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    Sonic Drive-In

    1.9 (64 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    SONIC DRIVE-IN ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    .Elisa. Z.

    I absolutely love sonic. I came here when I was just a little kid to get the shakes. I remember first time I tried them was in Kansas, Garden City. I fell in love with this place. Back then I remember they use to come to your car with skates, but I have come this this one twice and I haven't seen them do that. I love the style of this fast food place. It is very different than any other fast food restaurant I am use too. They have a drive-thru and drive-in. The drive thru is like any other drive-thru where you just drive up and order your food. The drive-in is a little different. You find a parking space and drive-in. There are menus on both sides of the windows. One of the them is a food menu and the other is a shake menu. They have so many shakes to choose from. You can even custom make one if you like. They make your shake anyway you want it. Just ask for it and they make it. FYI:They have happy hour after 8! I drove in to one of the spots and saw the menu. There was so much to choose from. Everything looked so good and mouth watering. I tried the Super Sonic double bacon cheeseburger with tater tots. When they asked me if I wanted fries or tater tots I knew I had to try the tater tots. They were bomb!!! My husband also really enjoyed the bite of my burger he stole. He chose the chili cheese hot dog and baja jalapeno hot dog. He gave me a bite of each and I thought they were so good. The food was amazing. We went on a busy night and there were a lot of cars. When I pressed the button it took them about 5 minutes to respond. I though it was broken, but when he finally responded he apologized for the wait. He took our order and was very nice over the speaker. We paid with a card and you just slide it under the menu and you are all done. The food was ready in about 15 minutes. Last time I came it was faster but like I said it was a busy night. The food was hot and it was so good. I will be coming back every chance I get. The lady that took our food was very nice as well. Great customer service and great food. What else can you ask for?

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    Charisse A.

    This is the closest Sonic from my house and my daughter's school so when we feel like getting slushies, route 44 flavored drinks or midnight ice cream cravings, this is our go-to place. They serve half prices on some items when it's off peak hours and I always get sucked into it. :) This place is always with a customer specially during school hours specially students because it's close to a Stiern middle school. Servers are always nice and smiling. Never had an issue with this place so I'm definitely coming back....for more!

    If I could give it no stars I would lol the person taking the order sounded like he hates this place & took more then 20 minutes to get our order to our car. Only 2 people working which is pretty much self sabotage cuz they should at least have 3 for the amount of cars that came through. NEITHER employees were wearing gloves or face masks (COVID time) the guy was handling money, preparing food & sending out food and NOT once did he wash his hands. TERRIBLE. I love sonic and was looking forward to eating but when I got our order a PUBIC hair was in my tater tots. The lady who brought our order was blonde the hair was black. Had no problem with her, seems like she's trying the best to do her job. The guy tho needs an attitude check cuz if homeboy is a a manager welp he needs some real work

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    Tiffany S.

    Sonic is great! They always make the best food and drinks! Try the vanilla Dr. Pepper or Cherry Limeade! Chili cheese tots are also great!

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    I decided to take my kids to get some ice cream and was happy to see that they had a play structure in the facility but was very upset and unpleased to see the filthy tables and grounds in the play structure area ..... it's very sad because it is very nice for the kids to have fun .... I hope they get the situation under control for the future

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    All of the staff were just the best! If we're ever in the area again, we will be stopping by just for the staff alone!

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    I don't know why but Sonic's has some really great burgers . I love the double bacon cheeseburger so cheesy and hot and delicious

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    Wow this is twice now... waiting for 20 minutes for my food... hire more employees already

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