Sonny’s BBQ

Average BBQ for an average price. Nothing spectacular but not bad either. I was a little disappointed by the brisket and the beans. Had the corn bites appetizer and they were very good. I’d say if your close give it a try, if not I’d pass.

I had the smoking gun sandwich. Red onions disagree with me so i had it without. Beans are nothing to write home about. But the meats themselves are quite good. What makes this place worth visiting is their sauces. Four are on every tables and some combination of them is sure to please even a picky eater.
Also had the redneck spring roll. Might be wrong on the name there but is was brisket inside a fried roll cut at an angle. It was amazing.
The sweet tea was good, but I could pass on it after the first glass. Not bad, just not achingly sweet like I prefer. That way the ice doesn’t dilute it as much.
All in all I would eat there again. Wait staff was friendly and my server was very nice.

This is a quaint little place. Well, maybe it’s not really little, but I really got the feeling that it is a Mom & Pop, one-​of-​a-​kind place. (If it isn’t, well good for them, because it seems like it is. I’m not from Charlotte, so I wouldn’t know about the kind of chains in the area.)
I was there for lunch, and as such, ordered off of the Lunch menu. For what I paid, I got so much food. I of course ordered the brisket, you can’t go to a place like this, and not get the brisket! And let me tell you, it was great. There were a number of BBQ sauces available to try. There was one listed as hot (or something along those lines — don’t quite remember), but it did not taste as hot as the other one labeled some sort of less hot than that one (Geez, I hope that sentence made sense.) The supposedly hotter one, just had a taped on lablel saying that it was hotter. Quite peculiar, but both sauce options were still good nonetheless.
The service was a little slower than my liking, but I’m not completely upset about that. The server was friendly to us.

This was a very generic BBQ eatery, I cannot call it a restaurant. The burger was super thin on one side and the other was like a McDonald’s patty. The fries on both orders were over cooked. As for the dry rubbed ribs, they tasted like industrial commercial grade prepackaged grub – the greens beans were mushy and I’d say tasteless – but there was a taste of something??? Giving 1-​star because our server was super sweet. Never ever going back.

This place had very slow service not only did we wait 40 minutes to get our meal, when we did, the bbq meat was super dry and absolutely no flavor thank goodness I had my sprite to help me down it all!!! I reccomend going down the street to Macs Speed shop if you guys want real BBQ

I was really craving BBQ, too bad it comes with a side of sexual harassment. After that I was then barred from the establishment. Oh well.

Really crappy management that lets people get sexually harassed and then fires them for reporting it. Don’t eat here!!!

Repeat after me. Sexual harassment and FIRING A WORKER is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Firing someone for reporting sexual harassment is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
Not clear enough? Don’t condone sexual harassment!

I love BBQ but if this is how you treat your your female with workers I won’t eat.

Came here and got my ass grabbed. Do not recommend. Much better BBQ in town. So go thee instead. Unless you’re into that kind of thing.

Given the audio recording of management, the owner and a human resources representative for this chain discounting and devaluing an employee immediately prior to firing her (illegally at that) — I refuse to contribute to the funds this franchise will undoubtedly be paying to Lauren Jones. Furthermore, I wouldn’t want to be seen on the property as a female.
Let ‘em go as bankrupt as their morals and business ethics are: North Carolina prefers Dickey’s BBQ anyway — It’s better.

If you love sexual harassment and like to support serial predators, come on down to Sonny’s where they make an entire culture of it!
Ooops, I said this was good for groups below but meant to say this place was good for gropes!

I visited NC and thought this place was disgusting, I sure was right!
Heyyy Tubel,
You’re a man of no honor, a coward, and someone should slap the hell out of your mother.
So basically, ‘you’re going to have to do what you need to and we’re going to do what we need to do…‘
and thats to drive down the street to Macs Speed Shop (delicious bbq) & or Mckoys Smokehouse and Saloon (delicious bbq).
I dont do business with business owners who support sexual harassment.

Love Sonny’s but not when roaches are crawling on the table! I have a photo but not sure how to upload. Decided to go elsewhere.

Franchise chain BBQ
Food was OK at best, as expected for a chain
Waitress was terrible, never asked how I would like my ribs, then we she walked by a minute later, I asked for dry rubbed ribs and I got the worst body language and look imaginable.
Place was not busy and I got the young waitress, older gal waitressing others was very outgoing and seemed to be working very hard.
Mark one up to the younger generation not wanting to work!

I got the sampler and they both got the lunch portion dry rub ribs.
Service was great! Restaurant was clean-​ish.
The macaroni and cheese was disgusting!
Coleslaw was okay. Brisket was dry, chicken was dry, the dry rub ribs were pretty good. Cornbread was good.
I wouldn’t really go here again. I don’t think. The salad bar looked decent, should’ve went with salad and a brownie lol.

I drove past this place on almost a daily basis for a couple years. Boyfriend and I were looking for cheap and nearby food, unfortunately that is about all we found.
We were pleasantly surprised when we walked in because the hostess happily and genuinely enthusiastically greeted us. However, when she tried to seat us at 5:52 a server in the empty section she was trying to seat us in curtly informed her she was not on until 6:00. After a little backtracking and scrambling the polite hostess was able to find a seat for us.
The boyfriend ordered the Sonny’s Sampler and I ordered the brisket and then we waited, and waited. We watched as other people (who arrived after us) received their food and then waited some more. When our food finally arrived it was a disappointment. My brisket was completely dry, as was the cornbread. I tried everything on the sample platter and again everything was exceedingly dry, except for the ribs. The ribs were actually great and we might return to have them for the all you can eat special. However we tried a variety of options and the ribs were the only tasty bit of the meal.
The price was fair, the establishment was clean and some of the sauces were tasty but we wouldn’t return for anything except to try the ribs again.

I order the pulled pork sandwich, I have always loved Sonny’s BBQ will eat this over Jim’s and Nicks BBQ any day. I’m from the deep south and this is pretty much how we do our BBQ not the NC vinegar way. The customer was great the waitress was welcoming and super nice.

It’s Sonny’s. It’s chain BBQ. It’s A-​OK.
I have been coming to this Sonny’s off and on for 16 years (I work close by). Their all-​you-​can-​eat pork special is partly responsible for me being a big fat fatty. Some days are better than others for the fare, but the service has always been top notch. Folks here have always been friendly and helpful.
I recently discovered their Redneck Egg Rolls. An egg roll stuffed with pork, slaw and cheese, served with a smoky ranch. Yes, please. Delicious. Seriously. The egg roll is mostly meat, which hardly ever happens. And MUCH better than the similar item that I had at a snootier hipster place in Charlotte. The corn nuggets have a description that makes them sound a bit iffy, but I enjoy those as well — they’re different and satisfy a salty sweet craving, if you have one.
The garlic bread is good, and the corn bread is flavored well, though a bit crumbly and messy. Mac and cheese is fine, green beans are flavored with pork (the way Jeebus intended them to be), fries are crinkle cut and standard, slaw is yummy. I really haven’t had any of the sides that I hated, but none are OHMYDOG delicious.
And for the meat. oh, the meat… all of us girls want good meat. It’s fine. It’s not going to be the best BBQ that you have ever had. It’s good enough. Served as ordered, in relatively good portions.
The bonus for this location is their drive thru. You can pull up and order something easy for a quick wait, or you can call ahead for a takeout and pick it up at the drive thru.

Holy Moly Freeholy (if I spelled that correctly) The food here is great! My Fiancé suggested we grab dinner here… To-​Go order. I placed our order around 8:50PM, to my surprise everything was ready within 5mins. Our food was piping HOT! I am very impressed with their website, prices are listed… easy to navigate. We both had the Pulled Pork Plated dinner, which rocked my socks! the Mac and Cheese is Meh… not the best. However their Cole slaw and corn muffins are perfection.