Update to Review:
After positing my comment on Yelp and sending corporate a complaint I was contacted by Flash (the General Manager) to come by and pick up a replacement meal at no cost. Flash was very personable and corrected the issue in regards to what prompted my original review. During the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy Baby P was obsessed with chicken club sandwiches. I ended up coming to Sonic at least 3 more times in order to try to satisfy the craving. I did learn the hard way to check my order down to which mayo was used. Normally I hate mayo, but Baby P was really into the peppercorn mayo.
If you eat here my overall recommendations are to check every single part of your order. Don't go into the experience expecting super awesome service.
Original Review:
Just don't do it. Go to Chick-fil-A or Wendy's instead. I read the Yelp reviews and thought...could they really be that bad? I mean...it is Sonic and I've spent 20 years eating at Sonic (not super often, but I would eat there over McDonald's any day). It was convenient for me coming home from an appointment in Fuquay - Varina. I have to pass through Holly Springs and figured I would treat myself to a little Sonicy goodness. I thought wrong.
I will say that it is partially my fault that my order was incorrect. I'm super pregnant and was kind of wanting to get home for a variety of reasons. (Which if you've ever been 9 months pregnant you can understand why.) Anywho, I also just figured that they couldn't possibly screw up my order to an inedible degree.
I ordered the hot dog combo: a Chicago dog, medium soda, and medium chili cheese tot. I also ordered a crispy chicken sandwich that was featured on the menu. I'm not sure of the title of it, but it was supposed to have a peppercorn mayo and just looked REALLY good.
The car hop was friendly and I took my food and headed home. I should have checked the food. I got home, up to my third floor apartment, settled in to eat my dinner, and was sorely surprised at probably my worst ever Sonic experience.
The good: My soda didn't taste funny and the tots were cheesy and hot.
The bad: My hot dog was COLD. (I live 2.3 miles, 5 minutes, from this store...just for reference.) I'm not talking about room temperature, but cold. The bun, the dog, eh. Like it had been sitting there, dead, and got pawned off on me. After I decided to pass on trying to revive it (microwaved relish just isn't appealing to me) I opened the brown bag to hopefully enjoy my crispy chicken sandwich. Which was not what was in the bag. There was a chicken toaster sandwich and it would have sufficed if it wasn't inedible. So, A) wrong sandwich and B) the wrong sandwich was so crappily put together and overcooked that it was inedible. The sandwich was also cold, the bread was smashed and barely toasted, and the chicken was so overcooked that it was dried out and hard.
I paid $13 for a medium soda and some chili cheese tater tots. I did the survey on the receipt citing my issues and then also emailed corporate (which passed on the comment to the store). In the past if I have ever had an issue with a Sonic the location was more than happy to contact me and rectify the issue. It's been over a week now and there's been nothing. I even specifically stated in my email to them that I would wait to write a Yelp review. Next time I have a hankering for a chicken sandwich or a hot dog I will find them elsewhere. Sadly this is probably my last encounter with Sonic while I live in this area. read more