01/12/26 - Great store for inexpensive party thangs, greeting cards snacks & cheap items to be used & tossed afterwards I don't wanna seem cheap but why pay $5 or $6 dollar for a greeting card. The person looks at may not even read it & tosses it in the garbage. $1.25 for the same card here.@ dollar tree or sometimes 2-$1. Use yo brain & save some Mila for the important thangs like eating read more

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I felt that I was bound to visit this Dollar Tree location in Melrose Park at some point being that I frequently visit the area. After being in the area post picking up food and filling up my vehicle with gas, the visit finally happened since I was also in need of essentials like dish detergent, toilet paper, and breakfast food items which I have purchased at locations. The atmosphere felt calm in comparison to other locations I have visited throughout Chicago and Chicagoland. The goal was to purchase those needed essentials, but of course as always, I ended up purchasing other items in the process because all Dollar Tree locations vary with certain items. While walking the aisles where the breakfast foods are located, I was astonished to find both boost, and carnation breakfast essentials nutrition drink shelved. Finding them both saved me the headache of going elsewhere to get a pack of nutrition drinks which I usually drink for breakfast. I really love the assorted colors note pads that are sold at locations which comes with 75 sheets. The note pads have become my preferred choice with taking notes on at my job and keeping track of my finances throughout the year. One of my main priorities during this visit was purchasing dish soap. I was more than pleased with the bottle of homebright ultra liquid dish soap - ocean fresh scent that I found shelved. I was instantly sold on it once I noted that it cuts tough grease! I must say that I have found some nice-looking sunglasses at Dollar Tree locations around. So cool that looking at the sunglasses becomes a must during any visit to any Dollar Tree and they are usually posted up near the register. I could not resist purchasing a silver shaded pair that will not go unused being that I am an outdoor enthusiast with a love for fashion. Another item I encountered while walking the aisles was a container of fixie energy 50 mg caffeine soft chews. I just had to purchase it once I noted that the chews consisted of caffeine derived from green tea extract, and reishi mushroom which is an adaptogen with antioxidant properties. I am sold on any product that would get me going so that I can have a productive day. The last item on my priority list was toilet paper! I make it a priority to purchase toilet paper every time I visit Dollar Tree, since it is one of my most used essentials next to body soap! I found and purchased my preferred tissue brand by Scott Comfort Plus. The wait in line to be rang up at the register felt painful I must say which led to me switching lanes and going to a quicker clerk at the register. The slogan states "Hungry? Why wait?". Well, I just could not resist the urge of purchasing a snickers chocolate bar while at the register being that I was hungry at the time; its 250 calories, plus chocolatey taste helped calm my nerves on the drive back to Chicago after that painful wait in line at the register. Whether it be for the purchase of breakfast foods, dish soap, sunglasses, toilet paper, or even a snickers chocolate bar, Dollar Tree continues to be my go-to for shopping for essentials. Happy shopping, and blessings to all that have stumbled upon and read this review. ~ You Are Your Choices. ~ Thomas G read more

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You know how you find THAT dollar tree that just makes you smile when you walk inside, and you want to brag to others that you found it???? Well -- This one IS IT! They have the latest trendy/cute items, it's neatly stocked, super clean and bright. But the most most important thing...the STAFF is amazing --super friendly and helpful. I've been to many of these stores, but what got me was the great kindness that was displayed by the workers. Walked in greeted, asked if need help and when I forgot my wallet the cashier was going to pay out of pocket to help me WOW. I saw another worker give a life lesson to a young man and steer him on the right path(stop from stealing). These are the type of people that deserve and should be recognized especially with what's going on. Definitely a Gold Star for this Dollar Tree read more

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Whoever said a dollar doesn't buy much these days, hasn't visited Dollar Tree. This place is amazing. Everything in the store costs a dollar.   Yes, you won't find high priced brand items here, and most brand names come in small packages, but many items in the store can't be found for a dollar anywhere else.  Not even on a clearance sale. For budget minded families, this is an oasis in the inflation desert of today's economy. For today's throw away society, the prices are right. You can find many households items here, basic school supplies, cleaning supplies, plastic ware, kitchen & dining, party supplies, home decor and more. ...and if you happen to have a large party in the making, they take on line orders for pick up. Whether it's a picnic and you need paper plates and plastic cups, or a patio gathering with friends and you need glassware because you don't trust your crystal to a wild party, you will find it here. All for a dollar. On the down side: - They don't take returns, only exchanges. - Many of the items such as toys are of poor quality and can't be expected to be long lasting or be the pass along type. - workers are not always available, or very helpful if they are. This store is not for everyone, and I'm sure someone will criticize my 4 star rating; but in its class, and price range, this store is as good as they get. read more

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100 CENTS & SENSIBILITIES Everything in the store might be a buck or less, but you have to put up with a lot before you even get to the checkout. If you've ever been to this particular Dollar Tree then you've likely noticed the horrendous mess in the aisles. There's sh*t EVERYWHERE, on the shelves, on the ground, in places it doesn't belong.......just a disaster, really. Unlike the Five Below next door where kids are kept on a short leash (thanks to their in-house security guard), the children here are free to roam as they please, causing chaos & disorder at their every turn. There's no effort made to police the rambunctious kiddos, so you'll find yourself tenderly stepping over toy trucks and free floating 2L soda bottles. That said, you can get bags of Blow Pops and other assorted candy for 100¢. Cheap-o kitchen supplies, off-brand games and knick-knacks, stationary, you name it. I wouldn't recommend buying ANY sort of food product here. Seriously, just don't. It's probably made from 94% recycled plastic and contains mercury. They had some of those Mondo squeezer juice bottles, that was a fun nostalgia trip back to the late 1990's. Nichole C found almost all of the accoutrement she sought for her teaching needs, and I was well-behaved the whole time so I got a treat! Hooray!! There's probably better (and worse) dollar stores out there. It's whatever I guess. read more

09/07/19 12:00pm They get 1 star because my 92 year old Mom had to wait in line over 20 minutes today. She became faint from standing in line and too hot due to no air conditioning. My mom actually sat down in the line at the register. This has never happened to her before at any store in all the years we have shopped together every week. Unfortunately just 3 regusters were open. Two of tgem had 8 to 10 people in line. My mom picked a register with just 1 woman in line. However, she was apparently doing her annual or semi-annual shopping trip because her cart was packed to the top and she had a second cart on top of that. 200 items is not an exageration. I will never risk my mom's health and wellbeing to come to this store again, unless we get here at 9am as soon as they open. I know she really likes this store due to her great depression mentality and can definitely afford to pay an extra $1.00 for something. The $5 she saved also cost me a lot of time out of my busy day and I'd rather pay triple cause my times not worth waiting behind some lard-butt who shops once a year. read more

This is my closest Dollar Tree so I shop here at least once a week. I work in the education field so I'm always looking for cute pencils and stickers for my kiddos as well as cleaning supplies or stuff for my apartment. This isn't one of the most organized dollar stores I've ever visited but I can always manage to find what I'm looking for. The employees aren't the nicest either but that's ok. If you get excited when you find pretty decent stuff for a DOLLAR, just come in, get your stuff, and leave. Just don't buy anything edible. Ok.. maybe candy. read more

Items for occasions and seasons or even every day items are sold here. No complaints with dollar hollar items though I question refrigerated food items and look for expectation dates before purchase. Budget conscious shoppers will buy items for $1 and can judge for themselves whether it will fall apart. One of my good friends was a store manager for Dollar Tree (not this location) and the reason for these prices is that new items are being introduced and analyzed of it's demand, closeout items fr other stores, or outdated items that need to be cleared out fr other stores. Recognizable brand names are also sold here, so don't expect mostly general or knock off items sold here. I usually buy school supplies, plastic utensils and party decor, snacks, fruit juices, and educational sources. Anyway, long lines during the weekends and after 5pm. read more

The workers here are extremely rude and ghetto. Devon or whatever her name is, who was working the ballon station, has the WORST attitude. Sorry you hate your job, but I'm sure someone would be more than happy to take it. Fix the attitude or get lost. Did you forget you work in retail? Did you forget you have to come into contact and associate with other people on a daily basis? Not only was she super disrespectful to me personally, but I've witnessed her and other workers speak so poorly to their customers on multiple occasions. I don't know who the hell is running things at this place, but it's disgusting. The staff, including management, needs to get replaced. read more

I don't think I would ever go into Dollar Tree if it weren't for Pinterest. Pinterest gave me the idea to do this one craft. I went online and lo and behold, Dollar Tree online had the best price for the materials I needed. In fact, they gave the option of picking it up from a store and not having to pay shipping! SCORE! Working with the folks at their toll-free customer service number was a real delight. They were all friendly and extremely helpful. Even though the order was in M's name, they helped us have our package delivered to the store near me so that I could pick it up. I called the store a day or two after the anticipated arrival date to see if my order was there. They had NO CLUE what I was talking about. They didn't know folks could order stuff online. They didn't know that those orders could be delivered to the store. They wouldn't check to see if it was there. I called the toll free customer service. Once again they were super helpful and called the store and explained everything. They told me that I could go the following weekend to pick up my purchase. I called the store when my purchase was supposed to be there and they confirmed that it was there. They said that they would have the box ready for me at the front of the store. I went in and it was crowded. I didn't like it. There was no clear customer service area so I stood in line for a cashier. Right before it was my turn in line, the cashier said that she was closing her station and I would have to move to the next line. Um... I told her I was just there to pick up a package. She yelled (literally) for the manager (who was behind a wall) and the manager yelled back. I waited some minutes for the manager to come out. The manager had me sign for the package. I asked if everything in the package was okay (like, not broken) and she said yes. Not that she checked or anything, but whatever. Long story short, I would have been upset going to that store as a regular customer. I was already disappointed going as an online customer. I didn't like the cashier closing her line on me after I'd waited in line for a long time. I didn't like her yelling for a manager and the manager yelling back. I definitely didn't like how they initially treated me on the phone the first time I called. read more

One of those times when I wish I could leave 0 stars! I PRAY corporate reads this. I had purchased 12 balloons from 2 Indiana Dollar Tree locations for a baby shower in IL. My friend in IL had me purchased them since she could not find her desired colors in IL. She also informed me not to get them blown up, as I could go to an IL location the day of the shower and with original receipts, an IL Dollar Tree would blow the balloons up, as she was informed by an IL southside Chicago Dollar Tree location. At both locations in Indiana, staff members, one being a manager, in Indiana confirmed that as long as I had the original receipts and presented the balloons at a Dollar Tree, the store would honor the purchase and blow up the balloons. As you can see, this was the SAME THING my friend was told in IL at one of the southside Chicago location. Last Saturday, I was on my way to the baby shower and stopped at the Melrose Park Dollar Tree, about 12:45pm. I went to the register with my 12 deflected balloons and two receipts. I showed everything to the cashier. She first asked me to locate the balloons on both receipts, which I did. I informed her of the information above that 3 Dollar Tree stores had informed me. She replied, "We don't do that here. We do not give out free air." I again informed the cashier of the information provided by the three stores and that I had receipts to show I obtain all 12 balloons at Dollar Tree locations.Also, I have purchased the balloons from Dollar Tree stores and thus, I have already paid for the air. "I will go ask my manager, but we don't give free air." I told her to go talk to her manager and I would wait. Upon her return, the cashier said that her manager was going to honor my purchases but " In the future, know that we don't give out free air. We (our store) don't make any money off of what you paid for in Indiana." I informed her that Dollar Tree DID get their money, so I am not sure who is NOT getting their money. 2nd, please fill the balloons as your manger agreed. She took the balloons and started to fill them. As she was filling the balloons, the cashier stated she wanted to ask me a question. "So if I didn't fill the balloons for you today, what would you have done? What if we didn't have air at this location? That would have been an inconvenience to you. THAT is why we don't allow people to fill balloons at different stores." It took EVERYTHING in me not to get loud and rude in the crowded store. " I would have driven to ANOTHER Dollar Tree until the receipts were honored. Now that would have been an inconvenience on my part. But since I'm buying these balloons for a celebrate, this was not an inconvenience to me." The cashier had nothing to say after that. Then she followed me out the store to see if I was going to talk bad about her to my friend. No, I'm too classy for that, boo. Never had I been so taken aback by the rude treatment of honoring a simple request. They had 3-4 O2 tanks. She saw my receipts. I understand her needing to get approval if the store didn't usually honor this, but she went too far. Also, if this policy is something that the STORE makes, this should be listed in the balloon section, which was not the case at this location. Same applies if this is a policy that corporate has establish (if any at all); none of the stores had any information other than their word to confirm or deny this. read more

I used to love dollar stores and this one in particular because I thought it had a lot less junky crap than other dollar stores. But now that I am much more mindful of the quality of my purchases, excess packaging, how far the item travelled to reach me and all the other stuff that goes into a green mindset I am not so jazzed about this store. It still is a good place to go to for decent greeting cards, gift wrap, holiday decorations and Mylar balloons but most of the other stuff is low quality and the staff is not so great. I was handed my receipt with a "thank youuuuuuuuuuu...." as the cashier had her back to me and he hand outstretched behind her. Her conversation with her co worker was more important than the customer in front of her. read more

I am a Dollar Tree queen! I love everything about the Dollar Tree. Almost all my holiday decorations come from Dollar Tree. Wrapping paper, ribbon and bags - check! Stocking stuffers - check! I've bought a little bit of everything from Dollar Tree stores. I've been to many DTs around town and this is my second favorite one next to the awesome, huge one in Des Plaines (Elmhurst and Golf), but that one is way, way to far to go to on any sort of regular basis, so I was delighted when I found this one near to my house! I have bought frozen entrees here, pizza crust, mops, decorations, socks, shower curtains, cookie cutters, napkins, and so on. I even have a decent collection of makeup I've found here! I like this location particularly because they have a pretty decent selection of everything and the store is typically pretty clean. But like any Dollar Tree or any discount store, the quantity of the holiday decorations are limited and if you don't get there early enough, you're risking missing out on the good stuff. The service, well - I have no complaints. There's one gal who has been the one to check me out a few times now and I really like her personality. She seems like a really positive person and I like how she interacts with customers. She's a total sweetheart and takes the pain out of having to wait in long lines to check out. Quite honestly, I've continuously had my expectations exceeded with Dollar Tree "stuff". And then of course there's times where I've had things break or fall way below my expectations. But, that's what you can expect for getting something for nearly nothing. The Dollar Tree is the bee's knees. And this one in particular hits the mark in my book! read more

Pretty gross, I'm not sure why I continue to go but I do. They're good for necessities tins, decorations, cards, etc. DO NOT BUY SHREDDED CHEESE. It does not melt and like eating rubber! read more

This place and it's employees are the absolute worst! I went in the other day to purchase some balloons for an event. The two ladies working there had both brought their children to work with them. As I approached the employees to ask for help, they ignored me until their kids were done telling the story they were in the MIDDLE of. I say middle because it wasn't a matter of finishing the sentence. They literally ignored me for minutes as their children continued to take their time and wrap their story about school up. I attempted to politely interrupt asking for help, and was met with eyes rolling and not even a glance. I was truly being ignored by the on-duty staff of a store I was attempting to make a purchase at!!! Unbelievable! I eventually walk away to figure the question out myself. I find the numbers of the balloons I want to purchase and check the drawers for them to have inflated. Almost every drawer was empty. Out of stock on almost every balloon they had (or at least the ones I was interested in). By this time, the children's story was over and I asked if they had any more of the missing balloons in storage or something. Her response was "What you see is what we got." as she turned and walked away. Gotta love that customer service! At this point, I was pretty frustrated and left the store attempting to make my purchase at the Party City around the corner. Unfortunately, Party City closed about 20 minutes prior and I needed these balloons for the morning, prior to both stores opening. I had to head back to the Dollar Tree as much as I didn't want to. I picked through the scraps of the balloons they did have and after finding what worked enough, I found an employee to help inflate them. As I walked up to the lady, the kids were in the middle of asking "if they were almost done yet?", and complained about having to be there for so long. I assume that the parents brought their kids as opposed to a babysitter and more than likely because there didn't seem to be a manager in the store (unless one of those lovely ladies was a manager). I would not have been opposed to this, if they had still done their job and not ignored me to talk to their children instead of helping paying customers. After all of this, I was told by the lady that they don't have "air" at the moment. I left hating this place more than I've hated a store in my community in a while. Corporate should be thoroughly embarrassed with this crap store! read more

I can't believe it - Dollar Tree has also improved along with other stores not quite up to par. Winston Plaza is really working hard at getting the stores to work together to bring the dollars into Melrose Park. First, this is the most organized and cleanest that I have ever seen Dollar Tree. I don't go often, but every time that I have, there was "stuff" everywhere and children playing with toys and/or running around, (do you know where your child is?). No doubt, the store is taking the initiative and parenting children whose parents seem oblivious to their little darlings inappropriate behavior. The computers were all working so check-out was speedy and everyone was pleasant and even smiling. Isn't it amazing what a smile can do. I'll need to return during a holiday time to make a better assessment, but for now, two days after the Fourth of July - good job Dollar Tree. read more

Went here this morning to pick up a few last minute things for my niece's birthday. I love dollar tree for this reason as well as picking up items that aren't really worth more than a dollar. This specific location threw me off a bit. It's in a strip mall, which is nice but the store is barely stocked. Fridge section is half empty, I needed wrapping paper and a card, but they had literally 5 rolls and none were kid friendly at all. I also had about 2 cards to choose from. I get to the register and there are for cashiers up front but only two registers open. Lines were all the way back into some of the Isles and the other two wooden open but proceeded to have full-on non-work conversations with the two cashiers that wore open causing the lines to take even longer. I love Dollar Tree in general but this location I really wouldn't return to unless it was an emergency and even then they probably wouldn't have what I was looking for read more

Love Dollar tree. So many things for only a dollar. Lots of crafting supplies, cleaning supplies, stickers, books, decorations, candy. Lots of parking. read more