Sonic Drive-In

For fast food — it’s great. Love the burgers, and Malted Milk Shakes are the best. Excellent onion rings, good burritos, desserts are outstanding. it’s really just a 4-​star, but heck, the way so many of these reviews act like they expect gourmet service, them I give ½ star to!

Just left Sonic. .drove all the way home just to find the top of my gravy melted and cracked and the actual styrofoam container had a few dimples in it (I ordered the crunchy chicken strip dinner). I thought it would’ve been ok to eat, but unfortunately there was a few pieces of melted plastic on top. I contemplated on trying to scoop the the pieces out because I didn’t want to drive all the way back to Sonic and I don’t like to complain. I’ve never had problems with service or my food at this location, but I decided that I didn’t want to take a chance on possibly swallowing a piece of plastic (really wanted the gravy) and they needed to be aware of their food temperatures and how the food is packaged. I explained everything to the manager Marissa; she apologized, replaced my entire meal (gravy outside of the box) and gave me coupons for next time. Thank you for great customer service!

Multiple times I have come in at very late hours with complex orders, and these guys always nail it. The staff is friendly and the food had been very fresh. I’m talking huge crisp onion rings and thick juicy chicken tenders. Definitely the highest value fast food I can find in the area.

I stop by on my lunch break once a week and they are always super friendly. Half the time they have my order memorized. If I ever have a problem they fix it immediately. Great location compared to a few other Sonics I have been to.

I hardly ever go to Sonic for food. Drinks are another story. Another consistent orange slush, but getting in and out of this location on South Lamar is a challenge.

Happy Hour? Well, duh.
A day of shopping gives me a healthy craving for a Cherry Limeade, so I stopped by and got a gulp. The niiiiiiiicest employee brought it out to me in no time along with some Happy Hour snacks ($ 1 corn dog? Gosh, yes.)

If there was an option to give zero stars I would have. The food is the same as it is everywhere in the US microwaved nonsense. What I am referring to is the horrible customer service.
I pull up and first the person talking from the inside is breaking up like a Cricket cell phone.
Anyway, she comes back on and I tell her what I wanted. She didn’t get it and the manager got on saying she’d be to my car to take my order.
I told her and she just told the manager via the speaker but what really pissed me off was the manager was completely talking to the car hop girl with me right there. Like «Does he just want the sandwich» um I’m right here ask me. After he did that a few more times, I left and went to Subway where I was treated like a paying customer should be.
Granted I know its Sonic and its fast food but there should be some kind of common courtesy. I doubt that anyone important will read this so I plan to email Sonics cooperate office.
Thanks but no thanks.

Super Sonic — Chicken Fried Steak sang-​wich, happy hour on Slushies, and American Graffiti style waitress window service (I heard they even do rollerskates sometimes). Sonic Suh-​Weet!

Do you like weird employees?
Do you like them to be rude to you when you try to order?
Do you like people to seem intoxicated when they wobble out to bring you your order?
IF so– THIS is the SPOT FOR YOU!

I only go here for the icecream… once in a long while…
Why?
This sonic just sucks, the food, service, servers…
How do I know this?
Because I have been to Sonics from North Carolina to Kansas and from Kansas to Texas.
Fix? Better management with some balls.

Sonic is evil, as they placed one right down the street from my house and I pass it every day. It draws me in at times. It’s the corn dogs and the tater tots that get me every time. You can get an entire meal w/​dessert for $ 4.
The service is pretty quick and the staff is typically friendly. For the convenience and the prices are pretty good, if you watch what you get, I keep coming back. Yeah, sometimes the food is a little cold or the hamburger looked like it was put together in the dead of night, but after I bite into the corn dog and drink the slushee, I really don’t care.
This is the only fast food burger place I like to go to. I will continue to go again and again.

i love love love the drinks, their tea is the bomb.
but the food… meh!
i love tater tots and cheese sticks and burgers but at this particular sonic every food item is so not up to par.

Why does the chili taste like wet turds? Why do the mozzarella sticks taste like rubbery plastic? Both of these observations mean you should stay away from those items. Honestly, the only thing worth eating are the tator tots with cheese.
Happy hour drinks are cool but that’s the only saving grace.
Sonic = the suck

If you enjoy barfburgers with diarrhea sauce with a side of gag me… go for it.
I prefer to stay on a liquid diet at this establishment… the only thing worth having here is the chocolate shakes, the orange slush, the cokes.
Everything else is utter crap.
I would hesitate to feed it to a raccoon.

Yes, my first trip to a Sonic Drive-​In. Visiting from the Bay Area, there are no Sonics in the Bay Area, or California for that matter. Yet we see those commercials during football and hoops games. We finished lunch and my nephew and I were in the mood for Sonic for dessert.
He had the banana split and I had the chocolate shake. We both liked our choices. The shake was really good. I would probably rank it a few notches above the shakes at In n Out, which is a barometer for my Bay Area friends. Their dessert and drink menus are extensive.
The service was very prompt, as you pull in to a parking lot and order into a personal audio speaker. They deliver the food and you pay by cash or plastic. You either eat in your car, or there are some outside benches, but no inside dining. As for the rest of the menu, seems like normal burger fare. Didn’t look too appealing, and for that my loyalty still remains with In n Out or Carl’s Jr.
I’d likely go again when I return to Austin.

Dear Sonic,
This has really got to stop. The guilt I feel about cheating on my healthy eating regimen with you is getting ridiculously overwhelming. I can no longer bear it.
At first, it was all fun and games — your addicting little pellet ice in your Diet Cokes was like a breath of fresh air, all innocent fun and a great afternoon pick-​me-​up tryst. But then I got weak. There were those days where I was so hungover that foraging for greasy sustenance other than a salad or soup was more like a moral imperative, not just an indulgence. And so we began our secret love affair.
I know, I know, I’m not trying to cheapen our times together. I have sat with you in the car many a time, my eyes lighting up when I see the Sonic hop girl bringing my red tray of clandestine delights. Sometimes, at other locations, you’d even mix up your bag of fun by throwing in a toy, or wearing roller skates to charm me into thinking things could work between us.
I also know you’re not just a piece of meat. Hell, I go crazy for other things besides that, like your cheddar peppers, your little ranch dipping packets, your smokin’ hot mozzarella sticks and my naughty, naughty #1 fetish. And the way you always bring me a little peppermint mint, as if to delicately say I need to freshen my breath after hogging down so much grease. I liked that. It was sensitive, yet kind.
But this has got to stop. You know that this will never work between us; we lead very different lifestyles. You are a fast food establishment, and I am trying to slim down and follow a healthy lifestyle. I always have regrets after our little rendezvous. I pray that my scale won’t find out. I have to discard evidence of our tryst so that Whole Foods won’t yell at me. I love you, Sonic, but I can’t go on living this lie.
Think what would happen if we were together forever. And be rational. I would turn into a slobbering fatass, filling up on your milkshakes and cheddar pepps with crumbs scattered across a too-​tight blouse. Now, now — calm down, Sonic. I think that there is someone out there for you, a fast food soulmate, if you will, who has a faster acting metabolism, a better constitution for grease and is well-​suited to take on your high calorie lifestyle.
But that someone is just not me. And my healthy eating regimen has been so good to me. Just last week, it even complimented me by showing a loss of 2 lbs on the scale! THAT’S what I want in a partner for life, not an acne-​filled face full of your ultimate breakfast burrito.
I’m sorry, Sonic, but while our time together has been daring, reckless, even adventurous, I have to cut this off. It’s not fair to you, it’s not fair to my lifestyle, and it’s not fair to that customer out there you have yet to meet.
Take care of yourself, Sonic. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
Sincerely,
Erika
P. S. How ’bout just one more quickie Sonic-​sized Diet Coke with vanilla before I go? Please? For old times sake?