tooth. read more

These guys do it right! Clean restaurant, friendly staff and a great range of food options. The NEW chicken BBQ Sanck Melts are good with a NEW hot dessert Apple Tart...YUM read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - This new hot dessert is my new favorite! HOT APPLE TART...oh yeah! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Waukee, Iowa

They do a booming business. The drive thru is usually backed up, but it moves at a decent place. The burgers and chicken strips are good. I'm not the biggest fan of soft serve, but the Blizzards aren't too bad. I just wished there was more of the mix in at the bottom of the cup. read more

I wanted to order an ice cream cake for my son's bday which is tomorrow July 13th. I first tried to order the cake online, but that wasn't available for this DQ. So I started calling on Friday the 10th and no one answered. Tried again on Saturday still no answer, then again today the 12th still no answer. So went in today and tried to order one and was told I had to give them 3 days!!! I tried! You need an answering machine if you can't get to the phone and you need to call people back! Super frustrating and disappointing to my son who had his cake all picked out! read more

There are so many ice cream joints around that it's always so hard to decide where to go, but one thing sells me on DQ all the time: The fact they flip their blizzards. So when the server told me he refused to flip mine "for obvious reasons", I was understandably upset. I asked him to clarify, but he just laughed and walked away. I love DQ and everything they do, but I have never experienced this kind of customer service. Blizzard wasn't that great anyway. Goin to Culver's next time. read more

The other night we waited over 30 minutes in the drive through, which wasn't unexpected given its summer. It's always busy this time of year. What was unexpected was after they took our money and had us sit there for almost another 10 minutes, they told us it was "going to be awhile" because they had to freeze their ice cream. Seriously? Dairy Queen had no ice cream! This is what happens when you let high school kids run your business. They forget to freeze the ice cream! We asked for our money back and will not be returning. read more

I had to have a Blizzard, because I'm a Blizzard addict. Is there a support group for that? Anyway, I went on a weekday afternoon and got a small Extreme Reese's Blizzard at the drive thru. The employees are friendly, and you can't go wrong with a Blizzard, although this one turned out to be not one of my favorite flavors - not enough peanut butter cups compared to the Reese's pieces. It needed more chocolate flavor. Blizzards are much better than Sonic Blasts, because DQ adds plenty of candy or whatever to their Blizzards. Blasts end up being 3/4 plain ice cream. If you love chocolate and caramel (and if you don't the terrorists have won), you can't go wrong with the salted caramel truffle Blizzard. I always pause for a moment of silence when it comes to mind. read more

I went to Dairy Queen today and had the most awful experience of my life. When I pulled up in the drive-through the lady was very rude and there were about 5 people outside who were staring at us while smoking. Some of the smoke was even getting in our car. Then when we got up to the window it took about three people to work the cash register to get my change. To top is all off I didn't get everything I paid for. Not going back for awhile. read more

I ordered four blizzards tonight from the Dairy Queen in Waukee IA. I did not receive the right order, the blizzards were NEVER flipped upside down and when I called to tell them my blizzard order was incorrect the manager refused to refund me. It took 15 minutes to get our order and we were the only vehicle in line at the time. The service was terrible. Very disappointed. read more

This place is awesome the service is fast and very friendly. We take the grandkids here every two weeks and they love it. Food is great and the blizzards are out of this world. Just wish the parking lot was bigger. Maybe they should purchase the eye sore closed up car wash next door and extend the parking lot read more

Good food. However, don't order a cake from here. We ordered an ice cream cake for our daughter's birthday party. When we went a few days later to pick it up at the time specified, they didn't have it. No explanation. Just "It's not here. Sorry!" Our 6 year old was crushed. Order ice cream cakes from other establishments. read more

Customer service is terrible. They routinely close early even with cars in the drive-thru. Tonight I waited 10 minutes were getting up to order just to have it turned off right in front of me. Worst part is I was then held hostage for the next 8 minutes while everyone else gets their order because there is no other way out of the drive thru line. read more