Redlands Drive Thru Dairy

My review is based mostly on service. I love the dairy boys, they are so nice and patient. Always make me feel welcomed. I usually just pass through for water or diet coke, but on many occasions I’ve purchased those random grocery items you seem to run out of at the last minute, like cream, mayo, etc. So glad to have a convenient place like this in my neighborhood.

A Redlands institution and a nod to simpler times of a bygone era. It is easy in and easy out. The staff is friendly and the quality of their milk is superior to most milk sold in the supermarkets in the area and is about the same price or cheaper. These places are disappearing fast so to still have one of these makes it a true gem. Do not listen to the hater reviews they are jus hating to hate. Highly recommended for the convenience, reasonable prices, and historical significance to the city and area.

Everyone that works here is so friendly! I drive thru here several times a week and am never disappointed. Just wish they had more wine to choose from ;)

Decide to give the do it yourself car wash here a try. It was ok, not great but not horrible. Only two car washing ports so gotta time it right or get lucky. On the good side the equipment seemed to be maintained and functioned properly. On the bad side this car wash is like many others in the area using unethical coin meters. As your putting in quarters your loosing time and only goes in 2 minute increments. No one can wash a car in 2 minutes! So even if you dump a bunch of quarters in the beginning loosing time as you do so. Your probably gonna find yourself running back dumping even more quarters in while your trying to wash your car. In my previous area the standard for these do it yourself car washes was put in 5 tokens = $ 5 and bam wash your car for 20 minutes uninterrupted. I so miss that! After the car wash I pulled forward into the vacuuming port and was planning on using it but you could tell that by the vacuum hose length and position It was only gonna reach my front seats. I seen another customer had to drive out of the lot and re enter in order to approach the vacuum sideways to be able to vacuum her car properly. Problem with that besides it being a pain is that you block the other vacuuming stations and feel like a jerk and might have a hard time getting out of there afterwards. So I ended up skipping on the vacuum. I then brought my car home and gave it a look over to see how good of a job the car wash did. From what I noticed it was clean but my paint seemed a little less glossy, maybe it stripped off some of my previous wax job. I all so noticed my tires now looked a bit dried out. All in all my car wash here was ok but defiantly not that golden car washing find I had hoped for. My car is small and wasn’t that dirty so it worked ok for me. I wouldn’t recommend trying to wash a large vehicle here because it would be inefficient and costly.

Kindest staff on the planet. So thankful for this place… especially on days when I’m sick! Thank you!

I go here daily. The prices are good and the employees are always nice and helpful. One of the many cool, old school places in Redlands.

I hate this place. Not only is it ugly and the epitome of lazyness (try walking up, they act confused). Overpriced compared to most convenience stores.
Also, it is a hazard. Anyone turning right onto fern from redlands blvd risks being t-​boned by some driver who either has their view blocked by plants and signs or just pulls out blindly. Some day I’m going to get hit here and I’m going to own me a crappy convenience store.
As another reviewer says, stop enabling them. Need something local? Gerrards or Olive Ave market (better quality and cheaper). Need something fast? AM-​PM down the street. Need something cheap? Staters ain’t far (and they’re local!)

Everyone that works there are so nice and friendly. They even give out dog bones if you have your dog.

This place deserves a million stars! Remember those dairies your mom and pops used to tell you about when they were growing up? Well, now you know exactly what they were talking about. This place is CLASSIC. You drive up, tell em what you want, and it’s there in no less than 40 seconds. They have the basics, their prices are extremely reasonable, and the workers are always friendly and polite! They also accept walk-​ups as well, so if you’re without a car in the area and find yourself hungry or thirsty, this is your go-​to convenience stop for all your needs. They have gum, fresh milk, beer, chips, yogurt, water, you name it.

Just washed My car here and I’m very dissapointed I spent 14 bucks to fully wash my car because the time runs out so fast, and I have a small car to begin with so I can imagine how much more bigger cars spend, and the instructions are not easy to follow but learned my lesson ain’t coming back here.

Olive Street has its market, Cypress street has Gerards and Fern Street has the Redlands Drive Thru Dairy. I used to live next door but had to move, I just couldn’t take the car wash any longer with its noisy vacuums and loud pressure sounds and bright lights at night. This place totally sucks. I am surprised the City of Redlands hasn’t cited it for noise pollution. It is open 24 hours. I thought Redlands prided itself on preservation and being upscale but this place is a disaster. And the market doesn’t really have anything special, only beer, no wine, it is very low common denominator. I finally had to move to a more quiet spot nearby. I just went by it while walking my dog and while closed it was all lit up like a Christmas tree, the freezer units were very loud and I could hear the pressure hose a block away.

Urban blight at the start of the Fern Street Historical District. While convenient to you Redlanders who don;t even want to get out of your car to buy milk and bread this place is blighted and a terrible neighbor. The owner pulled a fast one by having an automatic car wash without permits which was shut down after neighbors complained. The utter disdain for neighbors is reflected in a manual car wash which is noisy, open 24 hours, ugly-​no plants or camo of the ugly installation. The ugly installation has very intense lights which reflect onto neighboring properties, very noisy vaccuums, noisy refrigeration units. while these are probably not up to code, the city is too lazy and short handed to shut this place down. Redlanders think they live in an upscale city especially the southside but continue to enable this awful place by buying milk here. Don’t be lazy, get off your butts and walk to a grocery store or supermarket, wash your car in your own house or at least go down Redlands Blvd to a car wash that is in an industrial area and that doesn’t bother neighbors. This place keeps the neighborhood down.. A beautiful quiet Redlands is up to you those that patronize this place. The greedy owner absolutely refuses to upgrade the equipment such as refrigerations units that are very loud once the place closes. The vacuums could be replaced with quiet units. Whistles and bells could disappear. Lights could be softened. The place could be fenced in and have normal hours like the store itself. If this is Americana the previous reviewer has never been anywhere outside of the ghetto.

this place has been around since before i was born. It has served my mother and cousins in high school and served me as well. They carry it all froom the dairy case, to Beer at good prics when in need and in a hurry. its a local owned and operated by the prendergast family Scott owns it and his Mom and brother are there to. Scott and i met as kids playing t-​ball and have been friends eve since. just a little of americana left in redlands and should get the recognition it deserves. Not the cheapest in town but in a hurry or just lazy, get you milk, smokes, beer, at food, and dog, as weel as any other gatorade or energy drink under the sun and candy gum and all and for everything except the beer, you never leave your car. How friggin cool is that. check them out! they are cool people and deserve the recognition.