Went to Dairy Queen for their free cone day as my son wanted to get a free cone. The line was long so we waited when it was his turn he indicated that he was allergic to gluten which the cone is made of asked if he can have the free ice cream but in a cup. The server said no and that he had to pay. Which was surprising cause they are usually accommodating. So we stood in line for such a long time, he decided to buy the ice cream. I'm rating this a one because of the service how they were not willing to just put the side serve in a cup. We won't go to this place based on this lousy experience which is too bad cause we liked going here especially in the summer. read more

I got three blizzards from there, two heath bar and one mint Oreo. The heath bar blizzards were pretty good but the mint Oreo Blizzard was sickeningly sweet with way too much green syrup in it. I have a tremendous sweet tooth but it really ruined the ice cream. DQ ice cream is too light to handle that much heavy syrup. Maybe no mint next time would be better but the price is also a little high for a lighter ice cream. read more

I frequently order from this location the same thing and using the app a large hot fudge or chocolate sundae. Today's order was a small in a large cup. ICe cream is always filled in the cup and you can never see through the cup like you can today. Please be consistent and provide customers what the pay for read more

DQ - Not a large sundae - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

A small franchise in a strip mall on 14. Very clean. The place was very busy but the service was quick and efficient. I was surprised at how quickly they kicked out the orders. No seating outside. Watch yourself walking from your car to the entrance cause drivers going by can be pretty distracted. This is a go to place in my book. read more

The ice cream was really good and I love the animal cookie blizzard. The peaople at the front desk were very welcoming. There are also many places to sit read more

Yaassss! Is there more to life than a vanilla dipped in chocolate cone here at Dairy Queen? As someone who's had 7 of them in the span of 3 weeks (ok, that's not as many as I thought the count was; also, don't judge me... ok, you can; it's a free country), I don't really think there is. DQ is a triple threat: value, size, and taste! I've paid anywhere from $2.54-$3.72 (it's $2.99 here) for a small cone depending on the location, but every penny was worth it! The most generous "small" was definitely at this location, and the creamy and smooth soft serve was also shaped in the most eye appealing fashion. A small at DQ is easily what a medium would be at say Glenview's local Dairy Bar. Mmm, and that paper wrapping on the cone is sure right: always imitated, never duplicated. The body and thickness of the soft serve, along with the dairy flavor, cannot be beat! read more

DQ - Small dipped cone $2.99 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

The ice cream is great, but the loud rap music makes it a bad atmosphere to eat inside!! read more

DQ - Medium dipped cone. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

I really liked coming here and getting a chocolate dipped in vanilla cone as it was very good and I noticed how there wasn't a lot of wait time which I like. e read more

Service of the two young guys behind the counter was carefree, inconvenient, and did not care about the customer. Laughed about not having items that customers ordered and will "give them whatever they want as substitutes and write a note to remind them in the future". Then made customers wait as they joked around. Not coming back. * the girl working behind the counter was exemplary at her job and was carrying all the heavy work, due to not getting help. She was excellent in the 20 minutes time I waited for my simple order. read more

I stopped by on a Thursday around 2pm. The place was empty, so plenty of time to clean, right? WRONG! The front door handle and glass were filthy. I decided to go in anyway, but as I entered the completely empty restaurant, I noticed the tables were dirty,the floors had ice cream drips on them and none of the chairs were pushed in. If it's this dirty in the public area of the restaurant, I can only imagine what the back looks like. read more

I stopped in for our occasional dq treat today & was totally shocked at the rudeness/downright hostility of the young lady that waited on me & I ordered with no hesitation or questions etc that would be a problem for her. The treats were delicious as usual but really??? read more

First off lemme say....Thank you! Ice cream always make me happy. I stopped in tonight to get my two chocolate chip cookie dough blizzards. Dang it's such a simple thing and them blizzards were loaded!!! Excellent job! Thank you! Customer service is exceptional and I always appreciate it! read more

Used to be good, now overcharges and poor quality We ordered 2 banana splits and we're definitely overcharged for them. To make it worse, we got hardly any toppings, Just mainly soft serve vanilla, pineapple and whipped cream. We will not be returning, ever. The employees did not know what was supposed to be on the banana split and did not care. read more

Awesome staff. The manager was super nice and the staff was very friendly! Great job guys. The way they dealt with the kids was super precious! read more

This is the worse Dairy Queen i ever came to. I brought my granddaughter to get a cone and the girl behind the counter was rude and dirty looking and the guy behind there helping was the same. I asked for a cone and she put it in a cup, When i told her i wanted a cone she began to get an attitude and argue with me that i said cup. I told her to give me my money back. She threw it at me and i threw the change back at her. I called her a female dog word and she called me an old hag. Very disrespectful. I wish i could locate the owner. I will never go back again and i was a regular customer. I hope she one day loses her job. she shouldn't be working with the public. She belongs in a cave by herself. Don't know why it's showing i live in California i live in Palatine. read more

Went out to the Burbs to visit Family ( safely outdoors ) My daughter loves Ice Cream so stopped here - really busy -so they were giving back to the community free ice cream to kids in costumes , We didn't realize , Paul I think he was the owner or Manager gave My Daughter a free cone ( no costume ) !! The Wife and I got blizzards ... bottom line it was clean , seemed serious about covid guidelines masks , gloves etc .. , loved the hospitality !! Will be going back next time We venture out West read more

This is the best place to buy great ice cream. There's nothing like an Oreo blizzard.

I love this Dairy Queen. The dipped cones, blizzards and shakes are made by very friendly and polite employees. It's a well run business and there is a lot of attention paid towards cleanliness and top notch service! read more

The line is the least of my complaint! The younger kids that work there are nice but always screw up our order! The owner/ manager yelled at me because he didn't hear my order correctly and proceeded to tell me that he had 16 years of experience and knew all the flavors/ menu! He was really rude and when he realized he misunderstood my order he never apologized and just remade our items! Quite frankly we will I'd rather go elsewhere from now on! There is always a sports team in here and the line is never less than halfway to the door ! read more

Beware. The cake frosting is not the same...its buttercream type. Not the whipped cream based frosting we grew up with. Do not order your cake from there if you like the whipped cream ones. Snotty attitude from the employees. When I am walking by never anyone in there during the daytime doing errands. I now make a point to go to Culvers for my sugar fix as everyone serves the same stufd and the only exemption is the DQ in Northbrook as its by my workkplace with cool people and right cake otherwise with franchises allowed to operate differently I'm not going to any DQs again due to this stores huge turnoff for me to get away with their branding. read more

We were really pleasantly surprised by the super helpful man when we stopped in recently for a last minute ice cream cake. He suggested and made up a special cake for us on the spot. Always liked taking the kids here when they were little because they liked it. But was not overly impressed by the ownership. I noticed a sign (under new ownership). So I'm happy to see the change in ownership already showing good signs. Good luck to them! read more

After getting sucked in by DQ's Valentine's Day cake commercial where the dude presents his girl a long red spoon from a black box, I decided to get a DQ heart shaped cake for my family on V-Day. So I walk into the place on Sunday at 1pm and its deader than road kill. I ask blondie behind the counter "Which is the V-Day cake on the commercial?" She answers in a dead pan manner "I don't know what commercial you're talking about..." So I just ask my kid to pick out a cake and she picked out something with this Blizzard bullshit brand with pink frilly KISS ME writing on it. I thought all ice cream stores were happy places but not this one. The experience totally sucked and the cake was just okay for $11. Hey, at least I did my duty for my girls. read more

So at 9:05, being the last 2 people in line, the door was still open and a young man turned them out. We stayed outside with our tasty yeasts and up to this point at 9:30, at least another 15 people were out for the same but DQ? CLOSED. Too bad :( read more

I'm a fan of the good old Blizzard and the kids working at this location work hard and do a good job. The ice cream itself just cannot compare to homemade ices cream like Kilwins or other ices cream shops. We went in here this weekend for a Ice Cream cake and the Carmel & fudge blizzard cake was really good. I have had fresher ice cream cakes, but the combination and variations of flavors in this cake is what made it good! After all, who doesn't like a blizzard on a hot day? read more

I loved your service! Thankyou!!!! I was waiting in line when another customer mis-ordered and thought you had made the mistake. You didn't have to, but you corrected the order with a new cup and she went away happy. Wow! nicely handled! I'm impressed and will definitely be coming back! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Peace Barb read more

The standard Blizzard hits the spot especially as I try to keep all desserts out of the house and leave them for those special times with the family and the occasional indulgence. Things I like about this location? 1) It's nearby. 2) It's clean. 3) They have good service. We (the fam) are fans... read more

Slow service.. . There were two people in line in front of me that each got one item. Only one girl behind the counter, cashiering and making orders. Two people in the way back not assisting up front. Now there's four people in line behind me as I'm waiting to order. Someone from the way back yells out if the girl up front needs help, she says no!? It's my turn to order my one Blizzard. Some one from the back comes up front and makes a comment about how she does need help. Super slow service and someone should conduct some training on how to make all items containing ice cream (see what I did there?). read more

The only thing holding it back from 5 stars is the old fan in the men's room that sounds horrible. Been that way for years. Please change it. The food is good and the staff is super friendly. read more

So busy when I went. Waited 20 minutes. The ice cream wasn't even that good. Just not that great ofba place to have dessert.

There was something in my blizzard that was not edible. Trying to convince myself it was a piece of paper and not a piece of bandaid. But I really think it was the latter. read more

It's a Dairy Queen that lives up to the expected standard. read more

DQ - the front of the store - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

I tried to use a coupon that said buy one get one free at all locations but refused to take it.

I just ordered a "picture birthday" cake for my grandson, and Susannah helped me...she was professional and wonderful to work with and the guests all raved about the Blizzard Mint cake, it was delicious! Thank you Susannah! Sue Howard read more

The ice cream was the same as any DQ, but my reason for the 2 stars is the speed and quality of service. A Monday evening around 8pm, this location had a huge line in it. One expects a bit of a wait when there is a huge line, but I quickly came to realize that it was because of the pace of the workers that the line was so huge! You'd think they were all human snails. We nearly decided to walk out and instead get a quart of ice cream from Jewel, but one of our party was having a craving so we waited. In that time, I of course read the various reviews to see what other people had said. I saw the same complaints: slow, Slow, SLOW!... and a strange reoccurrence of people complaining about paper in their ice cream? Lol, I considered saying "hold the paper" when I ordered. Besides being slower that all heck, the staff all seemed to suffer from a very bad case of RBF/RAF (for those of you who don't know, Resting Bitch Face and Resting Asshole Face)-- not a single smile or friendly greeting to be found! On a different note, DQ needs to work on their fudge. It's a little to grainy for my liking. Otherwise I liked that stuffed fudge cookie thing with ice cream. read more

Service is pretty slow here but sometimes you've just gotta give in to that craving for some DQ soft serve, either by itself or in a blizzard. They definitely know how to make a good blizzard here! read more

The male owner of this place is rude and treats customers like they are an inconvenience. He embarrasses himself with his approach. Also, and more importantly, this local business refuses to sponsor anything in the community. Mthey have no community spirit, won't sponsor baseball teams, but yet takes all the money when teams come there. It's a lack of integrity, really sad. I don't go there, yeah, I dig a Blizzard, but not from there! read more

I just left the DQ in Palatine and I won't be back. I went into the store 2 days ago to order a dessert that I had seen online. When I went into the store to pick it up I was surprised and told the clerk (the same one who took my order) that it wasn't what I expected. She got very defensive and told me she has been taking orders for 12 years and never had a complaint before. The owner got involved and it went from bad to worse! I told him my biggest complaint is that neither of them even suggested that they were sorry for my disappointment. His retort was, "You got what you ordered!" My husband and I have been frequent patrons of this establishment but i can honestly say NEVER AGAIN!! read more

Went in this place to get a shake. Walked up, no one was there to take my order (it was around 2pm on a weekday afternoon). Then, a teenage girl who worked there walked past the counter and completely ignored me. Interesting. I then watched her say something to a co-worker and then walked away out of sight. I began to smile as I now know what a ghost felt like. I stood there for 2-3 more minutes and no one ever came to take my order. It was, the worst costumer service, ever. Never again. read more

There are lines but there is a reason, a very nice treat for family or individuals.

Just left DQ and have to say it was pretty disappointing. My husband and I frequent often and always leave a generous tip, but tonight I regret doing so. I order the same thing every time without issue, but it seemed like my medium ice cream was more like a small serving. When I inquired about the size, the girl said the ice cream was softer tonight, so it seemed more compact. However, the girl in front of us ordered a small cone, but was surprised at how large it was. As a paying customer, who orders the same thing every time, it was a rip. Next time, I'll go to the grocery store, instead of DQ and at least get my monies worth...very disappointing! read more