So, it's amazing to know Jughead has not experienced Sonic, so with two in the capital region, and hearing an advertisement about pretzel dogs, off to the new location in Troy, NY we went.
We decided to stop there around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday July 15th, and first off, the parking lot his horrendous. The way it is set up, it is difficult to park with any ease, you have to head into the traffic coming out of the drive thru to park in front of the building, and the turning radius is pretty horrible, and cannot easily be done in one maneuver.
We decided to dine inside because it was rather warm out, there are NO umbrellas available for outdoor seating if we even chose to do so, and I have a rule of no messy foods in the car to be consumed, and let's face it, Sonic is messy food.
We arrived inside, behind two laborers grabbing a bite to eat, and there was NO CREW to be seen. We could hear them talking, but could not see anyone. The four of us waited for approximately 5-10 minutes before anyone employee came from the back to take our order. When we arrived at the register, I placed our order, and then had to repeat the entire order again as the crew member seemed to be in a daze as to what to do. No worries, order placed, and went to sit down and wait, and wait, and wait... it tooks almost another 15-20 minutes for the food to come out, to the point of Jughead commenting, I guess this really isn't fast food.
The food was okay, basically typical Sonic fare, we ordered two burgers, one with bacon one with out, and two coney dogs, as I had a buy one get one coupon (that caused confusion) to be used as well. We rounded out or meals with tots and fries, and slushies to drink. We were neither impressed or saddened by our choices, it was good, but nothing to write home about, just maybe to write on Yelp about.
The place, well other than no employees to be found, it looked nice, but then again it should, it is/was brand new, and that is an issue. It is so new, that it seems like it is yet to be completed, like I mentioned before, no umbrellas to block the sun from those who want to sit and watch Hoosick St. Traffic, or people trying to negotiate the parking lot. It reeks of chemicals in there from whatever veneer they laid down still trying to dry. And the one humorous thing I noted, a sign at the register that if no one is there, ring the bell for service.... there was no bell.
Maybe in time, they will work out the bugs, but maybe in time, this one will fail as the capital region already has a Sonic in it's midst, and do we really need two? read more