We love stopping by Salem Dairy Bar! It's one of those classic local spots that never disappoints. The food is always fresh, hot, and hits the spot--especially their burgers, fries, and of course the ice cream. Everything has that nostalgic, hometown feel that makes it even better. The service is quick and friendly, and it's the perfect place for a casual meal or a sweet treat. Definitely a Benton favorite we keep coming back to! read more

There's nothing like a jumbo cheeseburger with bacon and a pineapple malt to wash it down! Salem Dairy Bar reminds me of my childhood. The customer service is always on point and the food never disappoints. read more

I love this place. My favorite foods are the burgers, onion rings, fries, milkshakes and fried pies. The employees are always friendly. I love playing games outside with my fin while waiting on my food. read more

Food is always phenomenal! Customer service is great. But the new phone number really needs to be updated on the website & Google

Everything I've tried there has been great and the service is as well! It's the closest local owned place to the house. We love it!

Great old fashion cheeseburgers! Good service. Picnic tables available or eat in your car. We drive to Salem Dairy Bar almost weekly from west Little Rock to enjoy the food. read more

Wonderful small town feel Dairy Bar. Very few still thriving and surviving in the world today. Burgers and ice cream always good with fast service. read more

The food is amazing and the shacks are great. Depends on the person taking the Oder on the service some can be short with you.

Best homemade burgers and shakes you could ever find! The onions rings are a step back in time, thick cut and hand breaded one at a time.

Best burgers around!!! Everything you get from here is delicious!! Prices are very reasonable and the staff is so friendly!! Also have to shout out the ice cream...YUM!! read more

Ordered a double bacon cheeseburger with a large fry plus two chicken fingers dinners plus two small chocolate malts and one regular chocolate malt. Added on a peach fried pie. Can you guess the total? Thirty bucks? Forty bucks? Fifty? Try $65!!! No malted milk added to the malts. The peach pie was fried to near death. No honey mustard added to the chicken tender dinners as asked. We have been customers for many years but won't go back again. read more

Open on Saturdays until 7:45. Open Mon-Sat. Closed Sunday. Good shakes and burgers, hot dogs etc

Great small town dairy bar. There is a good reason this has been in business for as long as I can remember. It fun to stop by eat at the picnic tables and play corn hole or one of the many outdoor games they provide. It's always a good time with the kids. read more

First I love having the dairy bar. It's a nice place to pull up to and enjoy a "dairy bar" feel...that's if you can afford it. It isn't a place for a great, quick, budget burger and fries. It will cost you more than a Speedy Gonzales at a Mexican restaurant and you won't get near the amount of food. Yes the burgers are great, but the fries are generic crinkle cuts with no salt. The rest is Ben E Keith fried foods and things you could find in the a la carte line from Junior High. The people seem so friendly online, in person the lady has been short and almost seems irritated 4/5 times. Overrated? read more

Best burger and shake on these parts. Parking is sparse but worth the effortClassic

I have heard about this place from multiple people who have trustworthy food opinions that Salem Dairy Bar has a great burger. Because it is a half-hour drive from my house, I failed to make it there for many years. Yesterday I corrected this mistake and it truly was a travesty for me to ignore this place for so long. I got the Double cheese with tater tots and a chocolate milkshake. It was fantastic, and I will be back soon, easily in my top 3 burgers in the Central Arkansas area. read more

My husband/I LOVE these hamburgers! They remind me of my grandmother's. The place is great! Have tried different things and all has been delicious!! The ice cream!! If you've not tried the Salem Dairy Bar you're missing out. It's like being a kid all over again....except this time you have to pay for it yourself! (Prices most reasonable). read more

Their burgers are the best. It's a little bit of a drive but well worth the time and money. Once you have their burgers you are spoiled with the great taste and burgers from other places don't taste as good anymore. It's a bit old fashioned and no In restaurant dining but who cares after you have one of their burgers! read more

I like to patronize small town independents. Locals are nearly always friendly & appreciative. Salem Dairy Bar has survived all the surrounding commercial development & chains. An old-fashioned Cheeseburger, Onion Rings, & a Shake served with a smile & a "Thank You!" will never go out of style. Do stop in & enjoy a treat! read more

The best hamburgers and food. I've been going here since I was a little kid. Best kept secret for many years. Diamond in the rough! Love this place!! read more

THIS is how dairy bar food should taste. As a child in the 80s, there was a dairy bar in every neighborhood. Then, all of the fastfood chains took over. I have been to a few dairy bars off some beaten paths as an adult, but this place takes me back my childhood. Its NOT like when you see an old fling and wonder what you were thinking, NOPE. And its NOT like when you try canned raviolis as an adult and wonder how you ever swallowed, NOPE. THIS, is just like I remember. I love this place. read more

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The wife and I went to Salem Dairy Bar last z Sunday for lunch. We are new to the area and choose to spend our money on local establishments. I love the old cement block building with the walk up window. They have plenty of picnic tables under shade trees. The place was pretty crowded and we got the last parking spot. The menu is what you'd expect from a mom and pop walk up burger joint. We noticed the prices were pretty high, but that's to be expected in Todays inflationary economy. We both got cheeseburgers, shared an order of Onion Rings and had small milkshakes. The burgers were average and the onion rings were very good. The shakes were tasty as well. I wouldn't say it's a destination food joint, but it's certainly better than any fast food chains and the atmosphere takes you back to the old days when I was a kid. Pro Tip for the Salem Dairy Bar experience: Order ahead. They were pretty busy and it took about 30 minutes to get our food. It was 100 degrees at 1pm that day and pretty darn hot waiting for it to arrive. read more

Always super nice and friendly, the food is amazing and well worth it. The scenery is nice ti it's might just be the road and some trees but it makes ya feel right at home read more

Great burger and soft serve ice cream. There's always a line but service is speedy quick.

Reminders of times as a child with real food, floats, shakes. The chicken tender basket, hamburgers & shakes are highly favored.

This place is totally awesome if you are into the old style 'order at the window' experience of yesteryears! The burgers were really good and the ice cream was a real hit with my kids. Seating is limited but I have found that a lot of people just eat in their cars. Very friendly staff. read more

I had heard nothing but good things about this place when I moved here a few months ago. I went a few times to try their fish and chicken sandwiches, but especially their homemade onion rings and delicious shakes (hot fudge + butterscotch)! My wife who I met in El Salvador turned to me mid-meal and exclaimed: "it's really good! All of it!" We eat a lot of good meals, and she never says that. So, from a southern boy and a Latin American, this place is a MUST TRY!! Also, they're super sweet and a mom-pop store, which helps the community and keeps traditions alive. read more

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Great food and quick service. Food is pricey for a Mom and Pop restaurant, but one of the best burgers in the area!

Good burgers. People are nice. Shakes are good to. I wouldn't get anything else--definitely a burger place.

Love this place. The beat burger in town though now closed from COVID 19. I use to go here in the 70's. I moved away for 35 years and it's just as good as I remember. Love the giant double cheeseburger read more

This place is awesome very friendly staff, food was great and fried pie and ice cream didn't disappoint. Move here 9 months ago and finally stopped glad we did new favorite place to go!! read more

A nice little place to get a burger and a dessert. The desserts are the standout though.

Favorite local joint with a wide variety of menu items. Menu includesCheese Burger, Chicken Strips, hot dogs, and fried pies!!!

Best ice cream in Saline County. Chicken strips and burgers are good too. My wife and I like to ride out here on the weekends for a treat.

This place is known for its ice cream but I got onions rings and they were delicious. Burgers are great too! read more

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Great hamburgers and milk shakes. Friendly staff. So busy and such a hit with Benton residents, sometimes it is difficult to find a place to park. read more

Delicious burgers! Onion rings are super breaded and probably not on anybody's diet plan but quite delicious! Ice cream is good as well.

We got 2 jumbo hamburgers, one order of French fries and a kids hamburger was good fresh and hot But lacked salt and seasoning. We will have to come back to try the dairy one day. read more

WHAT HAPPENED! SDB has been the place to go for the best burger and shakes in Little Rock metro. The shakes are still the best. But the burgers? The toasted bun and condiments are the same. But what have they done to the meat? They used to serve fresh made hamburger patties. Today tasted more like a frozen pressed patty. I can get that at McDonald's! My wife and I split the cheese burger today and threw most of it away. Have never been disappointed in SDB in 27 years till today around 4:00 pm. I hope SDB is listening! read more

I have eaten here since I was a kid. Their ice cream is so good it spoils you to any other kind! My daughter and I celebrated the other day and came and got the "cookie crumble split" it was DIVINE the 2 of us split it thank goodness but man was it good. One of my faves is, fried pickles and ice cream, you dip your pickle into the ice cream, it's not as wierd as it sounds! read more