Pace’s Dairy Ann

This is a cool spot and I’ll tell you a little secret. While it’s primarily a shake shack, in the back is a little grill… a very nice, well-​seasoned little thing and it makes those institutional burgers actually good. You can’t get a bacon cheeseburger here or a pastrami cheeseburger or much outside of a double cheeseburger cheeseburger, but what they do, they do pretty well. Is it the greatest burger you’re going to have? No. Are you kidding? That grill is clearly an afterthought, as is the deep fryer, but you’re going to get something tasty for that $ 5 you’re plunking down, even if it is institutional and that’s somewhat of a skill. I’m not sure, for instance, my incredible prowess notwithstanding, that I could pull it off, yet they do.
Shredded lettuce was a mess and the burger didn’t match the bun, but I’ll tell you something… it added to the charm. This place is chock full of that, charm, that is. I really loved being there and adored this spot. I imagine if I had a shake, it would be higher, but I hope this place never changes, even if I’m currently keeping my fat ass off shakes for (maybe ever) a while, at least. I loved the décor, all that cool old stuff and signage (I wanted a honey bar thing after I saw it on a sign, but couldn’t find it on the menu) and even with the high school pukes that kept drifting in, I still enjoyed it. I wouldn’t turn down coming back again, but let’s be honest with each other a hot minute, despite the burger being pretty good, they’re not going to dazzle anyone with their mad ass food skills. Very solid, no question. A destination spot… not so much, unless you live in the area. No complaints from me overall though.

Always have, always will love this classic place! The onion rings are my fave as well as their deluxe cheeseburger + fresh lime slush. Seriously yum.

Horrible, horrible food!!! I grew up loving this place and I don’t know if it’s just because I was younger and didn’t know what good food tasted like or if the food has just taken a huge dive. First thing I noticed is no one wears gloves while preparing and handling the food. I ordered the Country Boy and I ended up throwing half away it tasted so bad. I also ordered onion rings and they were as hard as a rock. I brought them up to the counter where they said I can wait to talk to the «chef» (aka the girl working the grill and fryer). I told her and she said that’s just how they all are. Another small annoyance is the fry sauce costs extra at the Woods Cross location while the Layton location is free lol. I used to love this place but can honestly say that chapter has closed. I will never return to this place nor will I ever recommend it again.

Pace’s Dairy Ann always satisfies me. I love their rainbows and Astro bars and will take Pace’s onion rings over any others. It takes a long time to get your order, however, and is not the best place for a quick stop. Nevertheless, the exceptional food outweighs the cons.

Terrible food, even worse service.
I visted Pace’s Dairy Ann on Wednesday November 4^th at 11:45, because the Paces in Layton has awesome service and even better food. I was served by Natalie, who was the rudest person ever. Our order took over 30 minutes. When our food was finally ready Natalie literally threw my order across the counter so some of my fries fell out on the floor.
I will never eat at this restaurant again.

This place is WRONG all around! My first time going because I always see this place and I wanted to give it a try. The customer service was horrible, the food was expensive and the less than 12 oz drink was ridiculously priced. Perhaps you can visit this place if you want to feel ripped off! Won’t be visiting this place again.

This place is great if your into old school quality. My personal favorite is the cheeseburger with a slice of ham– just ask for it. The cherry-​coke has its own unique flavor cause its made with black cherry syrup and the rainbows are amazing. You can choose from cherry, grape, lime and tigers blood. Highly recommended.

My first time coming here wasn’t the best experience. I’m not someone who will complain when an order is taking longer than usual, but I saw multiple people who ordered after us get their food before us, which is frustrating. The food was good for a place that’s in between a fast food place and a diner, except the fries were cold when we finally got our order. Tater tots were amazing & their chicken was good as well. But this place isn’t the best if you’re looking for something quick

Good burger (Country Boy), good fries, excellent onion rings, and amazing dessert (Tiger’s Blood Rainbow)!

The shakes are really good. Classic old school burgers and fries. Really good place to have every once in a while and especially if you have kids

I called to see what time they were closing. Girl says, «Umm probably 9:45 tonight. If you leave now you’ll be fine.» (I told her what address I was coming from.) So I arrive at 9:42, 3 mins to close. They can clearly see I’m getting my daughter out of her car seat as I was parked right in front of the front door & the girl hurries & turns off the lights & locks the door so I knock and she gives me a dirty look. She opens the door & I tell her I have 3 more minutes to get my daughter an ice cream. She looks over at another girl & they let me in but seemed very annoyed by it. I said, «I called.» She said, «Oh, yeah.» Girl starts making my shake & hands it to me dripping and walks away. I’m like, umm.. Keep in mind I was holding a toddler on my hip. Nobody asked if they could help as it dropped all over my dress. No «Thanks for coming in!» No nothing. Then the girl says aloud, «Hurry guys, we’ve gotta cram & finish closing up!» I was so frustrated & it will be the last time I come here. Sad service, sad food appearance. I get that it’s annoying when a customer comes in right before closing time but they told me to come otherwise I would’ve went to Sonic or something. The service was just unprofessional & rude. Oh & they don’t accept credit cards unless you spend $ 5.00+. Peace out Pace’s! The only good thing they got goin for them are their Popsicles & you can buy ‘em at the grocery store.. Better service there!

Completely average, tiny drinks, good shakes, bad burgers. Misleading as this is walk-​in only. Overall, I would not recommend as there is absolutely nothing special here.

The sandwiches are great. Fries, onion rings, and tacos are tasty. This is a traditional American burger and shake place. Don’t expect some massive restaurant burger. The frozen treats are delicious and a local favorite. A cheeseburger with fries and a peach rainbow is always a winner here.

Great Burgers. Can’t beat the Rainbows. Same as it always has been.

Been coming here since I was a wee lad and never really had a bad experience. The food is just fine, nothing to write home about and definitely not a waste of money either and price is fair. I really don’t eat meals here though because I just want their rainbow slushes! They are definitely the best slushes you can get in Utah and they have ice cream which basically just kills Sonics chance of getting any of my business ever. Hint: grape and lime together is actually quite amazing.

I’ve been coming to this place since 1975. As long as I can remember. I love the food. It is a tradition to come to this place when I am down north. But there costumer service is not good. They are slow and if they mess up. They will not compensate for anything. They need to get with the times. They are the only place that still charges for drink refills. This isn’t 1957 anymore. Good places do free refills now a days! They have 2 paces in the ogden Area. They aren’t the same owners. But they give free refills and the customer service is so much better. If it was a tradition. I wouldn’t come here. But I would go to the ones in ogden.

I was surprised that this place only had a three star average rating. Pace’s has been a part of my life growing up and always had us coming back. I don’t know what they’ve done for the past decade but it seems that it’s sliding into history. The cheeseburger patty seemed like something in a McDonalds cheeseburger — flat, small, and not fresh. The Oreo shake was alright, but they’ve downsized. Ordering was slow and confusing — the staff kept getting confused on the orders. Payment was slow (one credit card machine for the three registers).
I think the concept has been to keep it the classic old burger joint but it doesn’t taste and feel classic. Rather it feels and tastes run down and cheap. I hate to see this place dwindle.

This is the ultimate nostalgic burger joint. Going to get a burger, fries and a rainbow feels the same as when I was a kid.
You get what you expect at a place like Paces. The burgers, fries and onion rings are old school, the shakes and rainbows are great. Service is slow at times because they tend to employ high school age kids. Frankly I think this is a good thing for the community because they give first jobs to a lot if kids. It just hurts the speed when they are training new kids.
I would recommend getting a bag of Paces famous Astro Bars (Popsicles) to go. Peach and lime are my favorite and my wife and kids love the root beer and tigers blood flavors.
Although Paces is not your fast paced high end joint you know what you are getting every time. Consistent quality and the perfect «throwback» experience. It’s worth the drive to Bountiful to check it out if you’ve never been.

OK this is not fast food and it would be great if someone came out and clean the tables the service was blah at best and the food was ok. Onion rings and fries were good but burger was not great

Great, quality shakes with unfrozen fruit.
The drive-​in style food is ok, but frozen fries suck:/
I hate paying for stuff that came from a freezer bag.
Other than that, I’m in board for the soft serve items