Dairy Queen

The juicy burger and golden crisp fries went fantastic with a bubbly Dr. Pepper. Received good and speedy service through the drive-​thru. Our lunch at this location was excellent. I recommend the Jalitos Ranch burger if you love a mild and creamy jalapeño flavor with crispness from the strips.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. I’ve lived in Bastrop my whole life, and been here countless times. No matter how many cars in line, or what you order, you will wait a minimum of 20 minutes to get your items. No apology for the wait, ever. Always understaffed. The absolute worst. Hope management gets it together.

Absolutely worst service ever. Waited 45 minutes for my order and it was still wrong and cold then waited another 30 minutes for a blizzard after my meal. Staff was rude and very obnoxious to all the customers that came through the door.

Microwaved burgers, nuked fries (they recoiled them in the fryer to warm them up, took 10−15mins at drive thru, meat and fries were not fresh. Very disappointed!

Always a mainstay. Very good. I’d give 5 stars if the had wifi and senior discounts like their Elgin counterpart.

Staff is super friendly and the rest is as expected. So, thanks to the staff, this place is worth the star rating. Cheers

After not eating at the Dairy Queen in Elgin, we made our way back to Bastrop. It’s after 4:00 pm, and have not had lunch yet.
Wow. Much different from Elgin.
Upon walking in, we are greeted by a very friendly employee (Taylor). He appears to be genuinely happy to see us come in the store!
I place my order for the Dude combo, with cheese. With tax, $ 6.79. The Dude sandwich was fresh. The vegetables were fresh and crisp. The fires were good, but could have been fresher.
I forgot to ask for a side of gravy. They charge 50 cents for a side of gravy. Don’t agree with this. I think this should be complimentary, just like ketchup, which I don’t eat (dip my fries in gravy).
Overall, one of the best Dairy Queen experiences in a long time. I attribute this mostly due to the fact that most Dairy Queen franchises have gone down hill in quality, but this one was pretty good.
The big plus was the friendly staff. Way to go Taylor!

So at yesterday’s Unilocal Elite event in Austin I didn’t get as much to eat as expected. I had been super-​hungry because I had eaten a small healthy salad for lunch and had been dreaming of pizza, cupcakes, and barbecue all day in anticipation. Anyway, so had everyone else apparently, so while I got to sample the wares, I left hungry.
My husband and I debated on whether to stop at Sonic or at Dairy Queen on the way home. At Sonic I would have gotten some cheese tater tots and a chocolate malt, so a Blizzard at Dairy Queen seemed marginally less unhealthy and more reinforcing than that, so my vote was for Dairy Queen.
When we pulled up to the menu we saw that they were having some 2-​for-​1 deals on some items, including corndogs. We found this extremely tempting, so our order ended up being a medium m&m/cookie dough Blizzard (for me … I basically never stray from this combination since I only get Blizzards a few times a year and it’s my favorite) and a small caramel brownie Blizzard (for him), and two corn dogs, one for each of us. Came out to $ 8.94 I believe, not bad.
This was quite a bit of a departure for me because I generally don’t order actual food at Dairy Queen after having many bad experiences with it as a youngster. However, everything we ordered was great.
I was a bit worried because the Blizzards appeared very heavy on the toppings. That usually means that all of the toppings are right on top and that the rest of the cup is just plain crappy softserve. When we began to eat our treats, we found that though the bottom inch or so was pure softserve (which I think is necessary for them to do the stupid upside-​down trick) the rest actually had a fair amount of toppings, so I was happy to be wrong.
We took a break from our Blizzards to eat our corndogs, and they were suprisingly good as well. Most fast-​food corndogs taste just like the okay-​but-​not great variety that can be found in grocery stores, but these had sweeter batter and milder meat, more like a scaled-​down carnival corndog. I’m sure that means they are even more unhealthy and from even more dubious sources, but they sure did taste good.
Not ready to start eating at DQ regularly, but this visit helped establish Dairy Queen as a place to go once in awhile for a decadent treat.

Familiar and safe
I have made ritual of stopping halfway, or there about from Houston to Austin in Giddings, usaully at the tried and true DQ.
This one is a new building and whole new updated restaurant.
The old one was on the other side of the highway and the classic DQ style.
I needed a snack and wanted some Anglo inspired tacos, like my moms.
Restaurant was very modern and clean.
Weird the first thing the guy behind the counter said to me was our computer is down? Like how is this my problem???
I order the 3 taco combo with tea. He put the order in whilst I waited for the registers to open for business.
I had to wait 1 or 2 minutes but the tea was fresh brewed.
Food was same olé familier qualitity and taste, light on the tomatoes???
beef not to greasy, they must spin the meat in a centrafuge to cut the grease out. It was light and hit the spot perfect.