Sonic Drive-In

Independence, MO · Fast food restaurant

Rating
3.6/5
★★★★☆ 3.6
Reviews
20
Rank in Independence
#89
of 219 restaurants
City Percentile
27%
rating percentile

Sonic Drive-In is a restaurant located in Independence, MO. It is one of 219 restaurants listed in Independence. Its 3.6-star rating is slightly below the Independence city average of 4.0 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 Independence, MO. We did it by sticking to what made drive-ins so popular in the first place:... More

Hours

Saturday7 AM–2 AM

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Seth J · Jan 2026

This location should not have re-opened. On the date of 01/29/2026 at 7:30pm I ordered two items: A jr double cheeseburger and a chili wrap which I intended to share with my child. On the second bite of the chili wrap I bit into a hard bread tag and had to spit it out. This is a serious food safety issue, especially considering I was about to pass it to my child. So it is a food safety incident that nearly involved a child. Im amazed this location is still open - Make sure you check your food thoroughly as this could have killed a small child. I will be contacting corporate and the Department of Health and Senior Services in Missouri.

★★★★★ 5.0 Courtney Lindsay · Oct 2025

Shoutout to my carhop Jessica. She was really nice to myself and others that I saw her encounter. My food was made correctly ( I always add extras) and it was fresh and hot. Great customer service is hard to find nowadays but she was exceptionally nice! I am having a hard day today and seeing nice people like her gives me hope in this world. I hope she will see this comment!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 justin · Nov 2025

My mom ordered two corn dogs and both were burnt and looked disgusting, one didn’t even have a top half. How do you package something like this? Do your job and throw it away and get one that is suitable for the customer. 😕

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Dave Babcock · Jan 2026

TLDR: food missing, food made wrong, long wait, cold burger. Won't return. I dont eat much sonic, but I was pretty interested in trying this location since it reopened a couple of months ago after being closed for over a year due to a car crash into the building. I assumed that, like most restaurants that have only been open a few months where all staff have been recently trained, everything would go smoothly and the food would be hot and fresh. This is not the case. I ordered ahead on the app and showed up a few minutes before my estimated pick up time. I pulled into pick up spot #15. The other pick up spots around me had cars parked in them but no one inside the car so I assume staff is using this for parking for whatever reason. I ordered a burger, fries, and a small chicken bite wit

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Hercules United Morgan · Feb 2026

I ordered ten bacon toasters some how they made them all sausage how does that happen not one was bacon everyone was sausage

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom

Services

Fast food restaurantAmerican restaurantBreakfast restaurantChicken restaurantDelivery serviceHamburger restaurantHot dog restaurantHot dog standIce cream shopRestaurant

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