What the hell happened to McDonald’s ?

Depends on branch i think.
We have 2 near us. One down on the front coastal town. It's terrible
Much nicer one nearby.
I prefer the cook to order. Order on the touch screen and sit down and wait.

If you want a burger chips and a fizzy drink it's the same food. Almost as convenient. Oh and hot.

Drive through mcDs means you get to sit in your car and eat cold food. They have been rubbish for years.

I think some of their restaurants are definitely better than others as we avoid some branches. We’ve gone to plenty for years too as we both love it, as do the DC now. In most restaurants, there was always a good amount of curry sauce and the slices of veg were either chunky ish or, if thinner, they gave more. Love that dish you order too!

The problem is that they’re prioritising the just eat and Deliveroo who are getting the “hotter” food due to the travel time otherwise it would be cold on delivery, so counter and drive through customers are getting crap service and crap quality, cold food.

It’s not just badly managed outlets either, it’s become the norm. We go when we’re travelling so use lots of different ones and it’s now rare to get fresh hot food, and, yes, most of the time told to park up at the drive through as the food isn’t ready but then it’s still served cold!

My 18 year old step-grandson works in one. Let's just say that he doesn't eat anything out of there.... and tells family not to risk it either. You've got mostly young kids "cooking" who haven't done anything other than basic in house training in food hygiene and all work part time around school/college. Cleaning is basic at best, and don't even go there with oil changing/recycling. His boss is decent enough, they're all paid well and on time but that's about the only positive.

I only ever go when in Europe if there's nothing else around, and even then only of they have a 5 Euro meal deal on! In the UK we have the occasional Burger King with their 2 Whopper/Chicken Royal meals for £10.99 on the app.

A thousand times this!😡

I have builder in and he was saying the happy meal isn't 99p anymore, its £4.50

thats not happy but bleeding miserable

we’ve been going to Stevenage and Hatfield wagas for years and that’s the way the katsu has always been. it’s quite minimal looking. I have firecracker curry or raisukaree and there’s loads of veg.

We're not frequent Maccas visitors, but DD loves the happy meals so we started to go when DH & DS are away for their hobby occasionally. It's too expensive for us all to go together.

Eating in was depressing. It's empty as they don't want you inside & make it unwelcoming and dark. They've now taken the only non fried item off the menu so I just get a drink and eat when we get home. Thy've actually forgotten my food as well & waited 10 minutes at the empty counter with two reminders to the manager to fix it. He forgot.

It's telling how bad it's become. Their car park & drive through used to be full. Now it's almost empty while the expanding range of competition in the area have long queues.

Customising doesn’t work as the burgers are all pre heated, nothing is cooked to order, it’s just assembled to order. I’ve seen them take the burger patty out of one burger sat in the serving area and re use it in another one. Burger King do the same - I was waiting at the counter and watched them take a burger out of the serving chutes, removed the beef patty and put it in to another bun which they tried to give to me - I refused it and told them I didn’t want one that had been sat there and insisted they give me a “new” one. I try to avoid both McDonald’s and Burger King these days as the quality is crap and most times it’s not hot, often barely warm.

McDonald’s is insanely cheap even with the price increases. Also I find it’s pretty consistent compared to other companies offering fast food

I was there with my kids last night for the first time in ages. They needed a quick meal before an event and we had no time to go home. It was very busy but fast, clean, all seemed freshly made and cost under £15 for all 3 of us. Plus the kids were delighted with their toys from the happy meals.

if you’re getting burgers that have been sitting for a while maybe you went at a quiet time? I think the trick is to customise them slightly (I ask for no pickles on the burgers) and then they have to freshly make them.

Can't remember the last time I ate McD. Maybe 20 years ago? It was a breakfast bap and sat like concrete in my stomach for hours 🤣 and I said never again! I would take the kids to a drive-thru maybe once a month, but they said it wasn't great after a while, so they had Burger King after that. Then they moved onto Subway and stuck with that for years!

DD loves the McFlurry. But she has to check the app before driving to the local drive-thru to make sure the machine is working...9 x out of 10 its out of order. 😔

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Mcds has always been consistent imo. I’ve never had a bad one. Prices have risen the same as everything else

Pints are around £8 where I live (UK city) but then we tend to go to craft places. We only go to McDonald's a couple of times a year but quality always seems consistent and I still think it's pretty cheap. I wouldn't want meat to be any cheaper to be honest

I expect you haven’t been to our local one… I have also been to other Spoons in London and they were just ordinary pubs - but cheaper.

I'd prefer them over McDonald's any day.

I’ve been amazed, recently, at their advertising - the current ‘I don’t even have to say its name’ breakfast ad makes the food look truly revolting. Dire. Like a microwaved meal from a rain station kiosk. It’s dripping in fat and looks congealed 🤢

Who passed that ad at the agency / head office?!

£2.19 is not expensive for a burger. People are so weird about Maccies- wanting a burger for a quid but also wanting a colourful, comfortable area to eat in, freshly made food for everyone, the exact ingredients that are your personal preference...

You can’t complain McDonalds is expensive then offer WingStop as a better alternative. I was floored by the costs in WingStop… £15+ for a one person meal and a drink was extra on top.

It's always been crap food. Difference is it used to be cheap. So we'd do it e.g. at the services on a long drive.

Prices have gone up so much that we can no longer justify it, and we take sandwiches or buy M&S ones en route.

And your feet stick to the floor! Spoons are cheap for a reason, the food is vile and the place is generally dirty! I’ve been to many spoons and they’re all the same!

And NIC uplift

We Don't ever go to McDonald's and don't agree a burger for £2.19 is expensive . Factor in all the costs - staff , building , fuel to cook , the energy costs for the building , cost of the products etc , what do you think you are actually getting ? Basically cheap fodder .