Sonic Drive-In
Ellicott City, MD · Fast food restaurant
- Address
- Sonic Drive-In, 10160 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042
- Phone
- (410) 988-5663
- Website
- www.sonicdrivein.com/locations/us/md/ellicott-city/10160-baltimore-national-pike/store-6403?utm_source=google-my-business&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=website-link&y_source=1_MjAzMzg1OTE3OS03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D
- Status
- Closed · Opens 10 AM
Sonic Drive-In is a restaurant located in Ellicott City, MD. It is one of 199 restaurants listed in Ellicott City. Its 3.8-star rating is slightly below the Ellicott City city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
About Sonic Drive-In
For more than 60 years, SONIC, America’s Drive-In has built the ultimate dining experience with our drive-in restaurants and we proudly serve our guests in Ellicott City, MD. We did it by sticking to what made drive-ins so popular in the first place:... More
Hours
| Saturday | 10 AM– |
Customer Reviews
Service is slow. The coney cheese was stuck to the wrapper and we had no flatware. The food did not seem to be as good as last time were here. Even so, we enjoyed our lunch. We never eat in the car (a car is not a dining room), so we like that we can go inside here. However, it is barren.
I have lived in the area for a while and have unfortunately been witness to this location's decline. It used to be great! These days, food is still pretty good but they are always understaffed. It's to the point where only the drive through is open and even that is pretty slow. The inside stays locked and they don't let you order through the screens anymore. Unfortunately I can't get my truck through the drive through. Would like to keep visiting this location but it looks like I don't have a choice in the matter. Quick shout out to the employees that man the store. Even understaffed, nearly every encounter I've had they've had a really great attitude with me and made some exceptions for me last summer so thank you very much
For my 1st visit I'm impressed with only 2 workers in the time from order to the time to fresh hot food I had no issues even on a Saturday morning better than I expected. With 2 orders of fries . onion rings . mozzarella sticks. And Breakfast Toaster . Thumbs up service speed and quality . I can only speak for my experience
I ordered a Medium cookie dough Blast, I was given a medium Blast, I was charged for a large Blast. Whatever, there was a car behind me so I make peace with my missing dollar. I pulled out and opened my blast, and it was an entire cup of soft serve yogurt with 15 pieces of cookie dough sprinkled on top. There were no pieces mixed in, nothing below the surface. I couldn’t even ratio one cookie dough ball for each bite. The same order used to leave me with left over cookie dough. This was a $7 soft serve yogurt. If you are out of cookie dough, say something and I’ll choose another flavor. If the cookie dough import tariffs are cutting your margins too thin, tell me and I’ll pay for an extra scoop or two. I was very disappointed.
Terrible service for mediocre food - and that's only when they actually decide to serve you. Recently pulled up into a parking spot in the afternoon and upon hitting the button and waiting like five minutes, got told "We aren't taking orders because we have too many mobile orders." Not the first this has happened to me either, and ended up making me waste 30 minutes of my day going out to the location and having to drive back with nothing. If you can't take the time to take a single order for a single drink from a person who is actually physically at your location, you're in the wrong dang business. Absolutely deplorable service. Even when you do get served, it's incredibly slow service for mid-tier food on top of the terrible service. My advice for anyone interested in going here? Don'
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