McDonald’s

I just went to Mc Donald’s in Quakertown, Pa to pick up breakfast. There was a friend of the people that work there that came in just before I did. So most of the people were talking to «the friend» instead of doing their jobs. It took about 12 minutes to get what I ordered. The young man behind the register apologized to me for the wait as I was leaving. Mind you I was the only customer in the building at a point. Other customers came in after me and got their order before I did! I think I’ll think twice about going to Quakertown Mc Donald’s on a Sunday morning. It’s no longer a cheap meal and for fast food, the service wasn’t very fast. If I would have gone through the take-​out window, I would have probably needed to pull up and would have gotten a coupon for my time, but not inside. They just kept chatting away like nobody was there! This Mc Donald’s was not overly busy, just staff chatting away to friends!
Oh, and no staff seems to know about the uniforms as they were all in street clothes with hooded sweatshirts. Doesn’t look very professional for Mc Donald’s.

Food was arigth, the floor where dirty the trash was full in the play ground and the sanatizing wipe was empty

I went through drive through and the customer service was awful. An arm came out the drive through window with my bag and then closed. No eye contact — no conversation — nothing. I was going to ask for mayo packet, but the window shut and that was that. There was no one behind me in line either.

There aren’t too many choices for late-​night Sunday in Q-​town and sometimes, I just want something simple. So McDonald’s it is. This is one of those McDonald’s locations with an updated interior design. It is a standalone building at the corner of a strip mall by a busy intersection, so one may have to strategize a good way to enter the lot. The parking area for McDonald’s itself doesn’t seem to have enough parking spaces but I’m not from around here, so I have no idea what the crowd is like at its peak. I thought service was pretty good at the counter on my most recent visit. Food is standard McDonald’s fare.

It’s a decent Mcdonalds. The only thing I don’t like is them playing Fox News which is is a bogus news channel providing more commentary and political bias than other similar channels. They should go with a channel more neutral.

Not all McDonald’s are created equal. To compare this McDonald’s to the ones I’ve visited throughout my life, I must say this one is up there. At least in the states.
The location is clean and the staff are polite. Management does a good job of keeping things running smoothly.
Recommendation, come here between 12 – 1 to get the most fresh fries.

In my mind, it seems a special kind of silly to actually review a fast food place like McDonald’s… however… this one is special. There is so much to talk about at this McDonald’s.
The Good:
The play area is big — for playing. The inside has nice tables…
The Bad:
At one point, there used to be a lot of seating in the play area… however, on this visit about half of the tables that used to be there were gone. This makes sitting in the area very difficult. And if you have small children, that makes eating and playing hard as well. Unfortunately, this means that there are many children running around, pushing, kicking, screaming… which is to say being children… unsupervised. We witnessed one child, about 18 months old, trip and fall going down the stairs. After five minutes of crying, the mother was finally located and she asked her wailing child what happened. The child said, «Pushed me» — to which Wonder Mom replied, «Well you go push them back.» We then watch said toddler-​to-​be wander over and push a random kid down to the ground for no real reason. This is just an ambulance visit waiting to happen. We sat outside the area, and then went in when our children were playing. and stood there… *sigh*
The service at this particular Mickey D’s requires that we mention it… this was around 1:30 in the afternoon. By no means the lunch rush, and it wasn’t terribly busy (except in the play area — see above). There are 6 of us, so the order isn’t ever simple. However. here’s how this went… My wife ordered that BLT chicken sandwich they have… without the lettuce and tomato (yea, I know…) — it came with the lettuce and tomato and no bacon… my daughter ordered a chicken sandwich with no lettuce or mayo (yes, again, I know, my family hates things that are actually ON sandwiches… don’t ask me why) — came with lettuce and mayo… my son asked for BBQ sauce with his chicken nuggets, got honey mustard, my daughter ordered a chocolate shake with no whipped cream or cherry… you guessed it… had both. My wife ordered unsweetened iced tea — she got sweet tea, and when we asked to have it corrected they were out of unsweetened tea and had to brew some… so we waited… and drank warm tea… it was not great.
So, all in all, this is a well-​below average McDonald’s — which is saying something.

How many times can a place get one order of a hamburger, a small fry, and a large sweet tea wrong? Even when you fill your own drink, the answer would be three.

Now of course reviewing a McD’s is an oxymoron onto itself in that if you’ve see one you’ve seen them all which is of course the curse and beauty of homoginized-​chain-​fast food dining.
While I’m not going to mention anything about the «food» here the one thing which makes this place worth an occasional visit is the large play area they have at the store.
It dwarfs the play areas at BK & Chik-​Fil-​A and on a rainy day if you can get there at a time when it’s not atrociously busy it can let your children run around and do something different for an hour or two.
On a positive sidebar, they do have multiple dispensers of hand sanitizer by the exit of the play area.