Wheaton Dairy Queen

This place sucks! Small portions but higher prices. And only vanilla no other flavors… Go somewhere else not worth going there.

If I could give it a tenth of a star I would. I’ve been to this location a few times over the years and the service has been sub par but I went for the location’s convenience. It’s always been a joke in Wheaton not to go here if you have somewhere to be in the next hour. Well tonight was the last straw.
A husband and wife appeared to be working. As we approached the counter the lady sat in a chair and looked at us. When the husband said to help us she got up and took our order. We ordered two vanilla cones. She looked at us with a blank stare and said «I don’t know if we have that.»
YOU WORK AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP.
Finally once the husband was done fulfilling drive thru orders he came over to help. He said she was a little crazy and joked he might be «better off putting a bullet in a barrel of a gun and spinning it». If these two weren’t drugged out of their minds they were for sure crazy.
Once we finally got our cones we both took a nice lick and they tasted like sour milk! So gross that we threw them away. And so turned off by the two working that we said nothing. Wrote a nice little note to DQ. Whatever you do, DO NOT EAT HERE.
Go to Kimmers Ice Cream!!! Delicious, handmade in house, ice cream just across the street.

I have been here about 5 times now and they have never made my order correctly. Do not have your heart set on the picture, it’s never even close.
Also, this location doesn’t have chocolate soft serve. If you order chocolate soft serve (used in many blizzards), it is really just vanilla soft serve with a dusting of chocolate powder. Doesn’t compete with chocolate soft serve.
If you tell the employee who made your dessert that it needs more of something (once got a sundae with a «squirt» of fudge, while the picture shows it soaking in fudge), they will correct you and say «no, that’s how much we put on it.» :/​
I just got a sundae that had something rock hard in it. Possibly even a rock? Couldn’t tell… Had to spit it out. Overall, I’ve never been happy with the service or product. Drive a few more miles and hit up a different DQ.

Super slow service! Paid nearly $ 9 for a banana split and large cone. The cone was more like a medium size and when I asked for nuts on the banana split they wanted .86 cents extra. The banana split was small, very little ice cream and looked pitiful!
The only reason this place is still in business is strictly their location and they seem to know it and don’t really care. This is one of many bad experiences I’ve had here!
I will never go there again!
Winfield DQ is farther away but worth the drive!

I found myself in the unfortunate situation of needing to get through a drive-​thru to feed my kids in a hurry. I stopped here because it was the first place I saw. I ordered 2 hotdogs and 2 bbq sandwiches. 15 minutes later (no exaggeration), I was the proud owner of 2 tepid gray-​brown dogs, and a tablespoon of reddish mush on moldy buns. I would curse if I could to adequately describe how I felt about that exchange. NEVER AGAIN.

Wished i had read the reviews before coming here. The work area looked shabby and the quality of the product was the worst I’ve ever had at an ice cream shop. The milk shakes were more milk than shake and tasted very artificial. Avoid this business and drive elsewhere. Terrible quality for the price because DQ is not cheap on the wallet.

The older man (owner)? sounded like he was about to cough up a lung, hacked on his hands, then tried to make my cone without washing his hands. I asked him to remake it after washing his hands and he was a total jerk about it. Gross, disgusting and unsanitary. Won’t ever be back!

This is my first ever Unilocal review. I saw the reviews before going, but thought maybe people are just too picky and have unrealistic expectations. I went there last night with my wife for a pumpkin pie blizzard (my favorite). I had seen the reviews saying they skimp on ingredients and noticed immediately that my blizzard looked like vanilla ice cream. I didn’t say anything to my wife and on the walk back she turns and says, «Isn’t this blizzard supposed to be orange?» Yes, it is. It is orange in the photos and orange if the correct amount of ingredients are included. This place is a complete joke. Save your money and go to one of the other ice cream shops. This place isn’t worthy of Wheaton.

If you have lived here for a few years you will learn that the DQ owner cuts corner at every turn and his business reflects it. From his broken DQ sign to the kids he hires to the ingredients they use. Unless u just want a cone, go to Graham’s or Tate’s. At least they care.

Tonight we spent ten bucks for chemical smelling ice cream at DQ. It had such a strong fake vanilla smell uncharacteristic of DQ ice cream the way I remember it. The hot fudge sauce tastes synthetic – something has changed. We’ll head to Tate’s the next time we get an ice cream craving.

If you are looking for ice cream in downtown Wheaton just head to Grahams or Tates.

Honestly, just go to Tate’s. The line is long here, plus there’s always annoying middle school kids (myself included from 2001 – 2003). Now has an Orange Julius. Smoothies suck though. It’s like a a snow cone. You want a sugar high? Get some ice cream with some substance!

Used to frequent this place during my childhood summers. They always have high school kids working, and it seems busy.
Too inconsistent, though. As a Blizzard lover, I just want a fair amount of candy in there. Sometimes I get 2 pieces, sometimes I get a fair amount. How can this all be avoided? Head to Tate’s across the tracks, and you’ll never be disappointed.

one time about 5 years ago i found a ant in my ice cream.
the ladies that work there, have attitudes like they are on work release.
i always keep telling myself i will never come here again, but you know how that is.

Open late for the almost midnight DQ runs, not good for anything but ice cream, hello, its Dairy Queen!

We decided to go here during the «Taste of Wheaton», which didn’t have any food the first 2 days… so we figured, hey, Dairy Queen has hot dogs. We waited in line about 10 minutes, got to the front and ordered 7 hot dogs for all of us. They said «I’m sorry, hot food isn’t served past 6PM». I was like what? They repeated that. 6 o’clock is around dinnertime! What a dumbass decision, business wise. As a former restaurant manager, that is the dumbest thing I ever heard! So they lost a sale of 7 hot dogs, drinks, and 6 blizzards, oh, about $ 60.00. Totally dumb! And I won’t go back. I had to expalin to my crying kids they had no hot dogs and as a result, they couldn’t get ice cream, either! Even my kid said that was stupid!