Probably the worst cab company I have ever tried to use. Late cabs, even when ordered hours in advance. You end up being late, every time!

Horrible, unreliable, rude. They will make you late to rescheduled appointments, pick you up late from reschedule appointments and may not pick you up at all. When confronted, they just say they are looking for a driver. This company needs to lose their contract with all insurance companies! read more

My wife rides this for Dart sometimes cab 556 driver was horrible she is handicap we live in country and he made her walk to the neibors house read more

No available drivers, no actually people even early or late it's impossible for rides as the cost of ten dollars worth of gas and sometimes bad attitude, I would suggest day drivers and night drivers especially when needed I don't get one until a hour it should be twenty minutes no less to get a person not two hours to three, that's harsh on people with jobs and sorts to make ends meat especially since we're a city community, not blaming them but needs to improve more maybe next review I'll give them a higher praise but a lot of people are having these issues. read more

I needed a ride to the airport to catch my 5:14am flight. I called YellowCabCo the day before and reserved a pick up at 3:40am at my hotel. The person on the phone was professional and promptly took care of my request. The next morning, the driver (Zulfo) arrived a few minutes early, confirmed that I was the passenger. He was courteous, drove safely, and I arrived at DSM on time. The ride could not have gone more perfectly. Thank you, Yellow Cab. Nicely done. read more

Creepy experience. Flew into town, arrived at airport at 12am. I needed a ride .3 miles away, to a private hanger at the other side of the airport at 12am. Taxi was sitting there ready. The tab was started at $12 before taking off, $15 at the time of the end, but the driver demanded a $25 tip, i hit cancel on the keypad and did not tip for the over priced ride to begin with. Next time, i'll uber. read more

Did not show up for a pre-scheduled ride to the airport, causing significant travel issues. Unprofessional and unreliable. Shame on whoever works here. read more

Christmas Day 2:20 pm contacted their dispatcher to request a ride to the Veteran's Hospital. I was told one to one and a half hours wait time - three hours later they finally arrive. The driver had the cabs heater on full blast I finally had to ask him to please turn it down. He was in t shirt and I was bundled up in layers! He drove a very round about way that I know we backtracked quite a bit! I was NOT happy with this company, they charged me $24 for an 11 mile trip AND took 4 hours doing it! Terrible customer service Never again!! read more

Never showed up, we were almost late to the airport and now are currently driving and paying for airport parking for a week. When I called to ask where they were and said I have a confirmation, the lady was like "yeah I don't see you, I don't even know why we have that website option, we never use it." GET RID OF IT THEN. read more

This has to be the worst cab company in history. We booked a reservation a week before we needed a ride. Called to confirm the day before and we're assured our taxi would be at our hotel at 4:30 am for our trip to the airport. At 4:45 they had still not arrived. Called dispatch and was on hold for 15 minutes. When they finally answered we were told they were running late with no estimate of when our taxi would arrive. I stated I would reach out to Lyft and whoever arrived first would have my business. She then stated she would cancel my cab. When I protested she hung up on me. DO NOT USE this company if needing to be on time for your final destination. We were not the only ones stranded by yellow cab. There were two other couples at our hotel who also had yellow cab no shows. read more

Called in advance for a ride to the bus station. No show. Called again. Told was 2 hour wait. Explained the deadline problem with the bus. No show. 5 minutes before the departure time they called to tell me the cab was 14 minutes out. Missed the bus. Non-refundable ticket. NEVER AGAIN. Wouldn't recommend this company to anyone. EVER. read more

Never showed waiting but no show next time I'll talk to someone instead of booking on line

Called for a taxi at 4:30 AM (flight left at 6 AM) and waited for about 20 minutes before I called again. Waited another 20 and called a second time. Gave up and called Lucky Cab instead. BARELY made my flight - got on at last call. I am beyond pissed read more

We called for a cab to the airport a day ahead. They called to confirm the night before. We asked them to be there at 7:00 am. 7:15 came and still no cab. I called and they could not tell me when it was coming. We ended up driving to the airport and had to park in long term parking. It will cost us. I will never use yellow cab again read more

Love the service and the drivers are always pleasant and knowledgeable. I know that before being hired all drivers have to pass a national background check and drug test. I feel safer knowing this read more

I would give them less than 1 star if that were an option. My elderly mother waited for 2 hours for a ride. The cab driver drove by made a u turn and left her sitting there. I called the company, the first woman I talked to was very nice, she transferred me to the dispatcher Nichole. Nichole immediately had an attitude with me. She told me the driver had been waiting there for 20 minutes, which was not true as my mother saw him pull up and driver away. My suggestion is get an Uber or Lyft. read more

I took a ride on a Sunday --- late from the airport and when I got to my destination he informed me that the credit card machine was not working and that it was going to be CASH ONLY. I was not informed of this prior to getting into the cab. This was past 11pm - LATE! It was a good thing I had some cash left from my trip otherwise I'm not sure what I could have done. Not a good feeling! It felt as if it was a SCAM. read more

Fast pick up and friendly service. Clean car and very helpful with advice on the area.

I had forgotten my car was in for an oil change and I was the last to leave the office, so no rides from co-workers :( Then I remembered my yellowcab app - hit the screen and I had Gary with Yellow Cab arrive in 4 minutes! Jumped into a warm car and was home in 7 minutes. Next day - did the same thing - good grief! Hit the app, car in 5 minutes - Clyde this time - he actually remembered rescuing me when my scooter ran out of gas - ha! Thank you for the great service!! read more

Went online and scheduled a cab for 11am to take me for surgery at 11:30am about four blocks from my house. 11:05 I call to make sure they got my online reservation. Was told yes and a cab would be at my house in less than 20 minutes. 11:25 I call back, "no one has picked up this trip"...so I ended up having to walk to my surgery. Will NEVER call this company again. read more

Called this cab company for a ride to work more then two hours before I needed to leave and told them I had to go to work. Time came for me to leave for work and no cab. I called them and they told me that it was going to be up to an hour and a half from the time I requested it. I couldn't get the man on the phone to understand how their procedure doesn't make sense and wound up so frustrated and screaming at the man...finally cancelling the ride. Don't use these folks, especially if you need to be somewhere at a specific time as they will not come through for you. read more

Terrible service! We called 8 hours in advance and scheduled a taxi time. When it came down to our time there wasn't a taxi. We called the service and the guy practically laughed at us. He told us they should have never scheduled a time with us because they can't commit to a time and it will have to be a "when someone is ready" 1 hour later after we finally got an Uber. they ended up calling and it was far to late. Terrible, rude, disrespectful company. Do not suggest. read more

First cab was on time and driver was great. Had prebooked a ride for the next morning at 6:30 am. No driver came and when I called dispatcher he advised me that no bookings are guaranteed and a driver would call when available- that this was their busy time. So no assurance of a ride at all! Have now been waiting 45 min for a ride I'd prebooked-what was the point of even doing that?? App is useless also. read more

I had a dead battery at Kohls in Clive-8/4/19-called this clown car company and waited 45 minutes for a no show. I thought this was the 21st century but apparently not-so this is what yellow cab gets. read more

Pre ordered a taxi the day before for a flight. Informed them per their ask I'm going to the "airport". 4:40 am no show. Called dispatch 3 times staying on hold for over 5 min each call, no answer. i called them again at 5:40 after waking family to drive me in the middle of the night. Dispatches response was to yell at me and stated she was way way too busy at 4:40 to answer the phone and the cab company doesn't guarantee pick up times (never told that the day before) and then hung up on me. I don't complain lightly, people's jobs depend on reviews but worse service, wait non service I've had in my memory! this wasn't a late night bar pick up it was an airport pick up, they knew it and they totally don't care! NEVER USE THIS COMPANY. No service and then yelled at for their I don't care service! This is why Uber exists. Never had a bad Uber experience. Thought Itd be more secure using a business at this hour and not a pvt citizen, wrong. read more

On Sunday Feb 20 i went online to schedule a cab for Monday 21st at 5 am for a ride to the hospital for surgery and needed to arrive at 5:30 I figured that online scheduling would be easier and more reliable than waiting to call in the morning. So at 5:05 when it hadn't shown up yet I called the phone number and after a 3 to 4minute wait on the automated system i was connected with a very rude dispatcher who told me the cab was on the way. After waiting another 10 minutes I called back again and the same dispatcher was even more rude to me and stated that she deletes the onliine appointments for no apparent reason other than being a bitch. She stated she kept me on the list because it was a hospital designation. What kind of business practice is that? I did finally arrive at the hospital 1/2 hour late but did not miss the scheduled surgery. This happened in Des Moines Iowa. Will never use this cab company again. read more

These guys suck...... they never arrived after we had scheduled a pick-up. Completely unreliable.

Driver made inappropriate political small talk on the drive. Unprofessional and did not pick up on cues to stop the discussion.

I ordered a cab at 4:00pm. I called them at 4:30pm and they told me that I was next on the list. Called a second time at 5:30pm, and they told me that I am a priority ticket. 5:50pm rolls by, still no cab. It's literally -5 degrees right now with a wind chill of -20, and my company is trying to lock up. Still no cab. No accountability. No compassion. Weak sauce. I called Uber at 5:50pm. They told me that they'd have a driver out here in 5 minutes. I am cancelling my cab with Yellow and NEVER ordering again. This exact same review will be uploaded into as many sites as I can before my Uber gets here. You all should be ashamed at your level of service. read more

Waited for ever! Called the company again and the lady FORGOT to send a cab!!! She pulled out some nonsense to cover up her mess, and told me that will send one right away! Guess what? The cab never came! Called again, she hung up on me! These receptionists are so disrespectful and inefficient! I don't know how they were hired! Yellow cab sucks! You can't rely on them! I almost missed my flight because of them. They literally don't care about customers. read more

This company doesn't care about people with disabilities. I was told by a dispatcher that she didn't care whether my son, who is disabled, was picked up on time or even picked up at all. read more

Everytime you call or go online to schedule a cab for a certain time they WILL NOT show on time...you will need to call at least twice and they will show 30-45 min laye if at all! People call because we have places to be....we should be able to depend on service to get us whete wete going on time, SHOULD but that to much to adk, you may as well call uber for shotty service. Hich-hiking is bettet than this! read more

Waited AN HOUR for a Yellow Cab. Finally, the Capitol Cab told me Yellow and Capitol Cabs had the same owner. Did the dispatcher mention this? No. The Marriott bell or front desk staff? No. Ridiculous. Avoid taking cabs in Des Moines if possible. read more

Well ever since my last review yellow and capital come and actually pick me up now not every experience is perfect but they do the job I always go by being fair and balanced well yellows and capitols OK they ain't perfect but they do what I need them to do read more

Love the new app they came out with. Easy to book a cab and you can see what cab/cab driver is picking you up also how far away they are and how long it will be before they get here. It's fast and easy to edit location pick up and drop off. The drivers I've had so far are very respectful and take the most direct route possible. read more

Downloaded the app and reserved a pick up for a next day early morning pick up to the airport. No cab arrived more than 30 minutes after the reserved time and several calls to the dispatcher with differing explanations with the time ticking away. Finally called the dispatcher 45 minutes after the agreed time and was told there were only a couple of cabs working and would not be picked up for awhile. I cancelled the call, and drove to the airport, parked in long term parking and was the last person to board. Will never use Yellow cab in DSM again. Totally unreliable. read more

Not reliable!! My cab never showed up and I had to scramble for an alternative to get to the airport. The dispatcher was rude and couldn't tell me anything about when to expect the late cab. Here are the details: I called Capitol Cab in Des Moines, but they seem to work with Yellow Cab, since they answered the phone "Yellow Cab." So I'm posting this review for Yellow Cab as well, since I believe you will end up with the same service problems I experienced. I called ahead and reserved a cab to pick me up at 5 AM the next day to take me to the airport. I was told it was no problem, and the company called back a few hours later to confirm the reservation. I went to sleep feeling confident I would have a ride. I was outside and waiting at 4:50, but by 5:05 there was no cab and no communication from the company. I called to ask if the cab was running late, did they know where it was, and when it would arrive. The dispatcher curtly told me that I was "on the board" and she didn't know when a cab would arrive. I asked what "on the board" meant--hadn't they sent a specific cab to me for this time? The rude dispatcher just replied "You're on the board. Thank you." And she essentially cut me off. I explained that I could only afford to wait 15 more minutes--any more and I would miss my plane. The dispatcher remained rude and unhelpful--she could not tell me whether I could expect to have the cab in time or not. Well, still no cab by 5:25, so I called again. I explained that I had to cancel the cab, because I had no more time to wait. I got my car and raced to the airport, leaving it to rack up parking charges while I am away. You should not trust this company for three reasons: 1) they seem incapable of providing a cab on time (or even within 25 minutes of the confirmed time 2) the dispatchers don't know where their fleet is and cannot provide any real service to customers 3) the dispatcher was rude about my inquiries--when they should be apologizing for not having the cab they confirmed for me! read more

Im 19 and I needed a ride home from a house party. I gave the lady the address of where I was and she told me there was a balance of $30 on the address I was calling from and for me to get a ride I would have to pay the full outstanding balance of $30. I live in Johnston and I was somehow on the south side, my fair would have been about $40.00 by itself. I have no idea who owed the cab company so drunk and generous me told her that I would pay 1/3 of the outstanding bill but Im not paying the full $30, I was desperate for a ride. The operator HUNGUP on me. I was so offended. You should never use cabs here in Des Moines. Unless its an Airport taxi. read more

Last week, I took their cab from airport to my home. The driver thought I am a visitor and selected a longest route. It finally cost me $55 which is $20 more than usually. By the way, Capitol Cab Co and yellow cab are the same company. read more

I've used Yellow Cab many times in the past several years in the Des Moines area--either to/from the airport or around town--and have always had great service. Prompt and courteous. read more