Earl's Chill and Grill

955 29th Ave A, Marion
(319) 826-3780

Recent Reviews

Zachary Johnson

Beats the other widely known ice cream place.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Butterfinger

Amy Lovseth

Yum! My family loves the cheeseburgers and ice cream!

Food: 5

Dale Smith

Great variety of flavors, shakes,malts ,cones , appetizers ,Burgers, kids

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mary Klemzak

This was the old Parlor City location. It still has fast food and ice cream options. Very good "concretes" or "mixers". Maybe they're called "twists"?That are similar to Dairy Queen Blizzards. The mixed ice cream treats have extra toppings, as well as mixed candy and cookies. For example, I had an Oreo and my husband has Butterfinger. There was extra Oreo and Butterfinger on top. I thought that was nice!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Twist

Brittany Koch

Used the drive through. Never been to or heard of. Cheese curds were amazing. The burgers were not so great. I think maybe they were soaked in something, and funny texture. I think it's more of an ice cream place based off the menu. I will go again!

Food: 3

Service: 5

Jay “JT” Santana

Love this place! Very clean inside and out. Employees were fun to interact with. My friend had a caramel iced coffee and it was outstanding. I found he prices very reasonable across the board. I encourage y’all to go give Earl’s a try!

Atmosphere: 4

Scott Y.

I really didn't expect much from Earl's Chill & Grill, but I was pleasantly surprised. Typically, when a place primarily does ice cream, I don't have high expectations for their other food. I also wasn't a huge fan of the non-dessert food at the place that previously occupied this location. Earl's surprised me, though.I got the regular cheeseburger. The patty was cooked exactly the way I like it, and the meat blend had a surprisingly good flavor, since I would assume that a quick service place like this would probably be using frozen, pre-formed patties. If Earl's is using pre-made patties, they seem to have found some really good ones. My only minor criticism of the burger is the onions. I took them off without eating them, but they looked to be raw onion, and they were cut pretty thick. Some people might enjoy that. For me, I would prefer that they either sweat the onions, or dice them up very small. Either way though, it was a pretty good burger, considering it came from a drivethrough ice cream place.The fries were really good, too. I would say they were similar to the style of fries you get at Wendy's and Five Guys. So, they're about a quarter inch thick, lightly salted, with a little bit of skin on the ends. Obviously, there's a pretty big difference in quality between the fries at Wendy's and the fries at Five Guys. I would say Earl's fries were better than Wendy's by a good amount, and probably close to as good as Five Guys, but not quite.I don't eat fried cheese, because that's a young man's game. My wife does, though. She says there are two kinds of breading / batter that places use. Earl's apparently does not use the same type that Parlor City used. According to my wife, the Parlor City kind of breading / batter is the better kind. She liked the burger, and absolutely loved the fries, though. So, we both left happy.Overall, Earl's was really enjoyable. It was also fast, and reasonably priced. It's not exactly Michelin type food, but I'll definitely be back.

Alicia Marques

First time here today. It was actually better than I expected. All the food was nice and hot. Corn nuggets, (which I'd never had before) were very yummy. Place definitely lives up to its name: hot food, cold ice cream. Yes, everything is fried, but that's the point. Still tasty. :-)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cindy Hipschen

First visit....family atmosphere! Loved my sundae.The soft serve ice cream has a lovely thick texture. Much better than that (other) ice cream place. Hubby says his coffee was excellent. He was impressed with the ribbed texture on the recyclable cups. No burned fingers! Such a sensible solution.Recommend a visit to Earl's. Shop local and support this business!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cathy H.

Had lunch there today. My husband's burger was inedible. The fries were just ok. My pickle chips, basically10 chips for 3 1/2 bucks, were like cardboard. My chicken sandwich was heavy and greasy. We will not be back

Joyce Dolezal

Food was great. Service was even better.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger, Onion Rings

Levi Burkhart-hunter

Grate service would come back again would recommend to anyone

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Liv M.

My experience with this restaurant was atrocious. A junior mixer is four dollars literally 6 ounces of ice cream is four dollars the owner is mean as f**** I ordered a tenderloin sandwich and was not informed that it came with mustard, onion and pickle so I went back through and asked if they could make it again. They said yes I got to the window and she said "just so you know this is coming out of our pocket so I would appreciate if you knew what you wanted next time", I should have turned around and said b**** if you put it on the menu, I would. Their cheese curds are a*** The establishment that was previously in this location was 100% better than Earls Chill N Grill. Parlor city 4 life. I attend Linn mar high school and during my lunch break I sometimes go and get some thing from Earls every single time that I have been inside. The owner has been very rude to me while serving me. I have been nothing but an upstanding citizen/consumer, I'm so nice. The fact that this is a locally owned business is crazy their attitudes, the prices everything is just absolutely crazy for it not to be a chain restaurant.

Arlene Strait

Good food and great ice cream!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Onion Rings

K G

Good,hot and fast love this place

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