McDonald’s

Went for breakfast. Had something with sausage pieces in it. Service was fine, lady cashiers saying have a blessed day and all, but wow like on schedule 5 hours later I start having twinges of a headache. 1e hours later, I’m fully incapacitated in bed. Strong migraine and vomiting. MSG!!! Beware now this junk ass food had such high amounts of MSG !!!

This location can not get the order correct EVER! Rude, and when items are missing including ENTIRE combo meals refuse to refund. Claiming they don’t have the software to give refunds. Hello it’s 2016! I worked at McDonald’s as my first job back in the 90s. We had the software then! Oh, let’s not our food was cold and we were in the drive through.

Their mcchickens are not a dollar. Nor are their sausage mcmuffins or their any size drinks, that pretty much every other McDonald’s has. Super lame.

Rather crap in a bag and give it to my dog than this food… closes early… live across the street and would rather drive 10 minutes

Even though my last experience was terrible, I foolishly returned — this time at 1:30am on a Saturday night. Although the sign says drive-​through is open until 2am, no one answered. I stuck around to watch a dozen cars wait and then pull away until an employee finally got tired of hearing the bell and turned the lights off (at 1:45am). What amazes me is that lazy, incompetent employees such as these expect $ 12 an hour. McDonald’s is a joke. To the managers — if you’re going to close early, at least have the consideration to turn off the lights.

You guys have to remember that you’re eating at a McDonald’s. You’re going to get McDonald’s quality food.
That being said, this location doesn’t have some secret ingredient to make all the food taste better than other places. It tastes the same. What I do like about this place is that it’s not as busy, but they still manage to have fresh fries 4 out of 5 times.
The workers here are really nice, but they all seem quite bored. Whatever. They’ll take your order quickly and get it to you just as fast. There’s very minimal wait time involved. This is for eating in. I’ve only used the drive thru once, but my experience was very similar.
The restaurant is extremely clean which is probably what makes this location stand out most in my mind. The tables are generally always wiped down and the floors are mopped. Obviously, there have been times where I’ve seen a dirty table, but they just had crumbs on them. It wasn’t a huge mess that I couldn’t just clean up myself.
The soft drink machine area is less clean, but in better condition than a lot of other places I’ve been. The floor around there will be stickier, but that’s understandable.
This location definitely looks newer. You’ll get a mix of a bunch of different kind of people here, which always makes for good people-​watching. It’s probably my favorite McDonald’s in Alexandria.

I just want to say I’m not a fast food kind of girl, but I stopped here for a drink and ordered my brother a snack wrap. Not only was I rushed off the speaker but once I paid I was greeted by a less than stellar member of the team, in fact both her and the manager were discussing something completely pointless, I was not asked what condiments I needed or anything. After I was given my order the staff member rolled her eyes and made a comment to her manager which further disappointed me. Wait for it, I opened up my brothers sandwich and it was complete crap. I do not have to many high expectations for this place but the crap I was given was a joke look at it for yourself ! It’s crazy that the interior is so nice but the people and food need an upgrade as well ! If I could less than one star I would have !

Seriously? How hard is in to get a «to-​go» order right? Apparently it’s EXTREMELY difficult since I constantly find myself having to go back after they mess something up or forget something in my order. I’ve learned to check my order before leaving the parking lot and STILL find myself going around the loop again. This place needs some serious quality control and at least some accountability of their staff.

My wife bought me a grilled chicken club sandwich for dinner tonight. It’s the worst sandwich I’ve had from a McDonalds in a long time. The chicken was hard and it seemed like its been sitting out in the open, under room temperature, before it was grilled and it definitely did NOT smell fresh. I can’t believe this McDonalds would do this. We’ve always gone to this location for years and havre almost never had an issue. There were some screwed-​up orders or some missing items but never INEDIBLE food. I threw the rest in the trash after my first bite and would NOT even consider feeding it to our dog. We have made a decision NOT to patronize this location for now until the quality is much improved. Right now, I’m anxiously awaiting when my stomach will start to hurt. Keep this review in mind when visiting this location.

I pretty much never go to McDonald’s anymore. «That’s what they all say…» I know. I found myself there today, and I will say it was perhaps the cleanest restaurant in Old Town. And the staff was friendly too.
And them french fries…

Let’s be clear: it’s McDonald’s. This is not Grade-​A cuisine, here. I normally give Micky D’s a 3-​star review because of the generally unhealthy food (which, btw, they’ve come a LONG LONG way since I was a child… there is actual fruit on the menu, and Hi-​C is still an available drink. Don’t look at me like that, Hi-​C is delicious!)
I came here as a result of low blood sugar. In a pinch, McDonald’s never disappoints (unless there’s some systemic lack of care going on, but I’m not on about that here).
This place is CLEAN. The floor wasn’t sticky, and it was well lit. FOX News was on a few televisions (but I wasn’t watching), the fact is that there was news at all.
It didn’t smell like an extension of an unclean bathroom, it smelled of sizzling burger-​like meat product, and fries. Exactly what it SHOULD smell like.
I goofed on my order. I was distracted and ordered something I didn’t like. I didn’t double-​check my order, and it wasn’t until I sat down that I discovered it.
I contritely approached the counter and acknowledged MY mistake. I should have paid more, but the manager was very nice about the $ 0.50 difference.
I got the sandwich I wanted, with little confusion. It was hot, cheesy, and fixed my anemia.
The customer service in this location is STRONG.
Downside: FOX News was on the television. I’m not holding that against the shop itself.

The only thing this McDonald’s has going for it is that it’s clean. That’s about it. The employees were disgruntled, and struggled to take a simple order correctly. Literally, it went a little something like this: No greeting. The hubs and I walk up the counter. «Two number 3 combos please.» «Huh? What? You want the combo or just the sandwich?» Bia I told you two combos!!! «Are y’all two together?» «Yes, I just ordered for two people. I know it’s difficult since we are two different races, yet still standing awfully close to each other, and wearing wedding rings and all, but yes.» Blank stare. «$ 12.56.» We pay, and we continue to stand there waiting. «What?» «Our cups please? We did order COMBOS…» Angry glare as we still stand there. She passes us our cups, and we find a seat.
We wait a long while for our food even though it’s not that crowded. We watch people go back to the counter saying they didn’t get their drink cups, Mcflurries, or apple pies. Once our food arrives, we realize just how much of a mistake this was. The food is tasteless. I remember McDonald’s having halfway decent fries. Nope, they were completely tasteless. That burger… *shudders*. I mean I used to eat this stuff in law school. $ 3 bucks can get you a whole meal! Having a job has spoiled me into liking some higher quality meats, with some higher quality flavors! The best part about this was the Dr. Pepper!

Wanted to give this McDonald’s high marks… great service, friendly service, newly remodeled, clean… but the flies. I’m talking the worst I’ve ever seen… including in the Middle East. Luckily, they left me alone while I ate, but where are your air curtains and other preventive measures if you have that bad of a problem? This place would deserve five stars if they simply got rid of the flies. Don’t think I’ll be back to see if they got rid of them. I’ve never seen so many flies inside a restaurant… not exaggerating. We’re talking dozens of flies. I counted five in one window.

Yes they have WiFi and TVs. That makes me happy. The fact that they struggle to take your order correctly is problematic. I never expect too much from McDonald’s. But I do expect fresh fountain drinks. This location did not disappoint. Making fresh tea was a good sign. The food took longer than expected to be delivered. I would stop here as often as I would stop at any other McDonald’s. give it a try!

I’ve been going to this Mc Donalds for the past 4 years. It used to be my favorite McDonalds. The food was always fresh and the fries were always up to par. The customer service was always exceptional. Unfortunetly, recently, they got rid of all the spanish workers and have brought in a new crew. Sadly, the food now, is not as fresh or hot and customer service went out the window. :(Bring back the old crew!!!

There is a lot of construction in the area, so this is a very busy location for lunch Monday — Friday. I wanted to review just to say that the employees here are extremely hard workers. The restaurant will be almost bursting at the seams with people (mostly construction workers) and the employees manage to get the orders out quickly and accurately.

After reading the reviews, we were expecting some kind of horror fest when we came here — and were kind of excited to see how dysfunctional it was. But we were disappointed. I didn’t see any clientele that struck me as creepy or sketchy, the place was clean, and the servers spoke perfect English. The only negative about the place was that the line took a looooong time. There were 3 people in front of us and it took forever, which is not usually a McDonald’s-level efficiency.
Still, this place had two flat screen TVs, a bizarre middle seating area that had banquet tables and was architecturally very ugly, and a drive thru that seemed to move much faster than the line inside. My mcnuggets and fries were delicious as always.
Other than slow lines, not too many complaints and I’m not sure if it deserves the 2 stars that it currently has on Unilocal.
This is now my closest McDonalds so I will certainly be back.

Absolutely the most chaotic, disorganized McDonalds I’ve ever been to. It is literally a food stop of last resort when I just need something quick to balance out one to many skipped meals. Its also a real pain to get into from NB Route 1.
My real issue with this place (beyond the disorganization) is the fact its extremely difficult to place even the simplest of orders. I speak 2 languages in addition to English, but I shouldn’t have to go learn Spanish too just to order a Big Mac, fries, an iced coffee and understand what the cashier is saying to me.
I eat a lot of international cuisine; I’m very comfortable with dealing with folks from other cultures but walking into a McDonalds on Rt 1 in Alexandria, VA is it really too much to expect to converse in comprehensible English? I’m not talking perfect King’s English — just something marginally understandable so that I get what I order and can answer if asked a question.

I’m glad Justin was in the driver seat since I couldn’t understand a damn word through the tinny distortion of the drive-​thru speaker. I think we sat at the food pickup window for close to 10 minutes waiting for a 10-​piece chicken nugget and small fry. The random loiterers strolling around the drive-​thru made me feel like I was starring in a zombie movie. To their credit, the fries were hot, fried crisp, and salted just enough. It’s a McD’s, so really… what else can I say?

Seriously, this place scares me half to death.
First off, shame on me for even going to McDonald’s, but sometimes you gosta have them McNuggets!
I will echo what’s been shared by others. I live in Old Town, so unless I feel like driving to Crystal City or the edge of Del Ray, this is the closest McDuck’s around. That said, I actually drive to the one on Glebe now if I have a craving because this McDonald’s is just creepy.
It’s not racism, but since this particular location is right by a homeless shelter and up the street from Chapter 8 housing, you can imagine the «clientele» that frequent the place. I’ve been yelled at, like, «Hey, white boy!» and watched the regulars/​loiterers basically sexually harass every woman who comes into the place. I genuinely feel for people struggling with their station in life, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t adversely affect my dining experience or that I should have to put up with the sort of shenanigans and atmosphere found at this McDonald’s.
I should have been tipped off by the fact that a sign hangs on the wall limiting diners to 25 minutes to eat their food and leave. That rule is clearly not enforced in any way.
So when I want McDonald’s, I waste the gas to go up to West Glebe and have a far more «normal» experience. I would tell you to avoid the McDonald’s in Old Town, but I think everyone needs to experience it at some point and hopefully pressure management to fix things.