My review is based off delivery. I did not experience the place in person. My review is on the spaghetti. Very pricey for cafeteria quality. I question the bread as it has a weird smell to it. I am not a foodie by any means and being a veteran, I pretty much will eat anything. But this fell short. Be a different story if the plate was half priced. I’m sure the other food is better but I would not recommend the spaghetti.
Diana A
This place has a lot of character... and a bit of a funny smell. It's in what looks like a really old, run-down house, but... that didn't stop us from enjoying the food. The half muffuletta was delicious and large enough for four people! It's served on parmesan crusted bread and filled with the traditional meats, cheese, and olive spread. The cheese fries were pretty good. The menu states that it may take a while to get your food since it is made to order, but it wasn't crowded when we went at lunchtime on a weekday, so it didn't take very long at all. Service was good. What it lacks in ambiance it makes up for in flavor. We would like to go back and try some of the other dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Obaid Syed
Sonny’s Place is one of those classic spots you’re always glad you stopped at. The food is delicious, portions are generous, and everything tastes fresh and full of flavor. The atmosphere has that warm, old-school charm—colorful, inviting, and perfect for relaxing with family or friends. Staff is friendly and the service is fast. Definitely a must-try if you’re in the area. I’ll be coming back for sure!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Travis
Get the muffaletta sandwich
Ronnie Pearson
The atmosphere is exactly what I expected with an old school diner feel, even with the old school smell. Cool looking old school cash register up at the counter. The service was great. The gumbo was not to my liking at all, with maybe 3 dry shrimp and sausage that had tasted like it was warming for days. Very fishy taste and alot of tomatoes. Not my style at all. The muffaletta was was decent and heavy on the olive. I like that but the wife didn't. Over all feel is cool to dine in a place that old but the gumbo needs serious help. Kinda disappointed 😞
Response to I guess the owner. I don't know what your talking about in reference to friends. Just giving a honest review. You can see I rate many places also and I don't care who knows who. I have traveled the world and this is something that I like doing it trying different places. To be honest I had high expectations of this place. Just not much cup of tea. Im sorry you are upset with this review, but if you fix this gumbo I will come by and give you a better review if it's better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Chris Huffman
Always a pleasant experience at Sonny's.Food is always fresh and awesome.
Food: 5
Service: 5
dianetrahant
Don’t order gumbo!!! It is disgusting! Doesn’t taste anything like gumbo: A waste of money. Very disappointing. Junior would be mad!
Lee Hankins
The atmosphere is exactly as one would expect with an old school diner feel. The service was very good and polite. The food was another matter. The gumbo was unpalatable with dusty dry shrimp and sausage that had been in a soup warmer all day. Maybe more than one day. My dining partners muffaletta was rubbery and barely palatable. What a disappointment.
Turds on everything. Avoid
My review is based off delivery. I did not experience the place in person. My review is on the spaghetti. Very pricey for cafeteria quality. I question the bread as it has a weird smell to it. I am not a foodie by any means and being a veteran, I pretty much will eat anything. But this fell short. Be a different story if the plate was half priced. I’m sure the other food is better but I would not recommend the spaghetti.
This place has a lot of character... and a bit of a funny smell. It's in what looks like a really old, run-down house, but... that didn't stop us from enjoying the food. The half muffuletta was delicious and large enough for four people! It's served on parmesan crusted bread and filled with the traditional meats, cheese, and olive spread. The cheese fries were pretty good. The menu states that it may take a while to get your food since it is made to order, but it wasn't crowded when we went at lunchtime on a weekday, so it didn't take very long at all. Service was good. What it lacks in ambiance it makes up for in flavor. We would like to go back and try some of the other dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sonny’s Place is one of those classic spots you’re always glad you stopped at. The food is delicious, portions are generous, and everything tastes fresh and full of flavor. The atmosphere has that warm, old-school charm—colorful, inviting, and perfect for relaxing with family or friends. Staff is friendly and the service is fast. Definitely a must-try if you’re in the area. I’ll be coming back for sure!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Get the muffaletta sandwich
The atmosphere is exactly what I expected with an old school diner feel, even with the old school smell. Cool looking old school cash register up at the counter.
The service was great. The gumbo was not to my liking at all, with maybe 3 dry shrimp and sausage that had tasted like it was warming for days. Very fishy taste and alot of tomatoes. Not my style at all.
The muffaletta was was decent and heavy on the olive. I like that but the wife didn't. Over all feel is cool to dine in a place that old but the gumbo needs serious help.
Kinda disappointed 😞
Response to I guess the owner. I don't know what your talking about in reference to friends. Just giving a honest review. You can see I rate many places also and I don't care who knows who. I have traveled the world and this is something that I like doing it trying different places. To be honest I had high expectations of this place. Just not much cup of tea. Im sorry you are upset with this review, but if you fix this gumbo I will come by and give you a better review if it's better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Always a pleasant experience at Sonny's.Food is always fresh and awesome.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Don’t order gumbo!!! It is disgusting! Doesn’t taste anything like gumbo: A waste of money. Very disappointing. Junior would be mad!
The atmosphere is exactly as one would expect with an old school diner feel.
The service was very good and polite.
The food was another matter. The gumbo was unpalatable with dusty dry shrimp and sausage that had been in a soup warmer all day. Maybe more than one day.
My dining partners muffaletta was rubbery and barely palatable.
What a disappointment.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
Dive bar with great food highly recommend
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Restaurantji Recommends
Horrible atmosphere was going to eat but got and walked out after waitress and owner were talking about our group!
Food was amazing and service was lightning fast and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food. The muffalatta is the best I have ever had. Love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came for the muffaletta. It is the best muffaletta anywhere. Period. It's grilled to perfection, the portion is huge, tastes amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Muffuletta
we just so happened to have stumbled upon this place last min, and man are we happy we did.
everything about this place was great! the atmosphere, the people, the food, the price!
now every time we come back to galveston we are for sure eating here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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