I recently was visiting from Florida to the Okabogi area of Iowa and stopped at a Kwik Star…read morelocation (Store #1259). I had never had such great service provided at this type of store. Phancie, Mariana and Amanda went out of their way to provide memorable and great customer service and assistance. Kudos to Kwik Star!

I can't thank kwik star enough for having the best staff of any convienent store! The place always…read moresmells like fresh made food. The soup is beyond amazing and the place is always so clean. By far the best place there is

Bruh! Ate!! Rizz!!! Way to keep it fun, Kwik Star! You…read morealways have just what we need and customer service is always on point.

Kwik Star is the best here in Grimes. Great service and…read moreamazing convenience store. It's just like a grocery store. Gas is rated top tier so we try to fuel up when in the area. The gas is our top pick. Convenient store is the cleanest store in all of Des Moines. It's too bad we don't have more Kwik Stars in the city. My family enjoys the large variety of drinks. We will definitely be back!

Junior Johnson the owner sells the best gas in Des Moines area. If you want better gas mileage…read morefill your car up here.

Best local shop - sells gas but does auto servicing still as well! Small town feel and they are…read morehonest and don't rip you off! You likely won't find a more inexpensive option if you need work done on your car. You must try them!

Love Quick Star! I stopped for chicken, which I heard that the chicken was wonderful!…read moreI bought an 8 piece chicken. Dry. Dry, Dry!!! One thigh, 1 wing & 1leg we ended throwing it away. Could not eat it! I should have taken a picture of it, which I need to start doing!

My 2nd favorite QT location! Right behind the one on 22nd St in West Des Moines…read more A great selection of frozen drinks and you can't skip out on their fabulous roller grill. I'm not much on their make to order kitchen... But to each their own.

Got to love Kwik Star! The best gas station chicken and sandwiches in the convenience store…read moremarket! One of my favorite thing about Kwik Star is the no fee ATM machines. Where a $2.50 service fee has become common place it's nice that they offer this. $200 max withdrawal per transaction, but there's usually two machines and you can make multiple transactions if needed. Grab a Faygo soda from their selection and some chicken tenders on your way out!

Great gas station and convenience store. Fried chicken a lot better than KFC…read more Gas prices are lower than Caseys

For a convenience store that place hits all the high notes! It has great gas, car wash and…read moreprepared food and made in house food! They really have some of the best banana, pumpkin and carrot breads with cream cheese frosting... the staff are helpful and friendly. The bathrooms are super clean which is a great thing. I always have to stop to go to the bathroom as Kwik stars are some of my favorites. If you need to take a break this is your go to place I promise!

I went in to get a glass of ice water because the temperature outside was close to 100 degrees. The…read moregirl working tried charging me for a pop and I said it is only water, why aren't you just charging me for the ice? She said they have to charge for water, too! They just lost this customer that had been loyal to that company for 15 years.

Posting this here, because instead of addressing it, Kwik Star choose to HIDE this Google review…read morefrom the public! "My husband and I were severely mistreated and disrespected by a racist employee working the night shift April 6th 2026 at 12:20 a.m. We came in to get gas & water. The two of us walked back to the soda fountain filled up a glass of water, & walked to the front of the store, and the cashier ran to the back as we came to the register. She then came back up and told us we needed to leave the store before we had the chance to even pay for our gas or get anything that we needed. We asked her why? She said, did you guys use that machine back there? Both of us asked her, what machine cause we had no idea what she was talking about. We told her we just got some water at the fountain and continued to question her, since she continued say "you're done" & "get out" saying it had to have been us, when we didn't even know what "it" was. She was extremely rude & disrespectful to us, treating us like scum. She eventually told us the floor was flooded with coffee & I said, "and why would you think we did that?!" I can't imagine this is how customers are ever to be treated even ones who do make a mess but we literally had nothing to do with it! She started ringing up our requests, however, then she made the comment that, it wasn't even me, it was "how my husband looked." Then we got angry because I will not tolerate her treating us like shit because he is Mexican American. She tried to backtrack and say it was because he looked dumbfounded and asked her, "What machine", however, we both reacted that way, of course we were confused!! We had been back there for all of 30 seconds & not even in that part of the store since obviously we hadn't even seen what she was talking about. She acted like we were lying!! I told her to go check her cameras and she would see how wrong she was for treating us that way!! She continued to say "it was how he looked." HOW DARE SHE TREAT ANY CUSTOMER THAT WAY?! After I called her out for being racist she started to back peddle & said sorry, but at that point we were just livid from the level of disrespect we received. We began to leave and then I came back in because I realized in all of our distress, I took the water cup with me without paying. So I brought it back in so we wouldn't also be accused of stealing since she clearly was prejudice & had it out for us. I demanded to know her managers name several times which she REFUSED to give me, she wouldn't give me her name either, but she was the middle-aged redhead woman working the registers at the date & time mentioned. We have never been treated with such disgusting, foul, disrespect & unprofessional behavior at any of your other locations. We were, quite frankly, in shock, at the way we were being treated. Towards the end, I was so livid that we were yelling & I called her a racist b**** several times. With the way Hispanics being targeted in this country, I'm furious that he had to endure this treatment because of his ethnicity, by one of your employees in this store. The owner/manager of this store needs to go & review the cameras during this incident & thoroughly evaluate how this employee acted so severely inappropriately. I admit that we became verbally hostile, after she made it about "how he looked" & when she also continued to refuse to give me the managers name, to which she threatened to call the cops. Who wouldn't be hurt & angry at being so severely disrespected like that for no reason at all? We could have handled the situation better, but this whole situation should have never started to begin with. We were nice to her before she acted the way she did towards us. Should your management and corporate team choose to want to remedy this situation, we would like her fired immediately!!! We are contemplating contacting a lawyer & the news media, because this whole encounter was so outrageous & unacceptable & none of your other patrons should have to encounter that employee ever. I hope to be contacted by your menagement and corporate team as well. I have sent a message about this incident through the app with my contact information also."

The employees are always genuine and nice. I he store is clean and the produce is fresh.read more

I am in Iowa, visiting family. If I lived here, this is where I would get gas. Hy-Vee Gas has a…read moregreat loyalty program! Pay cash, get 5 cents off and 3 cents off, with a Hy-Vee receipt! If you go on Weds or Sun, you get 10 cents off with a Hy-Vee receipt and the 5 cents off, if you pay cash!

It's below 0 this morning and I needed to wash my car windows and grab a coffee. I stopped at the…read moreWaukee HyVee gas station and an employee approached my car to assist me in getting gas. I advised I only needed to wash my windows and get coffee. He took over for me and washed my windows while I went inside. It's hard to find this type of service anymore. HyVee, you are awesome!

Why? Because they interacted with me three times to make sure I was not a human trafficking victim…read more 10/10

I was impressed that they store is practicing covid 19 safety . The store was clear and orderly and…read morethe food was displayed safely for consumers to make a selection without exposure to the food. The grounds was clean as well and staff was cleaning / sanitizing areas of the store

This place is GREAT!Not only because they are the only people to open a much needed store…read moredowntown...the people are great to!Friendly and helpful. You would be surprised at their selection in this small store....you could eat out of it only for weeks.And the hours late at night are helpful. Only drawback is the homeless that hang around and bother you sometimes.This place is right next to Des Moines Justice center...but you can't get a cop to walk across the street to run them off.

I shop here all the time and Shaw and his family are always so friendly and greet everyone as they…read morecome through the door.