My first Sonic experience was bad. BUT it was not at this location, it was on a road trip we did friends and everyone was like YAY let's try it. I was excited too, since watching Paris Hilton work at one lol I thought it was hilarious. Yes I associate Paris with Sonic due to the show. Anyways the food was terrible and I got sick after. Maybe because it was out in the boonies, I dunno lol Anyways this location actually fixed my bad experience and it is actually good food. I really like it and have come back several times now. read more

The manager was very unhelpful because all 3 of my families drinks tasted like chemicals,we ask for a coupon but they refuse accommodation for my edible drinks so I had to lose money, and the manager doesn't care. Would not recommend. The manager wouldn't even talk to me, the manager made the pour kid talk who was anxious but nice. Oh and the garbage bin is full of trash which is over filled to the ground. read more

Sonic...NO MORE ! Omg...has this place changed dramatically in two years....no more steamed Hot Dogs....greasy, dehydrated non Vienna dogs....i haven't had worse Chicago or Coney Dogs...Chili stinks ! The Lime flavored drink was half - filled.... why? What a major disappointment.....we go to Culvers for honest food....now I know why.? We ain't coming back to this chain....forever.! Food these days is so expensive that we can't afford sub standard joints like this to feed our kids....Sonic USED to be good....that ship has sailed...! read more

you cannot hear the person inside and they refuse to talk up and their tone is horrible like they're doing you a favor by taking your order so much for caring about the customer. Not the least bit welcoming. There would be no stars, but unless you put one star, they won't let you post to review My first time here and it will be my last read more

I have to say the food was amazing!! The tatter tots were hot and fresh! The cherry lime aid was delicious!! My son had a double cheeseburger and said it the best he has had in a while!! Which is saying a lot for a 17 yr old he lives off bacon cheese burgers lol!! The food was fresh hot and so fast!! Definitely will be back! The young man that brought the food was so nice also!! read more

Below one star The employee at the drive thru was rude and ignorant. I wanted to ask her if she was ok because apparently the fact that I wanted a slush really really ruined her night. She charged me $5.69 for a 1.99 slush. She said "the specials are over " even tho I literally saw it on their website. She had a lot of piercings going thru her face maybe that was causing her pain. read more

There was a peanut in my slushie and I'm allergie to peanuts I think they were trying to kill me they do not clean this placefrom ur local community Karen read more

Sonic Drive-In - There's a peanut in my slushie and I'm allergie to peanuts they DO NOT clean this facility I DO not recommend from ur community Karen - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

The milkshakes were fine, but we waited 15 minutes and they brought us two straws and walked away. Then we pressed the button and asked for another straw, waited 15 minutes, no straw. That sucked man read more

The service took awhile, around 20-30 minutes for few items. After I got my food, almost all of the items were incorrect!

Can't make an order for the life of them. It's only this location too, strike 3 you're out. You'll order 3-4 things off the menu be prepared to only receive maybe 1-2 items and on top of that it most likely won't be food you even ordered! read more

45 minute witting!! Very bad service. A lot of people working but they seem like doing just nothing.

went through the drive-through and was told they had no bacon and no ketchup. What kind of fast food place doesn't have these two main things. I ordered two popcorn chickens since I couldn't get a burger and two medium fries. I got home to find I had one popcorn, chicken, and three french fries. Horrible thanks for nothing. read more

Can't say who thought of this concept, but naturally the "Mushroom Council" is excited about it. The idea is to use finely diced mushrooms and seasonings as an extender for beef with a two-fold goal: to make hamburgers juicier and more flavorful, and also to do a bit for the environment - if we're using less resources for beef, that's supposed to be a good thing. Seems like the suggested percentage is 'shrooms in the 25-30% range. Boldy going where no chain has gone before, the people at Sonic jumped on this, and are currently offering two different LTO blended burgers which they call "Slingers." Bigger than a slider, not as big as a "regular" burger (tho I have strongly suggested they get with that!). The "Classic" is cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo. An upgrade gives you bacon/cheese without the produce. $1.99 and $2.49, respectively. An affinity for mushrooms came to me quite late in life. I could possibly be a little shy about some of them still. But I was committed to diving into this. Glad I did. They ARE tastier. They ARE juicier. You can't see or 'taste' anything mushroomy. At least I couldn't. I did enjoy them. I would prefer them over most fast food standard burgers. Nice brioche bun, as well. Soft but sturdy, how we like 'em! I like Sonic breakfast sandwiches above any other fast food, and I'll always go out of my way for a place that has 'tots. read more

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The worker do not get your order right through the drive thru ordered 2 chili dogs and the gave me three orders chili and cheese tots

Was a big fan of sonic during my childhood and recently I was highly disappointed, I ordered a regular cheeseburger with everything on it and the meat tasted old and I had to throw it away!! It left me with a 24hr stomach bug, I don't know what happened but my burger was definitely not fresh and it wasn't even hot!! I'm sadly never going to sonic again, McDonald's burgers tasted much better than their burger!! read more

Insert Eye-Roll! I know it's fast food but umm...is this really what there serving?! I waited an extra five minutes for this!!! When I approached the drive-thru there was only one car ahead of me so I was cool. Placed my order for two double sonic burgers and a small popcorn chicken. Easy order right? Oh let's not forget the almost ten minute wait for this crap called food. The chicken was a snack for the ride home since I had been out all day shopping. I was thinking since I had to wait so long that my chicken was made fresh. WRONG! The chicken was dried out from sitting under the heat lamp. Too late to go back since I was halfway home. This was a red flag that I shouldn't expect much from the burger. Boy was I right! The dried up patties with condiments sloppily added was a similar experience to the dry chicken. Let's me remember to mention the dried up salty tater tots that didn't fill the box. The only thing that did taste good were the drinks. This is usually the only thing I order when I go there. Guess this is the proof I needed to stick to what I know. I won't be back! I should've read the other reviews before going. Ugh! read more

Sonic Drive-In - Supersonic Double Cheeseburger Tater Tots Disgusting! - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

As a kid I always saw the iconic sonic commercials of the two guys eating in their cars & I thought to myself, I reaallyy wanna go there. Safe to say, I was kind of disappointed ... the Ice Cream from their shakes was honestly really good but the rest of the food was mediocre. No wonder Sonic never popped off. The food is MID ! read more

This was in my ice cream blast. What even is this?! How does this even get in my ice cream anyways. The person who gave my my food was very rude to me and had an attitude. Then i get this? I am very disappointed in this particular sonic. What if a kid consumed this? After a long day of work I get this. I hope something can get done about this read more

Sonic Drive-In - Sonic Blast - A person’s hand is holding a tiny fish above a paper towel, with spilled ice cream from a cup nearby on a black surface. - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

2 stars today. Just came for some "desserts" Got a red bull watermelon slushie which is delicious!! The 3 star drop is for the cookie dough shake my wife got. It is just vanilla icecream with like 4 pieces of little cookie dough bites on the top... not mixed in throughout or anything. That thing was $6... basically $6 for plain vanilla icecream in a cup. Totally not worth it what so ever. Quite the rip off actually. Would I come back? Maybe for a slushie... read more

Happy hour - half priced drinks daily 2-4 pm Had lunch here today which consisted of their Super Sonic Burger (a double burger with cheese), fries and a chocolate malt. I've had Sonic before downstate, but haven't had the time to review so another visit was in order. Pretty decent food, definately better than the Golden Arches or BK. Nice fresh beef patties, a thick slab of cheese, decent tomatoes and crunchy lettuce and it all tastes freshly made to order and not made ahead and sitting under a heat lamp for hours. The burgers had that nice crispy edge to them too. So delicious! Its fun to watch the carhops on the skates too, they are soooo good! It actually looks fun to work here. I love their happy hour with half priced drinks, even the shakes and malts are half off! Can't beat that. They have a hot fudge shake too. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

Every time I go and get food, it seems soggy. And the buns on the burgers and hotdogs are ALWAYS stale. Hard as a rock. Never had one within the last year that wasn't stale. I don't go often. Mostly just for the cherry limeade, but I HATE getting food there. I used to work at this location when it first opened too. Had gone so far downhill since then. read more

Stopped in for a quick bite to eat and ordered popcorn chicken and tator tots. I stopped at the payment window and the young tall male handed my food to me and never stopped talking to a fellow staff person. I drove and parked a short distance away (parking lot across the street) my tator tots were ice cold and the few pieces of chicken were just breading and they were cold as well. I used to love this place however I don't believe I will be going back there anytime soon.. read more

they gave me wromg food woker was shitty grilled cheese tastes likr what comes from my dogs asswhole read more

Ahh have an indifferent review on this Sonic. When it comes to the food I don't think I've really ever had a bad time when it comes to the quality of the food. Most of the time the food has come out exactly how it should be if not better than I expected. Only issue I have is that when I hear Sonic, I think fastfood. Of the numerous occasions I've been here it definitely wasn't fast. There have been times I've been waiting in the drive thru for over 10 minutes, a line was starting to form behind me and I constantly questioned why I came here again. Then i taste the food and that cherry limeaide they have and rememeber that wait is a pain but the food at the end so far the past couple times I've gone have been worth it. I usually order either a chilli cheese coney or a normal philly cheesesteak (not the extra long one with the cheeze wiz but the one with i think provolone or swiss? Honestly might be some other type of cheese but it's not the cheese wiz), with a Cherry Limade. Have also had their boneless wings, chicken sandwiches and burgers. Never really had a complaint with any of the things I ate. Only thing that's dinging the score is the amount of time I had to wait because for fastfood it just seems relatively wrong. If you're ok with the wait times though you can get some pretty good tasting food for a decent price! Get the cherry limeade!!!! read more

Rude staff came here to get some food with my husband and we were disappointed never one to complain but not worth it they got our order wrong 3 times and we told the lady each time and she gave us attitude and kept rushing us and no one else was in line definitely don't recommend!!! read more

Times change Sonic has not! 4 months since the last visit and of course they completely mess up the order as always! Classic. Simply don't waste your time. Go somewhere else. Fire and Ice Bar isn't a drive thru nor as fast but the burgers are 1000x better. Culver's is just down the road if you want fast but something more than Wendy's, McDonalds, or Burger King. If you must go to Sonic, you have been warned. Note, the manager did call back after the last incident and left a message. Sounded hopeful but then never returned a call after that. Sigh... This place doesn't care read more

I don't have high expectations for fast food restaurants, but there is no standard for quality here. Period. One visit both of our kids received uncooked hot dogs. Not undercooked, but, legit cold out of the cooler nastiness. Unacceptable. I didn't plan on going back but out of desperation, I stopped another time to appease the kids. Ordered a family size popcorn chicken. Boy was I disappointed to open the box & find it was filled with dried out chicken that was jerky in texture, and barely enough to be considered snack size. Laughable. Won't be returning, even for a sugar-infused cranberry limeade. read more

Sonic Drive-In - "Family size" popcorn chicken. Don't waste your money on this "snack-size" dried out chicken jerky. - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

WORST EVER . Took 20 minutes to make 2 shakes. And when I got it there was stuff all over the cup. So nasty. read more

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It still amazes me that they cruise around on rollerskates and don't end up spilling your food all over the parking lot. We don't eat here a whole lot, but when we do, we always enjoy it. I have to say I am NOT a fan of their onion rings -- they taste too much like corn dog batter. But the tater tots .... YES, PLEASE! It should be a rule that more establishments have tots on their menu. Just sayin'. read more

found a HAIR & these specks in my red bull slushy after it melted. I am absolutely disgusted. Why are their drinks containing literal dirt??? never coming back here again. They need a health inspection. read more

Sonic Drive-In - red bull slushy - An overhead shot of a Sonic Drive-In cup containing a red bull slushy with a straw, showing the inside of the cup. - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

"Excuse me, it says we get 2 sauce choices with our boneless wings, what kind of sauces do you have?" "Um....most people get ranch, ...soo.." ""What other flavors do you have? " "..Theres ranch?.." Perhaps it was ditz day since all 3 girls I interacted with were clueless. I don't know. I'll probably come here again since my daughter likes Sonic. Stand by for an update read more

Guy in drive-through repeated the order correctly but didn't put it in correctly. Our plain hamburger had everything on it and we were missing an item completely. Neither was marked properly on the receipt. Decided to skip re-ordering the item when we went back for the corrected burger which took a very long time to receive after much hassle. The food tasted pretty good once we got it, but it would've been nice to eat together. Most of the employees were friendly. I was disappointed that they no longer put cherries in the cherry Coke, although they put quite a few in the cherry limeade read more

Had to try out this place tonight. So I got my daughters, took the top down on my Jeep and drove over. They have carports and you can park and order - or you can go through the drive-thru. Classic and fun. I ordered a burger for myself and kids meals for my daughters. Everything was really good. I like that they have healthy side options such as bananas and apple slices. And for a bonus? I was served by a cute girl in shorts on roller skates. What could be better than that? NOTE: When you get car service it would be nice for you to tip, though it is not required. I will definitely be coming back here. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Driveup menu as seen from my car - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

The managers were very rude. My wife place our order and they were going to charge us again because she ordered a phill streak sandwich and they weren't paying attention. They asked for the receipt because they didn't believe her. They were way too slow. read more

My kind of fast food. Thumbs up on Sonic drive-in. No complaints on any of the items i ordered. You get what you pay for. My favorite items to order are: the foot-long dog chili dog, grilled cheese sandwich and tots. Good flavors of Shakes too. My order was completed in a timely manner, and have a wide selection to choice on their menu. The food was excellent. It's freshly made, the food was on good quality Staff were very polite and they make sure I got my order correct. It was top notch customer service too. I Appreciate the service guys thanks a lot! read more

Sonic usually Id give 5 but lately not so much. This greasy, burnt , broken corn dog is what came in our kids meal today. Had to toss it . Not cool. I mean I know it's fast food so I'm not expecting super healthy but we were at least expecting edible . This just looked so disturbing read more

Sonic Drive-In - So greasy - Fast Food Near Me - Algonquin, Illinois

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Worst. Drive-in. Ever. Rude. Slow. And when i called their corporate phone number to complain, nothing came of it. No phone call back for an apology. Nothing. I've never waited 15min for a grilled cheese and chili cheese tots. No one was in line waiting. Then the girl at the window says "oh, we forgot your food was done. My bad" I will never eat at this or any other Sonic location again. Word of advice....try hiring people who care about their job. read more

Ordered a banana shake and was told they were all out. Ordered a cheeseburger, and the bun was hard as a rock on the bottom, couldn't even bite through it. read more

Foods pretty good majority of the time. Usually have to wait a bit but they make your stuff fresh so that's cool. Tots are stale once in a blue moon, so minus 1 star. Oh and dude that says he makes the best peanut butter Oreo shake....you're awesome. read more

Bread to my cheeseburger is hard as a rock stale. And I saw one of the workers use her un-gloved finger to scoop dripping ice cream from the side of my milkshake into the cup...all the kids were wearing super baggy sweaters that I'm sure was not in dress code for food preparation. I have been in the food business for over 8 years (sad, I know D: ) and I just have never seen such an unclean place. You all need to WEAR GLOVES. Especially in a pandemic. Are you serious?? read more