Sonny's Real Pit BBQ

I really loved the all you can eat babies and the great service. The price were a great value!!

Pros: loved the ayce baby backs

Cons: none

Posted 10/19/09

One of the best dining experiences i have had in a long time. The server was very attentive and was quick on the refills. I had the baby back ribs combo which were even better than my father smokes!! And if that wasent enough the deserts were out of this world. Try the peach cobbler. Anyway thats that and try sonny's for a great dining experience!

Pros: Good food, cheap, great service, Try the corn nuggets!

Cons: Big portions means your full before desert.

Posted 10/19/09

Like that it was a friendly atmosphere. The server came back to fill our tea even though we didn't ask. My friend had the new grilled chicken with a bunch of toppings and we shared some of those corn nuggets which should be a dessert! I had the pulled pork on the garlic bread, Wow! I'll be back!

Pros: It was SO good - sweet sauce was perfect

Cons: My appetite wasn't big enough

Posted 10/12/09

Had the BBQ chicken sandwich at the Cobb Pkwy restaurant. It was delicious, the manager came and greeted our table. I thought customer service was dead...not the case at this Sonny's restaurant.

Pros: Delish

Posted 09/01/09

No, it's not the best barbecue in the world. But, especially for a chain, Sonny's delivers. A barbecue beef sandwich, with the sweet sauce and some cole slaw, french fries and a big 'ol Coke and I'm a happy camper. What's with all these barbecue snobs???

Pros: reliably good food, parking

Posted 01/04/04

Worst imitation BBQ ever! If you love BBQ, DO NOT STOP HERE! Have tried it twice, both times the meat was too dry, with little flavor. Sauce is only mediocre at best. The sides do not raise the rating any at all. I call this imitation BBQ because it is tastes more like baked meat rather than slow roasted.

Posted 08/10/03

whoever put sonny's barbeque (a chain mind you) as a top ten barbeque joint needs to have there taste buds removed. Here is an idea Rib Shack in buckhead. You know the place right next door to an apparent top ten outdoor place to eat. How intermezzo didn't make that list is rather interesting. Anyway by putting Sonny's on the top ten list, this city guide has demonstrated its worth. The listings on these guides is horrid. You really need someone with taste evaluating. I will give you a couple hints. An interesting approach to Ice cream = Jakes. Coffee and dessert = cafe intermezzo. A little unknown place and one of the best restaurants in Atlanta "OSCARS!!!!" Further for a unique stylish approach to southwestern cuisine not to mention a Kickin Margarita you gotta go agauve all the way.

Cons: terrible area, decent saladbar, Horrible barbeque

Posted 07/05/03

To put Sonny's in the classification of Atlanta's Best Q is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a black velvet Elvis. Sorry but Sonny's is NOT Bar-B-Q.

Posted 07/05/03

This is one of my hometowns outstanding barbeque resturants. The atmosphere is great for down home barbeuqe. Love the ribs,chicken and beef and love the sauce. Cant get no better in my hometown in FL. havent been there for years but if I want brbque I go there. Prices are great and cole slaw is good. Their sandwiches are great as well even though the meat is dry the sauce makes up for it! Love Sonnys real pit barbeque. USed to go there all the time.

Pros: Inexpensive, Good parking, Service

Cons: Meat is a little dry

Posted 06/04/03

The ribs have little meat on them, but what is there is OK. The sliced pork has most recently been overcooked and dry -- resulting in having to overuse an average BBQ sauce to moisten them. The last few times I've have the chicken the dark meat was fine, but the white meat was dry and overcooked. The atmosphere is normal for a BBQ place -- rustic, wooden table and chairs/benches. They're located througout the Atlanta area and provide consistently average food. Try Pappy Red's, Slopes or Williams Bros for better ribs and pork.

Cons: overcooked, meatless ribs, dry chicken

Posted 04/11/03

I love their pulled pork, and my husband loves their sliced pork. The sauces are great, and you get a lot for your money. We eat there at least once a week!

Posted 03/06/03

Good ribs and chicken. Nice variety of sauces. Servings are nice size, however, servings could be a little hotter.

Pros: good taste, good servings sizes, good atmosphere

Cons: hotter servings

Posted 01/12/03

Sonny's used to be a great value. The Bar-B-Q specials gave you plenty of good food. However, in the last year or so, something happened. You are served less food and the prices are higher. The Pork Bar-B-Q is very fatty and doesn't have the great flavor as it once did. I've stopped eating there.

Pros: Good Parking, Seated quickly, Good Service

Cons: Poor food quality, Too expensive

Posted 01/09/03

I have tried several BBQ restaurants in the southeast area, but I have never found anything that taste better than Sonny's. Plus for the price and quantity and overall service is great. I highly recommend to anyone who loves BBQ!

Pros: Inexpensive, large quantity, great taste

Cons: ambience, crowded, more parking space

Posted 01/08/03

I am there almost every Saturday. Their ribs and chicken is delicious. And the baked beans are the best. And the tea is wonderful.

Pros: Good food

Posted 01/08/03

Pitiful excuse for Southern Barbecue. I wouldn't feed it to a dog! How do they survive as a chain? I guess enough people from up north moved south and don't understand what real barbecue and stew are all about. Every barbecue establishment in Franklin, Stephens, Hart and Madison county serve better viddles. And I wouldn't be seen in a couple of them.

Pros: there are none, good parking-yuk!

Cons: awful food

Posted 01/08/03

Sauces were pumped up to be sweet, sour and hot/spicy, but the base is what really needs work -- it is very blah with a hint of bitterness. The smokehouse meats, although tasted fine, were very dry.....yet preferable to attempting to add any more of Sonny's sauces.

Pros: Good service, moderate price, easy access

Cons: meat like shoe soles, sauces no good, what else is there

Posted 01/08/03

Sonny's may serve meat cooked in a bar-b-que style, but it is no-where near genuine Atlanta bbq. The meat is sliced and dry and the sauces are too think, too sweet and have too much of a tomato base. Atlanta (and Georgia) bbq is chopped, shredded, or sliced much thinner than theirs, and is loaded with a loose, non-sweet vinegar base. In my family, Sonny's is not even considered a bbq restaurant.

Posted 01/08/03

Not barbeque at all. Pork not chopped. Ribs unimaginative. Service quite good.

Posted 01/08/03

If you like barbwure in a bucket. This is NO PLACE for barbque. It is NOT a true barbque restaurant!! Only NON southren people call this place a good restaurant!!

Posted 11/26/02

Sonny's is not bar-be-que. Sad but True...it takes a lot to be real Southern, and Georgia Bar-be-que and Sonny's just doesn't have it. It's prefab and that's not cutting it. Sonny's is just for Northerns, and others who just don't know what real southern bar-be-que really is. Slow cooked, mouth watering, and finger licking. Sonny's is just imatation!!

Posted 10/25/02

I find it hard to believe that some people can be so critical of Sonny's. I have been a Sonny's customer since the '70s and have never been dissapointed with ANY aspect of ANY location.
With 140 plus locations, Sonny's must be doing something right. Sonny's is probably the most successful chain of barbeque restuarants in the country. I question the critics true motives!!!!

Posted 10/25/02

Sonny's barbq is not good. It is not like the good mom and pops barbq or barbq from the hood. there is not a grilled taste or the meat does not fall off the bone. The sauce is not good either!

Posted 10/25/02

Meat is tender but sauce is less than desirable, they are not even sure which sauce is the best that is why they give you so many to choose from.

Pros: service, atmosphere, inexpensive

Cons: bad sauce, average taste

Posted 10/24/02

Sorry folks, this is not the real mccoy. Best bbq is Tommy's in Thomasville, NC. We have driven 4 hours to get the real goods! Sonny's brunswick stew is shameful. It is so sweet, it is sickening! Only ate there once and ONLY once.

Posted 10/02/02