Sonic Drive-In — Restaurant in Elizabeth City

Okay, here we go with another review of the Elizabeth City fast food scene. Man, oh man, where do I begin? There are so many problems with this establishment that I'm not sure how to properly convey them in a Google review.

Let's start with the insanely slow service and employees who's personalities perfectly embody soggy paper bags. While driving away I said to my husband, "it could have been worse, they could have been verbally abusive like the Wendy's across the street". I've had a better, more engaging conversation with my dog. We were there for 20 minutes with 1 car in front of us that simply ordered a drink.

Next let's talk about the burgers. I'm beginning to think the reason we sat in the line so long was because they needed a moment to travel to Egypt and steal petrified patties from some poor mummy. I told my husband that it must be because we missed the lunch rush....yesterday. On the plus side, you don't need to worry about food poisoning; it was cooked throughly and sat beneath a heat lamp for at least 2 days. Yum! I feel as though there must be a ketchup shortage seeing as Sonic could not spare a dollop past a drop.

Lastly, imagine if you will, the sides. Normally a redeeming part of any sketchy burger place. Somehow, they only made things worse. What looked like delicious seasoning on my cheese fries was just floaters from old oil. The fries were somehow soggy and crunchy at the same time. It is if as though they were cooked yesterday, gently placed in the microwave for far too long, then baked just long enough to turn the ends into something the TSA would consider a weapon. Speaking of weapons, the onion rings were a real treat if you're into eating mystery blobs of what can only be described as a cactus, tenderly battered, mixed with a cheese grater and deep fried far past perfection. I mean, the two single rings were somehow overcooked and undercooked at the same time. The other 6 or so, were one massive blob that my husband stopped attempting to eat when he exclaimed, "I give up, this actually hurts".

Look, we all know the world is a dumpster fire right now but surely we can do a little better than this. Before the owner replies and tells me to escalate my complaint, no thank you. I do not hate myself enough to return in order use the free cupons corporate will send me. Nothing short of a time machine...

Great service, fast and efficient, and a friendly car hop (Madison). Food is good. Better than most for fast food. Not good and would not order again - Good - onion rings (always crispy), corn dog (always tasty), breakfast toaster, tator tots (love tator tots but I have had better), popcorn chicken, burritos, cinnabon cinnasnacks, burgers (Wendy's baconator is better), and crispy chicken sandwich (this can be iffy at times, hit or miss with it sometimes being overdone and sometimes fat in it - yuck). Great - cherry limeade, shakes (we have liked all of ours - we have ordered the peanut butter ones, oreo, etc.), fried oreos (they did have them but it doesn't look like they offer them anymore online but those were great), french toast sticks, and pretzel twists (the best pretzels out of anywhere I have had them and I am not a fan of pretzels until these, plus make sure you get the cheese sauce with them). They have good honey mustard as well. We always go to one of the drive-thru spaces. They do have a drive-thru window you can go to though. They also have a walk-up ordering station near the kids play area (it is an outside area which is great for families). They have benches/tables where the kids play area is. We have ordered over there before a couple of years ago. We frequent here at least once a month at this Sonic location. ALSO, Sonic ice is the best ice! I love it. I keep a bag in my freezer. Nothing is better...

Visited this “establishment” last night and sat in the drive threw with zero cars ahead of me for at least 15 minutes. There was two workers talking in the parking lot and when the one left, the other went inside and I could see him pointing at my truck to the workers inside as if to say “you guys know that truck has been there for a minute now” (mind you I could see the highschool party happening inside, there were at least 3 different workers that looked at me through their glass door at their drive through window, they laughed and carried on and let me sit there) well apparently they didn’t care about what that man said because I STILL waited another 5 or so minutes before the lazy sonic drive threw window worker took my order. Could not believe my eyes when I realized the man that went in after BS’ing with the other employee in the parking lot WAS THE OWNER. The owner is infamous for many reasons in this town so it doesn’t surprise me one bit. 15 minutes for ONE SINGLE DRINK. Next time my wife is thirsty, I think we’ll make the drive to Flint, MI for some of their water, I’m positive the experience will be better...