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Sonic Drive-In

2.1 (175 reviews)

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Dogs allowed

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I asked no onions, drove all the way back, got a new, got a new burger and ended up also having onions

Asked for no pickles, got pickles. drove back, got a new burger and still got pickles, manager also smells bad

Giselle S.

My review is based on the excellent service we received in the drive through, Jack was the person who placed our order. Jack is the epitome of great customer service; precise, charismatic & just a pleasant person -- Jack's positivity will most certainly turn your frown upside down. As for the food, Sonic food is pretty good. Their blue raspberry nerds slush is a must!

Mia W.

Strangest place if ever been to. ONLY go for the drive up, but even then the service and food is downhill. I know that this is a mostly drive up place, but why offer an inside service if there is no service? There is no counter. No staff. Only a screen (two when one isn't out of order). Also no utensil counter. You order through a speaker and they bring your order out. Sounds good HOWEVER... they bring your order to the first person they see, then try the next, no rhyme or reason, because they don't know who ordered it. Also if something is wrong, get back in line to ask the screen for it to be fixed. When they forget a drink, back of the line. If they forget a straw or spoon for your drink, or sauce, get back in line to get to the speaker. Do you need more napkins? Guess what, get back in line and wait for them to be available for the speaker. Because guess what, the runners, the speakers, and cookers are all doing the same job apparently. HIRE MORE PEOPLE or get a counter with a person or a utensil stand (I know you risk money). Sounds like a horrible rant, but my point is, if you go just go to the drive up and don't expect much.

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Julie M.

Drive up - we sat at the individual slots for a few minutes trying to figure out what we wanted and didn't realize they don't serve the individual drive up and we had to go through the drive thru. If it was stated somewhere their drive up times I didn't see them. We go through the drive thru and the screen that shows the order isn't working so her repeating back the order was muffled and over the road noise I just assumed the order was correct. At the window they repeated the order. It took them awhile to get us our order and there weren't anyone in front of us. With all that, our drink was still incorrect even though he tried to fix it and I don't know if the Slinger was supposed to be their version of a slider because it was that small. This was our first visit since opening and coming from AZ where we would frequent them all the time, I was quite disappointed in the presentation, size and the cost for it. I'll wait to go back but in AZ instead.

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Sirena L.

Came to the Santa Rosa location went through the drive through and brought food home as their was no drive up available. Ice cream is always yummy. I got the grilled cheese and fries ( a bit over priced) I don't think I would get the grilled cheese again but I will came back for more ice cream.

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Annie L.

To all my Santa Rosa friends: skip Sonic! After letting the 2 hour grand opening wait dissipate, I finally decided to go yesterday. I figure week 5, shouldn't be too long of a wait and I was right. From beginning to end was 20 mins. However, due to incorrect order and most of all, disgusting food, I have to give this franchise a 1 star. I ordered: 2 Cherry Slush, 1 order of Popcorn chicken, 1 Sonic cheeseburger w/fries and 1 Classic crispy chicken sandwich w/tots. Easy enough right?! Instead of 2 cherry Slush, I got 1 Cherry Limeade (see photo below!) and 1 melted cherry slush. How did it melt already? It was liquid!! The first thing I tried was the tots. Not edible at ALL! It was overly cooked, dry, and so light it felt like freeze dried food. Same with the popcorn chicken. Lightweight and freeze dried feeling. The chicken burger was not good. You can see some cartilage in the meat. I would say, they use the CHEAPEST, LOWEST GRADE, LOWEST QUALITY ingredients to make their food. For $25 for these 2 combos it aint cheap either! They give you low quality food and charge regular fast food prices. Skip at all costs. Not worth it. You've been warned!

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First and last time I eat at sonics. Food was gross and it took forever to get the food

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The onion rings taste on the sweet side. The best thing we had were the crinkle cut fries.

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Trash,food wasn't good and had a hair in my burger.also drive by to see the same guy smoking a cigarette while taking my order

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Rip off alert! Their "signature limeade" is just Sprite with a wedge of lime. No lime juice, nothing. It was 4 plus change. Total rip!

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