The IceBox Grill — Restaurant in Ivins

I love this place. I love it for lots of reasons: it's not a chain, great food, family run, and it's really clean/modern design on the inside. Look folks, some may say I'm super boring getting burgers all the time, but I'm on a quest to find a good ol burger. Nothing fancy, but good. I have found it. I tried their bacon cheeseburger there and there is something about it that makes it taste so fresh, non frozen and like it was just grilled in the backyard. Oh wait, it's because they are freshly made everyday and not frozen and grilled right after you order it. The battered fries are some of the best fries I've ever had, and I'm a fries guy.

Speaking of the food being freshly made, for those of you who want your food as fast as a certain burger place that rhymes with McDonalds, this is not that place. Just keep that in mind when you order (even in the drive through). They hurry, but you're not going to get your food in 3 minutes because it hasn't been sitting there for 15+ minutes waiting for you to walk in and order it.

Anyway, great food and service. Order and have a nice sit! Okay, they actually have an off menu burger that is pretty good aside from their normal burger. It's a bacon burger with sweet red chili sauce. It's pretty good. Order battered fries, pulled pork nachos or one of their salads. They are all good (at least I thought so). I also tried their fudge cookie, and it was thick and brownie like and outstanding. I now need to try more of their cookies. I hope you enjoy it and I hope I haven't talked it up too much. It's just a great place with freshly made food and I enjoy that so much more than the...

The fries rock!!! Their other food is pretty good too, but nothing is an extreme standout. This has become a favorite of ours as our daughter attends Tuacahn High School and we always go to the IceBox before events at the school in the evening.

Update 8 Oct 22: I need to retract the last review but Google doesn't allow it. Maybe we hit this place at the wrong time, but today the service was terrible, the food quality sucked and the whole experience was generally detracting. The place had only 2 other small groups of customers, so not busy at all. The girl at the front could not even greet us. Order was placed and arrived in a few minutes, so in the meantime we were getting our drinks and condiments. That area was simply nasty. Other customers had trashed it and the staff simply left it that way. No napkins, trash everywhere near the drink dispensers, condiments dripped all over the counter. Then we went to look for a table. Most were dirty and the ones that didn't have visible food particles were sticky and the floors under them desperately needed to be swept.

The food arrived and was mediocre at best. It certainly wasn't put together with the same kind of care we had been used to in the past. This will probably be the last time we visit icebox, mostly since we are moving out of the area but based on the quality of service and food we received today we probably wouldn't be coming...

Edit: 8 October 2022 - This place has seriously gone down hill. It's like no one cares anymore. The place is FILTHY, the condiment stand/drink station is so gross I didnt even dare touch anything & even though we went in the afternoon during a slow period, there was not a single clean (wiped off) table in the entire place. There is food under the tables and everything seems to have a sticky grime to it. I would hate to see the kitchen. The food is seriously overpriced and poor quality! My husband's green chile burger had a hard bun and as soon as he tried to pick it up, half the toppings just fell out all over the plate. They also only gave us one plate with both of our burgers and our fries on. So I had to ask for another plate, and napkins, since they didn't have any out, in order to be able to eat without reaching across the table. The owners need to wake up, get someone in here to seriously deep clean this place and get some employees who care about doing their job instead of being on their phone. Never returning!!

Their battered fries are TO DIE FOR! They have a little bit of everything so everyone can find something they like... And it's all made fresh. Good food, friendly staff. Family owned business. Be prepared for a wait during lunch, dinner and the Theatre rushes....good...