McDonald's is nothing like it is used to be.

but 10 years ago you would get a cheese quarter ponder and enjoy every minute

Nope. Didn’t enjoy 30sec 10 years ago and still don’t. Occasionally it’s literally the only ‘meal’ food available on long road trips so I have it in these instances and it’s just as vile as it’s always been. I’m in Australia though, maybe we just went on the downside decades before you?

I miss the days of the Rack...

Does anyone remember that?

You'd go in when it was a bit quiet, get to the till and you could see what was ready and waiting on the warming rack..
If you ordered what was there, you'd be out of there and munching within minutes. 🤣

Why'd they get rid of the Rack?
The waits are always so long now. I do appreciate table service though.

For the first time ever last year the chips tasted different and I thought ‘ah here we go!’ and then back to normal! Personally still love it (but we haven’t gone for a long while as cost has gone up)

We are having a maccies for tea tonight. The first one since they changed their buns.

i have a strong suspicion warbutons are supplying them with their vegan brioche burger buns. Which are absolutely vile, like a cake but with a study bread texture.

I made homemade burgers with them and nobody ate the buns, reminded me of when I had a novelty burger at one of those BBQ places, and the bun was a crispy krem doughnut

It has always been disgusting food for lazy people

Their breakfasts are still 👌 but I'm not overly impressed with the rest of it any longer.

BK is better but ridiculously expensive, I can't stand the taste of five guys.

Philip the Fish! Best thing I've read on Mumsnet for ages.

I love a McDonalds sausage and egg McMuffin. And the occasional nuggets or quarter pounder. All tastes fine to me, but there's huge snobbery about eating McDonalds food which I find ridiculous. A sugary latte and a big fat muffin in a coffee shop is no better for you.

Officially calling it Philip for ever more!

And it's really slow because of all the Just Eat deliveries they do.

Heaven knows why anyone could eat a sweaty, take away McDonald's from the back of a bike. The joy of it is that it's piping hot.
Cold , rubbery flaccid, fried potato starch anyone? Bleurgh 🤢

Think I agree in that it's soooo expensive now.

I used to take my kids for a treat when they were little but now I'd rather take them to a proper restaurant where they can have the same stuff at only a little more cost and it be actually proper food.

I used to love McDonald's but had two burgers over the last couple of weeks and noticed a distinct change in taste - I think it's the great, there's a sort of margarine taste off them now.

Philip the fish 😆
I used to love a filet back in the day, but due to my awful digestive system I can no longer indulge. I only had MCs about once a year
My DD loves a McPlant but I wasn’t keen when I tried it a couple of years ago.
DS hates MCs but goes for kfc.

The burgers are greasy there and the chips are too plenty and salty.

My friend was telling me recently that McDonald’s no longer advertise themselves as fast food. I waited 16 minutes for a triple cheeseburger the other day!

We don't live near a McDonalds but we did have a fairly decent one in Inverness (retail park, not centre) last year. We also had a decent Burger King (other retail park). I did notice that both couldn't really be considered 'fast' food these days though. We also tend to go for chicken and not beef options.

It was better when they sold root beer.

I think BK has always been nicer but I can’t believe they’ve stopped selling the spicy bean burger with cheese. McD’s I always get the filet o’ fish & while I enjoy the taste it is always quite flaccid/ plasticky looking. But maybe my tastes have changed. I still think McD’s is great value.

another one pissed off by how long it takes to get your food now. I don’t think the taste has changed and I still enjoy one when I’m hungover but I generally can’t be arsed to wait for it.

It could be that it's you and your palate that have changed, not the burgers ...

Have you Five Guys? It's far superior to McD.

Agree and so does my husband who is a junk food fiend.

See here where the kitchen staff would slide burgers down and they were ready to grab and bag up as soon as orders were made!
You only really had to wait for modified items but they even used to have a few plain burgers ready to go!
You'd pay, and they'd grab a burger, put fries in the box, make your drink and all done within a minute or 2 😂

Pisses me off that they seem to cook to order now instead of sliding burgers down the little slide things and staff could just grab them and put them straight in the bag.
It takes so long for 'fast food' and I can be stood waiting at the counter for 15-20 minutes when it had to be instant.

I disagree too

I had a Big Mac meal the other day with DD and it was delicious

I haven't had one for over a decade at least

I don’t think they are the same. The chicken nuggets are so tasteless they might aswell be vegan.
My kids aren’t even that impressed. I remember being so excited to have a McDonald’s as a child, my girls aren’t bothered, I don’t know if it’s bc they toys are just crap now. I adored my McDonald’s toys.

Omg I still love a Big Mac
Or a Philip the fish
Or a cheeseburger

All perfection IMHO