The menu has a variety of different options for you to choose from, burgers, hot dogs and drinks. Love the tater tots. Drinks are also great. I don't have a favorite go to dish yet. Service is excellent and they are very friendly. You can order from drive thru or pull up to a parking stall and order from there. No more roller skating. I wonder why? Always great to enjoy a Sonic Adventure. read more

Possibly the worse cheese burger ever served. The meat was cold, bun soggy, lots of sharp tasting tiny chopped onions. Mozzarella sticks were hard to chew. Those three items cost $23 and change. And they didn't place the order correctly. read more

First off, the person taking our order didn't even know the menu. Second, we were overcharged like crazy. We ordered cheese on our kids burger, paid for it, but didn't get it. Then they charged us for two TAP WATERS! They charged us for bottled water, but gave us cups with tap water. Mind you, we asked for tap water, but didn't realize we would be charged the same price as bottled water! I don't actually think this is standard Sonic pricing. I actually think the kids that are running the place are also running a scam. Steer clear of this location! read more

No complaints. Quick service and friendly staff. Ice cold drinks, fresh food and a relaxed spot. I never hesitate to drop in here and include them as part of my meal prep! Lol Be back soon. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Trick or Treat - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

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The absolute worst in the San Marcos area. Service is extremely slow and they ALWAYS get something wrong. This time, everything was wrong in our order except for one item. Ordered chili cheese fries, got cheese fries. Order a corn dog, got a fish sandwich. Ordered a bacon cheese burger with no lettuce and no pickles, got a burger, no cheese or bacon, extra lettuce and pickles. I don't understand how they are still in business. We will never go there again. read more

do not waste your timeeeeee mediocre burger, messed up my online order, with staff that do not give a rats ass about you or your food. we waited for TWENTY minutes before a staff member even acknowledged we were there. i had to call the store for them to even realize i had pushed my button 20 minutes ago. our button was also deactivated without anyone talking to us and other cars were helped that arrived after we did. we received our food after 40 minutes of sitting in the car hop stall. they also no longer serve meals on skates as it is "optional" and of course none of the employees want to put in the effort. i took my daughter here excited about the nostalgic experience, and was severely disappointed. the area felt abandoned and grimy. the PICKLE FRIES HOWEVER, were phenomenal 10/10. would neverrrrr go to this location again. so slow, awful service, messed up my order, just no. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

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I ordered a small milkshake and expected my change from a $20 to be $16.20 instead the carhop handed me $15.00 and said "have a nice day" and quickly left ! I stopped going to that sonic over 5 years ago because that exact same thing happened then ! Nope not going back there EVER ! I did go through the drive through each time and it was a 20 minute wait for a small milkshake ! And we were the only car in line ! Never again ! read more

Sonic Drive-In - Milkshake - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Updated review: Only two Sonics in North County, this one in San Marcos and one in Vista. Plus maybe four in greater San Diego, and two in Murrieta/Menifee. So not that many in the county. I'm usually at San Marcos or Kearny Mesa. This one is smaller, and pretty easy in and out. I usually order on the app for specials, and the half-price drinks offer. I like the slush with the real Strawberry pieces, less than $4 for the 44oz size with the discount. And it stays frozen well in a large insulated tumbler. Food is ok, not gourmet. Burgers aren't quite as good as Wendy's for the similar burger. But offers like an order of Mozzarella sticks for $1.99 make a great deal. The new crinkle fries are good, a crisper version of the Del Taco fries If you're picking up an app order, park in a menu stall, check in, and type in your menu number. An employee will deliver your order to your car. I use it as part of another meal, mostly for sides. read more

Food is mediocre at best and way overpriced. I do not know how they stay in business. Our family hadn't been in years so my 17 year old daughter suggested we check it out. Never again--$44+ for 3 of us. Could have gone to a sit down restaurant for that price. Empty parking lot on a Saturday night tells it all. Please don't waste your time. Go to In-N-Out or The Habit and get really good fast food. read more

Stopped by sonic at 8 o'clock on a Tuesday night pulled up the stall and click the button. I waited 12 minutes for somebody to come and take my order and nobody came to assist me. Only to drive by the building and see the employees standing around talking all of them...when there was multiple customers that had not been helped either. Never coming to Sonic ever again I've never been to a sonic before and I thought I would give them a chance but now I'm never coming back. Ever. read more

At the menu stall many of the Speakers were out of order. We found one that seemed to work, when we pressed the red button it said they would be with us shortly. However, we sat for over15 minutes and noticed no one was taking orders or bringing food to the other cars. So we ended up leaving. And noticed other cars were leaving too. We went to another eatery. read more

Today marks the second time that my bf and I ordered here through uber eats and today they had a deal of buy one get one free. We ordered 2 orders of the cheesy bacon super sonic stack and cheese groovy fries and one with chili cheese. We said with everything on one and the other same but with no onion. When we received our orders it was cold for one and we didn't get what we asked. Each of the burgers just had pickles and cheese. We thought we would give you guys a second chance but after the first time we thought the same thing. We had high hopes but got the same results Maybe next time we should go sit in the restaurant but at this point do I even want to? It makes me think why do they have only 2 stars on here Makes us not want to order on here again Hopefully next time (If there is) it would be better read more

The gentleman who waited on us was polite as was the lady that brought the food. But unfortunately the meal fell short and left us having to get food elsewhere. Upon clicking the drive in button we were told it'd be a 7 minute wait. We drove out of our way to this sonic, so to avoid it being a loss, we waited. Daughter said it was more of 15 mins but I didn't time it. We rarely go to sonic because to date we've yet to get what we order. I really thought this time would be different because the gentleman truly was a gentleman and he repeated back our order exactly as we ordered and the screen reflected what we ordered. We ordered Oreo milkshake with added hot fudge... they forgot to add the hot fudge. Plain cheeseburger, sharing "only meat, cheese, bun" and they repeated it. We got cheeseburger filled will condiments and pickles. We ordered large mozzarella sticks with extra marinara sauce and only received the mozzarella sticks and no sauce at all. We were 10 mins away when we discovered this and schedule didn't allow us driving all the way back but I called and emailed them and still no response. My daughter was so exited as she loves sonic but yet again did not get what she ordered. She took a bite and spit it out into the trash, wasnt plain as requested, it was fully loaded and we looked through the whole bag and no marinara sauce. What's mozzarella sticks without anything to dip them in. She was bummed about the milkshake but she did drink it as is but stinks we paid for the extra hot fudge being added and didn't get it. Such a wasted trip and took up a lot of our time waiting and wasted our money!!! I want reimbursed but they haven't responded back. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Ordered a Plain SONIC Cheeseburger. They even repeated it back. Screen showed plain. This isn't plain. - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

We stopped in around 8.30p and ordered two cheeseburger combos with onion rings, Diet Dr Pepper lavender lemonade. It was 8.40p when we considered leaving before our order was delivered. It was 8.45p when our order was half-delivered (both drinks were wrong). It was 8.55p when our correct drinks were delivered. And then all of our food was cold. There have been so many negative reviews going back for months. Obviously, the home office/owner won't do anything to fix the problem. We're highly disappointed and will not return. read more

Been here a few different times and Service here is super slow and the workers are all rude each time I went . I won't be coming here anymore . read more

Sonic Drive-In - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

I was visiting San Diego from the LA area. There isn't a Sonic near me so I decided to visit this location. I won't be making that mistake again. I drove from Escondido. I pulled into one of the stalls and after a few minutes placed an order from my phone for two slushes. They've gotten ridiculously expensive so I wanted the 1/2 off for ordering on the app. About 5 minutes later the screen says Ivan is on the way with my order. I wait...and wait..and wait. 8 minutes later I still don't have my order. I repeat...all I ordered were two slushes...no food. So I hit the red button.. And once again I wait...and wait...and wait. No one ever answers... Waiting seemed to be the theme of the day. So I get out of the car and go up to the building and someone asks what can he help me with. I tell him I've been waiting for my order that was supposedly on the way 10 minutes ago to stall #12. He says he will bring me my order. So I get back in my vehicle and he brings my order a few minutes later. He asks if there is anything else he can get me and I say no. I should have asked for my money back but I did not. I won't be returning. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Yesterday, me and my wife had just finished shopping at Stater Brothers and had perishables in our car, and we were both hungry and exhausted. We decided Sonic would be a good eat around 9:30pm or so. We pulled up to Spot #4 which was just in front of the drive through, and pushed the red button to order. We waited... and waited... and waited, and the red button was de-activated and WE WERE NEVER SERVED! Other people were going to the drive through and were getting their orders filled immediately and WE WERE THERE BEFORE SEVERAL OF THEM! I pushed the red button again and yelled/screamed waving my hands in the air... but I was ignored! This pissed me off, so left I went to the Burger King nearby, and guess how long it took for them to ask for my order? I was helped in less than 10 seconds when I pulled up to BK's drive-thru. We ordered our food and customized our burgers and could see on the screen what we were ordering to confirm. It only took them less than 5 minutes to fill my order, and everything was good the way it was. Burger King now sets the gold standard of "fast food." This Sonic is a joke, and it's certainly not as fast as Sonic The Hedgehog, one of the most iconic video game characters known for their speed. I will never come back to here, because my perishables from stater brothers were ruined by all the time I sat in my car waiting for someone to help me at Sonic that NEVER HELPED US! I shouldn't have to wait more than a minute for someone to take my order at a "Fast Food" place, or if they needed more time, usually they would say something over the intercom. If there was going to be such a long wait to be served, YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW!!! THIS IS INEXCUSABLE! To whomever the manager is at Sonic during the late shift on Monday - whoever was working that night, they need to be written up or fired because there's NO EXCUSE for customers not being helped as soon as they are ready to order. You will keep losing customers this way, because people are waiting too long without knowing when they will be served, and when they are NOT HELPED like I wasn't, we'll go somewhere else like I did with Burger King, or even In and Out where they have employees outside at all times taking orders in their long lines. BOTTOM LINE: Take the %^%$ing customer's orders fast, or at least SAY SOMETHING about the wait time! Don't help the people at the drive thru that arrived later than your non-drive thru customers, because this just aggravates all of us and is UNFAIR! When a Burger King does a better job than you guys do, that should be a clue that you all need to get with it, or more negative reviews will come in like mine! read more

I generally like sonic, especially the shakes and hotdogs. However, this morning I'm ordered a slush that is supposed to have real strawberries. If did. Unfortunately, the strawberries tasted like mold. I had to throw it out. I called the store to leg them know, but I don't think they believed me. With all of the food recalls, I really thought I was being helpful. So in other words, don't order the plushies. read more

Been here for 30 minutes (currently). Waited 10 minutes at the speaker for my order to be taken. 20 minutes and still no drink and hotdog. Is this how it's supposed to be?! read more

Jonathan... jean...soulmate, the slushie was amaze balls. Been 1 hour since I got it and im still slupin. kept it cool ily read more

Sonic Drive-In - heaven - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Sonics can be a blessing when everyone is tired, but somewhat comfortable staying in the car. We like their menu; grilled cheese, hot dog, hamburger, and chicken. For sides they have fries and jalapeño cheddar poppers. They excel at deserts; shakes, blizzards, Icees, and sundaes. Five stars for old fashioned drive-in style food. read more

I love sonic best hotdogs there is anyway I would recommend any and every one to eat there

3rd time in a row no cherry in the lime aid- where's the quality control? Disappointing especially after paying 5 bucks.

Ordered food yesterday and within a few hours both my daughter and I became very sick. Severe pain in our stomachs. The odd thing is we didn't even eat the same thing we did share drinks. The guy who brought our food, we went through the drive thru, seemed incredibly annoyed that he had to bring us our food. I had a hot dog with mustard my daughter a hamburger with tots. Mustard was everywhere inside the bag and outside the hot dog bag. We will not be going back ever again. read more

The customer service, or lack thereof, was unacceptable. The wait was unacceptable. We ordered a single drink online, didn't have to wait in line and still waited nearly 20 minutes for the drink. read more

Waited an hour for our order and the workers did not care at all. The service here is horrible look at other locations because they dont care here. read more

Been here a few times recently, and I always try and give the benefit of the doubt but the service here is just really bad. Took 5 minutes to acknowledge me in the drive thru- and that was after I was ignored at the self ordering screen, which is really crazy. The worker who gave me my order was really apologetic and sincere, so I don't blame the workers but definitely something going behind the scenes with management. I worked in food service for a few years and having two people work at lunch time is just really confusing and is consistently letting down customers. read more

Hi. I want to say this nicely but I can't. The here is terrible. After I pulled into spot number 13 I waited for almost 10 minutes before the employee on the inside told me that they were no longer taking orders because they were too busy. I'm fine if they're not taking orders on the outside anymore, but I'm not fine that it took them almost 10 minutes to tell me. Just tell me when I pull in and then I can make a choice if I want to get into the drive-through or leave but don't make me wait 10 minutes to hear that information. Bad bad service. read more

My order was not that complicated. It was just 2 burgers, nuggets, fries, and 2 shakes. Nothing was customized. I got home to open the bag and I am missing a burger. It was 10:30PM so I'm not going to even waste my time driving 30 minutes back to Sonic to get the missing burger. To the staff at this location... slow down for a second, look at the order, and look at what you put in the bag. Your drive thru fulfillment times are not worth another a bad yelp review. read more

Literally the worst, slowest service anywhere. There are three cars in front of us. We haven't moved in close to 10 minutes and not one employee has come out. This happens almost every single time. Once it took so long the manager came out and just gave us our food for free because he felt bad. read more

Sonic Drive-In - 12 minute wait so far. No one has come out. Three cars ahead still. "Fast" food this is not. - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Ate here a lot back in the day. But I did get food poisoning for 2 weeks from the place back in 2020, but other than that, I haven't had it since. The food is decent, the service is cool because it's a drive in, which you don't really see anymore. Ambiance is okay, it's mainly outside. Overall 3 stars. read more

Ok, let me start by saying that SONIC drink game is 100 on point! The food is hit or miss but their food is meant for snacks or munchies so don't expect dinner quality food. Saying that, this particular sonic drive thru is the worse I been 45 plus for 2 drinks? I would of left but there's no exit due to the walls. They don't even had a DT window but they have a drive thru? Makes no sense. The kids were doing their best to accommodate the long line. There's has to be a way for them to fix their system, is very flawed. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Drive thru menu with no drive thru window lol - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Second time coming there in the evening g and it's my second time getting super cold and super salted French fries. Won't be back. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Medium fry that I only took two fries out of and tossed. - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Quite possibly the worst fast food in all of America. Flavorless burger, dead French fries (I thought they served only tots) and a hot dog that seemed to evade every bite (smallest dog ever). "Keep biting, it's in there somewhere". I really don't know why we decided to drive through and eat at this place; and then, there's no drive up window. There's just a booth that someone exits from when handing your food and taking your money. Then that person disappears again inside the booth, all while another employee wizzes by in front of your vehicle on roller skates delivering the next worst meal to some unsuspecting car waiting at the '60's styled gimmick that made this place famous. They say the shakes are why people come here. I don't know about that, because we could never get past the really under deserving food. We were boldly reminded of why we don't eat here. I really don't think we'll make that mistake again . . . although we made that mistake once again today. Dicks read more

Sonic Drive-In - The sign out front. - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

The wait at this Sonic is LONGGGGGG; to place your order, to pay for your order and to get your order. I wouldn't bother with a web order to save time, the employees will just look at you like you have a third head growing. I have tried this location about 5 times and each time it is always something. The place is clean and nice and the food is Sonic food, def not expecting gourmet. read more

Enjoyed our drinks... Haven't tried food there yet. Found out that if you use your app, at certain times...1/2 price. read more

Absolute WORST experience I've ever had at Sonic tonight. I've been a Sonic customer for decades and tonight may have been my last visit. My family of six ordered through the app to save time on the way home from a long day. We are tired, stressed, and know we can count on Sonic to make dinner easy. The app said to "hold tight" for over 15 minutes, charged our card, and never updated on the Sonic system. I went to the doors to ask for help and waited several minutes before being addressed. The manager came out and said I should close I out my app and reopen. This prompted me to check in at the stall and said "the kitchen has your order" but the kitchen had zero record of the order. My four children, partner, and dog were all waiting in the car this whole time - the manager did not seem to know anything about the app or any resolution other than filing a dispute with my card company (which would hugely inconvenience my whole financial system as I must replace my card numbers to report fraud). The app finally sends my order to the kitchen after a third restart. The manager returns, frustrated, and tells me they'll get started but that it is a large order ($56). I told her that's why we ordered in advance and she scoffed at me. We wait 10 more minutes and then someone comes out to tell us that they ran out of chili (which they would not have had they started our order 45 minutes ago when we arrived). They offered no solution other than changing our order or waiting "probably about an hour" for new chili. At this point, I am in tears. All we wanted was an easy dinner fix and to get home. We still have 45 minutes to drive, it's getting late, and everyone is hungry. My family then has to change four items on the order to accomodate no chili (I do not even believe what we received was the same cost as what I paid) Another 10 minutes and they bring out the food, and the carhop offers to bring out one ice cream cone as an apology. Absolutely flabbergasted by this BS, we just stared in disbelief and my partner said we needed our drinks so we could leave. Five minutes later, and the drinks finally arrive. From the time we placed the order (and were charged) to the time we left, over one hour had passed. A whole hour and we still did not receive what we ordered because they neglected us until our order wasn't possible. I am so, so frustrated. read more

I love choosing Sonic for fast food but not when your burrito has small bits of plastic added in. What a waste of time and food. My wife just wanted a small snack after a long day and unfortunately had to throw half of the burrito away. Will not be eating at this location again. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Bacon Breakfast Burrito - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Had a late lunch here today. Didn't think I'd ever come back, but I wanted a hot dog. This was close so I thought I'd give it a try. I ordered a foot long Coney Island hot dog and onion rings with a drink. The hot dog was okay, chili was acceptable. Actually, it was similar to a weinerschnitzel hot dog. Not bad, but just okay. The onion rings were quite good. They appeared to be be whole onions and the batter was also good. While the onions tasted good, they didn't have a very good ranch sauce to use with it. Unfortunate, but I just ate it without it. read more

Drive in takes up to 20 minutes to receive food. The cashier was not fantastic and seemed like they were rush. Usually sonic is quick, especially in the drive in. It was super busy and slowly. The food was average. Might not come back here. read more