GO only if you need to go or have time to wait longer than 30 mins . It's funny that this is a place that everyone goes to in Prior Lake on a beautiful evening for ice cream . One would think that you would know how to be able to control the flow for a business. I do not blame the teenagers that are working the business everyone needs a job, but I think that would have been best as an owner could figure out how to problem solve the flow of traffic.. I am happy they are here cause it's the only place you can get ice cream at night!! But 30 mins guys?! That's excessive. We come here a lot and do prepare to wait 30 mins in the drive though and that's not an over exaggeration. Other than that happy you're here to get dipped come lol ! read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - Can finally see the window after 30 mins of waiting in line for CONES !! - Fast Food Near Me - Prior Lake, Minnesota

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The hours online say that it's 11am-9pm. We went at 7:00 trying to get some food. We looked specifically for the hours considering it's the week of new years. It says that the restaurant is still open until 9pm. We get to the intercom and we are the only ones in line and there is no response. We wait for a few minutes hoping someone comes to take our order....nothing. We try the door and it's locked. It's dark on the inside but zero notice on the door and nothing saying that it's closed. The hours once again say that the DQ is open until 9pm. Very disappointing do NOT come here. Not worth your time or money. read more

Don't even deserve 1 star. Ordered 2 meals at the drive thru. The intercom is broken. Things happen. Ordered directly at the window. Kid asked 2 times if we wanted the meal. Yes! Large line building up as we waited for a very long time. Pulled away to get down the road and noticed there were no fries. Bad one to not check, since the kid verified meals. Once I opened my burger the bun had mold on it. They also overloaded with mustard, probably to cover the inedible food. No way was my spouse about to turn back and wait another 15+ mins for the mess up. I hope you enjoy the $20 donation. Maybe it can go to better training of staff. read more

Omg. This has to be the worst DQ anywhere. My wife told me to go to the savage location due to a past bad experience. I went to prior lake anyway and from the start it was terrible, the drive through order take was rude, then my fries were literally ice cold. Chicken strips were perfect so why throw old fries in the container. Stay away from this location read more

I went into Dairy Queen today to order a ife cream cone and I was standing in the front entrance for like 20 min and still no one came like 5 employees saw me but didn't bother to take my order or even tell someone else it is by far the worst place ever worst customer service ever I would not recommend coming here ever read more

Ok..we lived here for years and this DQ was THE worst I had ever been to. However, we moved to AZ and are back for a couple of weddings and this was THE best experience we have had. Order taken in an organized way, limited wait time and clean tables! Wait staff was super efficient and courteous! Pleas try this DQ again because it will surprise you!! read more

Terrible service. Everytime I think I will give it another try, just more and more disappointment. Takes forever to order just ice cream. Don't dare order the food cause it will take N hour to get. Management needs to be there and watch staff and put hustle in them and also better training so they are confident and efficient in serving customers. Really too bad read more

As far as food I usually get the chicken tenders basket with gravy for dip. Seems they may have changed the chicken strips from what they were a couple years ago, but they are still good. The fries onion rings and cheese curds are nothing special but they are ok. The ice cream is as good as it's always been. The service is a bit slow as it seems they are usually running behind in pick up orders but it's nice they keep the neighborhood kids employed. Ambiance I cannot comment on as I have always done pick up or drive up. read more

Ordered 2 Blizzards through the drive through. One was supposed to be a mint Oreo and the other Reeses Peanut Butter cup. When the young server handed me the one blizzard, I asked if this was mint and he responded , yep! It did. it look like it had mint, not did if have any mint flavor. my wife's Blizzard tastes like it had onion flavor. This DQ continues to be poorly managed with many teenage servers without some proper training. read more

My wife and I moved to a house right by this DQ back in 2022 and went to this DQ on a regular basis for the first year we were here. We consistently had poor experiences at this location that are all echoed in the other reviews listed. For awhile we continued to go hoping our experiences would get better, but they didn't. Eventually we just stopped going all together. Here's a summary of the constant issues we'd see: 1. Slow wait times. It didn't matter if there was 1 car or 7 cars in line. It took a minimum of 20 minutes (often longer) to get your order. I've also had multiple times where I'm sitting at the window and no one acknowledges me for 10+ minutes. 2. Service is horrendous. Staff are not only slow but are not friendly or helpful. I went inside and the staff were just taking their time and chatting with each other. One came in out of uniform (I'm assuming she worked there) and made herself a blizzard while there was a line of people waiting for their orders. 3. Cleanliness or lack thereof. I walked into the store and could not believe how dirty and messy it was behind the counter. Ice cream was splattered all over the kitchen and equipment. It looked like the kitchen had never been cleaned. My wife once got chicken tenders from this location and puked it all up later that day. I can't say for sure that it was food poisoning, but I wouldn't be surprised after seeing how they kept the place. We've also had instances where we've ordered a cookie dough blizzard but it had remnants of butterfingers in it. Leading us to believe the machines are not cleaned between making them. In conclusion, I ultimately decided to write this review because we thought about giving this DQ another chance the other day when we were both craving a blizzard. After reliving all the bad experiences and seeing how we weren't alone in all the reviews, we decided to drive further and go elsewhere for ice cream. read more

ZERO STARS. Waited a half hour for an ice cream cone. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL . I needed 85 minimum characters to post this review.

I don't mean to hate but the service was horrible. There was a line of cars at 8:00 at night. We waiting in line for about 15 mins then got to the window. Once we were there no one acknowledged us for about 10 minutes. Looking into the window we saw about 5 teen workers messing around, eating, and talking. I would understand if they were busy doing stuff but literally nothing was being done at all. All I ordered was a small blizzard... very disappointing. read more

Terrible service and extremely slow!! I waited 59 minutes to receive my ice cream order for my family. Only after standing at the counter, complaining about the terrible service and supervising completion of my order did it finally get completed. Will NEVER return to this DQ again. read more

So there are seven employees right now. A line out the door for the inside. One employee is in charge of taking the inside orders and making them. The other 6 are working the drive thru as a team. Been inside 10 minutes so far and they have helped one family inside. Such poor teamwork on their part. Won't be back here again. It's now been 20 minutes in the store. 20. With three families ahead of me when I walked in the door. The orders after mine are being made but not mine. 2 or three employees would rather spend time chatting with a friend over the counter than do orders. read more

everyone hating, this DQ is fire, I love the handsome cashier boy, dark hair, 5'10" and nice facial hair coming in.

the employees were super nice especially the cool blonde girl. I highly recommend going to this DQ

my cousin used to work here and he was so underpaid and his coworkers AS WELL as his boss disrespected him so much. the food you make him make us so fake but i mean i guess we all are... i walked into the bathrooms and it was so messy and dirty/unsanitary and that is just unacceptable. get grip and clean up read more

Amazing!!! :D Dining in with my sibling and shared a chicken strip box for a snack/treat!

They NEVER get my order correct, it's always a 20 minute wait for the food , the food is never as good as other dairy queen's. the staff is unprofessional and seems like they don't know how to do their job. read more

I like this place and it's the good Ol fashion Dairy Queen. I always have a good experience with staff and quality of food. I wish people wouldn't be so critical and say hurtful things about this place. It's hard enough for business owners. I must say I'm very excited they brought back Snickers Blizzards. Keep up the great work Prior Lake DQ !! read more

The chubby girl who looks like Eeyore and flexes fake authority denied and argued with me for over 5 min about giving me my meal that I already paid for and had e receipts for. I had to literally open up my bank receipt and show her the charge for her to give me my shakes she's crazy she was giving me a bunch of dirty stares and saying she didn't believe me and she won't give me her name cause she knows what she did was wrong. I will never go to this location again and I suggest you don't as well everyone is rude and they have got to be not much older than 15 with zero experience ever working in customer service or running a popsicle stand for that matter. I've literally had better service at the lemonade stand down the street from my house with 6-year-olds managing it. read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - My dogs dissatisfied stare. - Fast Food Near Me - Prior Lake, Minnesota

2 sundaes for $8 with very little ice cream or chocolate. Do the workers have stock in the company or just don't care. Piss poor. Wont be back, not that they care anyway! read more

Jacob Dubay is the friggin man! Let this man run the show. No other comment. Sincerely a happy customer:)

I convinced my husband to pick up dinner at Prior Lake's Dairy Queen as I wasn't feeling up for cooking. He wanted to go to McDonald's but I insisted that there is an amazing cheeseburger basket, with fries and a small Blizzard for under $7. That is what I paid for the same meal in Victoria at their Dairy Queen. It was 6:15 when he stepped into the empty Dairy Queen store. He also noted there was nobody in the drive up. He thought "Great! We'll have fresh and hot food! Boy was he wrong... The entire store was being run by high school kids. They were complaining about how cold it was in the store and generally standing around. There were no specials that were offered so my husband ordered burgers, fries, and blizzards. He was shocked when the price came to $27.34! He placed the order anyway and the 10-minute wait for the food began. When the counter help gave him the bag that contained the food, she said "Here's your number one and number three. It was told to her "No, the order was for a number three and a number four." She looked helpless and turned back to the grill lead. They were arguing amongst themselves and Chris heard "Well then you totally rang it up wrong!" The Grille lead flapped her arms and walked away. He asked the girl if the order in the bag was correct and she assured him with an "I promise" and he walked out with our meal. We live three minutes from Dairy Queen. By the time he got home, the fries were cold and hard, the burgers were dry, flavorless and obviously old, and the Buns were almost wet. Because we were hungry, we reluctantly ate as much as we could before I decided to make a call to the manager. When I called, the grill lead told me there was no manager on duty and that he would be in the shop by 10 a.m. the next day. I told her my issues, she apologized and said the manager will take care of it. She also offered to remake our meal. I told her "No no no... there's no way I want food. I want a refund." She apologized again and told me Brad would call me in the morning. We will never go back to Dairy Queen again. Not only are children running the business, but the food is barely edible and extremely, extremely overpriced. I'm sorry that we cannot support this locally owned business. Take it from us and visit McDonald's read more

good icecream and don't wanna hate but TERRIBLE wait time they don't even make your icecream if you order ahead until you ARRIVE and tell them "i have a mobile order for _____" read more

I dont even known if the employees (who are mainly slow kids) pay attention to what the customers are ordering. We mainly get DQ for the gravy along with the chicken strips. Mentioned it to the order taker 3 times requesting gravy and we get back home to find no sauce of any kind. This place has always sucked with service. Maybe should hire a few people who can be more responsible and pay attention to their customers. read more

Oh my word! I have never experienced such bad employees! After this last visit, I plan to take my ice cream cravings elsewhere. The employees are a bunch of 17 year olds, who don't know what the heck they are doing, and have poor customer service qualities! Coming from a 17 year old girl herself, I would never dream of treating customers so rudely! And the service was incredibly slow... big order of 3 things here! WOO! Not to mention the ice cream products weren't up to the Dairy Queen quality... melting by the time we got them, no napkins, and not thoroughly mixed. Another thing that really ticked me off was that 1 of the blizzards we ordered for my sister, had nuts that i was allergic to. They didn't label, identify, or even tell me which one was which! Luckily, I took my own nut-free blizzard instead of the nut one... both looked identical! Law suit waiting to happen, people!!!! Take my advice Management, and get some new employees that will take their job seriously and not give me the teen sassy-ness! read more

Worse customer service I have ever been to. Hair in my food, sloppy meals, and a very long wait time for a simple menu item. Hopefully people see this because it is honestly the worse DQ I have ever encountered. read more

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill - Fast Food Near Me - Prior Lake, Minnesota

So many people give this place a bad rep, but you have to check it out yourself... It is honestly the best one around, very nice staff, you constantly see them interacting with clear regulars, and they always have a smile on their face, and are there for any questions you have.... They dealt with an angry customer while I was there, and they kept a smile on like be wasn't screaming in their face... 5/5 read more

Blizzard was half melted, 6x more chocolate than seems standard, just the remaining crumbs from the brownie bin tossed in there, the outside of the cup a sticky mess. Sniff sniff. Hmmm, why does it smell so strongly of bleach in here? Perhaps it's the teen who's liberally dumping undiluted bleach onto the floor of the kitchen. Management/ownership/15 year old who's somehow in charge: what on earth? Take a half day and teach these comatose teens how to give a quarter of a damn. read more

This place is a joke! Everyone that works there is like 15 years old and stands at the counter flirting and talking with their friends while there's a line of customers out the door... and this isn't once or twice it's every time I come to this Dairy Queen location! Then when i step in front of their conversation and tell them to chat later I'd like to order I got a huge eye roll like I was doing something wrong and inconveniencing them! read more

Rude staff, management, and a seriously dirty restaurant. I thought the first couple of times that maybe they were just busy or had a difficult night. Nope. It's like this every time. Tonight was the last straw. Go to the Savage location off of County Road 42. It's equal distance to either location for me and I will NOT go back to Prior Lake. #franchisefail #letthisonedie read more

I got three words. Shit Shit Shit. Ordered a cookie dough blizzard, received vanilla blizzard aka shit show. Then the staff started talking super loud and about how they were running from the cops. I, Megan May am so disappointed in my Prior Lake Dairy Queen Experience this ruined my entire 2019. The audacity this girl had to ruin my day and then smile at me is horrible retarded monkey. read more

If I could rate this a "0" I would. I ordered items on the menu and by the time I got to the window the items I ordered were out of stock. I got half my order with all my food thrown into the bag and fry's completely dumped all over. I than never received my other half of the order when they supposedly thought they were done giving me my order. Lastly I go home to find out, my Malt is actually a Shake and all the food was completely mushy and cold. I will never go back there again. Worst customer service ever!! read more

went to dairy queen with my family & ordered 2 medium brownie dough blizzards. which would consistent or chocolate syrup. there was no chocolate in either one of the blizzards. the drive thru had about 5 cars in it. when i than went up to the door to have them fix it nobody opened the door. nobody opened it. one told me to go back through & the other 2 tried to have a conversation south me through the door. they than tried to speak to me through a customer at the window. eventually somebody opened it & apologized. as i was leaving i told him thank for opening the door & not trying to speak to me through the door. super unprofessional EVERY time i go there. read more

I normally don't review fast food but this place is baaaadddd!!! Messed up my whole order in drive through came in to fix it and tried to give me the right food that was sitting on The counter getting cold! I will be going o McDonald's or burgerking for now on!! read more

Went for cones in the evening to end a great day and this place about ruined it. The kid behind the counter basically mashed my come into my hand as if I was an inconvenience to his day! I told him "you don't have to be rude" and he just glared at me!! Never going back read more

This location has yet to improve. Stopped by at the drive thru at 8:50 pm tonight & the employees working here are doing their best to discourage business. They have the menu board lights turned off and the shades pulled down in the drive up windows to make it appear as if they are closed. This isn't the first time we've experienced this, so I know it wasn't just an accident tonight. read more

The staff tonight 4/3/19 were very rude and uninviting. The front cashier didn't say any words to me or ask for my order she stared until I started talking. When having known I forgot my card in the car I came back in to two girl employees (blonde and dark brown hair) talking about my situation and laughing as making jokes- gossiping at how embarrassed I should be. When getting my blizzards the front cashier again didn't say a word to me, she ripped the receipt out and handed it to me. These high school girls need a class in customer service, very disappointed and will make it a point to never come here with anyone again. read more

I ordered a "spicy chicken strip basket". Service was under par, no pleases or thank yous or have a nice day or anything that a normal customer service employee would say. When I got home to eat my order I came to find out that they water down their gravy, don't salt their fries and barely toasted the bread on one side. I might as well have been eating paper. I will never go back there if the owner is willing to sacrifice quality and ripe off their "customers", I have been scammed out of 7 dollars. I am no longer a customer in his/her eyes I am only a victim of their crime. That may seem over dramatic but I didn't get what I paid for. Like a crackhead that was sold a piece of soap instead of a rock. I want my F'n gravy, salt and buttered toast! read more