Sonic Drive-In

DeKalb, IL · Fast food restaurant

Rating
3.5/5
★★★★☆ 3.5
Reviews
20
Rank in DeKalb
#43
of 94 restaurants
City Percentile
25%
rating percentile

Sonic Drive-In is a restaurant located in DeKalb, IL. It is one of 94 restaurants listed in DeKalb. Its 3.5-star rating is slightly below the DeKalb city average of 4.1 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 Dekalb, IL. We did it by sticking to what made drive-ins so popular in the first place:... More

Hours

Saturday7 AM–
Sunday7 AM–11 PM
Monday7 AM–11 PM
Tuesday7 AM–11 PM
Wednesday7 AM–11 PM
Thursday7 AM–11 PM
Friday7 AM–

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Joshua Baker · Feb 2026

worst time ever at sonic 2/22/26 5:38 pm we got here and when we order this lady comes out and she seems so ignorant once it gets to the drinks she gets all sassy because we misheard her and she was rushing us this whole time nobody was in here but us and drive thru was already covered, and I felt unsafe eating the food because in the kitchen her and her friend it looked like, they were laughing a little too hard before giving us our food. I have been to sonic for years and this has never happened ever I cant believe it to be honest sonic went from 5 stars to one for me.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Tabby Sharp · Feb 2026

I don’t leave reviews often but my experience was so awful it felt necessary. Staff was rude and my drink tasted like battery acid. I’m assuming the sprite ran out of syrup I had to dump it out. My husband got a lemonade based drink and it was so extremely sweet he also could not drink his. Very disappointing as we only came for drinks this was a complete waste of money as nothing was able to be consumed. I noticed a review for the same time we went 2/22 at 5:00pm. This seems to be an issue with the staff on but I know I’ll never be returning.

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Matthew Bromeland · Feb 2026

First time here. My wife wanted me to try it. Dr Pepper slushy was very disappointing😒👎 The food was average. The employee was very nice & seemed to be the only person working. I felt bad for him. Hopefully more items will be available next time🤞

★★★★☆ 4.0 Melissa Pizano · Oct 2025

Our order was quick, only a drink was forgotten but we dined in so we easily asked for it at the counter. Very generous on the condiments. Clean all around. Staff was courteous.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Mia Benavides · Dec 2025

Horrible experience. We went today at 8:40pm and ordered 3 shakes. The lady that was passing us our drinks didn’t hand the shake to us properly which led to us having to grip the cup and the cup broke and shake went all over the place. She remade the shake but made sure to let us know that “You poked a hole in the cup when you grabbed it so you messed up the shake and not me”

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Outdoor Seating ✓ No Contact Delivery ✓ Delivery ✓ Drive Through ✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Dine In ✓ Breakfast ✓ Lunch ✓ Dinner ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Coffee ✓ Late Night Food

Services

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