If you're wanting a consistent and pleasant experience this is not the place to go. We have visited this site more times than I care to admit each time being hopeful that this might be the time our order is correct and flavorful. Sadly, we have been sorely disappointed the majority of times. Our orders are the same every time: a large bahama rama mama with pina colada and strawberry colada flat top, and a large bahama rama mama strawberry colada flat top. Unfortunately each time we visit we either get: no bahama rama mama, not a flat top, and typically also the flavor syrup doesn't go down to the bottom and we have quite a bit of white ice left in there from the middle on down. I'm not quite sure what the issue is. Maybe too many hands on deck (though it is also quite a long wait time each time so that doesn't seem right), or high turnover of employees. Either way we will continue to look elsewhere rather than waste $12-13 each time we have a shaved ice craving. read more

I waited 43 minutes for 2 snow cones. there was absolutely no line. this location needs to step it up before they lose my buisness for good. ridiculous. will definitely look at another location if I want to indulge in a sweet treat. read more

waited 35 minutes for two snowcones and the manager was very rude. [[HIGHLIGHT]]when was handed snowcones they were melted[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] and When I asked for new ones they declined. Will never go back. read more

Best shaved ice. I love Bahama Bucks. The drive through takes awhile but worth it. I've been going to Bahama Bucks since I have lived in TX for over 13 yrs. Go try it. I got the strawberry cream with pop rocks. Boyfriend got sour apple with pop rocks, and his daughter got cotton candy with pop rocks. I don't know why it has such a low review. It's good. read more

Other than the outside seating being right in the sun, the ice is amazing! The flavors melt on my tongue. They were pretty friendly with service so I would give it four and a half but I'll give a four. read more

Bahama Buck's - Tiger's Blood Piccadilly - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

We got two snow cones, one Oreo and one mango. Both were great. The line took a really long time, in the drive-through as well. Make sure you have time if you were going here, because it always takes a while. I've been to this location several times and normally I wait 15 minutes to order and another 10 to get my food read more

Stopped to get shaved ice at 4:45 pm or so 11/19/23 with husband and two kiddos. A blonde teenage girl was standing at the window on her phone and rolled her eyes at customers/didn't help team. Another female teen with curly brown hair seemed frustrated when I apologized for getting the wrong order and asked for what I ordered. I could hear the people taking orders laughing back and fourth with maybe friends? Cussing and yelling f$$$ you's back and fourth as a joke over drive through. Definitely not family friendly.... First time to this location and definitely last. I really hate to be a Karen but this was a bit extreme. read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]ordered something I didn't like and was able to exchange it for something better[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] ....staff was patient and kind

Terrible service. Rude and unprofessional. Family members were in town and went by at 10: 10 PM they decided to enjoy the patio and went to the window to order. The servers turn their backs on them, finally after being asked to open the window they took their order. The staff Would close the window partially after sitting out each drink. They told them the patio close at 10:30. When they arrived at 10:10 they had 20 minutes enjoy their time there but none of it was enjoyable. read more

Slow is an understatement I wouldn't even come to this establishment if it wasn't 2 min away from my house which beats the point of driving 16 min away to the next one... but oh wait you'll be waiting 10-15 min BETWEEN EACH CAR for them to make your order. Staff is a bunch of kids who have no manager so what can you expect read more

Longest wait times ever. Also good luck if they mess up on your order. They'll literally take twice as long to fix it. *Edited* Seriously though, it would be a better use of your time if you went to the Circle K down the street and sucked on some ice. read more

customer service is rude. got there a little bit before closed and pretended that we weren't at the drive through then had to pull up to the window to find someone. then they didn't put any flavor in one of our drinks at all just gave us ice with cream. also went a couple days ago...waited in line then they proceeded to tell us that they aren't taking our order even though we were the last ones in line. won't be returning. read more

Bahama Buck's - just ice with cream... - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Last time I came here, my wife and I waited for someone to come outside to take our order because they had and iPad outside. When it was our turn the person went inside and never came back out. We tried to order at the speaker but no one answered. We pulled around to the window and we explained no one took our order and they took it and we got our sno cones. The sno cones made up for it. We went again today and we thought it would be better. This time we had no problem with ordering but when we got our sno cone, there was no flavor in the middle! Like I drive all the way from Oklahoma for this... least y'all could do is put flavor in the middle! read more

Bahama Buck's - Sno cone - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Be ready to commit a minimum of 30 minutes before entering the drive thru, there's no way out. There's no way it takes this long to make snow cones. We've toughed it out a few times, but it's just not worth it. read more

Great service, pretty cheap, great food/dessert. Love the atmosphere because it's tropical.

After all of these years I just learned about this place and now I'm a straight up fan!!!

I just paid $10 for two cups of plain ice. The amount of flavor the put on the snow cones here is comical. The workers here are always less than pleasant and treat you as though you're an inconvenience when you order. We've been to this location 2-4 times in the last month and this has been our experience every time. We're done with this place. read more

Bahama Buck's - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

ive been in the drive thru for 45 mins for 2 snow cones. the worst service I've ever seen.

I would give no stars if I could. I WILL NEVER come back to this location. They have one poor guy working and a million people here. I have been stuck in the drive thru waiting for one single snocone for 45 minutes. Its absolutely ridiculous. I used to come here every single week, never again. read more

I love BB but this location needs work. The sitting area is small, but it is often swarming with bees! Customers complained about the bees but the employee just commented on how he got stung?! Take out the trash and mop up the shaved ice on the ground. I have no issues sitting outside at the Frisco location. Drive thru takes forever. Just not worth it. Do yourself a favor and just drive to the Frisco location.... read more

Bahama Buck's - Birthday Cake shaved ice! - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

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Delish. I've craved a cup daily since I first tried Bahama Buck's. I've been a loyal TC Shaved Ice fan for five years...and I still am, but I can now add BB to my list of Sugar Idols. The ice is soft and addictive. There are so many flavors to choose from - it is a mixologist's paradise. They also serve soda drinks, smoothies and coffee based concoctions. Bahama Rama Mama: 5 stars This is shaved ice with a scoop of Blue Bell ice-cream in the bottom. You choose your flavors. I don't know what it is about the homemade vanilla that they use, but boy does it murder the bucket in my bottom freezer. This ice-cream was so creamy that it almost angered me (crazy right?). My flavor combo was Toasted Coconut, Coconut Cream Pie and Mocha Java. Priced a little high at around $4.50 I think. Jamaican Punch: 4 stars Tropical Delite: 3.5 stars Cherry Red Raider: 4 stars Caribbean Soda: 5 stars Service is friendly and they are quick enough. Patio outside for dinners to enjoy their treats onsite. I can only imagine how popular the patio is in the unforgiving Texas summer. Go forth and claim your colored tongue. read more

Bahama Buck's - Bahama Mama Rama (Toasted Coconut/Java) - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Holy smokes - I get it's not a "fast food" place but it's a snow cone, how hard is it to make? I waited at least 20 minutes if not more in line before I decided to move on and go to the Bahama Buck's closer to my house (Allen) due to the lack of line movement.there were 8 cars in front of me and I hadn't moved much in the 20 minutes I was there. My biggest issue is that I'm waiting in the drive thru line with the cars not moving yet every single person who walked up and ordered outside (after I came) got their snow cones before I even had moved maybe two car lengths. We love Bahama Buck's but this location needs some help. There are many reviews about the wait time - clearly I'm not the only one who had issues. read more

Bahama Buck's - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

I love they are open year round!! i always want snow cones in the winter!! they have all the best flavors and my favorite is Tigers blood!!

Open year round and even offers extra "loyalty punches" if the temperature is near freezing or below. I don't know what kind of wizardry they use inside of their building, but every beverage that comes out of there is SO COLD. I actually have to request no ice in mine because otherwise they are so cold they hurt my teeth. This, of course, makes my husband deliriously happy because he has always said drinks are never cold enough. This is the first time he's been happy with the temperature! There are tons of flavors and sugar-free flavors that you can add to sodas, and then a ton of flavors for the snocones. My husband said its the best shaved ice he's ever had and that it's done the "right" way like hawaiian shaved ice should be. All of this means that its a great place and you should definitely try it out! read more

Funny to read all the impatient folks writing reviews blasting "how long I had to wait". Sorry this is not a multi billion dollar McDonalds establishment, and your food is not served in less than a minute. This is a local business and a local business owner. I have met the owner which is a really nice guy. Yes sometimes it takes a bit to get a snow cone, but good grief some of these entitlement reviews are a sad sign of people in general. I wanted to tell the owner thanks for setting up Bahama Bucks in our neighborhood. read more

Visited on a Sunday afternoon around 2pm. Traffic was light - a few in the drive thru and few at the window Service was pretty good -I'd like the turnaround to be faster but I do believe they are moving as fast as possible given the premium product. I'm also a fan of the ice, one flavor along with a scoop of vanilla ice cream*. I'm comfortable with the price point. The location could do something about the bees. There were a few - not enough that we couldn't sit down but it was noticeable. *I need to inquire about the ice cream. The vanilla is very good. Has a very homemade taste beyond normal BlueBell/ Blue Bunny. read more

Must be for youth who like sugar, sugar, sugar!!! My coconut smoothie was all syrup. It moved like a juice rather than smoothie, cost more than smoothie king ... and had a headache from being too sweet to taste. Didn't want to throw away since expensive. Sorry, I'm staying with smoothie king. Can't say I didn't try. read more

Keep turning in the bad ratings so the lines get shorter. I actually enjoyed reading some of the other reviews, but the poor grammar was too much. Great product! No comparison! Long lines are a result. My fix - heading that way now, at almost 10:00 PM on a Sunday with the kiddos. See you soon!!! read more

Being from Hawaii and California, I had certain expectations for shaved ice. The most important thing about shaved ice is not the syrups. It's the ice. The ice here is fine. That's when you know this place has good shaved ice. The syrups here aren't too sweet. Two combined together makes excellent shaved ice. They have pretty good service here. But it always seems a bit crowded. Drive thru line always long here too but you just have to be patient. Reasonable prices with great shaved ice. read more

Bahama Buck's - Baby & small size. - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

It takes forever to order, whether your going through the drive through or at the window. Not worth the wait! If there is anyone in line, SKIP IT. Terrible service. Not sure why it took so long. read more

Worst worst service at this location. Shouldn't take you 15-20 mins to make a sno cone... and I also called to speak to a manager and they don't have one on duty? Sad to say but the east side McKinney sno cone stands gives better service than these franchise location. Manager was suppose to call back and I left my name and phone # and it has been 12 days and still haven't heard anything.. bad business! read more

Hadn't been to Bahama Buck's in awhile and was craving a snow cone in the sweltering Texas heat. Unfortunately, it did not live up to my past experiences, the flavor tasted very cheap and almost perfume tasting. It also took longer to make then I would have thought since I was the only one in the drive-thru. There are a lot of better options for snow cones in the area with fresher tasting syrups, then Bucks. read more

Bahama Buck's - Desserts Near Me - McKinney, Texas

I cannot believe this place is still in business. I have been to Bahama Bucks all across the United States and this is by far the worst experience I've had at one. The girl working 11.4.21 took my order from the drive through and then proceeded to eat my snow cone in front of my children and I. I am not a confrontational person but I wonder what drove such a deranged activity when all my 8 year old daughter wanted was a snow cone. I will NOT return any time soon. I am not sure how they stay in business treating customers like this, they should be reported. It was kind of funny though. read more

Terrible customer service. Employees are rude and not helpful. I have never been to a Bahama Bucks before and I had questions. The guy at the register seemed like he hated his job read more

I thought to go buy a snow cone. I even forgot after putting gas so I turned around. I pulled in, and saw a young kid for staff only to be let in. He looked right at me. I pulled up to the first menu, pulled up to the second menu and waited. Waited. I saw two younger children arrive in their bikes and stare at the building which made me start to wonder I the business was even open yet. No one told me through the speaker they were not opening for 20 minutes! Would have been nice to know! Thanks, but I'll pass on your business. read more

UPDATE: The manager did reach out to me and after some discussion let me know he met with his team about cleaning procedures for the patio. I bumped up the review a star due to his willingness to communicate and listen to feedback, but I will leave the rest for the experience we had. I love OTHER Bahama Buck's. I have been to 5 different locations, in multiple parts of Texas (the one in Houston at Telge and Huffmeister is the best), and I'm astounded and how horribly run this location is. It is a walk-up and drive-thru only, they don't have a dine-in area, which separates the staff from the customers. The staff ignores you if you knock on the window to ask for something like napkins, so you have to wait until the next order is ready and they deign to open the window. And they look at you when you knock, they just choose not to open the window. There was one trash can outside that was stuffed, overflowing, and trash piling on the ground next to it. The tables were filthy - if you serve something made with syrup, you have to be prepared to wipe the tables frequently. I actually had to get baby wipes out of my car and pass them around to the rest of the customers there so we could wipe our own tables and actually use them. During the hour we were there (slow process getting the order, plus kids eat slow), not one employee ever came out to check the trash or tables. One of the other customers even told them they needed to come wipe the tables and they refused to do it. The napkin dispenser was empty, had been empty long before we got there, and they wouldn't refill it. Every single person asked for napkins and they would hand us 3 napkins each. I finally opened the dispenser and told them every person out here needs napkins and they need to fill it. I'm fine with slow service, it's a process to make snow cones. But there were 6 employees there, I don't believe a single adult was there (definitely no one who could be a manager - there was one young man who looked slightly older than high school age, but not that he had an authority), and the place was a mess. I'm pretty sure the health department would have some concerns about the overflowing trash can, trash spilling onto the ground and driveway, syrup on the tables, floor, etc. I have never seen a so poorly managed Bahama Bucks and I'm surprised it is still in business, given how many have been closing lately. Luckily I live much closer to others so I will never have to come to this one again, but I will not be surprised when they are forced to close. Every single customer was disgusted- I know this, because we were all outside talking about the filth and the way the teenagers inside refused to come take care of any of it. It sounds from other reviews that the manager is very defensive and admits no wrong, but this isn't a matter or arguing over how long an order took. This is about the cleanliness of the place, the fact that I had to provide cleaning wipes for all of the customers since the establishment refused to do any basic spot-checks, and the dismissive behavior of the young employees there. It was a warm, sunny Saturday and they would have been well served to have someone there with some life experience who could direct them to do some basic tidying (that would take 5 mins), to ensure the customers don't leave in disgust. If this had been my first time at a Bahama Bucks I would never go again - luckily I know this place is the exception due to apparent poor management, and most are clean and staffed with friendly young people. read more

the longest waits but the snow cones are good. about a 15 min wait per order so consider that before you go!

The girl working 9.30.21 sitting in a car with a boy instead of working inside needs to find a bee new . I called and she answered the phone out of breath from running back inside after we came and went . Sat at the drive through window just watching and waiting for someone to be working . When it turns out the person working was sitting in a car outside talking. read more

Arrived at 10:10 pm just in time to beat the 10:30 closing time as stated on Google maps. Drive thru employee says they close at 10. Fix your hours ! read more

Where do I even begin so we went to Bahama Buck's on a Friday and I knew the line was gonna be long so I planned for the line to be long. it took him over an 40 mins to get to me and once my order was placed I got my order and they messed up three times their excuse was that they have a new guy when they're over 13 cars in a line and you keep seeing orders going back like I saw multiple orders being sent back not just mine and then to try and blame it on a new person. I get it I am a manager but I'm not gonna pay for him messing up three times you're supposed to adequately train your employees and then not have your cashier blame it all on him for messing up my order saying he's new and now we're training him when he's obviously messing up multiple times I'm not gonna pay for some thing that. I even specifically said three times I need them all flat tops because they always forget at this location and what do I get one that is not a flat top I asked for ice cream I repeated myself twice because I've had problems with this location and saw orders being handed back. I want vanilla ice cream at the bottom did I get it no as soon as I got it I checked because I knew they didn't put it in there because I know he didn't know what he was doing I asked for sour sauce y'all were out I understand he asked me if I wanted sour sand I said no.... of course he puts it on it so I waited for 45 minutes to get the wrong order on all of my drinks and in the end I still went home with one with sour stand that is not gonna be eaten. the manager I think her name was Tiffany she fixed it she did great. Now with the cashier and then the new guy that works they were awful the cashier was saying it's his fault and I said when there is a line of 12 cars and he's consistently messing up orders that much he needs to be pulled to the outside orders because people are waiting for 45 minutes to an hour to get a snowcone and you don't have time to mess up if that makes sense and then the cashier was really unprofessional for just flat out blaming it on "The New Guy, he hasn't been here long" when she could've just been like here we will fix it because when I manage that's what I do I fix the problem if one of my employees messes it up and then we talk about it later and we learn from it but now you mess up three times and still don't learn from it at this Bahama Buck's location I also want to note that I waited in line I got in the line at 4:45 I got my snowcone at 5:32. This is the only location I've had a problem with every time I go. Sadly it's now the only one in McKinney... read more