The Paintsville Dairy Queen is legendary and for very good reason. Unless you've spent significant time in Paintsville, this Dairy Queen is unlikely any DQ that you have ever experienced. Folks still take your order manually, jotting down on paper and doing the math to total it up (no calculators), then you're handed a paper slip with a three-digit code that will be announced over the loudspeaker. If the vintage ambiance and "Outlaw DQ" vibe isn't enough to win you over, the food will. From a genuine Paintsville native, here's the quintessential Paintsville DQ order: - Foot-long hotdog with sauce and slaw - Onion rings - Butterscotch or peanut butter milkshake Some fellow natives claim that the meat sauce recipe has changed significantly from the 90s. Rumor has it, the lady responsible for the recipe -- a Slone, I believe -- took her patented meat sauce formula to the grave with her. Be that as it may, whatever recipe is in effect now works also satisfies, at least in my book. However, I've only been able to visit Paintsville once or twice annually since moving away in 2003, so nostalgia admittedly makes me an easy grader. read more

Dairy Queen - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

I love DQ!! There is tons of options to choose from especially when it comes to ice cream and milk shakes,one of my personal favorites is mint stuff so usually I get mint with chocolate chunks in it!! I don't go often sadly since I am quite the busy chap but I adore DQ and have since I was just a little lad!! The service has always been nice from what I've seen,the vibes are very very vintage and that's something I love about it,there's no "come in for food" you can go ahead get your ticket for your food then wait in the beauty of your car on a hot summer day! 100% recommend!! read more

Place has gone way downhill. Some of the staff has been rude, it's painfully slow, they bicker, the ice cream machine makes runny ice cream, and the quality of the food has declined steadily since 2022. My family decided to stop giving it more chances about a month ago. Sorry, we're done. read more

My wife, two daughters, oldest son, and I visited the Paintsville KY., Dairy Queen, (606) 789-5400, 906 Broadway St., Paintsville, KY 41240 on 2024-10-23. My two brothers with their two families also went to Paintsville but did not visit the Dairy Queen. I usually order footlong coneys when we go down because they are the best ones in both Ohio, Kentucky, and elsewhere. I only ordered one small coney because my youngest brother said he had been there a few weeks earlier and they had changed the recipe for the coney sauce. After patronizing this particular Dairy Queen for most of our lives, we now find that they have went the way of other establishments by ruining a good thing. What a disappointment; not only was the small coney awful but it cost $4.30. I am glad I didn't order 5 complete footlong meals with fries and drink. We then went to Arby's but it wasn't our first choice. If you have heard me brag up the Dairy Queen's food, I am now rescinding that suggestion. The coney sauce had a barbeque flavor and was redder than normal. Who puts barbeque sauce in coney sauce? We lived in Paintsville from 1952 -1967 and then moved to Ohio. Many of my friends and family now live in Ohio and elsewhere but still visit our childhood homes frequently. I still have a lot of family and friends who still live in Kentucky in both Salyersville and Paintsville. Spread the word and just maybe these hotdog destroyers will reverse this bad decision. I am going to post this on the review sites just for good measure. Another ICON bites the dust. Sorry everyone. read more

Dairy Queen - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

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This place for many years was a staple for the locals. Growing up here I remember when the foods were awesome and the service flawless. Sadly this is not the case anymore, the quality of both have drastically went downhill. It's still nice to visit this establishment from time to time for memory's sake but don't expect much. read more

This place was what me and my wife wanted when we woke up this morning and let me tell you it was all fresh and very very very good. They got our food right and the pop i was drinking was flat so i pulled around and they upgraded it to a Large for me wow! Best customer service ever fr i said thanks and they were so nice i 110% recommend dq in presburg ky read more

Very over-rated establishment with oftentimes rude employees. This is a standard walk-up dairy bar type establishment that has "some" of the Dairy Queen products. They have blizzards and other ice-cream treats, but the warm food items are their own. I have had decent meals there in the past, but their quality has severely diminished over the years. I would also say about 90 percent of the time, the workers are extremely rude. There are a row of windows and just people swarming around and no order to anything. You can be standing at a window and you will have several employees walk by and ignore you. It is nothing to wait 20 minutes to even get someone to take an order from you. It is a place that makes me realize why I do not want to eat there nearly every time I am talked into eating there. read more

Do not waste your time coming here. Used to be a good place to get food. Order quick sometimes and people are standing in the kitchen not making food. Needs new management or shut the doors. Will not waste my time here ever again. Waited 30+ minutes to be told that we were third in line to have our order made. People who had ordered after we did got there food before us and we only ordered hot dogs. read more

I'm not from Paintsville so I don't get it. Foods not great and I always feel like I'm in the way when I'm trying to order food from there.

All Paintsville locals are familiar with the infamous Dairy Queen. This isn't your typical Dairy Queen restaurant, it is like a traditional dairy bar. You walk up and order at a window, and all of the seating is outdoors in the form of picnic tables. I recommend ordering a foot long hotdog topped with sauce and coleslaw. This is a must-visit if you're in the Paintsville area. read more

Dairy Queen - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

They should be required to turn over each and every blizzard over their head before serving. Maybe then this establishment will be like every other DQ in quality of blizzard. These are watery milkshakes. read more

Food so disgusting and ill prepared that I was afraid to feed it to my family. Food items were not made according to the specifications of our order. Upcharged modifications that we paid for were not applied in food prep. Food was inexplicably cold even though I had to wait at the window for the two goof offs in the grill area to complete our order. The only things that were ingestible were the two cherry soda soft drinks. My family has been regular patrons of this local business for decades, and there have been other times when the food was subpar. However, this experience today was well beyond subpar. It was literally so disgusting that we feared sickness. I'm in disbelief that any paid foodservice worker could, in good conscience, allow such an atrocity to leave their window under their brand. Don't believe the hype about the "legend" of this establishment's food. It has dropped off steadily and deeply, and today has reached a low that may never again garner another visit from our family. In need of a comprehensive overhaul. read more

This particular Dairy Queen is privately owned. They make their own homemade chili for the hotdogs, which makes them deeelicious! I love mine with "everything" which means wiener, yellow mustard, homemade chili, onions, and cole slaw...yum, yum! Their soft serve tastes better also, at least to my taste buds, which means better shakes, Blizzards, and all other things made with soft serve ice cream. So stop by if you're in the area, and ENJOY! NOTE: IF YOU'RE BRINGING A GROUP, SUCH AS A BALL TEAM, IT'S BEST TO CALL AHEAD WITH YOUR ORDER. THEN THEY WILL HAVE IT READY FOR THE GROUP WHEN YOU GET THERE! read more

Yes, it's a DQ, but it's not your typical chain restaurant. This is a local institution. It's been there for ages, and it's thrived even as other chains have come and gone because of the hot dog sauce. It isn't chili. It's something else entirely, and it's unique to the Paintsville DQ. read more

This is the worst dairy queen I have ever been to. First off, you can't eat inside, you have to order and eat outside. Second, when I went there, I ordered the Jurassic Smash blizzard. The blizzard was made with buttermilk! It tasted so awful! Find another Dairy Queen. read more