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    TurtleTown

    3.5 (33 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Lynndel F.

    Coffee stop while walking the town and visiting shops. Very nice folks. Plenty of parking along the street. Weird sidewalk railing but just duck under it find the opening. Friendly town. They love dogs.

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    Danielle B.

    Best chai tea I've ever had, a cute little spot to get some treats and just walk the town. They had a few vegan milk alternatives however I'm unsure about the candies. There's also ice cream towards the back of the store, if you're looking for something to cool you down. It's a great place to take someone on a date or to just take the kids and cool down after a long day of hiking/biking. 10/10 I highly recommend this place, check it out then check out the towns cute stores!! I just wish there were more vegan options and a larger variety of vegan products

    Angmar W.

    1.5 stars. **** update! Go to Cream.. across the street from Alpine Inn -- home made EVERYTHING and better prices**** Standard generic candy/ice cream shop found in every tourist town. They make fudge but the rest of the candy and ice cream is purchased and resold. Tried some fudge, available in a variety of flavors, but they pretty much all taste the same. Also tried two malts which lost several points when the staffer pulled out a can of reddi-whip. Interesting and annoying point: the straws are very slim and weak. Like the super cheap straw made for drinking soda and other free flowing and thin liquids--not for milk shakes. Pretty difficult to drink when your straw keeps collapsing and forget trying to suck up any chunks that are mixed in. Most the employees appear to be kids hired for the summer who want to try hard but seem overwhelmed with the tasks and the customers. We had to wait quite some time to pay as we were apparently forgotten by our person. I wouldn't go back, there's a Dairy Queen a couple stores down and the result is the same but slightly cheaper. By the way, I don't even like DQ but I'd prefer that to this place.

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    Chey T.

    really friendly staff! they are actually open 9-8pm (not 6pm as listed by yelp) large variety of chocolates and candies. good selection of ice creams- esp sundaes, malts, shakes etc. the hard ice cream itself was a bit of a let down to me- looked amazing but kind of weak flavor, kind of tasted like sweet milk. beware of getting two scoops!!! cause I did and they handed me straight up a half gallon worth of ice cream. I think maybe soft serve sundae would the way to go in the future

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    John C.

    How could anyone give this terrific dessert shop anything less than 5-stars I don't know. They have fudge and other treats on display in the large glass-covered case outside the store, which essentially was the draw that drew us in. I purchased a Dark Chocolate Coconut "Haystack" while my friend ordered a Large Peanut Butter Filled treat. I took mine home with the express purpose of making it last at least a couple of days, while my friend tried (and failed) to devour his the first night. Our third friend isn't much on chocolates or sweets, so he had a Latte, which he said was delicious and was a perfect way to cap off dinner at a nearby restaurant in downtown Hill City, SD.

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    Loved the variety of sugar free sweets. Very busy but got taken care of quickly. Very nice staff.

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    Wish I read the reviews before wasting 6 dollars on a watered down coffee. Worst coffee ever! I ended up throwing half of it away.

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    This ice cream was the best and the service was Really great I would honestly come back for more.

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    Picked up coffee for my wife and I here. Unfortunately I SUFFER from diabetes or I would have indulged on chocolate. Coffee was great.

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    Tons of stuff to choose from: fudge, chocolates, caramels, taffy, ice cream, espresso, and a collection of local jams and wines.

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    Hill City Cafe

    Hill City Cafe

    3.0
    (206 reviews)
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    The experience from beginning to finish was as follows…read more.. We enter, unsure whether to seat ourselves, and are asked, albeit almost silently, to pick a table of our liking. And upon choosing a table, we were given menus by our server, who didn't have a name tag, so I couldn't reference her specifically, and asked to select a drink. After getting water, we eagerly wait for 15-ish minutes for our waitress to take our order. After placing our order of two burgers, nothing special, we waited patiently for our food. Keep in mind, we arrived at 8:10, 50 minutes before closing. We then waited 30 minutes for our burgers, only getting a light apology after 25. Upon receiving our food, we were FAMISHED, and it tasted good! But I think practically everything tastes good when you're hungry, am I right?!? After GOBBLING our burgers down, we received the check at approximately 9:05, and the waitress was eagerly looking at the screen when we politely left a tip justifiable for the service. I'm one always to tip a server, even if the service isn't the best. At the end, we were sent off with an "okay" and nothing more. I'm not one to complain, but a thank-you would've been nice since we weren't rude to her about the insane wait time. Ultimately, be warned: when you come here, it's a cute place to take family when passing through, but not when you're on a time crunch. In short, the food is pretty good, somewhere between 6/7 out of 10, but the service was very subpar, leaving us with a sour taste in our mouths.

    Came on a weekday for lunch. Service is average to slow and there were only a few people inside…read more Prices range from $12 lunch weekday specials to $15-25 for full entree items. I ordered the bison burger and an extra sweet potatoes fries. The food took a very long time for our group of 12. Probably about 20 minutes. We chose our own table and basically had to put our own chairs together as they did not offer any help in moving them besides acknowledging our party size. The bison burger was dry with a bit of crispy exterior texture on the patty that made it taste somewhat better. The bun was not special and although we asked for medium rare, it was more like medium to medium well done. The potato fries tasted good and were soft inside with a nice firm and slightly crunch outer casing. The sweet potato fries were limp and not very good unless you like them greasy, soft, and starchy. In hindsight, I would have just eaten the lunch special hamburger and fries. They also had a $5 upgrade to salad bar option.

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    Fish Sandwich was excellent. Flaky piece of cod
    Fish Sandwich was excellent. Flaky piece of cod
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    The Peak Grill and Taproom

    The Peak Grill and Taproom

    3.5
    (2 reviews)
    2.9 mi

    Great little place at the KOA Resort. Outside seating, small downstairs bar, and inside seating…read morewith high window views. See our YouTube channel Coolest Life.

    We were camping at the KOA here so decided to try the Peak Grill and Taproom on our last evening…read more We were still on Eastern Time Zone, so came in around 4 for dinner. We were greeted with: "Where would you like to sit?" I replied that we hadn't been there before.. would have liked to know our options (more on that later) but the disinterested hostess grabbed a couple menus and took off. We didn't get far - there was a small table for two overlooking the deck (I might have liked to sit there had I known...), right next to a short ramp down about 12" from the hostess area. I believe this area was originally a porch, so the floor wasn't very heavily reinforced. To the point that every time a staff person came through, it was as though Hermann Munster was trudging through - our entire table shook, my iced tea actually spilled over the top. This went on through our entire meal. I would have said something, but there was no obvious manager in sight, and what could they have done? Perhaps moved us, but I grit my teeth and went on with Life. On a better note, the food was very good: I had the Buffalo Meatloaf with mashed potato. The gravy was a bit overpowering - it's a shame that this is the first time I'd had buffalo and have no idea what it tastes like. I should have ordered gravy on the side. My wife had macaroni & cheese with a piece of grilled chicken. We both had small salads to start. We're not heavy eaters, and usually only get through about 1/2 of our meals, so we were done rather quickly. Unfortunately, there was no sign of our server for ~10 minutes while we waited patiently. There was only one other party in the room, so it's not like she was occupied with other customers. I finally had to go ask for our check at the hostess station. Even then, someone else brought our check. We're usually big tippers, and frequently will tip 100% for great service. We tipped the nominal 15% and left. We'd go again... maybe. But we wouldn't sit anywhere near the ramp.

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    Benky’s Cream And Sugar

    Benky’s Cream And Sugar

    4.4
    (12 reviews)
    7.9 mi

    With the same brand of ice cream sold in multiple shops along Tourist-Trap Strip, you're pretty…read moremuch guaranteed to have the same taste in all of them. I had wanted to try this brand when we visited the Mt. Rushmore KOA and was sorely disappointed they had so many unique flavors... but none that were multi-allergen friendly. Cue.... BENKY'S! Strange name, but friendly smiles and delicious creaminess-in-a-cup! I get chocolate peanut butter or some variation thereof (my favorite) at pretty much every ice cream place. Makes it easy for me to judge them more fairly. Benky's was creamy, the peanut butter swirled in very thin layers so it basically melted in your mouth... and the cute interior of the ice cream shop gave us a nice, cool air-conditioned place to relax and cool both our insides and outsides at the same time. They also had outdoor seating with umbrellas for shade if you're into running the sweat-race of "Can I finish this before it drips all over my hand or becomes a puddle of goo in my cup?" sort of thing. Overall, good ice cream, good experience and delicious.

    When we walked in, the staff was standing on the counter trying to install light bulbs, which were…read moretoo big for the fixtures, so they were cutting the ends off the light bulbs (LED/plastic) with shards of plastic going all over over the counter. We ordered a couple sundaes, one of which was posted with the rest, but were informed it would be $2 more due to the ice cream they used in that particular one. Went back in to grab a couple waters and they had a table pushed up against the cooler door and an employee was standing in the table putting up another light fixture so had to wait...which is fine, but I couldn't help but wonder if they planned to clean the counter/table after standing on them. There were a handful of other customers there besides us. Ice cream was fine but nothing to write home about, especially for the price. Likely will not go back again next time we're in town...just a weird experience overall.

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