Found this place while traveling and searching Yelp for a spot to eat. We decided to give it a try. Service-Service was terrible. I'm only taking 1 star away for service because it was just our waitress who was the problem. She was dismissive, slow, and kind of rude. Everyone else seemed to be doing their jobs. Food-9/10 Very much recommend. I got the 2 meat plate with mac n cheese and baked beans. The beans were omg delicious. Lots of pulled pork in them, def homemade! Mac n cheese was ok. Not the best, not the worst. The meat was so tender, flavorful, and smoky. The original bbq sauce was on point! Vibe- The vibe was good. Nothing special but not bad. Overall, I would def recommend this spot! read more

Sonny's BBQ - Pick 2 Combo with pulled pork, chicken leg quarter, mac and cheese and baked beans. - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

I like Sonny's but when I show up and waste my time over 10 min at the podium with nobody in site and see one sever who is also the hostess for the entire restaurant. Sorry Bye read more

Went in right at opening time and they were ready for me. Clean and new business with all the meat offerings of a quality bbq place. Stop in and try them out. read more

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What happened to the pulled pork that goes into the eggrolls? They were 99% cold slaw and 1% pulled pork! Very disappointing! Plus, what bbq joint does not have the most tender and juicy St. Louis Ribs? Tough as shoe leather! We will NOT be back! read more

Sonny's BBQ - St. Louis Ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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This was my first time trying this location; I received a $5 off coupon for signing up for their rewards program so I decided to give it a shot. Overall, the food itself was very good, exactly what I expect from Sonny's, which is a solid chain in my opinion. My only complaints are: 1) the containers used for the street corn appetizer I ordered and the side of beans I ordered were very, VERY small and made it not worth the price. 2) The gave me the wrong type of ribs (I ordered dry rub.) They were still good, though. 3) I requested certain sauces/dressings to be included with my order and they were not. read more

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I have always loved Sonnys at rhe original location. So when i saw they built another location close to my job, i knew this place was i wanted to take my veteran employees for our annual veterans day luncheon. This place gets busy real quick during lunchtime so get there early or come after the rush. Brisket and ribs are really good as well as the baked beans. I found that the chicken was overpowering with the smoky flavor but chicken was still good. Service was ok but good for a new place. read more

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Best BBQ we have had in Gonzales ! Pork was moist with a very good BBQ flavor... I really loved the beans and the mac and cheese....the cornbread was soft and sweet not dry and hard. Hersh took very good care of us ... and we had service with a smile... We will definitely return and bring some friends!! Thank you everyone !! Thanks Hersh ! read more

Sonny's BBQ - Pulled pork ... pulled chicken and sides - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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We came right after they opened and the parking lot was already full. We really like the location on Florida Blvd and we're excited to see another location open up in Gonzales. It's new so we were prepared to wait. We had an order of ribs, chicken, jalapeno cheddar smoked sausage and brisket. For the sides we had baked beans, coleslaw, baked sweet potato and garlic bread. Everything was good including the service. Our server, Evelyn was exceptional. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Baked beans, garlic bread, jalapeno cheddar smoked sausage, sliced brisket, 1/4 chicken, and baked sweet potato - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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Went in during the week for lunch and we were sat in the bar immediately. It's a nice place and lots of seating in the regular dining area. Both the hostess and waitress were great giving us some of their opinions on what to order. We started with the pork egg rolls and Alabama white sauce wings. The pork rolls were good but the wings we did not like. Although they were cooked perfectly it just wasn't the flavor we like. I ordered the Cuban sandwich and my husband ordered a potato loaded and a side of brisket- bc they don't have the large potato it's all something you have to order separately per the waiter. We weren't overly impressed with either meal. A little on the dry side and too much Smokey flavor in the meat. We did like a couple sauce options which they keep on the tables. It took forever to get the ticket and there weren't a lot of people left in there. Just an ok experience and overall not up to standards in the bbq industry here. read more

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Long wait for lunch when it wasn't busy and the meat in the pulled pork sandwich was cold. , not impressed. Beans were piping hot tho.

We went there for an early supper (dinner) Monday 2/9/26 with a couple of our family members. It's been good so far since this new location (Gonzales,LA) has opened but I don't know if they were having an off day or what. It wasn't the good Sonny's we've had before. I asked for slice pork and they brought me pulled pork. It seems like every time we go to this location they always mess this part up. We've been going to Sonny's at other locations for over 40+ years and this has never happened getting the right order on slice or pulled pork. It only happens at the Gonzales LA location. The fries and the baked beans were cold. I don't understand why y'all stopped serving garlic Texas toast. They brought out hard to chew slices of bread that you buy in a loaf from the grocery store that was stale. She said they don't have Texas toast anymore. You get 2 slices of bread (grocery store) or a bun. It was very disappointing!! I was given choices where would I like to eat for supper (dinner) and I chose Sonny's. I want make that mistake again especially for this location (Gonzales, LA).... read more

Christan was amazin! So friendly and a kind great server! warm and inviting made us feel like vip. great knowledge of the menu! Kept our drinks full we asked for nothing, it's like she already knew what we wanted we did! We will definitely be back for special request for her be our server! She blew our mind with great service! If I could give her 10 stars, I would! read more

Had a small problem and Gwen called back the next morning and resolved our problem. Sonny's BBQ always a good place to eat. Great people !!! Joy H read more

The food is delicious, everything was great. The service is friendly and quick in the ambience was like a nice family friendly restaurant.

This was my first visit to a Sonny's, I was expecting more of a fast casual. We were seated quickly, and our sever Cathy L. Was outstanding Food came out quick. This is now my new go-to in Gonzales. The meats are not overly smoked. The tots are just perfect. I can't wait to try one of the bowls. I do have one suggestion, I would think the grilled cheese is made to order. It would be awesome to be able to pick the meat you want on it. I prefer chicken or pork over brisket!! But with that said.....it was delicious and tender! read more

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Staff was friendly. Food was good not great. Ticket time on our to go order was over 45 minutes which is reason for the below average review. If it was just our order that took so long I would have chucked it up as a fluke, however multiple other patrons were complaining about super long wait times while we were there. There seemed to be plenty of staff to support the amount of customers. Not sure what the cause of the wait was. Might be a systemic problem in their process or mismanagement of personnel. Either way, if you place an order to go here I would plan on waiting for a bit. read more

Excellent food - everything we ordered was very good! We'd return here again whenever in the area again. The ribs/bbq brisket combo was very good - tasty meat, tender ribs, loved the four available different BBQ sauces. The Mac & cheese was also very good, great Cole slaw. Pleasant, friendly servers. Nice ambiance. A little chilly inside the restaurant, though. read more

Food was good.. a bit bland (for my taste) but there were plenty sauces and flavor options to choose from and the meat had a great smoky taste. Very clean and good service once you got seated. It's good to have this food option on fast food row.. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Chicken and pulled pork combo with baked beans and potato salad - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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Visited Sonny's BBQ, Gonzales location, for the first time on Sunday afternoon. I had a hard time finding a parking spot and cars are routed one way through the parking lot, plus the flow of cars through the drive-through line as well. After my second go around, I found a parking spot. Once inside, there was a short wait (I was one of 2 customers waiting). The dining room was hopping with people in motion. I have been a patron of Sonny's BBQ since childhood in Baton Rouge. The idea of the opening of a Gonzales location was a welcomed addition to Ascension parish. I receive text messages regularly for Sonny's BBQ specials and new menu items. This locations layout is new and decorated with BBQ pictures and split wood on racks. The bar area is modest with 3 television screens for patrons to enjoy Sunday afternoon football viewing from the dining room or at the bar. Sonny's serves 6 beers on tap, bottled beer and cocktails too. My waitress was very attentive and knowledgeable. In fact, she shared that part of their training was to taste all menu items, which allows employees to direct patrons about menu items. I ordered the all-you-can-eat BBQ chicken (I chose white meat over dark meat chicken option) Sunday special ($16.99), which came with 2 sides (my choices: BBQ baked beans and a baked sweet potato with cinnamon honey butter) and garlic Texas toast. My BBQ baked beans had bits of meat and a thick sweet BBQ sauce. The baked sweet potato was delicious with the honey cinnamon butter. My meal came with 2 breast quarters and was cooked to perfection. Additional breast quarters or other sides were provided upon request quickly. I personally would have liked a bit more seasoning for flavor enhancing, but the natural smoked flavor from the pit dominated the chicken. Marry the smoky BBQ chicken with my choice of Sonny's Smokin' BBQ sauce was euphoric (other BBQ sauces: Original, Sweet, Sizzlin' and by request Carolina-yellow mustard base vs tomato based sauce). For a Florida based chain BBQ establishment, which has been in operation since 1968, one cannot go wrong with Sonny 's BBQ. I will be back for meaty St. Louis ribs on a return visit. If you are looking for good BBQ at a fair price, Sonny's BBQ the place to be. read more

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I enjoyed Sonny's growing up in Florida. I was happy to see them expanding a new location in Louisiana. Quick service and tasty food make for a good lunch or dinner. I love the new interior decor, a much needed change from the old school look. Well done, Sonny's. read more

I have been to Sonny's several times and it's been great. Unfortunately my visit on Friday 17th was not so great. We were all disappointed in the food. I ordered the 3 meat plate, and all of the food was cold and very dry. This was the case for most everyone in our party of SIX. Hope this was just an OFF day for the place because we really enjoyed the food and service in the past. read more

Ordered via UberEats. Wanted to hype this place up, but placed an order for 2 brisket plates, ordered extra garlic bread, corn muffins, a side of beans, the bbq egg rolls, and 2 banana puddings which we were excited to get. Sadly, we only received the brisket plates, and that's it. The Extra garlic bread, corn muffins, a side of beans, the bbq egg rolls, and 2 banana puddings were not in the order. The brisket plates were delicious but since it was basically missing a whole meal and then some's worth of food, a 2 is all we can give. read more

By far the worst BBQ ever I had the chicken and rib combo with Mac and cheese 1 the ribs were small and tough hardly any meat on them 2 the chicken was so dry I could not chew it 3 the Mac and cheese was like a gummy mess kraft is way better I'm glad I had a Lunchable with me on this day Bottom line people do waste your hard earned money on Sonny's read more

Our waitress Evelyn was super sweet and gave professional service 10/10 Food was phenomenal, portion to price ratio is great and taste was off the charts and for how packed it was our food came out sooo quick, we were shocked! Ribs that were falling off the bone, brisket melting in your mouth and the onion rings on top of the tater tots were fried so crispy. Overall a great place and we definitely will be back! read more

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We lived in BR for 32 years and ate Sonny's BBQ on Sherwood Forest as long as I can remember. My family loves Sonny's. When we moved to Prairieville a few years ago and we still ate there a bit but it wasn't convenient anymore, but still I would always call our huge order in for any special family get togethers and go pick it up. Needless to say we were so happy they opened in Gonzales. We made our first order last week since everyone was coming over. The was NOT the same at all. Ribs were dry and tough. Brisket was dry and although I have always loved the little black burnt edges, these pieces tasted "Burnt" not flavorful. The beans that were always my large families very favorite were "Nasty". They tasted like pork and beans out of a can then drenched in ketchup. No drippings or shavings from the meat was added at all. The bread was limp and lifeless. The only thing that resembled Sonny's BBQ flavor was the sauce that now came in a condiment packet and 3 packets were included for all this food. As Everyone lined up to fill their plates, noticing the beans looked different each person tasted a spoonful and quickly the 3 LARGE containers were thrown into the trash. There was No way to make them edible. I then tasted the bread and instantly the 2 containers of bread joined the beans in the trash. I described the meat. Not even half of all that meat was eaten and Not one piece was taken home for leftovers. When everyone left it went in the trash with the rest of the pathetic food from Sonny's BBQ in Gonzales. read more

This is the worst places i have been in quite sometime . I went in to order a sandwich to go . No menu around so i had to ask . The young gal; at the counter took my order three times because she was playing on her phone . I finally placed my order a brisket sandwich combo . At 1 pm the place was quite slow and now can see why . I was told it would be a 15 -20 mins wait . For a sandwich . I waited and waited finally asked for the order and they said oh here it is . What is your name ? I looked and said it has been there all this time ? Oh i guess so . The response is here you go . I said where is my coke it was a combo . Oh. Ok . So i got my coke . I got in the car looked in the bag and i received a bun and meat . NO SAUCE . So i walked back in and said there was no sauce . She looked at me and gave me two PACKETS of Sauce . The sandwich at this point was cold and dry . The coleslaw was warm and dry . . My friends chicken was dry to the point of being fossilized . Corn bread was dry and lumpy . To boot when I arrived at the office the bottom of my coke cup blew out and went all over my pants shoes and ground . The service was terrible and it seemed no one cared . The food was as bad as i have had in quite some tome . I will assure you I will not be back . Plumb prothetic. As many places that is down HWY 44 & 30 this one stands to be the worst . I would think they would not be in business for long . read more

Sonny's BBQ - Epic cup failure - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

10 /2/ 24 good food we meet the manager. I knew him from another restaurant he does a great job wherever he goes. My wife fried Okra appetizers I had their egg rolls both were good. We both had the Sonny's sample chicken was ribs good brisket.good.the place was clean didn't smell like a fire pit and service was outstanding I hold BBQ to a higher standard. BBQ is hard to do you cannot hide bad BBQ. I rate this BBQ a 7 out of 10 read more

I've ordered here a lot and by far one of the places I wouldn't recommend especially after last night. I went back and fourth about this post but since ordering here since August of 2024 to January 2025. I'll say this nice as possible get rid of the entire kitchen staff and the people who pack the orders. Everytime I've ordered here it has been an issue. Currently waiting for them to open so that I can call about my plate combo where I had to eat everything with out my ribs because they are so tough no meat and this has been an on going thing with atleast a few of my orders it's really frustrating spending money on food that you want but disappoints. read more

Sonny's BBQ - The smaller piece is just an end piece. The 4 ribs came with my order lastnight. We could not bite through not one of them. - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

Going downhill fast. Horrible customer service! Me and my wife was treated so bad here and overlooked for service a bunch of times.

Our family visited the recently opened Sonny's. Parking was not an issue. We were greeted as soon as we walked inside. Seated right away. Server went over the menu and made suggestions. The restaurant is new and was very clean. Sports playing on the TVs and background music. Food was served very quickly and was hot. I ordered the brisket grilled cheese. It was okay. Brisket lacked flavor and was overall bland. My husband has brisket and sausage plate. He said the brisket was moist but also lacked flavor. Sausage was okay. He was disappointed that potato salad was not an option for a side. One daughter had the cubano. She said it was okay but bland and pretty much flavorless. One daughter ordered the wings. She said they were good and tender. She also mentioned the ranch dressing was very tasty. We also ordered the pork egg rolls as an appetizer. Everyone said they were good. Our service was outstanding but food wise no need to rush back. read more

Sonny's BBQ - Pork Egg Rolls - Barbeque Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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I loved it! Bbq was awesome. Fast service too. It's new and good. Invite friends. Looked full of people

Not worth the 30+ minute wait after being sent from the drive thru to the lobby for my entire order to be ready when I had first arrived. Not even an apology that the bag was sitting there the entire time. read more

So excited that Sonny's finally opened. We did a pickup order. I did the two meat with chopped brisket, ribs, Mac, beans and corn bread. Wasn't a huge fan of the beans but I liked everything else. My husband did the Sonys bbq sampler. Only ate half of it but is excited to eat at lunch this week. Will have to go in and eat next time. read more

Dinned here yesterday evening. Resturant was not busy. Our waiter took our drinks order and then our food order. Food delivered and we spent the rest of our stay trying to catch his attention to get two glasses of water. Went to bar to be nicely told our waiter would be with us shortly. The next time we saw or heard from the waiter was when the check was delivered. Food was good, not great BBQ, service, based on our experience was absolutely lousy. read more

The bbq egg rolls are delicious. I definitely recommend them. I did not love the corn nuggets and the grilled cheese brisket had too much gristle. read more

We ordered take out a few weeks ago and one of our orders were wrong when we got home but John (manager) made sure to make it right the next time! Can't thank him enough for being so helpful and generous with our order that we received tonight! Last time we dined in, you can tell my two year old enjoyed the ribs We'll be back and always remember John for being the best manager! read more

Allie our server was great . We brought a 4 and 2 year old in and she was patient and expedited our food. !! Food was delicious. !!! read more

Brittney was very very kind and took care of us well. She was an amazing server and very swe're. The food was also amazing.

I love the service I get from Benny when I come there. She has a beautiful personality every time I come in.

BBQ place that is always out of BBQ. They do catering which apparently always takes up all their BBQ, so is that want to go out to eat, they are always out of it. Sounds like they need new management! read more