Still a two star. Got a smasher combo. Burger was meh, I paid a little extra and upgraded the side to onion rings...big mistake. They don't change the oil often and fry everything together so the onion rings are horrible and tasted almost like a funnel cake. Not going back anytime soon. read more

excessive wait times, lack of a hustle from workers, touching mouth with gloves then food (cross contamination), not very polite with customers. overall a negative experience I more then likely will continue going but just wanted to get the word out. read more

My wife and I stop in to our sonic and my wife got a tenderloin and fryes and a drink. I got a sandwich and fryes. We got our food and it costed $29. The size of the fries was real small and the sandwichs where smaller. Way over priced. Never again. read more

Foods gross. Place is outdated and they service is terrible. This place should definitely close the doors.

I love eating here. It's nice to have the option to eat in your car or take it to go. It's more of a old fashioned order at the car service. Which if your into that, this would be a fun date night go to. There is picnic seating if you'd prefer that as well. I personally love that there's so many different drink options. It's not incredibly pricey for them. The menus change with unique items depending on the season. It's just a great nostalgic feeling. Just remember like anywhere else they are slightly short on help and be patient. Staffs kind and helpful. read more

LOVE this place. An exciting way to do drive thru food even if you're not a kid anymore. This location has plenty of drive in spots (30 ? Idk), a drive thru, and walk up window. They also have a patio with picnic tables. They offer a wide range of your classic meals: hotdogs, corn dogs, burgers, chicken, wings, fries, tots, breakfast, and kids meals. In addition, they have a variety of slushees, shakes, and drinks. I personally love: cheesecake shakes, corn dogs, and their breakfast foods. While our experience with the employees was limited due to ~corona~ we got everything we needed taken care of. Looking forward to making this a weekly tradition to bring some excitement into our meal times! Thank you sonic Ankeny! read more

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If I could give them 0 stars I would. They forgot to add our shake to our order and then also didn't give us our entire order despite it being on the receipt. The food tastes fine but we're missing half our order and they aren't the sizes we paid for. Very disappointed at the service we received today. Do better sonic. read more

This is the Only Sonic left in the area that still treats people right!! I drive from Des Moines to come here! The food is excellent and the car hippos are wonderful!! The Johnston location could learn a LOT from you! Ankeny Sonic is the only place to go! read more

The wait sucked and ice cream wasn't even mixed what are you even payed for food was sub par

Don't even bother. They claim to only have the drive-through open but the stalls aren't blocked off, nor is there any signs saying drive-through only. And when I let them know I had a mobile order, I was told "that ain't even ready." Seriously?? I was only checking in to let them know we arrived. Staff is rude and there's much better places to get food - especially because this is seriously overpriced for the quality. read more

Have you ever longed for the " good old days" when life was pure and simple such as drive-in theaters, neighborhood ice cream trunks and yes food drive on in? Well I did--while tooling around local ---I saw a Sonic's which reminded me of the Old Fashion A&W with giant floats and Big Boy's. Those were the days. In fact, I was once. carhop on roller skates--just hoping not to spill the order. Well, Sonic's brought back a little of that nostalgia. There was a plethora of good comfort food to order--I settled on a foot long all beef chili cheese dog--that was hot, gooey, fresh and beyond delicious! Knowing that servers usually get little are nothing in tips--I doubled the high schoolers tip simply because I remember those " good old days just Hoping for a tip and got nothing. So, what's your most nostalgic memory--get up go out and find that local replica--the locals will appreciate it! read more

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They have definitely improved recently in their speed. They still are a bit slow in getting your order out to you, but the food is always hot and fresh. I really love you can order from the app then just check in when you get there all without having to push the red button and wait to order. Plus they have their happy hour special on their drinks all day on the app. I do like the carhop style of ordering, its an old school take on fast food. read more

this is the most piss-poor establishment i've ever been to. wrong food. twenty minute drive thru wait. and some little guy gave me the wrong look read more

Amazing Get the Oreo blast also the grilled chess is fire absolutely love the food and drinks highly recommended read more

I was sure I had already reviewed this place! Sign up with your email or get the app to get their specials they have fairly frequently. At times the wait can take a bit here, when they have many orders. There is no inside dining, but they do have some tables in front. Friendly staff. Family friendly. Lot parking. Drive through is what I usually do. Fairly clean. Prices good. "FairFood" I love their corn dogs! They also have awesome footlong chili cheese dogs. CyHawkApproved. Marcy'sDinerTantrumScale 5/5- NoScreamingKids. Please see pic! read more

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I do not recommend Sonic. I had to wait 42 minutes just to order my food and then another 26 minutes for the food to come out. The food came out cold and tasted like dead caterpillars. The waiter also had an attitude and was giving me dirty looks. Do not waste your time or your money going to this disappointment. read more

We wanted something late night after a wake and something fast that we could take with us. The food was delicious. The hot fudge sundaes were amazing. The only reason I am giving four stars is that it's really disappointing when you ask for a large hand-full of ketchup to be put in the bag, get the bag and notice that there is no ketchup so you ask again for a large handful and the woman working the window gives you four packets, shuts the window and walks away. read more

Horrible drive thru service..decided get a refreshment of drinks, from the get go the Sonics worker just could not get the order right, she would repeat it back to us and it was wrong about 3 times. So we think they finally got it right and WRONG it was a whole show of wrong drinks! They didn't know what a Strawberry Limeade was from the beginning! BAD COMMUNICATION..will not be back! read more

Yum! I've avoided this location for YEARS because it used to be awful. Ordering car side is so convenient when you have a family of 5. AND you can pay right there through the menu screen and device. Chili dog.....delicious! I love a good chili dog on a good bun. The bun wasn't all soggy like you'll find at other places. Tots, nice and crispy! Sorry, no pics this time! Rest assured, I'll be back soon and snap some! read more

I like Sonic. It use to be a good place for breakfast. Now it doesn't open until 9:00. That's closer to my lunch time. Why is the breakfast menu still there? Help can't get up? Lazy can't make money. Wake the hell up! read more

Food is good, but the service is the slowest I've ever experienced for "fast food." They don't even acknowledge you're there (drive thru or stalls). You simply wait & pray that they'll eventually take your order. read more

Multiple issues. Firstly, you're in a farming state, you need to reconsider your space size and height. My duramax is standard height and width and had to baby my truck into your spot to avoid hitting the hangers in the stall on both sides and fold my mirrors in. Secondly, after we got into the bay, couldn't read the menu for it was too low (most people in Iowa don't drive POS fufu cars), so I had to have my passenger get out by backing up and reading off the menu next to us and come over to my side because he could squeeze between the board and truck to pay in your, again, ridiculously low and close menus. Thirdly, darla (the "waitress") came out and we waved her to the passenger side to bring the food to us because there's again no space; she rolled her eyes and came to passenger side and didn't say literally a single word. You really need to reconsider all of the mentioned areas to improve ambience for sure. read more

Update August 2022: the Sonic app is still rarely working for the Sonic in Ankeny...very frustrating as the corporate office says the store has it turned off, but the store blames the status on the corporate office.. read more

I waited 25 minutes for 2 beverages and the staff is slow. The communication was bad!

They always have their app turned off so you can't order through the app. No app specials either. I called them and they were unhelpful and rude. They blamed it on corporate so I called them. They told me it's up to the local franchisee to turn on the app ordering system. Seems they lie too. read more

service was not very great, workers were not friendly. ambiance is nice if ur tryna sit thru an outdated food ordering system. i jus got the cherry limeade which SLAPS SO HARD and is the only reason i'm giving this 2 stars instead of 1 read more

I have been here for their breakfast burritos filled with jalapenos and they are delicious. This was the first time I ordered anything else off their menu. I ordered a chili cheese coney and a Chicago dog....was in the mood for a serious hot dog. The chili cheese coney was average. Was good, but not something I'd bother with again. The Chicago dog, however, was absolutely spot on. Sweet and sour, combined with the beef, was what got my taste buds watering. I could eat one of these every day......and for 2 bucks? Its a deal. read more

I love their slushies. I get the blue one and then freeze it a little bit at home and then add Vodka and it makes for a tasty summer treat with a kick. BLTs are good..as are the milkshakes. read more

This is the only Sonics I've been to in my life and I think its great. It is a neat concept with ordering from a parked spot and having the food brought out. I always see the Sonics commercials and make me want to try their new foods. The burgers, hotdogs, fries, and shakes are great here from what I have experienced. read more

Ordered 2 sonic blasts... waited 20 min (not busy)... was given a half full cup with ice cream spilt over the outside

I went at a very busy time, which as a retail worker i can understand a busy & stressful time. i waited in line, no problem! i ordered 2 medium original redbulls with blue raspberry syrup. i paid while waiting in line & got to the window. i was handed two slushy redbulls. no big deal, i just said oh im sorry i didnt specify these weren't suppose to be slushies, just the redbull & syrup. they had no issue remaking it, or so i thought. i was then handed 2 small redbulls with the syrup which was the wrong size & ontop of it, i was not refunded a money difference which there should have been since it was no longer a slushy or a medium. at this point after waiting & already correcting a mistake, my friends & i had to go due to having some where else to be in the evening. after drinking them, we realized they tasted nothing like blue raspberry in the slighest & just seemed like regular redbull.. 8$ for redbulls on ice. i could've gone to a gas station for a can if thats what i was wanting. pretty disapponting, i was excited to try it. read more

Wow. Restaurant was not busy so I don't understand why my tater tots were over cooked. I do t believe anyone even checked them. The fries we got were cold. Didn't eat either of them. read more

I usually visit this Sonic twice a week with no complaints but my order on May 14 couldn't have been worse. My regular order of a mustard style cheeseburger with fries consisted of a piece of meat between the buns and some mustard. No cheese, no lettuce, no tomato, etc. and there were approximately 8 French fries in the container. I didn't notice the errors until arriving home and when I called the restaurant's phone number on the receipt, no one answered. While I truly enjoy the Sonic menu, I definitely won't be throwing my money away at this location again. read more

Happy hour, enough said. Great drinks and shakes. Food is always fresh. This Sonic has been extremely busy recently for whatever reason. Outdoor seating or drive thru available. Staff friendly. read more

It was ok. I ordered a Bacon Cheeseburger and got just a cheeseburger. The large onion rings was a good portion though!

Just sat at this sonic at the drive thru for 20 mins and nobody took my order. I then drove up to the window and drive thru dude goes sorry we are backed up. I asked to order he said he couldn't take my order at the window. Then asked what I wanted. I replied "food". After another 5 mins of him yelling for his manager who didn't answer I left. Unbelievable horrible service. Used to be one of my favorites. read more

I ordered and then waited for awhile. After a little more than 10 minutes my order was cancelled. I pressed the button, reordered and explained what happened. They were really nice and fixed it quickly but then I found that they didn't even give me what I had ordered and instead gave me something else. read more

I got a strawberry banana milkshake. It was good. I wish they didn't play there own music tho, cause I played mine in my car.

This sonic is very understaffed at lunch time. It took 26 minutes to get my cheeseburgers from the time that I got in the drive up line (2 cars ahead of me). The sandwiches were very good, but don't go here if you are in a hurry. read more

I only ordered three things on the menu, none of which were complicated orders, and I sat in the drive-in spot for 30 minutes. Then when I got my order; the sweet tea was unsweetened, the shake looked like it had been sitting out for 30 mins, and the sandwich came without any sauce. Not the fast service I usually get from other sonics. read more