Dairy Queen

Decent ice cream blizzard flavors with a different blizzard every month! It’s like Russian Roulette with what will be next months flavor! Nice employees, great location in downtown Herndon and recently renovated!

This DQ is in an excellent location, right in the heart of Herndon & next to the Friday Night Live events that are put on during the summer time. I do love DQ’s blizzards, but I usually like to get them to go since they blast the AC and I get cold very easily and it’s a small store which can get crowded very quickly.
From what I’ve seen just about every DQ has the same menu, so there are no new or surprise menu items, unless they’re seasonal. Overall it’s a good place to get ice cream for yourself and others while in down town Herndon.

They seem to have all the Ice cream choices of a Dairy Queen but the food options are extremely limited… Can’t even get a burger and fries.

For the two guys that were working here on the night we showed up, good job! They were pumping out blizzards and dipped cones left and right. Although there was a line, we moved pretty quickly. The store itself is a little cramped and kind of messy, but we never stay inside to eat our ice cream. I had inquired about the Nutella Blizzard hoping it would be offered here, but alas, no such luck. Instead, we ordered the S’mores and Oreo Blizzards. Even though there was no nutella, our two blizzards were deliciously filling. I’ve never been unsatisfied with a DQ blizzard.
If you come on the weekend, parking can be a challenge because street parking and the lots are filled and there’s still a good amount of people trolling for open spots.

Went here during the Herndon Fest. While I’m certain it was busier than usual (if that says anything about the quality), there were only some people sitting and cooling off, and a few ordering at the counter when we entered. When I ordered, they only had a couple of orders to fill, so it was not astronomically busy or frantic behind the counter. There were also 5+ staff members and some guys who looked like they were management standing around back there.
So I order a chocolate covered strawberry blizzard. The guy at the register notes my order and passes it to one of the 4 behind him waiting to fill orders.
Someone comes out minutes later and hands me a chocolate covered PRETZEL blizzard. Confused, I tell him this isn’t my order (thinking it was for someone else). Again, I repeat my order to him AND the original guy who took my order, who again… repeats my order to the same guy who has heard my order now at least two times.
The same guy comes out minutes later with a strawberry looking blizzard, and happy to be on our way, my husband and I leave. When I am about halfway down the block, I realize this is a strawberry CHEESECAKE blizzard. Frustrated and not wanting to walk all way back to (probably) receive a third incorrect order (and I’m 9 months pregnant btw), I decide to just eat it even though I don’t really like the gross cheesecake bits.
So, to recap:
— Ordered a chocolate covered strawberry blizzard
— Received chocolate covered pretzel
— Reiterated order
— Received strawberry cheesecake blizzard
*facepalm*
How many staff members does it take to correctly fill one blizzard order? Apparently more than 4 + 2 managers.

No lids for cups, no sweetener for tea. Though there were several employees working, they didn’t move customers very quickly.

I was thinking about Chili dogs all day today — not sure why — but I’ve not had one in a long time. So I started thinking about where I could find one in the Herndon/​Reston area…
So on the way home, I stopped in at the Dairy Queen which is on the edge of Old Town Herndon. It was about 5:30 pm or so and there were two other customers in front of me getting ice cream.
Strange about this DQ — they have a VERY limited set of food offerings — compared for example to the DQ in Manassas. Here — you basically had a choice between Hot dogs, Chili dogs, a BBQ sandwich, and ice creams. No French fries. Bagged potato chips only. Whereas the DQ location in Manassas offers burgers, chicken sandwiches, french fries, etc.
I ordered the «Double Dog Combo,» basically two Chili dogs and a beverage. I opted for Diet Coke.
Condiments are very limited beyond the Chili and cheese they put on the dogs for you: ketchup, mustard, etc. I’d like to add chopped onions, jalapenos, etc.
Having said all that, the dogs were tasty. They were served on fresh, steamed buns. I added a bit of mustard to them and wolfed them down in no time flat!