Sonnys BBQ - Palm Coast (FL)

5 /5 dietmar doehring: Ive been eating at Sonnys since I can remember, but for some reason theyve all closed where I live so when I come through Florida, I always stop by this trip I did it again. We had the smoke wings for an appetizer, it took a long time, but well worth the wait. Nice crispy crunch on the skins. I swear Id come back here just for the wings. I think these are some of the best St. Louis style ribs that are out there and Ive eaten at every barbecue joint you can think of driving down the backroads in the South, I love a good rib, and for a chain these guys are spot on every time and I love their barbecue sauces. The smoked chicken is amazingly tender, juicy and flavorful as well. Their sides are as good as well. I always get the fried okra. The service is always with a smile. I love the new restaurant style. They have a full bar now.

1 /5 Anita D: After waiting in the Drive-Thru to pick up my food for over 30 minutes my food is cold chewy theres hardly any brisket on this sandwich, and I didnt get a straw for my drink. I ordered online and my food was supposed to be ready at 8:37 p.m.. I went through the drive-thru and as a bonus ordered a dessert item to go with my food thinking I could pick up my food at the window since its already almost ready. But Apparently now you can order at the window and sit there for 20 minutes and wait for your food because thats what happened with the two cars in front of me. Meanwhile my food is sitting in the restaurant getting cold. I understand you guys were getting close to closing and you didnt hand me my food until 9:00. But basically I paid for cold chewy bread a few bites of meat some hard cheese curds a big icy cup of lemonade that I cant drink without a straw while driving, and enough barbecue sauce to share with the neighborhood. At least my dog appreciated the cold greasy cheese curds. As you can see in the pictures there wasnt even enough meat for all of this bread So disappointed! The dessert... Had so much hope for peach cobbler egg rolls but one of them was half empty and cooked open in the grease. Gross

5 /5 Foundations Logic (Travis): Sad but good...........Growing up in Florida in the early 2000s this was one of my favorite places to eat. Salad bar, soup bar, deviled eggs, ribs, etc. We were on vacation in Florida about 2 weeks ago and just so happen to see the sign on I-95 so we had to stop. The food was great just like I remember. But no more salad bar.......sad day. Still great BBQ and would go back in a heartbeat.

1 /5 Chelsie: Don’t bother wasting your time eating here. Especially if you don’t want to get sick. I hate to leave a bad review but it’s necessary in this case. I’m not sure what has changed at your location in the last few months but from other reviews listed it seems like you have been going downhill fast over the last few months. I’m not going to speculate if it’s staff or management because I haven’t been able to talk to anyone there even after calling multiple times and being placed on a 5-7 min hold each time. But nonetheless, I went through the drive -thru Monday night around 745 where we were behind just two cars. After 20 minutes we finally made it to the speaker to order and placed an order for a pulled pork plate with fries and Mac and a kids grilled cheese with fries. I would have went inside to avoid the long wait but unfortunately I had sleeping kids in my car. After placing the order we waited another 20-30 minutes to get to the window to get our food where we were told that they were out of pulled pork ( by the way the last 2 times we have ate inside we have been told the same thing, not sure how a popular BBQ place never has enough pulled pork on hand ) I’m assuming it was a manager at the window apologized and offered any substitutes for no extra charge ( so he was atleast trying to help ). After deciding on pulled chicken we were given our food and some complementary cookies. Cool. That was nice. This is where it gets concerning. We get home and the fries are all as hard as a brick. The grilled cheese is burnt. My daughter ate her pulled chicken that night and a few hours later developed severe stomach pains and diarrhea. I didn’t pinpoint it to the pulled chicken so the following day she ate her leftovers and again within hours had cramps and diarrhea again. Then within no time she was also throwing up. Then shortly after felt better. Never ran a fever or anything, no other symptoms. OBVIOUSLY from the disgusting food they had served us. I truly don’t appreciate paying almost $40 and waiting 40 minutes for food that is going to make my kid sick and also not feed my other kid because the fries were so old and grilled cheese so burnt. I work in the industry so I did not want to call and complain over the quality of our food because I know not all places have as high of a standard for quality of their food as other places so I figured it was just a lesson learned and I won’t be back. But after my daughter got sick I wanted to alert the manager at least in hopes that they would care and be more cautious of their food safety. Upon calling three different times I was placed on hold for 5-7 minutes each time even after asking to talk to a manager. When coming to place a review I noticed all the other one star reviews from recently and it seems like you have some issues going on. We will not be back. Such a shame, Sonny’s use to be a nice restaurant to visit but if you’re reading this review to determine if you should go there to eat I would say that’s a HARD PASS. Take your money elsewhere. You are literally better off going across the street to Chicfila for better quality food and overall experience.