When in Gilroy, thou shall come to Sonics... especially if thou has never been. Yes, it is bad for you bc it is fast food. But it is Sonic's!!! It's an experience. Park and order, and when your food is ready employees skate over to your vehicle to deliver. If you want fresh air there are tables outside and you can park in the lot. For all you youngins, Sonic's is what happened before uberEats, DoorDash, etc. came along as you have to put in 1/2 the effort. This is the only Sonic's location I know of so I hope it lasts forever and a day :)! read more

It took them a hour to get out my food they all seem like they don't want to be here poor staff and poor management when I got my food it was cold read more

OMG.... I nearly passed out at the office when Jenn W told me that Sonics was opening up in Gilroy... The corn dogs are just as good as I remember... the strawberry cream slushes make me drool. Order to serve time was long but this place is heavenly... it makes my inner fat child sing with glee! read more

Prior to this location, I used to go the Tracy location to get my fix on the coney dogs and famous slushes. It was a drag to go through the crowded two lanes of 580. It is now a straight shot on 101...about 30 minutes or so. You will still hit some traffic when you exit the 152 East exit. Nonetheless, it is worth it. Personally, I love the food at Sonic despite the fact that many regard it as overrated. I usually order the foot long coney dog with onions and tater tots with cheese and chili with a Route 44 bubble gum slushy to wash it all down. Since the location is fairly new, the drive-in can get very crowded. There are cones to lead you to the drive through or parking stalls. With my stomach growling, I ran over a couple cones to park in one of the open stalls. Might I add, that there were only a few stalls available. There is a huge banner, "Training in Progress" which explains why my order was wrong the first time. It wasn't a big deal as they forgot my chili cheese tots. Be sure to head over there when you get a chance. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Very funny how Sonic shares this plaza with a Tractor company - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

I used to LOVE LOVE LOVE their cherry limeades, but I recently discovered strawberry! It's a similar flavor, but full of fresh strawberry chunks! Their ice chunks are amazingly sweet, but I don't really recommend their food. I love going for their happy hour which is daily from 3-5pm. You can get a Route 44 (HUGE SIZE DRINK) for under $2 to last you all day! It's a great place to stop by on the way back from Socal or if you're shopping at the outlets. :) read more

Wanted to like this place so bad since it was on prime real estate right off the 152 interchange on the way to the 5 (if you're taking a road trip to LA from the South Bay). Only real hot fast food without back tracking over the freeway. What's cool is that you just drive up and order from your car (nice touch since we had a car load of Xmas gifts and didn't want to leave it unattended) and some peeps on roller skates bring you your food. What we swallowed: ALL AMERICAN HOT DOG: Small and salty. Maybe I'm just spoiled comparing it to the Costco hotdog but dang, it wasn't even good. Even Hotdog on a Stick's hotdogs are better. POPCORN CHICKEN - The chicken was dry and the batter was hard. The Canadian liked it but then again he likes his chicken dry as jerky so there you go. BACON CHEDDAR TOASTER MELT- The picture shows a burger in between two thick, toasted Texas-toast style pieces of bread. What arrived was a little hamburger in a toasted hamburger bun. ONION RINGS - These were crispy but why did the batter taste like churro dough? Is that cinnamon in the batter? Was there a churro onion ring we accidentally ordered? It was interesting and gross at the same time. OREO BLAST- This this was SUPER thick. When they say "Order your shake for the road" they mean it. It was an hour into the drive before I could even get a bit through the straw. At least it gave my arms something to do since I had five more hours to kill until we reached LA. At least Wendy's gives you a spoon with their Frosty, with this one I needed a hammer and chisel. The food was gross but at least the service was super fast. Yeah for roller skate Service! Our concensus: Been there, never gonna do it again. What a waste of calories. read more

We made a pit stop and my son got the bacon cheeseburger. 4 hours later he is feeling ill; I spent the rest of the night waking up every hour or so keeping him company as he wretched his guts out. Made for a miserable car ride and first day of winter vacation. I guess it didn't help that my wife and I happened to be watching the Good Wife episode on the listeria outbreak last night that showed kids throwing up yellow cheese puddles. read more

Sonic Drive-In - 1/2 price cheeseburgers. Come on down!! - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Waste of money ordering drinks from Sonic. What a rip-off, the soda's were filled with ice, very little beverage. Other than that, the food was mediocre. Usually companies train their employees to fill 1/4 or less of ice. I guess Sonic doesn't care and lets employees fill the cup with ice. First and last time at a Sonic for me! read more

I watch a lot of t.v. when I'm home and trying to fall asleep. In comes the Sonic commercials with the late night pictures of Rte 44's and ice cream treats. Why does everyone eat in their car I wonder? Because Sonic is one of those car hop type of places. Kids on rollerblades skate and twirl their way to your car where you order, eat and dispose of your burgers, tator tots, and limeades. Because I'm not a huge D Grade type of person, we opted for just limeades. The cherry and cranberry limeades were super sugary yet superbly quaint. They give you a cherry, mints and quite the experience. I'm not used to my server skating to me but it's a gimmick and I'll live with it once a year when we make our way down to Gilroy. Word of caution about ordering though-there's literally no one to directly speak to. You speak to a box, push a red button and hope for the best. Good luck and god speed. Just hope you don't have a unique and odd name 'cause Salome may sound cool but having a confused carhop yell "Salami" ain't cool. read more

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Took 50 minutes for 3 burgers and hot dog. AND the burgers were smashed in to oblivion. The only good thing was there drinks.

I love the Caramel Java Chiller, cheddar peppers & the friendly service from the lady with the blonde highlights. She made my drink perfect w/extra caramel, yumm! read more

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Dear Sonic, I stopped by to grab a quick bite for my 2 hour drive ahead of me; I ws looking at the pre sign and I heard a voice, hello, hello, hello, it was very soft sounding, oh wait it's the car at the next station to order food and no one was talking to them, Hmmmmmmm.... I ordered breakfast from you with an extra order of Potato Tots. 1st off how can anyone mess up a breakfast sammy, I ordered it with Bacon TG which was the flavor it had, the rest was just flavorless stuff jammed between soggy bread, it was like someone designed a filling and bread with zero flavor... I mean wouldn't that cost more to do that then using the real stuff, it like powered milk or something. OK, next your employee's were nice, but while I see my order get picked up in someone's hand, I see 2 other people start talking to that someone and the clock starts ticking, 1, 2, 3 Mins go by I am about to yell or beep my horn, Just hand me my food and deal with the work drama on your own time not while a customer is sitting in the car waiting on your to hand the food over, even with a smile. btw, how do you screw up the taste of potato tot's they seemed like 10% real potato and the rest was also filling, it had just enough potato flavoring to pass.... That was my 1st and I am guessing last time, since Starbucks would cost about the same but taste better... Just my feedback... read more

Sonic, your frosty beverage commercials always have me craving the cherry limeaid but your locations are never anywhere near the area in which the commercials play. Is it just me that faces this phenomenon? I swear! Every time I see a commercial I am like UGH I want frosty cherry limeaid and I look up the locations to see Sacramento is the closest one or something like 50 miles away and it just makes me wonder why their marketing has purchased advertising time in San Jose? Nevertheless when I saw Sonic coming back from LA over 4th of July, in my head I took a mental note: Must come back here. So when we were on our way down to Pismo Beach for an ATVing weekend and the crew wanted a place to eat at that was fast for the way down, I suggested Sonic. Amazed with a resounding yes we all got there. OMFG they have people serving food on roller skates! And and and they are an actual drive in! Wow people still do that. Ambiance and feel get the 2 stars alone. The food I have to say was meh at best. Their frosty beverages are ok. I did get my cherry limeaid, but it's not as good as the Sunkist one. I had some burger on toast which I was excited about, but only tasted ok. Fun experience, bleh food. I think I'd rather go to Famous Daves down the street and get me some bbq instead if I'm in the area. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Love the colors and design of their packaging. - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Yea I know it's at least partially my fault....... I shouldn't have came here 1. in the daytime and 2. sober Since I'm not in the mood to take the blame, I'm dumping it all on Sonic. The Ched 'R' Peppers are actually better than the spelling of their name would have you think. Guess it was just a bad attempt at trying to be clever. Not as good as Jack In The Box's Jalapeno Poppers, but they're decent....so is the thick ranch dressing they bring for you to dip them in http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kARHYL5t3PxZYe81vWyxGQ?select=dGQ8oAJPomm4gfbgllF5xg Fries were good, but how many of my almost 1000 reviews have you seen me talking bad about fries? 1 or 2 MAYBE. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kARHYL5t3PxZYe81vWyxGQ?select=USmyRFFRv5psTo04sNNcSQ Here's where I knew I effed up.....the Sonic Burger w/ Cheese. It felt like what I would expect if Jack in The Box made a burger using McDonald's meat. If you've ever tried to eat McD's meat w/o any sauce.....you'll know that's not a good thing. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kARHYL5t3PxZYe81vWyxGQ?select=HV-L4OoLbgyPY56Np7i1fA To make things worse.....I'm not feelin' the whole "eat in your car" thing they've got goin on.....it took me two goddamn days to get the smell out of my car! I would say that I've learned my lesson, but knowing my fat a**, I'll be back to try the hot dogs. read more

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I've never had their food before, so I got a double bacon cheeseburger, large fries, and a large Ocean water. I liked the ocean water. It was like a blue raspberry lemonade with a hint of coconut flavor. It was okay, but not the greatest food. Also there were no roller skates. read more

Im a regular customer at this location and I'd like to commend Travis for being very professional and polite. Its always a great experience when he is taking our order. read more

Food: hotdog was sloppy and cold, tater tots were warm and smashed up, sonic blast was unknown, and slushie was watery. Service: they repeated my order word for word yet only gave us 3 items out of 4. Even with the 3 items, 2 were wrong. Sadly, we ordered no fries but they showed up in the bag. They grabbed my bag back and put them back on the fries stand to give to another person even after they were touched. The sonic blast is not what we ordered and the sauces on the hotdog were literally all over the place. The ketchup and mustard packets were sticky. I remember why I stopped coming here. read more

Sonic Drive-In - I would rather have gone to In and Out for $10. Everything on this order was screwed up - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Arrived at 10:20 pm waited 1 hour in drive through in hopes I was going to be served but they closed up shop at 11 pm with out notifying any of us who all waited in line that they would not serve us there was no sign in the back of the line just a small poor written sign as soon 10:50 hit to tell us even tho your trapped in the drive through we won't serve you at 11 we waited 1 hour just to ride a drive through when all we wanted was 3 measly slushies. Terrible very terrible lucky I felt bad for the employee working drive through or things would have been south real quick I hope you learn from this because if this happens to me again welllllllll let's just hope not read more

I was heading home from Gavilan and I was pretty hungry, so I thought I'd stop by and try this place for once. I chose one of the drive-in parking spots. After being confronted with a huge menu, I decided to keep it simple: cheeseburger w/ "the works" (ketchup, mustard, and mayo), half an order of fries, another half of tater tots, and a large soda. I didn't quite understand for a while that they wanted me to pay by credit card, so maybe they should post a sign or something to that effect instead of leaving the new customer hanging. Anyway, got the food and ate it. The burger was pretty decent, and the tater tots were OK, but the fries were bland. They didn't even offer ketchup and I wasn't going to walk in or ring them up just to ask for ketchup, so I was stuck w/ fried potato products and a burger. Also, I was not happy with the large amount of ice in the soda. I guess I'll come back for happy hour some time (1/2 off drinks and slushies from 2-4pm every day) or maybe try out one of the "Sonic Blast" shakes, but based on this experience, I'd say just go to McDonald's for convenience or In-N-Out for a great burger. read more

I'd always seen the commercials for the Sonic but the closest location is not really that close, so I finally got a chance to check this place out after a trip to the outlets. For some reason, even though it says "Drive In" in the name, it never occurred to me that it was an actual drive in. Plus I didn't know these even existed. I'd only seen them in the movies. And the employees here actually roller skate or roller blade to the cars! This part alone was fascinating to me. When I came, we didn't do the drive in thing, but we parked and walked up to the outdoor seating area. The fact that you order into the speaker outside, as if you were still in your car, was also really interesting. There's no indoor area for people to order or to wait or to eat (I can't imagine that these places get a lot of business in the winter in the midwest or east coast). And there's even a credit card slot thing so you can pay for your order right there. So everything up until the food part was just really fascinating - only because I guess I've never experienced a drive in. Things kind of fell apart after that. I ordered my food and waited at the table. My friend's food came pretty quickly but my food seemed to be taking a really long time even though I ordered like five minutes after her. I had ordered the #1 combo - a Sonic cheeseburger with a side of tater tots (love that tots are an option instead of french fries) with a drink. I added an ice cream cone for a $1 when speakerphone guy asked if I wanted to add one (sometimes it really works for them to ask!). For my drink, I ordered an iced tea an added mango flavor to it (they have all kinds of flavor add-ins on the menu for an additional 10 cents). After awhile, I went up to the little building and waited for someone to come outside. Someone came and I told him that I had been waiting for my food for a while. They went to check on it and it turned out that they thought I was in one of the drive-in car spots and took my food there. They finally brought me my order. The burger was okay, just a regular fast-food cheeseburger. It wasn't amazing or anything. But I do remember that it wasn't as greasy as burgers at other places, which is good. The tots were good...and also not very greasy, which is surprising since they are deep fried. Mmmm...deep fried. The ice cream cone was unremarkable. I've had better soft serve ice cream at McDonald's. And I couldn't really taste the mango in my iced tea. Also, I wasn't able to pay for my food when I ordered it at the credit card slot, so the server took my card and brought me back a receipt. It also turned out that they messed up my friend's order too - little things like putting onions when no onions were requested and not putting in the flavor shot in their drink. All in all, this was a fun place to check out. I might come back and try something different if I'm in the area again. But it's nothing that I would go out of my way for. read more

Sonic Drive-In - #1 combo: sonic cheeseburger with tarot tots and a drink. Added on a cone for $1 more - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Happy hour is the best. It's 2-5 pm daily. Drinks are half off and then they even have snacks. I ended up getting a corn dog and a small order of tator tots for a buck each. I think they also offer onion rings and a couple other things as happy hour specials. Also a medium limemade is a little over $2 but with half off, it's practically also a dollar. I always get their limemades (my fav is strawberry with real strawberry bits in it) but the deal should also work on their milkshakes and slushes and regular sodas (I assume). Such a cool deal. It is definitely the best time to go. Usually I get out of my car an order too. The drive-thru is usually pretty long and I don't normally feel like sitting in my car to eat, especially if it's just me. *Just checked my receipt and they didn't charge me the HH price for the tator tots. It's only like a 20 cent difference so I'm not sweating too much. But I didn't get a chance to check it prior to paying because they tell you the total over the intercom, you pay the person when they bring out your food and then the receipt is presented. So just be forewarned to pay more attention than I did. read more

Delicious. I really liked the food here, and I like how they have all-day breakfast. I bought the Onion Rings, the double Cheese Burger, and Breakfast burrito. Yummy! Oh, and they aren't skimpy with those onion rings, and the burger and breakfast burrito I had were pretty big. I'm glad there's a Sonics that's in this area. read more

i used to have to drive so far just for some sonics! once i found out that they opened one up down here...i was was like HELL YES! =) This place is pretty neat because of the whole drive-in concept. I've tried basically everything on the menu, and I'd have to say everything is just OK, nothing out of the ordinary. The only thing that's to die for is their CHILI CHEESE TATER TOTS + jalapeño & grilled onions. I'd drive all the way to Gilroy just for that sometimes. My other favorite is their strawberry slush. pretty darn good and refreshing. happy hour is 2-4PM! Whoo hoo half off on ALL DRINKS! Oh, and the best burger they got on their menu so far is their jalapeno cheeseburger! MMM, juicy with a hint of spicy-ness. their overall food is just average, but because i love their tots and slush so much i bumped it up a whole starrr. =) read more

So basically I've been trying to pull a Harold and Kumar and try this place out! So I called one of my friends to join me in an adventure from good o'le San Jose to Garlic Gilroy to enjoy some Sonics! We head out at around 7:30pm and were pretty lucky not to see any traffic. When we arrived the place was kinda dead. I was thinking maybe it was true maybe this place does suck, as soo many people have told me. But I can't just go off their reviews I must try myself! So we pull into a spot because we wanted to eat in the patio. Keep in mind it was 85 outside at 8pm so it was a nice night to go. Not knowing what to do with myself and how to order/pay we walked up to the walk up menu. I kinda looked at the menu for a bit as this was my first time here. I finally made my decision and pressed the red button. A nice guy answered and asked for my order. I ordered a sonic burger with cheese combo with tater tots and a m&m creamy smoothie type drink. They do have a lot of drinks to choose from. After my friend ordered her food we sat down and within about 8 minutes our food came out. The guy came out in roller blades, he took my credit card to go swipe and bring back. They also have an option to pay at the menu board but I wasn't sure how to use it?Even considering I consider myself a tech person. Shortly after we paid we dove into our food. I went straight to the tater tots as I have not had them in a while! They were pretty good, you cant really mess up a tater tot now could ya? The burger was good too. It didn't wow me but the experience did. My M&M shake type drink was really good. I think out of everything that impressed me the most food wise. While we were eating a couple sat next to us with their Rottweiler. Very pretty and friendly dog. We engaged in conversation and talked about the dog while we all ate. Kinda a nice neighborhood too. Overall the experience here was good. I was more impressed with the atmosphere and service than the food. But I will return. Its a cool spot to hang out with friends on a hot night or just to go hang in general. I will say their sweet treats are worth going here for. Four stars! read more

Coming here right before closing (midnight) New York style coney = amazing!! It comes with spicy mustard, sauerkraut, and grilled onions. The mustard can be a little over powering, so i added ketchup to tame it. I also got a strawberry limeaid. yum! I felt like a stoner with the munchies, minus the actual smoking part. read more

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There aren't many Sonics in California, so we get pretty excited when we do see one. In this case, we came across this Sonic on the way down from San Francisco. We were full having just eaten and we didn't any gas because we were at full tank, but we pulled over to get us some Sonic anyway! There's always room for Sonic, even in a full tummy. I've always appreciated the way Sonics are set up. You have a pull-up, drive thru or walk-in option. Orders are given through an intercom system and your food is delivered by carhops. Pretty neat. We lucked out when we came because all drinks and shakes were 1/2 off. We each ordered one. I ended up getting a blended orange Fanta and vanilla ice cream shake which i thought could have used more soda. The ice cream over-powered the soda and the entire shake tasted like ice cream. The cherry limeade was pretty awesome though. We also ordered some jalapeno poppers, which i didn't get to try because they were devoured by the family. The popcorn chicken was good. Crispy and decent sized. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Sat there for 10 minutes waiting to get my order taken no communication with anybody from the inside so decided to just leave not worth the start no point of stopping because they are way too slow and they don't even bother caring about their customers read more

Being that it is summer now, my husband and I love evening drives. We were in South San Jose and figured, what they hey!! Lets go to Sonics. We made it for the 1/2 off shakes. My husband got a meal, I got some onion rings and 2 shakes. Came out to be around $10 with food to spare. I like how the drive in is set up. It makes Sonic so unique and an experience every time you go there. My dog also loves this place. Tons of people, food constantly rolling by, the smells. Great way to spend a hot summer evening. Its just a short road trip away. Lets hope the gas keeps coming down. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Legends Waiting for our food - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Well, it's Sonic's.. and it isn't an hour drive away! Before this place was built.. the closest one to me was all the way in Tracy.. and sure enough.. I had friends who make the long trip out there just to get some food. What helps make Sonic's great, isn't just their food, but their drinks. If you're there during their Happy Hour, then you have no reason to go thirsty. The location is great as well, though still a drive away for me.. it's at least closer. I always like the onion rings at Sonic's. The batter that's used has a nice sweet taste to it. read more

I've made stops here for their smoothies before, but I finally stopped by for some food. I ordered their breakfast burritos expecting some limp over priced burrito. I also got a burger, thinking i'd get some small tiny over priced burger. Boy, I was completely wrong. The portions here for the actual food are very generous! The food itself is a bit salty, but this is fast food. It's not bad though. I generally enjoy fast food, and this was no exception. Just caught me off guard that portions were so big! read more

bruh we waited at a stall for 20 minutes only for our red button to be hung up, so we moved to another stall and we were hung up on AGAIN. and only after the third time hitting the button were the able to take our order. and when we asked questions about our order (if they got everything right), they hung up AGAAAAIN. we got our food and were startled bc he didn't say "hi" or literally anything, he just stood outside our window, handed us food, and walked away. our food was wrong and they told us to use the red button again to order when we were hung up again and left with no answer. ended up just going through the drive through. worst of all, no roller skates :((( read more

So many drinks and goodness to choose from! This is the place I stop at when I'm on a road trip to my way down south. I personally love the strawberry limeade and their cheddar peppers. Their shakes and ice creams are perfect for a hot day. Normally drive thru doesn't take long unless there's mad cars parked on the sides ordering. read more

We were at this Sonic a few weeks ago! Worst service ever! Sat at the drive-thru order box for over 10 minutes....nothing!!! There was no one at the window and the folks in cars behind us were getting quite irritated! We ended up driving up to the window to order. When we got to the window it still took someone several minutes to notice us. When we told them that we had been waiting to place our order the guy at the window snapped "We are all taking orders"! Total attitude! There was no one at the walk up window!! This place has never had good service but now it is downright awful! If this is a corporate store they should either close it completely or clean house and get better staff! read more

They only filled our Sonic Blasts half way and didn't give us our requested whipped cream. Heard the guy next to us complaining about how they either lost or cancelled his order after he waited 20 minutes. This location hasn't lived up to my expectation from the others that I've frequented. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Half filled Sonic Blast without the requested whipped cream. - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

I don't understand why this place tells you to press red button to start your order. I guess I've been waiting to long it just disappears and ask me to press again. This place will waste your time. If you have hungry children try somewhere else. read more

Sonic Drive-In - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Horrible experience. My online order took a long time to come out, and when it did I found out it was missing several items from my order. When I went back and pushed the red button to tell someone, they wouldn't even listen or give me a chance to explain the situation, they just kept saying 'drive through only' and cancelled my call. With no way to talk with anyone and a drive through line that was 45 minutes long, I was forced to leave without my feed items. Very frustrating. read more

We're driving away from sonic and I saw my sauce is missing. As we're turning around in the parking lot, a guy on skates rolls up to me with the buffalo sauce for my chicken strips. Great service and great food read more

Sonic Drive-In - Error: food not found - Burgers Near Me - Gilroy, California

Waited 45 min for a drive thru with less than 5 ppl ahead of us. We ordered 3 meals and they told us the total was $12 so we said we thought something may have been missing from the order as the total was so small. The girl at the front argued with us and said that "that's not what you said" and even when we reiterated (as kind as possible bc I know that customer service jobs are unkind) she argued and rolled her eyes. After 15 min at the window and getting the wrong order about three times we said screw it, grabbed the wrong burger and just left. read more

This place is so terrible, the worst customer service, they don't get your order right, and they are very rude when you correct them of their mistakes. Such a waste of money, I will never eat at Sonics again. Even the manager didn't care to correct the mistakes and I just told him to forget it, I wasn't going to argue but that I would never eat here again. read more

This was the WORST EXPERIENCE I EVER had with a sonic. Me and my friends arrived around 10 pm and were looking at the menu which took a while . Right when we were about to order a guy who worked there told us that sorry but they were closed because they were "understaffed" RIGHT AS 5 workers ran out the front door of the sonic super happy and high fiveing . There was a few other workers in side who looked like they were glowing with joy that they get to close early even though they could have successfully operated because they surely not understaffed. Not only was I upset but also furious to be lied to. I've worked in fast food and I find this unacceptable. read more