McDonald’s

McDonald’s is a restaurant which needs no introduction, they’re everywhere, in the UK, USA and everywhere in between, rumor has it they even colonized the moon, now back to all seriousness, this is a drive-​thru store on Bury New Road.
It can be quite difficult to get in, being on a small retail estate with a few independent shops, right near a Tesco.
I came here in the evening, at about 7:30 — 8pm so I can’t really comment on service, as it was simply a few staff working, the night staff
The store was quite busy for the time, with a few cars in the drive through. The menu was not displayed very clear, especially for the drinks.
The staff didn’t seem too helpful and only named one coffee, in the end I settled for a Vanilla latte, it was presented quite nice with cream and chocolate sprinkles, and for a Mcdonald’s it wasn’t bad either, but it wasn’t Starbucks quality, but for the price and branding of Mcdonald’s, I didn’t expect that, as they certainly aren’t a coffee shop in general and they certainly don’t roast the beans here, as I’m aware!
I also ordered some chips, they were a little bland, however they were still okay, the portion size for «medium» was quite large and they were quite hot.
The staff remained unhelpful, and didn’t tell me which coffee was which, even though I casually said it at a raised voice to my friend, while looking at the woman, hoping she’d listen to me and help me out, they were not really busy, they was no cars behind me, it might have been a night shift, but still it doesn’t mean the staff have to be like walking zombies, and as helpful as sun tan lotion in the North Pole.
This isn’t a bad Mcdonald’s branch for quality served and could definitely warrant 3 stars in the future, but as of now due to issues with getting in and out of the store and the staff being highly unhelpful, and the food still just being good and nothing better, I sadly can’t go over 2 stars yet, but hopefully I can upgrade this store up to three in the future.

Not really a fan of mcdonalds. Its ok, if you need a quick fix of something bad for you! and i will admit i sometimes get my little girl a fish finger happy meal, but i dont see the harm in that as she has healthy and varied diet! the only reason im not over keen of mcdonalds is sometimes you get your food and its cold, and its mostly kids working there with not a clue between them. if you compare it to the fresh chicken breast of KFC or the real think chargrilled burgers of burger king then it really isnt in the same league!

You know, I have to tip my hat off to McDonald’s. Like most institutions that have been in existence for a long time, it’s a great big bulls eye for criticism.
And, conscious of it’s ubiquitous proliferation in every space in every town, city and country, it has at least tempered it’s image.
Whether through choice or not, it listened to those vitriolic voices that campaigned against it’s unhealthy foods and some would say, unethical, attempts at global brand world domination and tempered its ways.
McDonald’s is embracing a new branding. It’s more self-​conscious of it’s image, unashamedly so, but at least this has resulted in a trendier facelift.
Gone are the primary colours of yesteryear, to be replaced by softer and more subtle shading. Cheap plastic and Hamburglers and even the (I can admit it now) slightly sinister Ronald McDonald (clowns freak me out).
Aware that today’s fast-​food doesn’t have to compromise on taste by espousing a healthier salt content, it has publicly recycled it’s menu and provided healthier alternatives to it’s usual fare.
And much like the way the East was opened up to the West with the fall of Communism, the Berlin Wall of silence has fallen and buyers can find out how many calories are in those Big Macs.
McDonald’s doesn’t operate as a franchise any longer, it’s maintaing more control over what it delivers customers and how it delivers it.
So, what do all these changes spell for the average consumer who wants to enjoy a Big Mac much like they did in the bad old days?
Well, it means before gorging on a tasty burger you’ll be ladened with facts and figures about what you’re eating — so you’ll be a better informed, if still unhealthy diner.
You’ll have more variety and healthier (i.e. less calorific) alternative to choose from, should guilt consume you post work-​out.
You’ll also be able to enjoy a nicer ambience should you choose to eat-​in and not take-​out.
Cheap, cheerful and despite the face-​lifts, still fundamentally the same place we know and love (and hate). Albeit more style conscious and physiologically geared in catering for 21^st Century eating habits.
I can only commend McDonald’s abandonment of Ronald for a more mature setup (targetting kids specifically is always a souring ploy, if not exactly unique to McDonald’s).
I will take umbridge, however, in its use of the term Restaurant in the rebranded name.
Whilst I have no doubts, that this is a transparent method of publicly acknowledging itself as a more adult and responsible McDonalds, evolved from yesteryear and a real alternative to any eating establishment — it is certainly a misnomer.
Personally, I’ll stop short of calling it a restaurant just as I’ll stop short of labelling the 16 year olds who grill the burgers as chefs.
Part of its charm is of course, that it has none. And a Burger by any other name is a Burger.
Base food for our sometimes baser instincts and McDonald’s does it (on the whole) better than most.

This Mcdonalds is a franchised restaurant so it is privately owned. It is open from 7.30am until 11pm every night and is always reasonably clean, well as far as mcdonalds restaurants go anyway! You can get all of the usual food here, and they have a drive through and an area to hold kids parties upstairs.