Sonic Drive-In

I’ve never had high hopes for Sonic, but I thought perhaps they would have improved over the years. All I learned today is that ordering a meal with onion rings at Sonic will yield you precisely one onion ring, and it will disappoint you. I am now also privy to the fact that if you upgrade your drink as part of a meal combo, it will not be a dollar or two up-​charge. It will be the full price of the item, minus a four cent credit. Tater tots were stale, chicken fingers were microscopic, and my hopes are genuinely dashed. I know it’s Sonic, but c’mon. There are faster food options out there that I would gladly vouch for. Unfortunately, this restaurant (term used very loosely) is not one of them, and will do nothing but disappoint.

I live around the neighborhood and my family loves sonic. Me on the other hand not so much, every time I come to this establishment I am always having to return as my order is NEVER correct. Simple instructions are very hard to understand and when they mess up You Would Expect Some Concern Or Desert But Receive none. The employees never have a clue about what car oder what, who ordered what and what the order was… ordered a cherry limeade slush no lime… drink came I asked does it have lime she said no. Tasted it and it had lime, I asked for no lime lady tells me she thought I ment no lime peel … ??? For my bad service I asked for a strawberry shortcake smoothy and was told can’t do it due to the price difference. I explained my past service and she reconsidered and came back with a mini lmao I ordered a medium drink and was bought a mini how is that great service. But also for my trouble I was given a free ice cream cone coupon !!!

The service at the drive in was extremely slow, and the person taking the order did not listen to the order. Not only was my order totally wrong, but my drink was also filled to the top with ice leaving very little room for actual soda. I will not be returning to this location as this is the second time I have had service issues.

A quick drive in so I will give a quick review.
The Slush Drinks are great and if you get it before 11:00 am the large drinks are $ 0.99. My favorite is the grape slush but beware of the brain freeze if you drink it to fast.
The foot long coney dog with chili and onions are always fantastic. Look for coupon specials in the newspaper or online where you can get a buy one get one free.
The 3^rd must have is the tater tots which are one of my faves.
Their buy one get one burgers are also a good buy when it is offered.
I love the slush drinks and in the AZ Summer they certainly hit the spot during the 100 degrees days.
The skating concept is funny but leans a blast from the past so it is good to see that tradition being upheld.
Overall I will keep on coming back for the main 3 items.

Went to get a shake and requested no whip cream. The lady comes out and it has whip cream on it. She catches it before I could say anything so she said she’ll be right back out. She comes back in no time at all. The surprising speed was due to the fact that she just scraped off the whipped cream… poorly I might ad. Apparently actually putting effort into fixing the shake was too much to ask.

The customer service at this Sonic is HORRIBLE!!! I just went there tonight and above each of their parking slots and above their to go menu board are the signs that say «½ price shakes after 8 pm» and when I went to order 4 shakes for me and my co-​workers I was told that they «Don’t do this anymore, it was just a summer promotion.» Today is August 31^st, we are in Arizona, it IS still summer!!! They would not honor their own advertisements!!! I mentioned that the signs were still up and the girl said it didn’t matter that they will not honor it. See if I go back to this Sonic ever again.

I’ve been here twice so far and have had great service and fantastic food!
I love the ambience of SONIC… it reminds me of the old drive-​ins on Happy Days. It brings that feel-​good vibe, along with good times, great food, awesome friends, cruising, and listening to the tunes.

I can’t imagine making it through a hot summer without my Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeades to keep me cool, so I’m a frequent visitor to the Sonic Drive-​In back home. While visiting Phoenix over the July 4^th week, this Sonic, on the North side of E. McDowell between N. 48^th and N. 51^st, became my go-​to drink restaurant of choice.
What is unique about this particular Sonic is that there is a drive through, but no drive through window. Feel free to ponder this for a moment or two. There is a menu and a speaker where you can order whatever you like, and then you pull forward to… a solid wall on the side of the building. No window to hand them your cash, and — most distressing of all — no window where they can hand me my humongous frosty beverage. Well, okay, I did eventually receive my beverage as one of their servers walked out the front door and handed it to me where I tentatively pulled up to the edge of the curb. Now, I know what you’re thinking — Sonic is basically a drive up restaurant where they park and bring your food TO YOU, so why would I insist on driving through? None of your beeswax, buster, I just do.
In addition to driving up and parking to order, there are plenty of outdoor tables, most with shade, where you can also sit, order, and enjoy your food or beverages.
So, do whatever your little heart desires: park and sit in your car, park and sit at the tables, or order at the drive through and act really confused when you can’t find the drive through window. Just make sure you try the cherry limeade — trust me on this one.

Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Sonic, but this is probably the worst location I’ve ever been to. In the dozen or so times I’ve visited this location, they have NEVER gotten my order right. Their speakers are often broken too, so I’ve had to pull into two or three different stalls before finding a working speaker. The food’s good enough, the usual Sonic fare, but I wouldn’t call it fast. Be sure to allow time to send your order back and have them fix it.

So my bf and I wanted a drink and snacks since it was happy hour at 2 we went and we were in a bit of a hurry cause my bf had to go to work at 3 so it just turned 2 so we weren’t really in a rush since we THOUGHT they would give us our meal in 5 min NOPE we pull up, press the red button it lights up… nothing we do it again… nothing. People next to is pulled up and ordered already. So we back out and go into another menu same thing waited about 2 min then they finally answered I asked is one of you menu broken? They said nope. So I told them what happens and we been waiting for 5 – 8 mins for someone to answer then they said o yeah one of the menus is broken. So I’m like alright and we ordered room about 15 min till our order came and that’s when we were in a rush. Another time my bf ordered chili cheese fries they gave him what looked/​tasted like plastic cold cheese fries and my strawberry limeade had way to many strawberry chunks in it I felt like I didn’t even drunk anything mostly ate the strawberries and could really taste some syrup Idk it was too sweet! They need to retrain or idk but they been messing up a lot. Not gonna go here again

Would love to give more stars but what a cheapass place. Ordered a milkshake at 7:59, by the time it arrived it was after 8:00. They are offering their half price shakes after 8:00. Even though it was delivered after 8:00 they wouldn’t give it to me at half price because I ordered it one minute too soon. I hate lazy workers who don’t want to be bothered making things right for a customer.

What a cool way to buy fast food during a heatwave, late at night in your jammies, or any time.
Daughter was hungry for a Sonic burger#1.
Spotted a Sonic sign ahead. We pulled into the parking lot of a fast food joint. Colorful 3′ x 4′ screens separated each parking space on the driver’s side.
I immediately recognized the old car hop vibe. Pulled into an empty space. Kept the engine running and air condition blasting. The screen turned out to be the menu, speaker, and ATM all in one. WHAT!!! How innovative.
Scanned the menu for items I wanted to order.
Pressed the speaker button to alert the assistant inside that I was ready to order. A very pleasant, disembodied voice took my order, then said she’d be out in a few with my order. Ok, let’s see how fast…
In the meantime I inserted my credit card to finalize the transaction. Receipt rolled out.
As promised, within minutes a sweet young lady arrived balancing a red tray loaded with 2 paper bags and a couple of drinks. She confirmed my order according to the receipt printed out on her side, then she handed over my booty.
Handed her a tip and I was on my way with a Sonic burger & fries, classic hot dog with the works, condiments, a limeade and a blue coconut slush and 2 peppermint candies. Yaowzaaaaa!
No Sonic anywhere near where I live, but when they show up I’ll be one of the first in line. Love their vibe.

I am honestly shocked by the good reviews but I guess I am glad others have a better experience here.
Hadn’t been to this location in over 3 years due to mediocre service and food. Went today to see if anything has changed. Nope.
Gave us tots instead of fries. Made the Slush Floats were ordered weird… it’s suppose to be a slush with ice cream inside UNBLENDED. If this is how they make them now… um… alright. They did not add my mom’s petezel dog despite telling them the order repeatedly and when we pushed the button to correct this we were met with nothing but some rude guy. Pretzel dogs with bacon and cheese are suppose to have bacon bits. They gave us a big olé slice of bacon across the dog. Makes it harder to eat. Why I am not surprised that they are too lazy to cut up the bacon slices like in the picture.
Goodbye forever, Sonic.

Not normally a Sonic fan or fast food for that matter, but for some reason when new items come out at fast food joints, I feel compelled to try them. Remember the McDLT?
The latest is the new Premium Chicken Sandwich (i tried the classic with mayo, lettuce, tomato) and used a 2 – 1 coupon which you can get by joining the email club. I thought these new sandwiches were pretty good, the chicken breast was thin and well cooked and seasoned and the bun was a giant Ciabatta one that held everything together well. It is pretty healthy, although you might want to get the mayo on the side to help that out because they put alot on there and its shredded lettuce, not leaf style, which is better on a sandwich in my opinion. It’s under 5 bucks for one sandwich and is a decent option now if I’m in a pinch and need something tasty and healthy for lunch.
Their commercials still stink, but food is improving.

Convenient, close to home, fast service… what’s not to like? At least once a month I ask my Peekaboo, «Want to go in the car?»… followed by an adorable tail wag. So, off we go to the local Sonic for mozerella sticks and the foot long Coney Island chili dog.

Pull up to your spot, order your food, and it is brought out to your car. All the while 50’s — classic rock tunes are playing over the speaker system. As far as fast food chains go this is one of the better ones. Nothing like feeling a touch of nostalgia of a drive-​in joint where you can sit in your car with the windows open in beautiful weather and have the food brought to you.
Happy hour from 2 – 4 where all the drinks are half price! Can’t beat a Big Gulp sized Grape Slushie and Blue Coconut Slushie for only $ 1 each! Along with some tastily seasoned popcorn chicken, a ranch chicken wrap, and perfectly crispy tater tots this was a winning quick lunch!
Yum — tater tots!
Seems so seemless here. Pull up, press the red button, place your order, and within minutes it is brought to your car with a smile. If you want to eat outside there are some tables and chairs on a small patio in the front. How can anyone not like this?
Grape slushie… Mmmmmm.

Average to below average sonic. Slower than most.

I am a fan, as far as the fast food industry goes. I am not usually a big fast food eater. But i was with a mom and 3 kids at the time. Tater tots, yummmm! I am huge burger girl and will say they were pretty good. I like the convince of this place.
Pull up, order, swipe ur card and the bring the food to your car!
Watching and hoping they dont fall in their roller skates with the food! haha, I was so hungry!
I think I will be back next time in AZ :)

Two of my colleagues and I had a business lunch at Sonic and tour outing was very fun.
I was a novice to the Sonic experience as I took everything in.
The parking lot was clean, we had a nice view of a Arizona State Tree — the Palo Verde and a clear perspective of a colorful storage facility.
We ordered our lunch through the Sonic Remote Audio device and paid remotely on the same apparatus, via credit card.
Our lunch was delivered to the car within minutes, by our cheerful car hop waiter.
I had a grilled chicken sandwich, tater tots (recommended by my friend) and a lemon/​berry drink. Everything tasted great, especially enjoyed the great textures & flavor of the tater tots. The drink was perfect for our scorching Phoenix day.
Sonic, looking forward to a return for another power lunch.

Hilarious that I’m the third Californian to review this Sonic’s. As it were, there just aren’t any here for us to go to!
While I’ve been the ONE i’ve found in SoCal (Anaheim), this one was quicker and had twice as many places to park. It also had a drive-​up one… well, it seemed like a normal drive in. People left instead of eating in their cars. Anyways, you guys all know how it works. Push the magical red button, order to your hearts content (GET A CHERRY LIMEADE!), and anxiously await. There are no skates, though there was a guy who had a tray of extra napkins, ketchup, etc who walked around. Nice touch Scottsdale.
I always get a hamburger with mayo. I was drunk the first time I had it and thought it was the best thing I had ever eaten. Now that I’ve eaten it while sober, I still think it’s pretty damn good.