Great service. The girls who work there are so sweet! I tried the new Red White And Blue slush, and it's my new favorite summer drink. Delicious! And It's only $2.50 right now! Probably for a limited time. Their new smash burger is sooo good too. read more

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The $1.99 menu on the app offers a small root beer float! I am definitely a fan. So delicious and hits the spot on a warm day. Definitely download the app for 1/2 price drinks and slushes. Also the $1.99 menu is on app. They also have specials with push notifications. Service is always friendly when I go there. Nice drive up or drive thru. Order from a stall but better to order ahead on app then pick up from a stall. Can eat in car or outside seating. Casual place for a fast meal. read more

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Easy to order online or through mobile, cheeseburger was dry and smaller than a McDonald's double. Staff were friendly and brought out the food quickly. The drive up ordering area was clean and they had trash cans every two to three stalls. read more

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just came here for the pickle-themed items! it was actually my first time at sonic so I didn't know what to expect. for one thing, I guess the rollerblading thing is a lie, they didn't rollerblade my food out to me LOL. but that's fine, not why I put 3 stars. firstly, the picklerita slush was absolutely delectable. I'm not sure how everyone else on social media is saying it's not good or it's just okay, I thought it was great. maybe you really have to be a pickle fan to like it, which I am, considering I used to drink pickle juice out of the jar as a kid. the tots however had no pickle flavor. was a real disappointment, and you can't even add instructions on the app to ask for more seasoning. the bathrooms were also hideously dirty. additionally, on the app, it did this weird thing where I placed an order, and it said it would be ready at 2:51, but when 2:51 came and it wasn't here yet, it literally completed the order and made it seem like I already picked up my food. It came out like 7 ish minutes later, but that scared me because I thought I wasn't getting my food lol. not a good feature on the app tbh. read more

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Sonic Drive-In has become very popular on the East Coast and Midwest for years. They bought the Sonic Drive-In concept in California a couple of years ago, but now very popular in the southland. Before finding a Sonic, it wasn't easy, but now they popular out certain cities. I have been to a couple of Sonic Drive-In restaurants around California. My wife and I enjoy the food, especially their new items. Also, everybody gets attention when Sonic interduce new items. read more

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The food is good, but the wait is long. Meals can take more than half an hour. I remember they used to have skaters delivers the food to the car, but did not see them when we went on Saturday during lunch hour. Although the wait was long, we still enjoy the outdoor patio with the warm breeze with our slush and biteable ice cube drinks. Hope they can improve on their food making speed and hope to see the skaters back. Can't wait to try their shakes, you won't believe it's half off after 5pm! read more

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Placed an order online on their mobile app before getting to the drive in stall... Still currently waiting additional 15-20 min for my food to be here. Don't plan on coming back. Sucks. Waited 40 minutes to get my order to find out they were missing items an item. read more

Very disappointed with my visit today, I ordered 3 items 1 small Reese's sonic blast 1 mini Oreo sonic blast and a mini strawberry cheesecake shake. I received a mini Reese's sonic blast, I went back to ask if they could fix the issue. I spoke to the girl that was taking orders and she told me to drive up and they would give me the right one, they still made me wait in front of 3 cars while my other two items were melting, and once I got to the window it wasn't ready I still had to wait and they asked for the one they did bye mistake back, I understand sometimes it's store policy, but come on you still made me wait when I've seen them come out the door to give other people orders and they leave right away. I didn't even get an apology for their mistake. I've work in the food industry and I'm not trying to be harsh but the late night crew needs a little bit of training. read more

The drinks were perfect after a long hot day. Pickle flavor is on point for their slush and the pickle boba is oddly delicious. We ordered from the car hop but not sure if they were understaffed or not because we waited over 35 minutes for our drinks (no food). ‍ only down side was the long wait but the drinks were great. read more

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Came here on Halloween for the 50 cent corn dogs and this was before, or maybe even after, the dinner rush so there was no delay in getting our food when we pulled up to the curbside ordering next to the menus (our's was broken, but the hostess was nice enough to punch in a payment at one that was functioning) nor was there any wait when we went through the drive thru for some more snacks on the road. The corn dogs seem smaller than what I remember before at a different location, but no big deal since they were only 50 cents. Comes out piping hot. Standard corn dog. Went great with mustard. We also ordered 2 orders of tater tots and an Oreo shake and although both were pretty standard and at a normal cost, they weren't bad. Hit the spot for our hungry car. Decent fast food. read more

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Sonic was pretty busy when we arrived late Sunday afternoon. But we were able to find a drive in spot. Ordering was easy and the person on the other end was very nice. Being that it was busy at the drive ups and the drive thru, our food came out in pretty good time. The burgers were standard burger fare, ketchup, mayo, lettuce, tomato and pickles. We enjoyed them very much. Hubby had fries and I went with the tater tots. Both very good. read more

Foods good - the girl at the window was so bad. Service usually isn't this bad when i go get fast food. We spontaneously popped out for a treat in Monrovia. There's so many restaurants but it was 9:50pm and everything was about to close so we chose Sonic! There were like two cars in the ports and nobody in the drive thru so it was perfect. Even inside the only one not chillin was the worker at the sink. Why rush the customer then lol constantly asking "is that's it?" and have is wait so longg (maybe cooking stuff fresh idk) whatever but then the drink came out all low? Then we're leaving and the guy outside looked so depressed Idk kinda sucked ngl it's fine foods fresh but yeah ima not come back for a while read more

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Sonic finally fixed its app issues! I had stopped going to sonic because the app was so bad. Hope they don't mess it up again! This location is pretty reliable. The drinks and service have been great to me. It gets busy at times though so be prepared. read more

Happy hour at Sonic is one of those rare fast-food wins: prices drop just enough to make impulse stops feel clever, and the car-hop speed is still there. The onion rings deserve their own fan club--golden, crunchy, onion-forward instead of just batter. I roll up for those and the cherry limeades more often than I'll admit, and it never lets me down read more

This sonic closed at 10:30pm and people are trying to order. This is bad customer service. You guys lost about 5-10 customers came at 10:40pm to 11:00. They didn't block off the drive thru or the stall. This will be sent to corporate. read more

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First time at sonic. Pickle fries surprisingly good. Nice sugar free flavor options. Got a diet limeade and Coke Zero. read more

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Honestly the worst, no Apple Pay and I've been here again after a few weeks ago. It's been a while since. I thought it might have been fixed but no. Maybe put a sign or let the customer know before ordering. So unprofessional. Employees are not the best either. They don't communicate as much. Drinks are fine but they had mess up my order before. It's been weeks without Apple Pay and mostly everyone doesn't carry cash nowadays. New generation let's keep up. I would have gave it a 0 at this place. read more

Was at this location on Saturday and what a good experience. I had been wanting to go to a sonic for quite a while, was on my way to the valley from Asuza and decided to make a pit stop here. Ordered a double burger with fries and a drink. The burger was delicious lol and really enjoyed my meal. The young worker who brought our food out was respectful and professional. Very attentive also. Hard to see that nowadays, especially with the younger kids. Wife and I ate in the car and we were nothing but pleased with our sonic burgers and fries. Too bad there isn't one in the sfv. Will definitely be back soon. Everything was so fresh from the burger to the fries and drink. Even the wife said, wow this burgers is sooo good. Lol read more

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Mariah is a great server! Friendly and fast customer service. We had a great lunch today at Sonic. Thank you!

Awful service. Forces to wait almost 30+ minutes to pick up food at drive through.... You're supposed to drive through, not to.

everything tastes like leftovers here we got $48 dollars worth of food and everything tastes like if a microwave was the only thing they had in that damn kitchen read more

I've been coming here over ten years. Sadly, when I first started, I wasn't really into writing reviews, and even my check-in game left a lot to be desired; otherwise, I would surely have written my first review back in what many of us (I'm sure) refer to as the "Golden Age of Joel." Joel was a manager--I don't know his actual title, mind you, but he was in charge, and if he wasn't officially in charge, he *took* charge--and during his tenure, the Duarte Sonic ran like a well-oiled machine, if you'll pardon the cliché. Because of my fond memories of ages past, even after making Elite for the first time, I held off reviewing this place in the hopes they'd turn things around. Well, after my most recent three visits, I've decided to stop waiting and get to writing. The two saving graces of this location are the food and the old-school schtick. I'll start with the food. Sonic's food is its top appeal. They have simple and delicious burgers, hotdogs, and other classic staples of American fast/snack food. My old go-to before I swore off such foods was the footlong Chicago dog. Second to that, I'd get the footlong chili cheese dog. My kids absolutely love the mozzarella sticks. They no longer come in a massive family size (I do have four kids), but my kids tell me they are still as delicious as ever. That's five stars for the food. As for the atmosphere, there is no dine-in option here, so the car hop service schtick is the ambience. I like it. I haven't eaten in the stalls here for some time, but they still have the car stalls. Along with the menu packed with fun American fare, that's the appeal of Sonic. I'll give the atmosphere five stars, because they accomplish what they are going for here. It's a beautiful location and is regularly updated, which explains why they film so many Sonic commercials here. Now for the service. With few exceptions, even terrific food loses its value if the road to acquiring it is fraught with unpleasantness, but maybe that's just me. The quality of service at this Sonic has progressively slid. Six or more years ago, this was our go-to local fast food spot. We watched the 2016 DNC here while noshing on a massive meal in one of the drive-up stalls. Before that in 2013, we watched "The Day of the Doctor" Dr Who special here in much the same way. When we rolled up, we didn't order dinner: we ordered a feast. Service was as terrific as the food then. At some point, they changed management. I don't know whether it was a full change of management or not, but I do know that Joel was no longer there, and with his departure came a veritable seismic shift in terms of quality control, speed, and politeness. While the perfunctory "welcome to Sonic" greeting remains, all other aspects of customer service are gone. No "thank you." The "please" has been dropped in favor of a curt, possibly hostile command to "That it? Pull forward." These exchanges are from today's visit, but they are representative of nearly every visit we've had over the past few years, visits, I might add, which have become rarer and rarer as the level of service has declined. I am loathe to give negative reviews, but at some point, I would be doing my fellow Yelpers a grave disservice if I were to abstain. One star for service. I want to love this place like in the past. At the end of the day, consistently bad service demands change, and effective change must come from the top. I hope Duarte Sonic can reverse this trend. I'll be here if it does. Perhaps see if Joel is available. read more

Pleasantly surprised. Came 1pm Tuesday. Place was super busy, 10 cars at the drive up's and a longline at the drive thru. My food took 15 solid minutes. Place was ran by 3 teenagers/young adults. My food was awesome. Service was excellent, despite being understaffed and super busy. This is my second great experience at this location. Props to the hiring manager. I mean dam look at the pic of my burger. Crazy. read more

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The Rainbow slushie was enjoyable, though it wasn't filled to the top. I also had chicken tenders and a burrito. It was a good price. For the best deals, make sure to order through the app! There's no indoor seating, just car seating and outdoor tables. A restroom is available. The employee was friendly and helpful. read more

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Sides were good. Fries, mozzarella Sticks and onion rings. But the burgers were real disappointing.

My family & I ate here because we needed something fast to eat before a trip. My boyfriend was more than half way done with his hotdog when his tooth felt like it almost chipped. That's when we noticed what looked like kitty litter or small rocks in his hot dog. I was recording him eating a hot dog to be funny but noticed later you can see it in the video. I asked the worker what that was and she avoided the question and just offered a new hot dog. Later she then gave us a token for a free drink?! Whatever he ate WAS NOT EDIBLE AND VERY HARD. Very disgusting, he felt sick right after. I'm still waiting for an explanation, but Sonic's has not responded back. read more

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i decided to try out sonic for the first time in a while at this Duarte location and, it was the worse experience ever melissa one of the workers dark hair has acne glasses, was so disgustingly rude also it was like my food had been thrown together with zero effort super unprofessional not a good look for sonic considering how popular it is that was the worse person ever. read more

While I LOVE the pretzels and lavender lemonade I cannot come on my lunch anymore. Twice I've ordered on the app before I arrived and had to leave mid meal because it took them so long to bring my order. And today they forgot my medium onion rings. They brought em--all 5 of them! 5? If you're not in a hurry then come here. read more

Ordered in the app, arrived at the time i was told my order would be ready. 24 minutes later it comes out and I'm told that they dont have chicken strips or cup carriers for my 6 drinks ordered. This place is always extremely slow but this was next level. After getting my order adjusted to make it work with popcorn chicken instead of strips, I'm finally leaving with dinner 40 minutes after my mobile order was supposed have been ready originally. read more

I keep seeing employees grab drink cups by placing their fingers in the mouth area. This has happened at least 3 times. Please train the employee to do better. I'll make them give me a different cup. read more

I got here around 11:15 pm, the hours on both here and on maps says it closes at 2:00 am, yet it is all closed before that time. I've seen a couple of other people here as well trying to order through the drive through and the drive in. Fix your hours!! read more

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Tried the half price shakes the Strawberry Shortcake large. They do make a good shake. The burgers are good. The place is clean the lot where you park. Good to see. read more

Wow how hard is it to make a slushie the right way 3 times & still got it wrong and one of your workers has straight attitude find another job if you don't like it read more

I wanted to try the corn dogs here, with fries and drinks. It was decent. Have not been to this location in awhile, but i stopped by and had a little lunch . Service was not that good, but it didnt ruin my day. I try and get to eat at Sonic often, but have not got around to it. Food inexpensive, just need better attitudes here. read more

Probably one of the worst Sonics I've been to. I live very close so it's convenient. But be prepared to wait in the drive thru for over 20+ minutes. Workers are clearly messing around rather than working. read more

Amazing customer service. I made my order wrong when I did order ahead but Sofia was able to help me fix it on the spot! I've been coming here every other day for the last month and the food is great and so are the people!! Thank you Sofia!! read more

Blue coconut 10/10 always satisfies my thirst for slushies . Service is good and fast showed up on a Thursday around 8pm ,empty stalls to pull in . read more

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We ordered in the stalls & have been waiting for 50 minutes for our food and after we asked how much longer they said they were bringing it out & we still waited 30 minutes after that. No updates or anything given from staff. read more

I have been to this Sonic 2x and both times they made me wait about 10 minutes before someone came on the speaker to order. Today I had the person behind me honk at me like I was taking my time. When someone says give me a minute I assume they will come back. I gave it a second chance but overall the food is okay and the service is terrible. Most of the time the drive thru attendant makes us seem like you giving your order is an inconvenience. The ambiance is okay if you don't go through the drive thru. read more

First time here expected a really good hot dog. The bun isn't toasted very flimsy. Really good tots though read more

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