Sonic Drive In

I’ve been wanting to try the Sonic experience for so long! Finally today was the day. First impressions were the guy, Thomas, was super friendly and super helpful as this was our first time.
Ordered a good variety of food consisting of 4 combos which consisted of 2 kids combos (corn dog and chicken fingers) a bacon double cheeseburger and bacon and cheese hotdog. For sides we chose tots mozzarella sticks onion rings and fries.
Order placed sat down and waited as someone actually brought the food to the table. Burger was alright and taste wise the cheese was very dominate. Forgot to mention I added a Chicago hot dog which was very relish dominated. The mozzarella stickers were alright but as you would expect very hollow. The bacon and cheese hotdog was good as it had a nice hint of smokiness to it. The tots were actually the best thing.
If you have kids and need a variety to help satisfy them consider Sonic as they have hot dogs corn dogs chicken fingers etc. Having now been once I can’t say it was that good to have me keep coming back.

The service was quick, friendly, and accurate with our complicated order. Yippee! The shakes are awesome and their iced tea is good. The peanut butter cookie shake oh so good.

24 June 2015, I get to the restaurant, with my wife and her two cousins, the cashier is a lady named Maria.
I order my food and she asked me about my name «Osama» mam, she look at me with a smirk on her face «do you really want me to use that name, «mam this is my name and I spelled to her, she gives me the receipt with my name misspelled so I went back to her asking here to change it, «Are you serious ?!» I pull my ID showed here my name she goes inside get the manager lies to her face and change my name. My order would show up 20 minutes later with the wrong meal, wrong side, and no dip! magically, I go back to change it, it comes back with the wrong meal Again! So would you tell me why would I go back to sonic, to waste my money on the most unprofessional cashier that lacks self awareness, respect, honesty and integrity?!
When will a restaurant with a big name such as Sonic will control their employee’s attitude toward customers? why the customer and the manager have to suffer like that?
and that’s why restaurants get sued for money.

I’ve never been to a Sonic that had a dine-​in area inside; just the tables outside so this was interesting even though the dine-​in area was closed by the time we arrived.
We got there about 11:55pm just in time to get to the drive-​thru before closing.
We ordered the biggest chili cheese tots which was just two larges put together. My friend and I always get this to share whenever we are at Sonic.
We also came back the next day for strawberry limeades. Another favorite!

It like any other Sonics. Nothing special but when you are craving some soft serve, this is the place to go. Desert wise it is cheaper then all little mom and pop shops open seasonally.

Upon arrival into the parking lot, you notice what looks like places where you can park, order and eat right in your car. This is reminiscent of the 50s. We didn’t choose this method.
Upon arrival inside the restaurant, you will notice that the menu board immediately assaults you with 7 major meal choices on the left side of the board. Kids meal choices on the right side of the board, and an endless supply of drink options in the centre of the board.
One really has to wonder what they specialize in. So, we asked. Turns out that the number one meal is the standard cheese burger with tater tots covered in chilli. I really wish that I had taken her advise and ordered it.
However, my son and daughter ordered the corn dogs which were a good size. In fact, my son ordered two corn dogs and my daughter one corn dog and one regular hot dog. They definitely enjoyed them. As parents, we were surprised that they had apple slices on the menu and ordered them as a side for the kids. They were surprised that we ordered it but ate them without any trouble.
My wife ordered a chicken sandwich and her only complaint was that the bun was too big.
I like to order the gamut, and decided that I would like to try a single bacon cheeseburger, which wasn’t on the menu. They had single and double cheeseburgers and a double bacon cheeseburger. They made it for me without any issue but the only problem with ordering off the menu is that you don’t know the price. Thankfully, their prices were in line with what we are used to with McDonald’s and Burger King. I also ordered a chili cheese dog but somehow I got the foot long hot dog. I didn’t really recognize this as there was no place to see what you had ordered and you are only given the amount you need to pay. When I got a copy of my bill and examined it, I realized the error and went back up to speak to the cashier.
It took 3 people an unusually long period of time to try to get me a refund on it and give me the 6 inch dog, as opposed to the foot long. In the end, I advised them that I would rather have the fries at par, but in reality, I think I ripped myself off. No one bothered to correct me or process the refund. In the end, the cashier went in to tell them to give me a 6 inch dog and fries.
The good news is that I got HOT FRIES, the bad news is that I got a foot long chilli cheese dog. Oh well.
So, I can tell you the burger was good, except that the bun was very soft. Almost unnaturally soft but I was okay with that. As we had ordered the onion rings, tater tots and now fries, we dipped it in the chilli from the chilli cheese dog. I have to tell you, TATER TOTS ROCK!!! Dipped in chilli cheese sauce, it was GOOD! SO GOOD that we tried the fries, which were also GOOD!!! Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for the onion rings in the chilli cheese sauce.
I usually love hot dogs, and I try to eat them every chance that I get; however, the best way that I can describe this foot long hot dog covered in chilli cheese was that I usually don’t eat salt in hot dog form. At first, I thought it was the chilli but it wasn’t, when I tried the hot dog without the chilli, I got a blast of salt. This leads me to believe that the hot dog was sitting in hot dog water and had become salty.
I didn’t complain, it’s not worth my time. I should mention that there was so much ice in my cup, that I ran out of drink. Is the fountain drink too much to give me an ample amount of drink? I didn’t bother asking for a refill.
So, here’s my advice:
— Try the cheeseburger
— Don’t get the ice in your drink
— Avoid the foot long hot dog at all costs
— GET the Tater TOTS, with chilli, if possible, this would ROCK!
Definitely worth a try, if you are in the Watertown area. i would go back.

Drove up from syracuse today to try sonic and was very satisfied. Fast service hot food and tasty drinks. A must try if in the area

It was my fist time, the Chicago dog was really good and I was pleasantly surprised. The tots were great and the limeaid was satisfying. Quick and friendly service will come again.

Went inside to order at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon. The employee at the counter was nice through the entire experience. My first order took 30 minutes to come out, when I received the order and noticed two of the three items were not what I ordered I asked them to correct the order. Wrong a second time, ten minutes later they got it correct on the third try. The manager helped me but offered me no apology, didn’t introduce herself as the manager. Overall a young unorganized staff, the fault falls on poor management. Replace the management team and I believe the rest of the staff will be fine with better leadership. On a side note the bathroom was disgusting, out of paper towels, and I watched one employee switch from taking out trash to helping with customers orders without washing their hands twice. (As I stated earlier, I was there for awhile)

I think the other people who wrote a review were confused. Sonic was parking people for the first few months because there were TONS of customers going through and the traffic needed to managed. I personally was excited to go to sonic. I go for the drinks. It is a easy date night for my husband and I. We don’t go for the food unless it’s the hot dogs. I think that it’s not the fault of the business about there employees because Watertown NY doesn’t have the greatest selection of teens and young adults to hire. They don’t make the drinks right sometimes I think out of laziness. One time my drink was not even blended, how do u forget to blend a drink? I met the owner and we was very personable. I don’t blame him for the hard time he must have finding good employees.

Unorganized. About half of the employees were on break on a Saturday night. All young high schoolers. All were messing around in the dining room area. Obviously they don’t have rules or something .food was quick but you can tell there was no effort. the fries were old and stale & the chicken sandwich was good but poorly presented. Definitely won’t be coming back. Sticking to the sonic In Reno, NV.

Seriously the continued «security» is a joke. Nearly causing me to get in an accident while leaving another business. Until these jokers are gone we won’t be back.

What a mess. Entrances are blocked by cones and rent a cops are guarding them. Come on, it’s not like the whole city wants in there. Gave up after the rent a cop screening and carried on to the 5 Guys next door.

Went there the day after they opened. There was a young employee in the parking lot, talking on his cell phone during what I assumed was his break. He was loudly cussing. Young lady who waited on me mumbled so bad that I had to ask her to repeat herself three times… and I STILL couldn’t understand her! I finally just said «sure» to whatever she’d asked me. Turns out she was asking if I wanted tater tots with my grilled chicken sandwich. These turned out to be the best part of the meal. The grilled chicken was tasteless; they need to season or marinade it. The alleged «chiabatta» roll it was served on was actually a bland hamburger bun (white bread) SHAPED like a chiabatta bun. I had to ask for napkins. They had trouble finding any! The meal deal I purchased cost a dollar more than I would have paid at BK or McDonald’s. NOT worth the hype!!!