I wish I never told my kids that I liked this place. For many years, this was my go-to after Bucs games. I loved it. Not since 2020. They need to tear this place down, burn it to the ground, salt the earth and or put in something else. They don't answer any button pressed. I've sat here many days for 30+ mins because my kids want an ice cream. I've tried to tell them never again, but they insist. It's always an absolute Disaster. Drinks take 30+ minutes unless you order in their stupid app or wait just as long in the drive thru. Avoid this place at all costs. Time is money and I've given them far too much of the former, they absolutely refuse to take my latter. They also don't do Orange Creme Slush, so I'm happy saying good-bye forever. read more

A lot of not good reviews but this short and sweet review is nothing but good. The staff was very friendly and got the food I ordered out very quick. I love that I was able to pull up to a spot and have the menu and payment right there for me. I decided to get a hot dog combo with a drink and fries. The hot dog was very tasty and the toppings all tasted fresh. The onions weren't overly strong and the relish was very sweet in a good way. The fries were crispy and salted to the right amount! Aubrey was very friendly and even told us to push the button if we needed any other extra napkins or assorted stuff like that. I was also shocked at how clean the bathroom was! read more

Sonic Drive-In - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

We stopped in here to grab food before heading out to a drive in movie with the family, I ordered ahead on the app and scheduled it for pickup at 6:50pm. We arrived at 7pm, pulled up to a stall and I notated on the app that we had arrived to the stall. 20 mins pass and nothing, so we decide to go through the drive thru to make sure they know we're there. We pull through the drive thru and the guy says we didn't check in - I showed him my app clearly showing we checked in 20 mins prior and he said they're getting it ready. A few mins later they give us our food and drinks, and all 3 orders of tater tots that go with the coney meals were missing from the order - not a huge deal, we just let him know...he then turns around and starts yelling and cursing someone out in the back kitchen area saying they don't know how to do their job right and to hurry up and fix it. We got our tater tots a few moments later. While the wait for the order that we placed in advance was annoying - my biggest issue was the conduct of the employees here. Our food was perfectly fine, everyone enjoyed their meals without complaint - but we had our 2 kids in the car who heard this man turn around and say all of this to another employee...just bad business and bad customer service all around. We definitely won't be back to this location. read more

Haven't had Sonic since we were stationed in NC. Number 3 with no mayonnaise!! What came out was number 3 with all the mayonnaise I believe they had in the restaurant. The service is mediocre meaning please pay attention to the costumers when they order and repeat it back to ensure that order is correct. The fries were cold. . I will say the outside area is clean and well kept. I requested my burger again with absolutely NO mayonnaise. I love Sonic and I just hope my next visit is better. read more

Sonic allows you to customize your favorite drinks and slushes with real fruit and candy add-ins. Not to mention the daily happy hour of half-price drinks and slushes. And if you need something more, Sonic offers a variety of menu options, including burgers, hot dogs, chicken, breakfast, and more. Unlike your typical drive-thru, Sonic offers carhops on roller skates to serve food at the speed of sound in a fast and fun fashion to meet the needs of the entire family. My go-to drink is a Route 44 cranberry, sweet tea, and for food, the grilled cheese on Texas toast is always satisfying to my tummy. read more

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This place takes at least 40 minutes every single time I come through here. I got two simple drinks last time I came and it took 30 min with one car in front of me. I get to the window and it takes 15 for them to even acknowledge that I'm at the window. All of this for two drinks when there is only 2 cars, one parked, and one in the drive through. read more

The kiosk we parked at wasn't working, so someone came out to take our order. Aubrey came out and delivered our order not too long later, and she did an excellent job! Everything was there, plus somehow an extra side of onion rings. One of the main reasons we went to Sonic was for the Unicorn Dreams Slush, which did not disappoint! All of the other items we ordered were also good. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Unicorn Dreams Slush - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Went for lunch on a Sunday... pulled in and hit the red button to order. Never got a response. After 15 minutes, went to the door, opened it... and a guy hollers rudely that they are only doing drive thru... no car service. There were about 5 cars waiting. I went out, told the others about drive thru only. And I left, to eat somewhere else. read more

I wish I looked at the reviews before stopping here , I'm shocked. I knew it was bad in CA but being here I hoped for better. Visiting Fl and stopped here at 1145 and they are open until 130 AM. We sat for 20 min in the stall. Not a lot of people were there at this time. 15 min later the place was slammed and no one had answered the button for our stall. I got out of the car and asked the lady at the front what was going on. She let me know there was a concert and they were focused on the drive through, makes no sense as they close in 20 min and before we left the lady let me know they close prompt at 1230. Talk about losing a ton of money/ read more

Sonic Drive-In - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

I like sonic food and the prices are reasonable. It helps that it's right across the street from me lol!

We tried to go here twice on our visit to Tampa, once around 9:30 AM on Friday Dec. 26 and again around 10 AM on Sunday Dec. 28. There was one car in the parking lot but apparently it didn't belong to anyone working there because no one ever came on the speaker to take our order. read more

The bbq bacon burger was okay, don't like the sting taste of bbq sauce. The supreme burger was thick and really tasty. The onion rings were good but too crunchy. The fries were limp and awful. The diet lemonade had a strange taste. And was pink in color. Is it supposed to be pink? If so, then call it diet PINK lemonade. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Get the cherry slushy with nerds ! It's phenomenal and so amazing! There workers are so nice and very fast to bring out your food. It's a very nice looking drive-in! Go here! read more

At the window at the drive-through and in person for a cool hour, waiting for somebody to take my order worker walks next to me five fucking workers in that bitch, listening to music that shit has pissed me off more than anything else has in the entirety of my life all I wanted was a Smashburger and a fucking chill dog and these motherfuckers couldn't take my order in the hour. I was waiting there. read more

I would give this location 0 stars if they'd allow it! Couldn't even order! Someone deactivated my red button push after I sat in the order bay for 15 minutes! By time I realized it was turned off intentionally, the drive thru line was already beginning to wrap the building! Just absolutely terrible customer service, it would've taken 1 minute to ask me to go to the drive thru! I just suggest a different location. Either they aren't staffing enough employees or the employees inside need better training because they obviously don't care as I saw MULTIPLE cars leaving! Definitely visit any other location rather than this one! I've NEVER had this happen to me at any other sonic restaurant. Do better read more

If I could give this one star I would , worst sonic ever. Sit in the drive through for 15 minutes and no one even acknowledges you so we went around to order at the kiosk and they come over the speaker and say drive through only. Not even a busy they just don't want to take orders read more

Absolutely the worst experience I have ever had at a fast food chain in my 48 years of life. I'm not sure if the management is clueless or if the employees really don't care, but I have spent over a half an hour waiting for something that should take 30 seconds. There are people everywhere. We have all been waiting. Uber eats drivers and DoorDash drivers. Frustration is mounting. The drive-through line is full. Employees have not yet been seen. Are they even here? I just heard a voice through the microphone but perhaps it was a recording. Don't come here tampa people. read more

Whoever worked the window between 5:30 pm and 6:15pm on Sunday, October 27, 2024, shouldn't be around the public. She/they was so rude. I was on the phone and the caller witnessed how rude as well. I literally had to reach in and grab my credit card from that "person" So much better service can be obtained at other restaurants that I would advise others to go anywhere else in the Tampa area. read more

STAY AWAY FROM SONIC ON 2523 NORTH DALE MABRY HWY IN TAMPA AT ALL COST!!! Sonic at 2523 North Dale Mabry Hwy in Tampa has chronic understaffing and incorrect order problems. I ordered a Sonic Cheeseburger plus tots and a breakfast sandwich (breakfast served all day) by way of the Sonic mobile app. Right after that I pulled into the stall, checked in and waited an inordinate amount of time - one hour! It should not take one hour to fill a small order. Now if I had a large order that would be different and I understand. But to wait an hour for a small order is completely unacceptable. Something to keep in mind if you have to be somewhere on time such as work. Sonic corporate needs to shut this Sonic down and retrain all of its employees on customer service. Never again will I patronize this Sonic. read more

The worst sonic experience I've ever had. Ordered food, waited 30 minutes, pressed the red button to talk to an attendant, waited another 20 minutes, then after walking up to the window was told "press the red button." Should've read the reviews before coming here and wasting money. Paid and didn't even get our food because we were hungry and tired of waiting. Unreal we were told to press the red button even after waiting an additional 20 minutes for someone to answer the button. To top it off, the car next to us was having the same issue. Worst sonic experience ever, and absolutely will not be returning. Way to waste my time and money. read more

we'll first i got a recharge redbull slushie or shoudl I say ice with a splash of red bull because after two sips my medium drink was gone but filled to the brim with ice.Also we ordered mozzarella sticks or mozzarella breading because there was no cheeseee in the breadsticks. only thing done right was the pretzel that we did not order. if I could rate location correctly it would be 5 bad girls... read more

I've been here twice recently out of the simple fact that it's the only Sonic in close proximity to my home. Other than that, I don't like or appreciate the customer service provided here. They get 1 star for getting my order right, but the service here is slow, the cashiers aren't friendly, and the "hot" food comes out lukewarm. During my last visit in the drive-thru the cashier took my debit card and closed the window and took a good few minutes to give my card back. All the while I could hear the workers talking and laughing which doesn't send the right idea into the mind of a customer. Since then I've been making sure to check my card statement for any suspicious charges because welp it's 2021 and anything is possible when it comes to people doing the unthinkable. On top of that my mozzarella sticks were not hot when they came out. This place can definitely do better. They can start by training their staff to be more customer oriented, friendly, and aware of how they are handling the customers credit/debit cards. read more

We ordered on the app at 9:37 pm Arrived at the stall to check in and they told us to go to the drive thru and they will take care of us. After 1 hour sitting in the freaking drive thru they told us our food got cold so they threw it out. We never would have stayed that long but we had already paid for it on the app!! This place is poorly managed and there may have been 2-3 employees working. So it's now 1 hour and 1/2 and we are still waiting on this crappy food! DO NOT GO HERE! UPDATE: we finally got our food and guess what? We were missing food we ordered. read more

Why does a restaurant with a breakfast menu not open until 10am? Seven days a week. Honestly don't see this place staying open much longer. Do yourself a favor and avoid. The breakfast is the only thing decent... read more

This was the best Sonic experience ever! I don't know why this Sonic doesn't have good rating but it deserves better. We went after a Zach Bryan concert wanting a Sonic drink and they didn't disappoint, they stayed open a little after closing to get us our drinks and the workers were super nice. read more

One time I ordered an egg burrito and they managed to give me burrito with no egg only bacon. Terrible worker attitudes and disrespectful towards customers. read more

Was not happy tonight. We love Sonic's milkshakes. We pre-ordered through the app and left our house to make a special trip there to pick up our order. After waiting about 8 minutes or so (the place was pretty empty at the time), someone finally came out and told us they would have to refund us because the machines were down. We then waited another 5 or so minutes for them to issue the refund. I understand that things happen but why did we have to wait to be told all of this? The staff member was nice but I felt they should have at least offered a coupon for another time. Within 10 minutes total, we drove down the road to another business and actually received our order in less time it took us to wait at Sonic to not receive our order. Not a good look Sonic. Do better. read more

Poor audio on stall speakers. Missing items on our order. Employees were agitated and unfriendly. Food was mediocre. Didn't expect much anyway for a location next to a strip club. read more

Waited for someone to respond for over 15 mins at the drive up stall. Then was told the stalls were closed after multiple cars after us had ordered/received food. THEN they "lost" our food and we had to wait an additional 30 mins. It's my fault for going to a Sonic...not making that mistake again lol read more

Make sure to pay with cash because the person at the register at the drive through messed up and I ended up paying for my order and the people in front of me. They don't give receipts so I didn't realize it until I got my credit card bill. I called them and their central office and nothing was done. read more

The employees are so rude! I had one experience two weeks ago when I pulled up to the drive through, I was immediately met with attitude. I looked passed it, and continue to ask a question and was told "yeah, it's on the menu". I was like oh wow. However, it was not there, if it was I wouldn't have asked. She stopped responding; so I pulled to the window and when I got there the lady I encountered on the microphone came to the window with the same attitude and said "were you done", I said yes ma'am and she said well you could have said something. I said I did you weren't responding, and you met me with an attitude and I told her that if she doesn't want to work here, go somewhere where else. Fast forward to today. My kids wanted to come back, so I said to myself maybe it was a one time thing. So I pulled in a stall, and ordered a bursting bubble drink for my daughter, and a slush for my son with their kids meals. I also ordered a sonic bacon cheeseburger; add ketchup and Mayo. My daughter didn't get her correct drink; she got a slush and I got a regular cheeseburger with pickles only. So I called back in to say my order was wrong and they lady barely let me speak, she kept cutting me off. Long story short she said it will be out. They brought out my daughters drink but without a straw, when I asked for one she said they are out of the bursting bubbles straw; so not sure how she is suppose to drink them . Then the burger they gave me was still wrong. The lack of ability to follow instructions and the attitudes is beyond me. This job is not that hard. I did it through high school 10years ago, and made decent tips. It was my first job, and I even did it on skates. I still tipped the young girl who brought my food out, but this location is trash!!! We won't be back. L read more

I have been on keto and have been craving ice cream for months. I chose a Snickers blast and could not be more disappointed. It was vanilla ice cream in a medium cup with a sprinkling of stale snicker on top. Nothing was mixed in with the crystallized ice milk. Blech. It was awful. Went in the trash. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Sonic is not one of my favorite places to eat, but this location on southern Dale Mabry is certainly convenient after a late-night run to see a certain lovely nurse at Tampa General. You'll find this particular Sonic just north of I-275 amid all of the "gentlemen's clubs" in this stretch of Dale Mabry. I'm not sure of the exact hours of this drive-through, but I know that they're open well past Midnight. The history of the Sonic chain can be traced back to 1953 and a small root beer stand called Top Hat in Shawnee, Oklahoma. After successfully operating a handful of Top Hat locations, the owners changed the name of the existing locations to "Sonic" - as a match for their slogan, "Service at the Speed of Sound." Now speaking of service, you have two different ways to order and receive your food at this Sonic. You can either pull through the traditional drive-through entrance -- just past 2001 Odyssey gentlemen's club (Make it rain in the space ship, baby!) -- place your order at the window, and exit to the north near the Winn-Dixie shopping center. Your other option is to turn into one of Sonic's covered stalls, roll down your window, read the menu posted on the divider next to your car, and finally press the button to place your order with someone inside the restaurant. The food is cooked to order and then rushed out to your car by one of their servers, who will collect the money and then leave you to eat in peace. We've all seen the TV commercials with the two guys sitting in their car and snarfing down Sonic food and drinks while cracking jokes. Avoid the temptation to try out your best Sonic humor on the servers -- they've heard it all before, and will likely dump the milkshake on your head! Sonic's menu has the usual assortment of burgers, Coney's and hotdogs, chicken sandwiches & strips, breakfast burritos, frozen slushie drinks, milkshakes, fries, onions rings, tots, and so on. My late night meal of choice is the grilled Asiago Caesar chicken sandwich with a root beer float. It's prolly full of a bazillion calories, and I know that my doctor would have kittens since there is no way that this food can possibly be good for my cholesterol levels, but it tastes so darned good in the middle of the night. I have to say that I've seen my share of cars full of highly inebriated people pulling through here late at night, so expect this place to be noisy and crazy. I guess I'm glad there's a place where people can fill up on food and non-alcoholic drinks before they continue on their journeys. read more

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Less than 1 star! This Sonic location is TERRIBLE! Do not waste your time! Ordered 1 drink via the app and waited 15 minutes. The stall I pulled in to had a broken speaker so I tried waiting in the drive-thru line to speak with someone. After waiting for 5 minutes I pulled into a parking space and went into the kitchen. I was told to leave immediately. There looked to be 5-6 people in the kitchen but clearly they have NO idea how to serve food in a timely manner. I got in my car and left without my drink. Stay AWAY from this location. The corporate office needs to immediately get involved and teach this store how to be efficient and customer orientated! read more

Got Togo from sonic through uber. Double burger. Terrific Chili cheese dog. Great Ultimate meat and cheese burrito. Awesome Great job sonic by Raymond James. read more

Dale Mabry Sonic! For when you need a breakfast burrito at 2pm and you also want to maybe see strippers go to the Subway across the street. Just like every other Sonic on the planet, the food is good enough, quick enough, and priced just fine. This particular location has a drive-thru as well. read more

2nd ever stop at sonic first for Breakfast a few months ago and now for lucnh,both time the food was fresh service was great and it was out fast.will be back. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Classic crispy chicken sandwich with tots and a coke. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida

Wait time was extremely long and they gave us something completely different from what we ordered. The only thing we got that was correct was the drinks. Don't go here.. it's a waste of time and money. read more

Much like any other Sonic I've been too, except the service at this one was fast. And since I was in a hurry that worked out great for me. All I had was a small Snickers Blast - it was made well, but I think I noticed the milk tasting a bit strange, maybe going sour. I had already taken off before I got a chance to make a comment. Anyway, service was good and the place was relatively clean... read more

I stopped by on a quiet Thursday night around 11pm since everything else in the area (except McDonalds) was closed. I have seen the boneless wings on recent commercials and that seemed like a fitting quick snack that would be both convenient and satisfying. I've been to the Sonic in Wesley Chapel many times and that location is on par. The Dale Mabry location is very dated and deals with a different customer base. Surrounded by strip clubs, I would imagine the late night rush is quite unique. This evening, I was behind one car in the drive thru and there was a group of four teenagers dining at a table together. I counted three cars in the parking spot order stations. The employees seemed confused on their tasks as I could hear them trying to delegate orders and responsibilities through the window. The car in front of me waited quite a while for three items (a sundae, a shake and something in a small container). My 6 piece wings took a while to appear when I got to the window. I will say that the gentleman who helped me was very kind. After I drove away, I realized that I was never offered a side of ranch or anything of the sort. Overall, this is a convenient location on a busy street and the food is not bad. I can't imagine how busy it gets during breakfast, lunch & dinner times. They had a slow time handling the measly after hours people, but they did so politely. I will say that I ended up with 7 wings instead of the 6 that comes with the order...and I notice those little things :) It's not the most glamorous Sonic, but if you're hungry it will do. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Buffalo wings...6 for $5. Meh, not amazing but not bad - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Tampa, Florida