Sonic Drive-In — Restaurant in Henryetta

Sonic 4th of July Experience – A Firework Fizzle

It was the 4th of July, and the night sky had just turned dark while fireworks started lighting it up like magic. Feeling the mood, I got a craving for a strawberry shake, so I headed to Sonic. It was just after 5:00 PM—prime time for those half-price drinks. Or so I thought.

But standing there, I had a change of heart. I decided to try something new—something I usually avoid because, well, that’s when karma shows up and ruins everything. Still, I figured I’d play it safe by locking in my usual strawberry shake, then ventured into uncharted territory with their "$1 Smasher" and a Route 44 Dragon Blood Red Bull. I saw both items on the app and figured, why not?

Then the bill came—$14 and change. Wait, what? Both items rang up at full price, even though they were advertised as deals. Nothing in the app explained it clearly, and the Sonic worker at the menu screen wasn't much help either. He just said, “Sorry, the half-price drinks end at 5 PM and we haven’t had a dollar smasher promo in a while.” I had literally just read it on the app. But I wasn’t about to argue. First time trying it, so I chalked it up to experience.

I opened up the Sonic bag, which felt way too big for what I ordered. Turns out, that "smasher" I was excited for was nothing but a lonely smashed patty with a hard crust and just cheese. No toppings. No flavor. For $6.59, I was expecting something better. You won't catch me smashing back to Sonic anytime soon to repurchase that disappointment.

Later, I told my son about the smasher. He goes, “Those are the bomb, huh?” “No,” I said. “They are not the bomb. It's just meat and cheese.” But he did get excited when I told him I ordered the Dragon Blood Route 44 with Red Bull. “Yeah, those are good,” he said. And honestly, he was right about that.

As I got out of the car to head inside, I heard a firecracker go off—one of those whistling ones. And I’m jumpy by nature, so I followed the sound with my eyes. In my hand was my drink, and I had already swapped in one of those thick shake straws just in case it turned out to be a good one. I took a sip… and wow. It was so good.

Right then, a firework exploded overhead. Startled, my body flinched—and like most moments when karma strikes, the drink flew right out of my hand and landed in the front yard. A full 44 oz of delicious gone in a flash. And nope, I wasn’t about to drive back and try to explain that to Sonic.

While I don't blame Sonic, I had the jumpies, standing on the front sidewalk. I At this point did feel that the burger itself was the too much hype for the little bitty. Nothing. Just some hard burnt or crispy trim. The bread was decent but just mayonnaise and cheese. It's about life, surprises, and $14 mistakes. Lesson learned. And by the way, are there any other twitchers out there who jump at every loud noise like me? Apparently, I’m that guy. And apparently, that burger wasn’t new either—my son says he tried it a while ago. So I guess I missed the...

The Sonic in Henryetta, OK is the absolute worst Sonic I’ve ever been to. Half of our order was missing, & the staff looked completely lost wandering around inside, & never brought out the rest of our order. I watched them lifting lids on drinks & staring at receipts for extended periods of time, & still taking people the wrong orders & having to return inside to find the correct ones. They all looked like they were stoned, or like there wasn’t much going on upstairs. One of the employees left in an obnoxiously loud truck & kept revving the engine then returned with bags of ice & revved his engine again for a few minutes then started working on it in a stall. Update: the food we did receive was terrible. I ordered a chicken fried steak sandwich, & it was tough & only topped with a small handful of browning lettuce. My father-in-law got a foot long coney, & the hot dog was burnt to a crisp. Idk what the rest of our order would’ve been like because we never...

The Sonic in Henryetta is excellence customer service excellence when it comes to their iced coffees pop and coffee and Specialty drinks are so expensive as it is and when you buy a large coffee for example and you pay two or three dollars for that drink you're lucky to get 4 slurps out of it or 4 swallows out of it and it seemed to me that I need to cut back on the ice when it comes to those drinks and I've asked for it I've been told sometimes they can't do that I have actually gotten easy on the ice I've asked for half ice was told couldn't do that I went to other Sonic's and got that if I asked for easy on the ice we got easy alive no I forgot sorry faces I just lazy and don't want to do some lose a few pennies. When it comes to good service good customers I need some prices you want...