DAIRY QUEEN GRILL & CHILL

Does DAIRY QUEEN GRILL & CHILL keep a clean kitchen? Yes — an A grade, 91/100, at its most recent inspection on March 25, 2026. That visit logged 9 basic violations.

On health score it's safer than 46% of Orange County restaurants we grade. Diners rate it 4 from 1,263 reviews.

Get directions Call (321) 666-8950

Restaurant details

Health grade
A (91/100)
Violations
9 total — 9 basic
Address
7825 E COLONIAL DR, Orlando, FL
Cuisine
Other
Categories
Fast food restaurant, Ice cream shop
Price
$
Rating
4 stars (1263 reviews)
Seats
60
Phone
(321) 666-8950
Website
Official website
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Community Rating

Reviews via Google
4.0 Community-sourced rating 1,263 reviews
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What diners say — our read

Complaints here are real, but they are mostly not about the kitchen. When how guests are treated comes up here it is usually a criticism, and the ratings attached average 2.1. After that, speed of service appears most often — 30% of the corpus, averaging 1.7.

Conspicuously absent: portion size, which no reviewer brings up. 1 star is the modal score, given by 12 of the 20 reviewers who rated. The split is 7 positive to 13 negative across 20 rated reviews.

The health record runs ahead of the reviews. The last DBPR inspection returned an A (91/100) with 9 basic violations. That inspection was on March 25, 2026. Across its inspection history the kitchen is improving, which argues for giving it the benefit of the doubt. On health score it sits safer than 46% of the Orange County restaurants we grade. Among the items recorded were food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized and nonfood-contact surfaces clean.

If pacing is what you care about, the reviews are the better guide here; if it is the kitchen, the grade is. The individual reviews are below, newest first, if you want the raw material.

Our own analysis of 20 reviews for this restaurant, set against its Florida DBPR inspection record. How we calculate grades →

  • June 28, 2026

    Unfortunately the service is going down hill here. Bought a shake that ended up being soup (pic attached) and the employee was obviously frustrated by anyone that ordered. The menu board will be shut off sometimes, probably to deter customers. Also, had to repeat 5 times the order in the drive thru since the employee did not have the headset turned up.

  • June 21, 2026

    Great service and ice cream.

  • June 2, 2026

    Everything was literally horrible! Worse customer service experience ever.

  • June 2, 2026

    The girl in the window did not listen to my order well. I asked to upgrade my drink, didn’t happen. I asked for chocolate ice cream, didn’t get it. I asked for queso as a dip, she confirmed at the window, still didn’t get it.

  • June 1, 2026

    This was, without a doubt, the worst experience I have ever had at any restaurant. I have worked in the fast-food industry for many years, including helping open new locations and working directly with store owners, so I understand the expectations for customer service, food safety, and professionalism. When I went through the drive-thru, I sat at the speaker for at least five minutes without anyone acknowledging me. When someone finally responded and I ordered a Mini Choco Brownie Extreme Blizzard, the employee taking my order was very short and rude. After pulling up to the window, I noticed there were only two employees in the kitchen area. One employee was eating fries directly from a container with no gloves on while also walking around on her phone. There were no other customers in the drive-thru or at the counter, yet I still waited several more minutes before anyone came over to take my payment. Once I received my Blizzard and pulled forward, I realized it was made incorrectly. Unfortunately, I was unable to identify the employee responsible because no one was wearing a name tag. Thankfully, when I went inside, another employee was much more helpful and corrected the order. However, there was still clear cross-contamination with the replacement Blizzard. If I had an allergy to any of the ingredients involved, this could have resulted in a serious health issue. The lack of food safety standards, poor customer service, and overall unprofessional behavior made this an…

  • June 1, 2026

    There are reviews/comments going back months pertaining to there not being enough employees and efficient employees. Customers are still experiencing long wait times to receive their orders. How is it that nothing has changed with this location? Unacceptable! And to the owner, please dont bother responding to me because clearly you have done nothing and will do nothing to make customers experience at this location better.

  • May 19, 2026

    Idk how but they have the best onion rings I believe in town compared to any other fast food (BK, Culver's etc) or diners such as Perkins or Denny's etc. Definitely try the Onion Rings!!!

  • May 15, 2026

    Great place and personal

  • May 14, 2026

    Staff is always friendly. There's like 5 restaurants on this corner and I always pick Daily Queen cause the staff is so decent. Pulled up 11:00 pm on a Wednesday and was treated like a Dairy Queen.

  • May 3, 2026

    I've been to this location multiple times and have had multiple issues. It's close to me so I continue to come back but now I will be driving out further to a different one. The last few times I've come here items were missing out of my order and this time three items were missing both of my ice creams and a drink. I work in food service so I understand mistakes happen and I try not to dwell on them. But this is a continuous issue from this location specifically

  • May 2, 2026

    Ambiente agradable , la tienda estaba limpia solo que el piso estaba muy pegajoso y al caminar era terrible .

  • April 19, 2026

    Drive thru girl had an unpleasant tone, I watched them microwave my $7 hamburger. The microwave is right in front of your face when you look into the drive thru window lol. I even asked what did the cook microwave and he admitted to heating up the patty with cheese in there. Unbelievable!!! Fries unseasoned no salt had to ask for a refund.

  • April 19, 2026

    Asked for a chocolate brownie extreme, but 3/4 of the cup was vanilla.

  • April 14, 2026

    Only two people working to forever to get my order got my order was wrong hire more people you guys are multi-million dollar corporation

  • April 14, 2026

    I think the employees were unaware they had jobs. My husband and I went inside to order and waited for about 20 minutes. There were three people ahead of us and the entire time we were there, an employee came to the counter once. My husband and I then decided to try the Drive Thru, but there were several cars backed up with NO ONE at the window. Eventually, we just left because no one was being served and we were just sitting there wasting our time. REPLY: I can tell you REALLY care about your fans. Your use of the "ctrl v" keys throughout your replies to customer reviews really conveys your care and consideration for the customer feedback you receive.

  • April 11, 2026

    Ice cream set to cold. It was iced. I grew up in Illinois with the very original first soft serve DQ store.

  • April 1, 2026

    I commend the young man working the drive through around 10pm on 3/31/26. He was polite and helpful in correcting an error in my order.

  • March 23, 2026

    Almost $4 for this! Seriously?

  • March 20, 2026

    Yesterday 3/19 around 5pm, Dairy Queen really said come celebrate free cone day and then acted like my 4 year old was trying to commit financial fraud at the drive thru. I picked my daughter up early from school to go get a cone on free cone day because she’s been having a hard time lately. We pu, ordered, got told to pay, and when she got sad and said never mind, the employee said “ok you can leave then” with the customer service skills of a short medieval bridge troll. My daughter is currently being bullied at school for being slightly overweight… so after this she cried the whole way home. Congrats on winning your power struggle with a preschooler ig. Hope that promotion budget went toward customer service training because wow.

  • March 11, 2026

    Took 35 plus min for a couple of blizzards just for them to be missing a good amount of ice cream. As well as not passing the blizzard test.

Overall Score

62 / 100

  • Health inspection grade 40/40
    Grade A
  • Dietary transparency 0/20
    None listed
  • Community rating 16/20
    4.0★ average
  • Hidden-gem status 0/10
    Not flagged
  • Track record 6/10
    Improving, 0% clean

Composite score from health grade, dietary options, ratings, and inspection record — distinct from the state-derived health grade.

Opening hours

Monday
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM
Tuesday
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM
Wednesday
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM
Friday
10:30 AM to 12 AM
Saturday
10:30 AM to 12 AM
Sunday
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM

Inspection history

The following records are from Florida DBPR public inspection records, most recent first.

  1. March 25, 2026 · Routine - Food

    Inspection Completed - No Further Action

    0 high-priority · 0 intermediate · 9 basic

    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized (×2)
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • 29 — Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
    • 33 — Garbage and refuse; premises maintained (×2)
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation (×2)
  2. October 15, 2025 · Complaint Full

    Call Back - Complied

    0 high-priority · 0 intermediate · 3 basic

    • 14 — Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained
    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
  3. August 15, 2025 · Complaint Full

    Warning Issued

    0 high-priority · 4 intermediate · 7 basic

    • 13 — Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; fingernails
    • 14 — Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained
    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized (×2)
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • 31 — Handwash sinks accessible; handwashing supplies & sign provided
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation
    • 42 — Cleaning and maintenance equipment
    • 53 — Food manager certification; employee food-safety training (×2)

This grade is calculated by us from Florida DBPR public inspection records — Florida does not issue official grades. How we calculate it →

Data last updated: March 25, 2026