Dairy Phil — Restaurant in Clare

Went in there today and got ice cream with my girlfriend and my kid, and though we got our ice cream promptly, when we got our ice cream from the counter my 3 year old daughter dropped her ice cream right on the top and screamed when it fell a little. Just briefly. Either way it was completely ignored by the staff. There was no “Hey can we replace that for her.” No. Just completely ignored. So we cut the top off and she ate it.. lol. Either way that was my first experience at Dairy Phil and probably my last. Cause that one act was a good enough reason for me to drive to Dairy Queen in Mt. Pleasant next time. I don’t care how busy they were, how backed up they were.. when it comes to kids, basically the purpose for an ice cream shop like that, it should have been taken care of promptly. Just as fast as I spent my money there. $20.00 for 3 ice creams. Well 16.00 AND I TIPPED $3 and change. Did I already say that the cookie dough tasted freezer burnt too? Yeah, then there was that, but they give a good amount when u order it.. maybe they don’t use it a lot, and they got...

Although I love the dairy feel it all depends on the staff who is working at the time. Overall most of the time it's a pretty great place to visit and the ice cream is good and put together well. But there was one experience I had about 3 weeks ago when the girl who was scooping out the ice cream did not have gloves on and took three orders before my order and never washed her hands in between it kind of grossed me out so I blatantly looked her in the eye and asked her can you please wash your hands and put some gloves on before you get my ice cream. She said yes and she did exactly what I asked her to. So as I said depending on the staff overall a pretty good place to visit just be careful and keep...

Three claims to fame for Dairy Phil: One is the variety of ice cream specialties here -- about 18 flavors of hard ice cream as well as soft serve, Dole Whip and occasionally gelato, and all manner of sundaes, splits and shakes. Dairy Phil also offers beef, turkey or veggie burgers with lots of topping choices, standard and fancy ( feta and tzaziki, bleu cheese, many more). But maybe the best reason to bypass the local offramp Hamburger Hill for this in-town, old-skool drivein: House smoked barbecue. Chicken, pork, brisket, turkey..sides like smoky potato salad, deep- fried okra and green beans, vinegar based...