This is the best Sonny's in Pinellas County bar none. Staff is great and most have been there a long time, and you can tell they are like family. Food is always fresh, not dry, and huge iced tea of course makes for a great BBQ meal. I always go here for my favorite salad bar in town which is packed with great choices including potato salad, broccoli salad, smoke chicken salad, tuna salad and the best krab salad I've ever had. The salad bar is always fresh and well kept at this location. Try getting the salad bar with a side of your favorite BBQ meat as a meal which I found hidden on the menu. It comes with bread and makes a great lunch or lite dinner. read more

This place reminded me of a bit higher-end Shane's Rib Shack. Fairly plain looking inside, but comfortable booths. Split the "ribs for two" special, so spent about $10 a person for about a half rack of two different varieties of ribs (preferred the dry rub), and three sides. Mac and cheese was decent, but they did a really good job with both green beans and baked beans. Only disappointment here was the really mediocre side salad with soft croutons. read more

Redneck eggrolls on point! Meal deals are with in reason..Best Sweet Tea ever! I love the sizzlin sweet sauce...I usually order pulled pork sandwich on Garlic Toast...Ribs are good also. Smoked wings are small but delicious...Decent salad bar.. Overall a good experience every visit.. read more

Terrible service for takeout order. I went in to Sonny's BBQ during lunch and attempted to order for takeout. The waitress acknowledged me when I sat down to order. It was not busy (I was the only one at the bar). The waitress took a phone call. I asked her a question while she was on the phone. She said I will be with you soon. Later a guy walked in dressed with white shirt and slacks. She immediately took his order. I told her about waiting on him before me and walked out. I also spoke to the manager and the manager did apologize for the poor service. By the way I am a Black male and the guy who got immediate service is White. read more

Awesome! Great food, great variety, great prices !! And very family oriented. I would definitely come back and recommend Sonny's over any BBQ place in the area. We had the BBQ pulled chicken and turkey. All fresh and wonderful! read more

Been here a few times for lunch and it is as busy as normal. I have also ordered chicken several times for lunch or dinner to give it a chance but it has always been really dry and replaced worth something else. Well, today I tried the chicken big deal sandwich and it was the best chicken I have ever had at Sonny's!!! read more

What happened?!!! Sonny's BBQ used to be a go-to place for good service and great BBQ. The menu has shrunk to almost nothing and what is on it has become expensive for a BBQ place. We gave it three chances to see if the service had improved, but with no luck. Walked out last night without even receiving any request for our drinks. We won't be going back, will miss you Sonny's. read more

Me and my wife ate at Sonny's. The service was great from the bartender. Unfortunately my wife had the brisket sandwich and she didn't enjoy it at all. The brisket was a bit tough which is very unusual for a brisket. My turkey plate was not bad, I've had better but I'm not here to bash the place just give helpful feedback to improve. My wife and I wanted to like this place since this was our first time here, but I much prefer Famous Dave's. Again the service from the bartender was great, the food was just uninspiring. read more

Tried you guys for the first time Friday after trying so many other BBQ places and walking away disappointed. I wish we had sooner because the brisket and the corn nuggets were amazing. I'm a Texas girl so I can be really picky. The real star of the night though was our Waitress Jo. I have never seen a waitress hustle as much as she did. I am so used to just seeing whoever is serving us maybe twice during dinner at whatever place we are at, but she was out there constantly while we were there and made sure we, as well as the other tables around us, were well taken care of. This girl deserves some recognition for her hard work We will definitely be back to indulge again! read more

Mediocre food. Mediocre service. No smiles. No IPA. Poor beer selection. Pretty unremarkable.

Went here for lunch before heading to TPA to board my plane home. Was ok......kinda reminded me of a Famous Dave's, which we have in Michigan. Coleslaw and pulled pork was good.....but my fries were old and cold. Service was good, waitress took care of us without being intrusive. I was really excited to slather my pulled pork with the hot and spicy bbq sauce however it was disappointing to me. Not much heat to it at all. Overall, it filled my tummy and for the most part it was good.....except the fries and bbq sauce. read more

The food is great, as is the ambiance. But why does it take ten minutes for the food when you order all you can eat? All that food is ready to go. It shouldn't take long. Gina is an awesome waitress. She gave me extras to take home for my dog and that was extremely nice. read more

The food doesn't beat out my hometown favorite bbq spots in St. Louis, but it was good nonetheless. Service was solid, and food is inexpensive. I would definitely go back. read more

The rudest servers I have ever experienced while dining argumentative ride and it was a horrible experience never this location again!!!!

Went to Sonny's today with my friend for lunch/dinner. It was that perfect time of the day, on a Saturday, when there was almost no one else in the building. The food was good and the service was excellent, it made for a very nice dining experience. My friend had the brisket and I had the pulled pork along with crinkle cut fries and baked beans and garlic bread. The pulled pork was tender, juicy, and delicious; the fries were crisp and a great accompaniment to the pulled pork. However, the baked beans had a quite a bit more pepper, than normal, and they were quite spicy. Our server, Danielle, was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed having her wait on us during this dining experience. We will definitely be returning to that location. The price is always a reasonable at Sonny's. The total amount of the check with tip was right around $30. read more

Sonny's has always offered large portions of $9-$13 range. They have great BBQ pulled pork, crinkle cut fries, corn on the cob, and sweet tea. Things that I always look for in a BBQ place. However following Sonny's experiences this place is the same.... The service is little to none. And you must express that you want fresh food, cause if not you will be lucky if your food is luke warm. read more

Zero stars. After 10 minutes of no service as ppl who came in after us are being waited on we got up and went to asking for manager. waiting another 10 minutes. Left... Very poor customer service here. Waitresses ignored polite requests. Avoid the Sonny's on park blvd unless you have all day to be treated poorly read more

My family of 5 went there for dinner and found the service to be slow when they weren't busy, had to wait for drinks to be ordered, waited twice as long for food to arrive at our table, missing part of our order when delivered, my chicken was still pink (undercooked), plus our food was luke warm not even hot when it arrived to our table.... My husband still have our server 20% tip when we had such poor service, won't be going to that Sonny's again!! read more

Our dinner tonight was awful and so was the sevice. Raw broccoli, overcooked chicken and potato and my daughter's pulled chicken sandwich looked like congealed canned chicken. After sending back the chicken, it looked ok but she wouldn't eat it because the waiter just dropped it on the table without saying a word, like we were bothering him. So disappointing, we just wanted to grab a quick bite and catch up with each other and instead we were grossed out and irritated. I called back after we got home to talk to the manager because it was really bothering me how we were treated and I felt like Crystal didn't want to hear it either. She said she would leave a 25 dollar gift card for us which was nice and almost covered our meals that we didn't eat, but she said we should have talked to her there and our waiter is good and has been there a long time.... basically, must be us. Oh well, maybe we all just had a bad night. read more

The food was outstanding, but the fact they do not offer wifi, especially for patrons who come there at lunch is a big miss. Alot of people today work at lunch and cannot function without the Internet. I asked the bar tender about wifi and he stated management does not allow anyone to use the wifi except for "training purposes" (whatever that means). Hopefully, they fix this because I like the restaurant, but need wifi. read more

did away with all day 2 for 1 drinks! changed menu, now everything is overpriced for average bbq at best. i'll be going to dickies on tyrone or smokin j's in Gulfport. Sonny's dropped the ball!!! read more

Was not very impressed with the food. I had the 3 pork meat meal with Mac n cheese and fries. I have bbq from the south, mid west, and west coast and this is by far at the bottom of the list. If I lived in that area I would have got my smoker going and sold BBQ dinners outside in there parking lot. Next time I visit Florida I will make sure not to eat at this place. read more

We went to order take out for our family and were told we could not order kids meals for our kids unless we came in and sat down to eat. We were not allowed to order kids meals through the drive thru or carry out. The manager advised it is a new corporate policy. I can only assume it is to prevent adults ordering kids meals. They are apparently losing so much money from adults trying to get one over on them through the drive thru that they are willing to lose entire orders because of it. We ended up at Cheddars instead where my six year old and 22 month old can get meals designed for kids. Yes, we could order an adult meal and split it, but we shouldn't have to. We will give our business to a company who is more family oriented. read more

Ordered for takeout, a grilled chicken Cesar salad, so very annoyed that we are paying higher prices for their lack of training. Charged extra for cornbread that came with the meal; one salad, 5 boxes, two bags. No napkins, no fork. Seriously? Oh and only half of a grilled chicken breast. read more

Get in my belly!! Love me some Sonny's!! Live up North and no bbq compares to the South!

Family visiting from New York and stopped in to try Sonny's after reading the reviews. Wow for the price this place is 5 stars hands down. Bought the all-you-can-eat St Louis style dry rubs and they were fantastic, fall off the bone and great flavor to match. You won't find better bbq at this price anywhere as far as I'm concerned. Sonny's bbq sauces were also delicious, I really liked the "sizzlin' sweet". My wife had brisket and my daughter pulled pork and both were very solid. I don't know what more you could ask for this place is the real deal and the prices are unbeatable. All you can eat ribs for 13.99!! Sonny keep up the people's work we will be back again and again when in the area! read more

i have been going to sonnys lot yrs food service always good unti yesterday server kristina lef tplates on table till i left gave me sweet instead unsweet tea refill un friendly food i got sand garlic bread was well done had send back mac salad was different i loved the recipe now teast like deli it wa son aug 1 at 1230 read more

Good food and good service. Love the stew, just the perfect tang. Yelp sure like through reviews

This used to be a great BBQ spot, but about a year ago they started to go down hill. They remodeled and now that it looks better, the food is not as good. The salad bar has suffered the worst, They used to have great homemade macaroni and potato salad. Now it school cafeteria quality. They go trid of some of the offerings. The crab salad dressing is worse. I used to get beef brisket that was "pulled." Now it is chopped, and I swear to God it looks like dog food, smells and tastes like it too. If I didn't know the waitress from years of going there I would've suspected her of giving canned pet food. There have been other bad changes as well, I assume to save money. Well now we're going to save our money and go elsewhere. And we used to go 2-3 month! Our extended family and so many others we've talked to feel the same way. Too bad, this used to be a good place. read more

Went to Sonny's tonight after a trip to the movies. 10 of us were seated by 7:30 and informed that they were out of RIBS (only baby backs available). We grumbled a bit, after all this was a BBQ restaurant known for ribs. Everyone adjusted their menu selections and then our server returned to tell us that the kitchen was now out of CHICKEN (only pulled chicken available). He recommended the sliced turkey instead. I completely cancelled my order, while everyone else worked around yet another snafu on part of the management/kitchen team. Being out of the standard ribs, we were charged an 'up-charge' when our friend asked for baby back ribs as a part of their combo meal. They are out of too much, on a Sunday night at 7:30. The turkey was dry, and the up-charge was a real no deal for me. The management messed up on their planning and we get charged for an up sell? Disappointing and wont go back to ANY location. BBQ isn't hard to do wrong, and they certainly accomplished that! Our server, however, was fantastic. read more