Dairy Bar — Restaurant in Port Orange

I can’t believe I found a twist cone! I hadn’t had one in ages and I just suddenly started craving one like crazy, only to find out they’re super hard to find now! Something about nobody offering chocolate soft serve anymore because someone called out McDonald’s for theirs being made of plastic or something, which is likely untrue (McDonald’s people, please don’t come after me, I’m just a poor person and not worth suing) and either way, I didn’t really care if they were made of plastic because I wasn’t eating them all the time and a little plastic never killed anyone and they tasted daaamn good! Anyway, the Dairy Bar has chocolate soft serve, and therefore twist cones and it’s delightfully nostalgic! There’s a rather cute little place with cheap prices and friendly service. If it weren’t halfway under a major roadway, it’d be 5 stars...

I've been going here pretty much forever (since I was a little, little kid in the early 70's). The Dairy Bar has been consistently good and a great place to catch an after beach bite for a fair price. The chili dogs are the best, and the flurries are amazing (chocolate and peanuts is the best). Oh, and everything is great as well. Very easy to assume that this place is nothing special, but that couldn't be further from the truth. The staff has always been friendly. It sucks that I live about 800 miles away, but whenever I have the opportunities, I hit this place up. I loved it as a kid, and now my kids love the Dairy Bar. When we visit, this is absolutely go-to spot on the agenda. Obviously this place has been that successful for a reason. They ARE cash only, but there is a sign that says 'use our ATM'. There are also ATM options...

Ice cream was great, a little disappointed with the lady cashier. We got a brownie Sunday and a 12 oz caramel sundae. Was told $10, paid it not really thinking about it. As my wife and I was eating it she asked what I got because she saw her sundae was $4 and I got a regular sundae which was priced at $4 also. I asked the cashier and she quickly replied that tax is added and said mine was $4.85 and hers was $4.25 and asked if I understood. I said that only adds up to $9.10 and she gave me $.90 back. I still think made up some numbers because both of our sundaes were displayed as costing $4 each. I don’t really care about the change as much as the principle of integrity. I guess we will stick...