Got the pick three and a side of their skillet taters. Everything was great, everything arrived hot and well prepared, the potatoes were absolutely delicious and the green beans and mac are always good. Their brisket is spot on and their dark meat chicken was a little dry today but none-the-less I enjoy their food. read more

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The staff is so rude! I visited on my birthday because I had a free appetizer coupon. The waitress had an attitude when I presented the coupon...after I purchased an entree, which was not even required for use. The waitress and her "manager" then accused me of already using the coupon. How is this possible when I just received it on the day of my visit? I've visited many other locations & never had this experience. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Original Recipe BBQ Beans Baked Sweet Potato Baby Back Ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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Came in and were sat right away for a party of 8. The food was good everyone enjoyed it. They have 2 specials normally a 10.00 one and a 12.00 one and it's a ton of food. 3 of us on our ticket was less then $50.00 that just doesn't happen much anymore. Caroline was our server she did amazing. We came in for my father in laws birthday we brought a small cake she was very sweet offered plates etc. read more

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All the food was great. Will be ordering again today. Love the beef, pork, baked beans, sweet potatoes, and wraps.

Best BBQ I've had in Fort Walton Beach Florida!! Definitely put this place on your list!!

Usually Sonny's is pretty good. This was the first time getting Friday late night carryout. I think they literally hit the bottom of the barrel with the burnt ends last night. We got a two-meat combo and a sliced turkey sandwich meal. Had about two tablespoons of burnt ends and sausage links. See the photos before we started to eat. Really like the close location, but better keep this place as a lunchtime fav. Usually during the day, it's dependable good food. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Sliced turkey sandwich and sweet potatoes fries. - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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Over cooked dried out pulled pork and ribs were charred and dry. This was at the Fort Walton location, we had been there one other time and it wasn't much better. And the price was high for the amount of food you received . read more

Food really is great just don't get the brisket sandwich. It's way too rough and chewy. Made me rly sad :(

This is my favorite meal. Until I got home and I had a chunk of meat and not shredded like it's supposed to be. Garlic bread was soggy and not crispy. read more

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Horrible customer service! Multiple people walked right past me. I have one person come to the front, answer the phone and then walked away. I was never greeted or told that someone would be with me. Had to go to the drive thru and the guy wouldn't let me pick up my food through the drive thru. So I had to go back in and finally had someone help me only because I told the guy at the drive thru what happened. Funny enough he was the one that answered the phone and walked away. I would not recommend! read more

The service was good but the food was not. I wanted baby back ribs, but was told they didn't have any. This was 45 minutes after they opened. So I ordered regular ribs, brisket and chicken tenders. The ribs were terribly dry and definitely over-cooked with a slathering of bbq sauce. Tasted like leftovers re-heated. The brisket had way too many bone shards in it. The chicken tenders were okay, nothing too special. No complaints on the sides of beans, cole slaw and garlic bread. I have eaten here before and enjoyed it. Whoever is in charge of provisioning the restaurant needs to pay closer attention. read more

This place is delicious the food is great service is always quick good tea good bbq/brisket and ribs

My husband went thru the drive thru and placed our order. There is very little around here I can eat because I am on a restricted diet under doctor's orders. He had to wait almost an hour to get our order and then he was told they had no potato salad. In addition they did not give him any pickles and gave him 2 turkey sandwiches instead of the turkey sandwich and pulled pork sandwich he ordered. And the potato salad was the main thing I wanted. It will be a good long while before we eat there again. read more

Sonny's is consistently good though I was disappointed that they no longer serve Brunswick stew.

Just went there because my fiance wanted some of their wings. Was told they would be with us in a minute and it took forever for them to seat us. Then our waitress lacked in customer service skills so I went and told her to cancel our order I would just go through drive-thru and order him some wings when I pull around to the drive-thru a guy was standing back there to inform me that they refuse to serve me claiming I cussed his employees. Not one cuss word came out of my mouth and said he was going to call the cops and have me trespassed I told him to go ahead and then I pulled into a parking spot and called the cops myself. The cop told me that he wasn't going to have me trespassed if I left on my own I told her I would because I didn't want him to contaminate my food. Like I said I never cussed anyone in there. And they don't have to worry about me ever going back there again. read more

Free sandwich on Monday. It's nice, but I am not a huge fan to be honest. The sides are expensive and not worth the price. The meat choices; the beef was tough. The chicken was okay. I do not like pork, so my selection is limited. read more

The food is so good. The ribs are fall off the bone. And the side are delicious. Let's not forget about the perfectly seasoned ice tea. But best of all was the service we got from JESSICA. Thank you!!! read more

Sonny's BBQ - Sampler - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

This was my first time dining at this chain. The service was top notch. The food was decent.

Good food and good service. Appreciate what this restaurant has to offer understanding it is a chain so best wishes and mostly good work. Positive thoughts for Sonny's; happy to have you down the road. read more

I went through the drive through line on 12/28/23 at 11am. I ordered a pull pork and fully loaded tots by 1 pm I was throwing up due to food poisoning. I called the store the manager hit me with you know it's frozen right. I'm a meat cutter for living so I know all about temperature so even if it was frozen cooked product needs to sit at 145 degrees and non cooked at 40 or below. I ate nothing else that day and been having a hard time keeping anything down. I will be coming into the store today to get full refund. Health department has been informed. Update went to store to get refund got refunded but also the manager proceeded to try to teach me how food poisoning happens by telling me it takes 48hr for food poisoning I stopped him said actually no it can happen within 1-2hr after. What management you hiring. He said I take it serious but can't even get his facts straight. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Great employees at this location. All of the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. One of the managers, Keith went the extra mile to help me out with my order. read more

Used to be one of our go to places for good food at a decent price. Now I am forced to say if ya want service or food in a reasonable amount of time, go somewhere else. This is my 1st ever 1 star rating for anywhere! The last 3 or 4 times we have gone to Sonnys, it took an unacceptable time for our order to be taken and for food to be served. I'm a former waitress, I know food service. Today there were less than 20 customers and at least 3 waitresses I waited 8-10 min of being ignored before I went and got menus for our table and then another 4 or 5 min of being ignored before deciding that even though we were very hungry, we needed to give up eating at Sonnys and go somewhere else. When I got up front to the cash register, a waitress was there counting her tips. .. This experience saddened me and upset my son. There was no reason for it except poor staff management. read more

I came here for the first time since the remodel. Service was great! But food was meh. It wasn't hot. Wasn't flavorful. But whatever it's cheap. Bathrooms were disgusting though. Fingerprints all over the walls and stall doors. The trim was covered in nasty grime. Looks like they've never been cleaned. Makes me wonder what's going on in the kitchen. Yikes read more

Sonny's BBQ - Bathroom toilet - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Great BBq for a place that is a chain. Prices were great. Service was quick. Setting was calm.

Wasn't impressed. I rarely give a bad review but I was surprised by their star rating so wanted to share my review. Got the Smokey St Louis rib plate. Ribs were dry & over smoked. My sides were just as unimpressive, small portioned sides of mushy Mac n cheese & mediocre baked beans. Even the texas toast was stale lol. Lastly sorry to say the staff was not very friendly when getting my carry out order. And asking for my drink that they forgot seemed to put him out. Sonny's really made me miss my Smokestack bbq in KC. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Sweet and Smokey St. Louis Rib Plate - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Worst Service at this point! Servers taking to long to arrive to place drink and take order. FOH Host/Hostess did not notify ANYONE about having a new table. Manger on Duty needs to take more responsibility for Poor Management of Staff Available. If this Review doesn't get attention to Regional Management, then good luck bringing back reputation for an "Award Winning" BBQ if it doesn't come with Quality Service to go along with it. For this reason, I would not recommend this location even if they have renovated. Food is one part of a good review. SERVICE and HOSPITALITY "ALWAYS" should be the TOP PRIORITY of a good Restaurant. read more

Real, down home BBQ like you can't get up North. 'nuff said. Pulled pork, beans and potato salad with sweet tea. A great meal. read more

Fantastic first time visit. The moment my husband and I walked in Alicia (our server) greeted us and sat us in her section. Alicia was AWESOME! She was super helpful. She recommended the best way to sample a variety of Sonny's BBQ. We settled on a sampler meal and paid a little extra to bump up our sides to the corn nuggets/fritters and fried okra. The hands down winner: The baby back ribs!!! OMG sooooo DELICIOUS! The brisket, pulled pork and chicken were good, but the ribs were stellar! We also really enjoyed the fried okra which was breaded in a way that kept the okra moist and yummy. I also really liked the corn fritter-things. We most definitely plan to go back. If you go there, ask for Alicia. She's the bomb. read more

I've been ordering the most amazing Cobb salads at the Lynn Haven location all week. Even bragging that Sonny's has the best Cobb salads only to order from the Ft. Walton Beach location and getting this BS. Call Lynn Haven and ask them to send you a photo of a well-made salad. This was my first time ordering a salad from this location. I've never been disappointed with FWB before, but today I'm ticked. Wasted my money. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Cobb salad no meat. (I ordered it with no meat, but there is barely anything else either.) - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Literally wouldn't sell us sausage by the pound but they would sell it on a plate or in a bowl. I asked multiple time, so you have sausage... and I can order two or three meat plates and get a pound of sausage but couldn't buy it by the pound. But it is on the by the pound menu. And they could never explain to me the "why" behind it. Ridiculousness. Won't be back. read more

trip to sonny's in ft walton today. schzamm, i had the father's day special, fantastic, highly recommended. it's on all day today and tomorrow. side note: i didn't have to show pics of my kids to order, only joking ... warren navarre read more

Sonny's is your standard chain BBQ restaurant with locations throughout the southeast United States -- but mostly concentrated in Florida. I'm from Texas where most of the barbecue rubs and sauces are savory instead of sweet, but Sonny's sauces seem to be exceptionally sweet -- basically like karo syrup flavored with mustard and liquid smoke. I wasn't a fan of the sauces. My brisket was moist and warm. There wasn't any smoked flavor to speak of -- it was almost like it had been cooked in an oven. The green beans were nice and flavorful and the cornbread was moist and slightly sweet. The coleslaw was standard coleslaw -- nothing really stood out about it. Service was excellent. My waitress was very friendly and kept my iced tea filled. I probably won't visit a Sonny's BBQ again if this is typical of their food -- unless I'm in need of a low-carb meal. read more

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Waited over 30 minutes for a single combo Door Dash order (I'm the door dasher not the customer). employees were standing around talking and not doing their job. Besides this experience the food is very hit or miss. Sometimes it's great and sometimes it's super dry. read more

As regulars we enjoy Sonny's BBQ Fort Walton Beach. The sweet ladies there who all provide great service know us by name and our order too . We keep going because of the consistency in the product. Our food is always tasty and they aim to please. So if anything comes out less than prefect they correct it with a smile. Have the full rack of ribs, salad bar, and anything from the kids menu will keep your young ones happy. Don't forget to indulge in cornbread or garlic toast. read more

Food is always great Cindy does an absolutely great job as desire's personable and professional

An old time favorite that is still relevant in today's dining experience. The salad was large and fresh. The ribs and sliced pork were just the way I like them. The hot garlic bread was just like I remember it. Our server Maggie was on the ball. And did I say "kids eat free" on Saturday! read more

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I had mixed feelings about this place. The pulled pork and brisket was delicious ! However, the wings we got were burnt to a crisp. The were so dry. Maybe they were just having a bad day. read more

Service is so nice and it's such a kid friendly environment! You get 1 free kids meal with an adult meal on Saturdays! The food was so yummy and we will definitely be back. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Chicken Crinkle-Cut Fries Corn - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Food is usually pretty good but the last couple times it's been pretty bad. Not sure I'm going back there again.

We came here with our friends and the servers were warm and friendly. The decor was nice, I was told that it was newly renovated. The reviews were good so we all were looking forward to some good BBQ. I ga e it 4 stars because the bbq was a little dry said it was under a heat lamp for a while. The salad was excellent, with very fresh ingredients and the dressing tasted like homemade. The cook offered to take it off the check, but our friends paid anyway. Overall the entire experiences was a 4. read more