Stopped in for quick chicken wrap and milkshake. Took 25 minutes to get my to go order. I am not sure how you can mess up and give no flavor to a chicken wrap. The milkshake was just basically flavored milk. What a waste of time and money. read more

Great food! The homemade lemonade is great. The fries are great. I have gone to this restraint twice and am yet to be disappointed!

My wife and I visited the soda shop after purchasing a Living Social coupon. Get $20 worth of food for $10. Overall, we were disappointed We were not able to get two sandwiches and 1 LARGE milkshake for $20. We had to contribute money to pay the bill. The sandwiches and wraps were all pretty much $7.99. I had the John Wayne and let me tell you John Wayne would have had to eat 4 of them to get full. The Hoagie roll was fresh, but there was barely any Philly steak meat. My wife had a chicken sandwich item and had the same result with quantity. Not sure how the Davidson college kids afford to eat there (which is right across the street). Maybe they get a great discount with student ID. Bottom line....it was way over priced for the portions you received. The milk shake was not made with high quality ice cream either. It tasted like flavored crushed ice. Two thumbs down. Bring back the $2.50 hot dog with fries :-) read more

You won't believe the size of the menu for such a small place. The feel is great -- clearly an old building with antique booths, but updated and clean. Definitely try the sweet potato fries, a wrap and a milkshake. This restaurant is in the heart of Downtown Davidson and is one of the locations the town is known for. Definitely worth a stop. read more

The soda shop is definitely one of my favorite stops whenever I'm in Davidson! Food and service are always outstanding and their homemade pimento cheese sandwich and fountain coke gives it the perfect 50's atmosphere! I couldn't ask for more, especially now that they started full-service in their picnic area out back and are accepting credit cards. read more

Blast from the past! A great restaurant in a small college town. They make there chicken salad and big O's the same may they did 60 years ago. It is a must go to when visiting Davidson. Try their burgers too! read more

Great restaurant! The food is fantastic and the decor really shows the history of the town. They have the best milkshakes around!!! A must visit if in Davidson! read more

The soda shop is an awsome place. We have had breakfast and lunch there many times. The spinach melt is to die for and you cant beat any of their breakfast scrambles. We never leave without having an old fashion milkshake. It is the perfect representation of what I would consider "small town" southern hospitallity. Although it can get busy and is a little small, it is definely WORTH the wait. read more

The one thing that keeps bringing me back is the absolutely delicious milk shakes. Other menu items are equally tasty, though probably just as bad for your waist line. Service is always quick and friendly. The Soda Shop is a great place to treat yourself when you feel like indulging in some top tier comfort food. read more

The Soda Shop is a great place for families and anyone who enjoys great food and service! I also love the history of the soda shop. You definitely feel like you're stepping into the past for a short time! The shakes are exceptional I highly recommend trying one, my favorite is the coconut milkshake! read more

So I came with a group of people and we all had less that satisfying service. Myself and my friends sat waiting for 30 minutes before someone even came to take our order. Then it took over an hour to get our food. 3 out of 4 had ordered salad. Also a boy we were with had to order and for pay his food 3 different times and when he finally got the right food it was cold. The waitress also seemed very unhappy to be serving us. read more

So, I am in town for business from Buffalo, NY. We had dinner down the street from the Soda Shop not knowing they had food. Anyway we decided to go in for desert and glad we did. We really liked the look and feel of the place. The staff was great. A young girl named Marissa and a younger guy were working. They were very friendly and pleasant and were very eager to help explain all the options and make recommendations. .They made the experience really fun and would recommend the place highly. Shakes were great and food looked good as well. read more

so cute from the outside, a big disappointment. I've lived in the area for over 10 years, meaning to stop in. Did that tonight. Bleh. We sat down and the waitress came over within a few minutes - we had time to pick out what we wanted to eat and our menus were closed (the international signal for "we're ready" - or so I thought). She took our drink order and promptly turned around and left. ok. I'll get over it - just weird. Came back and I ordered a turkey club with fruit on the side (because a side salad is $3 extra!?!). She left with our orders. Then I noticed that they served beer - she never looked at our table until the food arrived and by then I had lost interest. My food arrived with 'french fries' - when I reminded her, she said 'oh' grabbed my basket turned around, went into the back, disposed of the fries, brought my basket back and said she'll bring my fruit out in a bit..oookkkkkaaayyyy... Mac & Cheese is Kraft. My club sandwich had american cheese (really??). And the kids drinks (advertised for $.99? I suppose you have to specify that your 8 & 11 year old kids are kids - otherwise they'll get the $1.75 soda - all sizes come with free refills - IF the waitress stops by your table again). I need to note here that we were there at 7p and it was only 1/2 full so the wait staff was not stressed in any way. There isn't a thing here that I would ever want to return for. Nothing bad, but nothing at all worth returning for! read more

So disappointed with our first time experience. Service was terrible. Two high schoolers behind the counter - one male and one female. My husband and I sat at the counter and planned to order desert. The two high schoolers behind the counter spent more time laughing about their customers orders than making orders or waiting on customers. We watched them make our sundaes - a nutty professor and a southern comfort - and it was frustrating. It took everything not to say something. It took them 25 minutes to make. The hot fudge and Carmel comes in a packet that they warm in hot water and then they squeeze it on your sundae. The young lady had the nerve to say that looks so bad after the young man put the hot fudge on one of the sundaes. Reminder: we were sitting at the counter. The choc chip cookie on my sundae was so stale I could have broken a tooth. Needless to say, we won't be back. It's a waste of money and the service is terrible. They need to learn how to respect their customers. read more

The burgers here are disgusting. They use chewy burger meat that tastes more like vegetarian burger than actual beef, reminiscent of the burger meat you'd find in a public school cafeteria. For some reason the bun was toasted and hard. This burger was literally so terrible I signed up for a Yelp account just to write this review in hopes that others won't make the same mistake I did. We also ordered fried pickles, which were hard to bite through, because they didn't fry them long enough, the milkshakes are watery, the only thing I can compliment is the sweet potato fries. If I ever return, those would be the only item on the menu I'd be able to stomach. As others have mentioned, service is also very slow. Our waitress was rude and unpleasant, we weren't even halfway through ordering and she tried to rush off while I was mid-sentence. Also, I was disappointed by the supposed 50s diner atmosphere that it was supposed to have. The place is dingy, run-down and much less '50's' looking than other diners I have visited in the past. For the high prices here I expected much much more. Instead of leaving with the memory of a nice 50's diner experience, I left regretting that I ever stepped foot into this deceptively quaint shop with its lackluster interior design, dirty floors, and cheap styrofoam cups and cardboard trays. read more