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Sonic Drive-In

1.7 (269 reviews)
Closed 9:00 am - 11:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Outdoor seating

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Foot long coney dogs. Bogo for free
Kim C.

We like using the mobile app, it has some pretty good deals. So far we've had the food long coney dogs and grilled cheeseburgers, twisted pretzels and half price cheeseburgers. Today we're tried their drink specials I got a large strawberry fruit slushie and a dr pepper both half price right now. Also got a corn dog too. Had to wait 20 minutes to get our order. Only one person in a stall and one in the drive thru. So don't know what the hold up was. Had to press the button on the stall to ask how long it will be. My corn dog was ok. I don't like their honey mustard, it Gooey and has a slight horse radish flavor. I prefer regular old mustard. When I got my large drink they gave me a small straw not the appropriate size for a large drink. It didn't reach the bottom of the drink and fell through the lid into the drink. I had to drive to Chevron to the correct size straw. The service here is hit or miss. Sometimes we've had to wait over a half hour and Sometimes we've waited only 5 minutes.

Chili Cheese Tots Fries Bacon Peppercorn Ranch Grilled Cheese Burger
Jasmine T.

It was my first time trying Sonic. My boyfriend and I were driving up and decided to stop by. When we parked in one of the stalls, we hit the button to order but after 5 min the screen reset itself to the main page. We decided to just go through the Drive Thru instead and quickly received our order. As for the food, we ordered: Bacon Peppercorn Ranch Grilled Cheese Burger - This was a new item and we wanted to try because we like ranch. The sauce was super light I wish they gave some on the side. They do put a good amount of cheese & bacon. It wasn't anything amazing but it was as expected. Chili Cheese Tots - I did enjoy these. The tots were pretty soggy but tasted good with the chili cheese. I would order this again. Fries - These were pretty basic. I'd just stick to the tots.

Travis C.

Foods good and slushys always on point but they forgot my chilli cheese tots pretty bummed out about that

twig that was found in bacon toaster sandwich

One visit was too many. Pros: They got our order correct. They let us into the bathroom when we asked. The shakes and soda were fine, as were the tater tots and popcorn chicken. Cons: The drive in stalls have non-working interfaces. We found one that looked like it worked but it timed out and no service, so we switched to the drive thru after waiting at least 10 minutes being ignored while the drive thru line was moving.. The person in our group who got the hot dog said it was the worst he has ever had - tasted like bologna. One person got the bacon toaster and he found a twig inside the sandwich. So much for a quick stop for fast food. We won't be coming back.

The drink with a great, different cup! =)
Ashley L.

Two large diet cherry diet Colas ordered on the app. Arrived and checked in. A nice worker greeted and handed them over. Good service and great drinks! Cool, different cups too! Highly recommended!

I ordered two large Slushies, one for myself and one for my 8 year old son. As my son was drinking his slushie from your establishment, he brought to my attention that the cup was written on by an employee of yours. The cup had written on " I gave my bitch a benz cause she used to drive a Honda." I was absolutely horrified and more upset that my 8 year old child had read this derogatory statement written on his cup. I drove back from my house back to sonic tonight to speak to the manager. I approached the drive thru window and a young woman came to the window. I asked to speak with her manager and a woman who gave me the name "Utie" said she was the manager. I showed her the cup and asked her who wrote this derogatory statement on my child's cup and she said to me"I don't know I don't watch them make it." I then let her know how outraged and how extremely unprofessional that was and she was very rude and had a smirk on her face the entire time I was speaking to her. I asked for a corporate number and she said for me to "look it up." I said I tried and I cannot find it I would like it from her. She said multiple times "I'm not going to give you their number." I said "why not?" She then said "because I'm not." She then rolled her eyes and shut the window on me and never came back. I have a recording of her doing so. Tonight, not only did my child read the most disgusting statement on his drink but the "manager's" attitude was absolutely atrocious and beyond unprofessional. Attached is a photo of the drink. I'd like to think that a big food chain restaurant such as Sonic would have some decorum and professionalism when it comes to their customers I am just appalled at the behavior of this particular establishment and would like an appropriate response to something so unprofessional.

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They can't even break a 100 bill lops waited in line only to be turned away with LEGAL TENDER BS

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Very nice girl at window...not mad at all when I changed my order slightly. Food was good, drinks are fun.

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Worst service ever! Last with blonde hair is rude and they take over 20 minutes after pressing stall button more then 5 times.

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I drive-thru for iced drinks because I love sonic's ice (halfway between cubes and crushed).

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If I could leave zero stars I would! One of the hottest days so far this summer and there's no slushies?!?! So disappointed!

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Just terrible! Always slow, poor food and quality. Sketchy employees. Nothing like other sonic places. Go to Gilroy.

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