888 3rd Ave E, Owen Sound, ON N4K 2K5, Canada
Soft-serve ice cream & signature shakes top the menu at this classic burger & fries fast-food chain.
“On September 28, 2024, at around 5:50 PM, I had an unpleasant experience with a cashier. She was quite rude and dismissive, which made me feel disrespected as a customer. I’ve always had a good experience at Dairy Queen, but this interaction was disappointing and not what I expect from this location.
Had a skip dishes order mix up but Kushal and his team fixed it right away. Terrific customer service .
I’ve never thrown out a burger before, but I had to this time. I was in a hurry and hungry and just ordered the mushroom cheeseburger by itself. It was disgusting, the canned mushrooms and soupy sauce that I imagine was supposed to be cheese slid off immediately and there was nothing else on it. The beef patty had a distasteful consistency. Really sorry I went there. Hopefully their ice cream is better.
Great service, awesome food and best experience. They have a variety of ice creams and cakes. Totally worth visiting🙌🏻
Soupy blizzards are never a hit, especially at the price they charge. Staff need to be trained properly. Tables and floors are always sticky and bathrooms are terrible. This used to be one of the best. Unfortunately it now seems like the worst.
Since when do they not do the flip test anymore at dairy queen ...the past few times we have gone for blizzards ..they havnt done them...and as soon as you leave the restaurant to eat your ice cream you can see why ...the blizzards are basically soup by the time you open them. And thats literally minutes after leaving the restaurant. I havnt complained in the past but lastnight we decided to get some again, and sure enough same thing ..no flip test. I left, got in my car, drove home ( quick drive in town) and opened them up and basically the whole thing was soup. We had to drink half of our blizzard. Unacceptable and very disappointed.
I ordered the strawberry and cheesecake blizzard and it was absolutely the worst one I’ve ever ordered. The blizzard was already half melted (literally dripping on the sides) when received and the staff refused to make a new one. The service is horrendous here.
Staff went above and beyond. The cake I ordered for my son turned out perfectly! And the lovely worker made sure that it was nut free and gluten free. Thank you so much ! Everyone enjoyed it and one little boy was over the moon.
Good job
Yash is amazing, guy deserves 5 stars Vegetarian options: Anything but their burgers and wraps pretty much Dietary restrictions: Everything has dairy except fries Dilly bars and drinks (some frozen drinks as well)
Friendly staff. Birthday cake was awesome Food
Very small but very good... Quick service Delicous sundaes
Good place for dessert
Great service. Fast friendly staff lady screwed our order today.
Better than a&ws i dont mind the melted blizzards though.
Disappointing trip today , I ordered Reeses Pieces and made sure I told them again I wanted Reeses Pieces not Reeses peanut butter cup. They gave me peanut butter cup..
Great service great people!
Kid-friendliness: Interacting with kids and having a bit of fun with them is always great! Food
Very good burgers and ice cream
Great place. Good pleople.
Super fast service, was amazed!
Folks are super:but The buster bars are 1/2 the size they should be according to DQ s video. 5 peanuts total, 2 teaspoons of chocolate fudge 1/2 the ice cream, not good. Should have 1 tablespoon of peanuts and fudge top , middle and bottom 1 1/2 inches of ice cream in between then dipped in chocolate.
Good but getting very expensive
Tonnes of options and designs for cakes and love dq cakes !!
What a horrible smell inside this restaurant. Sure doesnt smell like food.
Been through the drive-threw many times and got a burger combo and wrap, everything was hot, fresh, And really quick!
Ice cream is pretty good, place isn t the nicest.
Cute Dairy Queen
They were so rude to me today .
My go to place best food and service !!
Its a place to bring your kids or even a lunch break the foods not to bad and the ice cream withal its choices Parking: Park in the back or on the street Wheelchair accessibility: One main door wheelchair friendly
I love coming here for blizzards
Clean and well-maintained Dairy Queen with a wide variety of flavors and toppings. The service is quick, and the employees are always eager to help. Highly recommend!
Amazing blizzard choices and great staff always quick on their feet and consistent with the quality. They have COTTON CANDYYYYYYYYYYY!
I was very disappointed that dairy queen is still using single use plastics for their containers, tops, straws, forks, spoons, knives etc. These are banned in Ontario for good environmental reasons. I would like to see dairy queen and all restaurants obey the law.
Great all around
Strange that one of the best burgers in town is also one of the least expensive
dining area is filthy, tables are sticky, staff does not care. ice cream was good tho, hence the 2nd star.
Had a blizzard which was almost too much for me in amount of food. They were fast to serve.
I had a great burger from DQ Owen Sound. Also got a ice cream cake for a birthday that evening. It was a huge hit.
Great service
Always good food. Friendly staff and quick service.
Just had the nicest guy at the counter help me chose my treat. I didn t know they did cherry flavour so got the cherry milk shake. Delicious
This dq is hit or miss to be honest. Food is great although they do not sell things other dairy queens do such as large poutines and a few other things. Some days I get cheese curds on my poutine and other days shredded cheese so you never know until you get it. Inside is usually on the dirty side and the bathrooms are usually disgusting. If your just getting take out burgers youll be fine but eating in is a risk. Also it was pretty expensive , 27 dollars for a burger meal plus a kids cone. Also they have next level cake decorating skills check out the 6 they put on my sons cake
The bathrooms were closed
I did not go in I waited outside with my boy and papa. My hubby went in ordered. The kind employee helped serve the cone like a drive through to my son. It really made his day. Fast and friendly kind.
Super nice and friendly service. Accommodated a friends dietary request.
My only concern was that if you order a sundae and a meal, then the sundae should come last and not first
Always excellent service here!
Kid-friendliness: Excellent services I was very happy Food
Friendly and the ice cream came out amazing :)
Getting to expensive. MacDonald has the same for half price and fast service.
Bin better
Its a good place to eat except for getting a mulatte and a Orange Julius which they still dont have the machine up and running which they do they just dont want to do mulattes and orange juice
July 4th, 2023, Ok The smell when we entered was sooo awful! It was smelling like an outhouse .Super strong .I just left Couldn t stand the smell Food
Got the 6pc chicken strip to share. With fries a drink was $20.00. 4 out of 6 pc were half the size of a normal tender and nothing like the image on the menu. I wouldnt recommend this item and wouldnt go back again. If theyre much smaller it should be given 2pc instead. Food
Staff amazing! Our food was phenomenal too very clean cant wait to return
Friendly staff, items seem a little overpriced but not the employees fault.
All around, a great restaurant..With great summer treats!
They are busy, but the service was top-notch and quick.. I always enjoy DQ ice cream
Smelt really bad as soon as we walked in either then that was good
Very polite staff and always appreciate about their food and friendly staff yash and Amin very friendly and polite always helpful
Great service and quality of food.
Nipped in for an icecream birthday cake which was really tasty
Ordered a choco brownie extreme blizzard cake which was very delicious and beautifully decorated. I would say they have got a very good cake decorator.
Friendly and very cordial
Was unsure of going due to owner change but glad I did they went out of their way to make sure you were satisfied
Fast friendly service
Good food Kid-friendliness: Easy chairs for kids to use Food : 5/5 |
2 for $6 was good value, although the quantity of fries was pretty lacking. For $3, the hamburger was fine. The Cocoa Oreo blizzard was delicious. Service from the staff was good.
Very friendly location that will help you do requests for your food. Wheelchair accessibility: No steps to get in Food : 5/5 |
Very friendly staff, good food.
Great food staff was great
The new owners are absolutely amazing! So nice and accommodating!! The food is amazing but these people go out of their way to make sure your experience is great!!!!!
The best food, best ice cream and poutine wonderful service is the very best
Most of the guys there are cool but one of them is unprofessional (the one with the long beard) always with an angry face doesn t tell you about the deals they got and annoying.
Its a chain so the menu is the standard burger, fries and milkshake you expect. The staff are friendly and service was prompt. Parking: Parking right by the door is normally available
We order 2 med choc shakes. DELICIOUS
they change staff and its gone down hill a d id like to know where other staff went because they did their jobs
The place was dingy, dirty, bathrooms closed, radio piped in music not tuned in well, plexiglass partition dirty, yes very sad to see to what used to be great to go to for a treat!
Very good service
Smells terrible inside was gunna order but had to walk out
Employee with BMW hat on taking orders would have rather played on his phone than take customers orders. 2 customers walked out yelling asshole to this employee as he was playing on his phone right in front of everyone in line. Once we got up to the counter to order all we could smell was BO! It was gross! Definitely not a smell you wanna smell before getting food. Everyone in the back making ice cream was hustling around doing his job as well. Got our ice cream and got out as soon as we could.
Place smells awful and the guy at the counter was playing on his phone while customers walked out.
Blizzards were delicious. Disappointed in the burger as well as the chicken strip basket.
Food was ok but the restaurant seemed very dirty and customer service could use some work. Not sure what happened to this place but it needs a deep clean
Banana milkshake. The best..
Great customer service
Pretty impressed with my sons Birthday cake! Friendly service
New owners and it has gone down hill. Ice cream was melting before we even got it, service was slow and the place has a funky smell.
Its great place for ice cream and superfriendly service !!
This was in the bottom of my milkshake, very scary experience. DO BETTER!I almost choked and died for the love of god.
We love this DQ location. The staff are friendly, caring, patient. They treat their trainees with respect. If something goes wrong they make it right with the customer. Orders are ready on time and accurate. Well Done, Owen Sound DQ Team. Everyone should use this location!
soft serve is good but they repeatedly mess up the blizzard orders. if you order a blizzard get them to check its the proper type
Expensive now but tasty
Excellent hospitality, service and management on point . Speciallly manager Yash for being so kind and helpful.
Friendly ambient
consistent quality, great prices, friendly staff
Its too bad theres no inside dining
Under construction, a bit cramped, for take, staff were amazing, under the circumstances!!
Very fast service and friendly
Ordered a blizzard cake and it was sooo yummy and looked great!!
Husband and I got two flamethrowers, both were just soaked in way too much sauce we had to use napkins to wipe the excess sauce off. Woke up the next morning we both had diarrhea and vomiting. I will definitely not be going back for quite awhile if at all
went there around 10pm for some ice cream, blizzards were very good, fast service and overall a pretty good experience
Parking: Park your f****** car and get out and go in and order what hard about that
Excellent meal deal. Great service!
Yesterday was our 3rd visit over the summer and all I can say is that this DQ is not being managed or operated well. The first 2 times we ordered blizzards that would not have passed the flip test (note, they have not done the flip test those 2 times) as the ice cream is already melting as they hand you your blizzard. I know that is not the DQ standard and so am wondering what is happening that this is the quality of product being served? Yesterday we didnt even order. We started to, I ordered 2 items, then the phone rang and the person taking the order doesnt punch in my items, he just took the call. So I tried to carry on with my order and he just puts up a finger to wait; which I would have been happy to, had we had been spoken to kindly and been shown that our business was valued. This gentleman goes to the back to listen to what is apparently a more important phone call and in all fairness it could have been. I try to not make too many judgements or harsh ones when I dont know the whole picture. But another staff comes out from the back, looks at us, looks at the staff on the phone who is behind in the food prep area and then just returns to the back. It was at this point we discussed our options and felt that supporting a local business over a corporation was a better use of our time and money and so we left.
One of the best dq location I have ever visited.super friendly and super fast customer service !!!
Consistent quality of food And great customer service
Very nice people, great food, I come whenever I can
Lools good after the reovations mich better flow for customers to line up
On two different occasions I ordered ice cream cakes with a photo and they did a great job preparing the cake quickly for me and decorating it how I asked! I was able to email them with the details and they responded quickly too. Thank you!
Very good
Great. Nice server .Made excellent old style Turtle pecan cluster. Thank you Back there several times.. ALL service friendly and excellent. They seem to actually care. Well mixed too.
I ve never felt more disgusted personal hygiene is not there pretty hard to want to eat somewhere when all you can smell is BO throughout the hole restaurant I think I ll make the drive to sauble beach next time I want ice scream as this Dairy Queen has gone down hill thanks to new owners very disappointed.
Had a coupon 2 dbl cheeseburgers frys and pop. Folks excellent service and the burgers frys were excellent. I will go again.
We got 3 banana splits, 1 medium and 1 small blizzards this evening. They did not have any banana left so they added extra strawberry and pineapple. The pineapples were almost rotten. My brothers got stomach cramps. I called them just to warn so no one else gets sick. The person who answered the phone got it personal and said Maam I changed it this evening it cannot be old. We are not poisoning you. I am wondering if this is their attitude to every customer.
Kid-friendliness: Had them make a wonderful cake very friendly and and considerate of my daughter allergies go there buy your cakes and say hi to the wonderful will definitely be return for more cake and good
I originally ordered DQ through Skip the Dishes and my Skip driver didnt bring part of my order. I called DQ to see if he forgot it, and the gentleman I spoke to was very kind and offered to bring me the rest of my order himself, and also called Skip the Dishes for me to make them aware. The DQ employee showed up within 15 minutes of speaking on the phone, I was very pleased with their customer service and their desire to make their customers happy! This definitely showed me they go the extra mile for their customers :)
Wife and I had take out only
My order was missing items, spent an hour trying to call without an answer. Kids meal only had the burger, side order of onion rings were just a ball of dough and onions . Very disappointed with this service .
Very good
Everytime I go to this location they mess the order up or dont blend the blizzard well
When your sick of dull cake or the icing is to sweet its time for your mouth to scream ice cream, a delight from the one and only DQ (Dairy Queen). Ice cream cakes are the best. For around $30.00 you can serve an army. And so many to choose from in stock. Thank you Owen Sound DQ. Birthday party was a great!
As far as the ice cream goes, just the same as any DQ locations. The service however is fairly slow even for DQ. I noticed at least six staff present with only two really doing anything. While the others stayed very much out of site while a line up of customers had been present. They would take four orders before starting any of them, while skip the dishes orders have been prioritized ahead of anyone in store despite having a small order. Took about ten minutes to receive two medium milkshakes (from order to hand, not including waiting in line). The staff that served us was polite, the wait time is a bit too long for my preference.
Quick and good set up for covid, in and out.
Mmmmmmmnnn delicious
Nice place for treat in summer time
So yummy
Wonderful looking pepole very friendly and pleasant.we all make human errors
They are good they just need to know what to do for this covid still and when people enter in the wrong door...
love the recognize ya face ,got you covered courtesy,im hooked on them grilled burgers, 1/2pd..perfect..add bacon..of course..excellent, professional, team,young leaders in tough times
Service is slow, place is cramped. Covid restrictions like number of people allowed in and social distancing were not followed. On top of all that, gift cards are not accepted here, I thought this place was a chain restaurant. At least the blizzards are good, but will be skipping this place next time.
Great food, ice cream, and service... even when its pretty busy!!! Thanks!!
This is the best place to come if you want something that is good and cold. Try their blizzard of so many flavours You wont be dissapointed.
I mean, its ice cream for goodness sake. Who could possibly not love ice cream?
Skip The Dishes Driver Perspective: Remember back in the day when DQ was all about treating you right? My how times have changed. You could compare the downgrade in quality to the once iconic Smarties Blizzard. This treat was the bomb when it first launched (and by bomb I mean it was a cup full of diabetes-inducing goodness). They didnt use spoons for the Smarties back in the day - no sir - they used shovels! They also added malt chocolate bonus insulin spike. But as mentioned those days are now in the rearview mirror. Gone is the malt chocolate. Gone are the shovels. Your Smarties blizzard now gets two thimbles of Smarties. Should you want a third thimble (you, know...so that your Blizzard actually tastes like Smarties), you have to pony up. The customer service and efficiency have fallen off in the same way. The manager has no control over his staff and it shows. No coordination of orders, no workflow - just pure sugar-coated chaos. Most of the staff is nice, but whoever is working the grill really has to polish those skills. TIP: Unless you find waiting 15 minutes for a $7 order youll have to drive 5KM away financially rewarding, avoid this place like the plague. Its worth the hit to your AR.
Great customer service, YASH was super helpful in selecting the cake and advised us how to cut a frozen cake lol
Love i
Blizzards always yummy.
Great ice cream and good service
Covid affected service level. They do what they can. No inside seating this day.
It always takes forever here to make an order, and than even longer to get your order. This is when compared to other DQs Ive been too.
Excellent food and easy to handle cashiers. Five out of five.
The food is good and the service is good, my only problem with this place is that sometimes you have to wait a while for your order.
Prices and food are okay. Unfortunately, there are middle/upper-class (pretentious and condescending) crowds showing up anywhere from 5:00pm to 9:00pm that make me feel very uncomfortable whenever I go there.
Not as advertised menu Updated busy clean
I orddered 2 large fry, 2 burgers ( just cheese burgers) and 2 strawberry cheese cake blizzards with a strawberry sunday. I got 1 fry and a blizzard. When i tried to tell the lady at the counter she just told me they had gotten it right and she couldnt do anything now then turned away. Im very unsatisfied with my experience and the customer service.
I love their soft icecream, I have one every night I can in the summer. I go at night to not have to wait covids fault not theirs. I love sundaes but if Im with that special one I have a banana split
I went in before closed but they refused to serve me. They were clearly too eager to leave early, and claimed to be open only until 10. Then when I suggested they update Google, they lied straight to my face saying they did, even though I showed them that it says they are open until 11.
This is my second review for this Dairy queen and they still cant get it right!! Always mess up my order. Last time I went in to order a couple blizzards, I waited a half hour and then I asked where mine was. They didnt even put it in the system and I already paid for it. They gave me a coupon for a small sundae. Like that doesnt give me my time back. This time I ordered am Oreo CHEESECAKE blizzard, second time ordering this kind. Last time they put 2 pieces of cheesecake in it, thats all. This time they didnt put any! I cant believe this place how many times the Owen sound dairy queen messes up orders, why cant they get it right? Im so disappointed in dairy queen, Ive never had these problems at other locations. I recommend not going here ever if you dont want to be frustrated. And dont ever order cheesecake blizzards here, they wont give you any. Ive had it with this place. Never been so frustrated with a restaurant. Ive always thought highly of dairy queen, they have gone downhill quick.
Love their Steakhouse Burger