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Sonic Drive-In — Restaurant in Elk River

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Sonic Drive-In
Description
Fast-food burger & fries joint with an old-school feel, including retro drive-in service.
Nearby attractions
Rivers Edge Commons
679 Main St NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Nearby restaurants
New China Dragon
18157 Carson Ct NW Suite G, Elk River, MN 55330
Chipotle Mexican Grill
18201 Carson Ct NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Caribou Coffee
18157 Carson Ct NW Suite A, Elk River, MN 55330
Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks
18150 Zane St NW, Elk River, MN 55330
New Hong Kong Buffet
600 Dodge Ave NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Panera Bread
18210 Zane St NW Ste 102, Elk River, MN 55330
Jimmy John's
18175 Carson Ct NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Domino's Pizza
18157 Carson Ct NW Suite F Ste F, Elk River, MN 55330
KFC
525 Dodge Ave NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Noodles and Company
18130 Zane St NW, Elk River, MN 55330
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Sonic Drive-In
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Sonic Drive-In

229 Carson St NW, Elk River, MN 55330
3.5(1.0K)
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Fast-food burger & fries joint with an old-school feel, including retro drive-in service.

attractions: Rivers Edge Commons, restaurants: New China Dragon, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Caribou Coffee, Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks, New Hong Kong Buffet, Panera Bread, Jimmy John's, Domino's Pizza, KFC, Noodles and Company
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Phone
(763) 404-8284
Website
sonicdrivein.com

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Featured dishes

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Jumbo Popcorn Chicken®
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SuperSONIC® Bacon Double Cheeseburger
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SuperSONIC® Breakfast Burrito
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Jr. Breakfast Burrito
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Mozzarella Sticks
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Limeade

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Nearby attractions of Sonic Drive-In

Rivers Edge Commons

Rivers Edge Commons

Rivers Edge Commons

4.6

(143)

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New China Dragon

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Caribou Coffee

Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks

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Domino's Pizza

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New China Dragon

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Chipotle Mexican Grill

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Brandi MuellerBrandi Mueller
Updaye: Corporate reached out and offered a $10 coupon. That is literally the price sifferenxe in what extra i paid to have 3 double burgers from the singles they gave me. Zero offer to cover cost of messed up slushie, wrong grilled cheese and my melted ice creams. I offerd a compromise at $30 and because its a franchise store they said its up to owner. Zero reply from owner. UPDATE: While i appriciate owner commenting, does nothing to resolve the issue that I paid $75. Husband's sandwich was also wrong. So 3 of my 4 burgers were wrong. My slushie was wrong. And by time I waited my ice creams were half melted. I'd like a refund at this point. Usually no issues here, however tonight I ordered 3 double burgers today and got singles, caught the car hop gentleman, super polite but wasn't sure what to do. Lady they sent out didn't know either. All we asked for was a credit or gift card for the difference or a free burger and slushie for our next visit. Our order was Over $75. I didn't want to wait for remakes being I had ice cream melting. They only would offer to make extra patties so we could assemble our own burgers. Drove away, got almost home and took a sip of my slushie and my watermelon sour patch slush is missing the watermelon part. Instead it's some almost clear slush with very little flavor to it. Was super polite with Staff as I really understand things happen but that's a lot of money spent for nobody to know how to fix an issue they made is rather frustrating.
William J.William J.
I used the restroom at your store, and found the conditions deplorable. How can your staff provide me sanitary food under conditions like this? Some is lack of recent attention, but some is long term neglect. No management should tolerate this. No customer should be expected to. The grey film in the sink shows a sink that hasn't been cleaned well in months (or longer). Every time I come here the food quality seems to be getting worse as well. It took the car hop coming to my car three times to get the complete order that was reflected on my receipts and on the screen when I ordered. We didn't even eat all of the food we order due to the varying quality of different parts of the order. The downward Trend in quality at this location seems to be gaining momentum. I have been coming here for several years, and each time it's incrementally worse. From one time to the next not much of a difference, but over the course of months in years it is a trend that cannot continue if you expect this restaurant to stay in business and present the quality of food that your company expects, and that your customers demand and deserve. *after reading the owner's response, it is clear that he or she is the source of the problem. Clearly the owner didn't bother to read the review in its entirety.
Eric ThompsonEric Thompson
Now the food here didn't taste bad it was just cold, The burger patty was just as cold as sliced tomato and lettuce, The big problem was my daughter got a three-piece tender meal with tater tots and barbecue dipping sauce After we got a few miles away my daughter was very confused wondering why she received two marinara dipping sauces. Now anybody with kids under the age of 10 knows that that if something's messed up like a dipping sauce it ruins their experience. It seems minor but it's hard to explain to a child that was looking forward to chicken fingers with barbecue sauce. Also along with the tots were too old crusty French fries and one burnt onion ring. Unfortunately their food's not good enough to return.
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Updaye: Corporate reached out and offered a $10 coupon. That is literally the price sifferenxe in what extra i paid to have 3 double burgers from the singles they gave me. Zero offer to cover cost of messed up slushie, wrong grilled cheese and my melted ice creams. I offerd a compromise at $30 and because its a franchise store they said its up to owner. Zero reply from owner. UPDATE: While i appriciate owner commenting, does nothing to resolve the issue that I paid $75. Husband's sandwich was also wrong. So 3 of my 4 burgers were wrong. My slushie was wrong. And by time I waited my ice creams were half melted. I'd like a refund at this point. Usually no issues here, however tonight I ordered 3 double burgers today and got singles, caught the car hop gentleman, super polite but wasn't sure what to do. Lady they sent out didn't know either. All we asked for was a credit or gift card for the difference or a free burger and slushie for our next visit. Our order was Over $75. I didn't want to wait for remakes being I had ice cream melting. They only would offer to make extra patties so we could assemble our own burgers. Drove away, got almost home and took a sip of my slushie and my watermelon sour patch slush is missing the watermelon part. Instead it's some almost clear slush with very little flavor to it. Was super polite with Staff as I really understand things happen but that's a lot of money spent for nobody to know how to fix an issue they made is rather frustrating.
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I used the restroom at your store, and found the conditions deplorable. How can your staff provide me sanitary food under conditions like this? Some is lack of recent attention, but some is long term neglect. No management should tolerate this. No customer should be expected to. The grey film in the sink shows a sink that hasn't been cleaned well in months (or longer). Every time I come here the food quality seems to be getting worse as well. It took the car hop coming to my car three times to get the complete order that was reflected on my receipts and on the screen when I ordered. We didn't even eat all of the food we order due to the varying quality of different parts of the order. The downward Trend in quality at this location seems to be gaining momentum. I have been coming here for several years, and each time it's incrementally worse. From one time to the next not much of a difference, but over the course of months in years it is a trend that cannot continue if you expect this restaurant to stay in business and present the quality of food that your company expects, and that your customers demand and deserve. *after reading the owner's response, it is clear that he or she is the source of the problem. Clearly the owner didn't bother to read the review in its entirety.
William J.

William J.

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Now the food here didn't taste bad it was just cold, The burger patty was just as cold as sliced tomato and lettuce, The big problem was my daughter got a three-piece tender meal with tater tots and barbecue dipping sauce After we got a few miles away my daughter was very confused wondering why she received two marinara dipping sauces. Now anybody with kids under the age of 10 knows that that if something's messed up like a dipping sauce it ruins their experience. It seems minor but it's hard to explain to a child that was looking forward to chicken fingers with barbecue sauce. Also along with the tots were too old crusty French fries and one burnt onion ring. Unfortunately their food's not good enough to return.
Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson

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Reviews of Sonic Drive-In

3.5
(1,017)
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1.0
3y

Updaye: Corporate reached out and offered a $10 coupon. That is literally the price sifferenxe in what extra i paid to have 3 double burgers from the singles they gave me. Zero offer to cover cost of messed up slushie, wrong grilled cheese and my melted ice creams. I offerd a compromise at $30 and because its a franchise store they said its up to owner. Zero reply from owner.

UPDATE: While i appriciate owner commenting, does nothing to resolve the issue that I paid $75. Husband's sandwich was also wrong. So 3 of my 4 burgers were wrong. My slushie was wrong. And by time I waited my ice creams were half melted.

I'd like a refund at this point.

Usually no issues here, however tonight I ordered 3 double burgers today and got singles, caught the car hop gentleman, super polite but wasn't sure what to do. Lady they sent out didn't know either. All we asked for was a credit or gift card for the difference or a free burger and slushie for our next visit. Our order was Over $75. I didn't want to wait for remakes being I had ice cream melting. They only would offer to make extra patties so we could assemble our own burgers. Drove away, got almost home and took a sip of my slushie and my watermelon sour patch slush is missing the watermelon part. Instead it's some almost clear slush with very little flavor to it.

Was super polite with Staff as I really understand things happen but that's a lot of money spent for nobody to know how to fix an issue they made is rather...

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1.0
2y

If you are going to have parking spots off or not functioning put up a cone.

Ended up in the drive through. Ordered a combo by number and the person appeared confused on what it was, so I had to confirm what it was... Asked if the foot long chili cheese dog had onions they said no, I asked to have it added and they said sure.

So I left to park somewhere to eat, and of course they forgot the onions. Tater tots were old and not hot. Onion rings were over fried dead (sweet no onion taste) and for a large order for $6 and some change you get like 10-12...

Just another idea if you sell a chili cheese dog please give more than 2 napkins...just an idea.

Also to add not sure why but they were delivering food to the car behind me and I was at the window...I don't care if the car behind me ordered from the app, let them wait till they get to the window by the 2nd trip out to them they said my food was coming up ( and mind you the car behind me couldn't get around me to leave so how did this make anything faster)... How about you focus on the current meal at the window since multi-tasking and order confirmation are apparently hard enough already.

For almost $18 it was not worth it. Thank you for reminding me why I had not been there for 3 years. My wife was correct, I would regret giving them another chance but I had read an article saying they had the best fastfood Onion rings... Well...

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2.0
3y

Just spent over 30 minutes trying to get a chili dog combo meal. First I pulled up to one of the drive up car hop ordering machines. Place my order then they tell me they can't do my order there so I need to go through the drive thru. So I drive around to the drive thru and place my order again. I'm stuck behind 2 cars that it takes them 15 minutes to get their food. I finally get to the window and pay and they do not give me a receipt and hand me my bag of food. I drive back around to the car hop spot to eat my food and they gave me the wrong food. It was obviously not a chili dog when it's round and wrapped in foil. Now I have to go back through the drive thru and there are 6 cars in line. I tell them I did not get my chili dog but something else. I hadn't unwrapped it because it was obviously not a chili dog but they wanted to know what it was so I had to unwrap it. They said they'd take care of it at the window. Now another 15 minutes later I get to the window and they don't know what I want. I finally get my chili dog. No apology, no sorry for the mix up or the wait, nothing! Not even a napkin to go with the chili dog! Worst service ever. I wouldn't have even gone there but there's no other fast food place in elk river that has chili dogs and cherry limeade. It will be a long time before I go back...

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