do you like McDonald's?

XplaygirlX

I know not many people like McDonald's b/c of their quality of food but I think it's OK in fairness. Better than some places. So if you where to go to a McDonald's restaurant what would you order, and do or don't you like the food and why?

Shenshen

I'd order a soft drink.

They've little to no vegetarian options, if I recall correctly, and I don't like their chips.

Mr E

Their coffee is good.

messrs

I can take it or leave it, not to bothered at all, Altho the pic I saw doing the rounds on FB last week about the woman who ordered the chips in McD on Grafton Street has put me right of!!

lee_baby_simms

I do enjoy their double cheeseburger but I don't exactly shout that from the rooftops.

Also, at only €2, its perfect for the frugal man on the go.

Greenmachine

I don't really like anything there. It is just passing something hand to mouth. I find the other large chains consistently bad in the last few years too. None of them stand out quality wise, but I find McDonald particularly bad, and all that grease, on their measly cheese burgers. The burgers are never hot like they should be even if you customise them, they seem like they have been sitting around somewhere too long before they have had the cheese, salad, sauces etc put on them.

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

Their coffee is good.

It is better than Starbucks, but still not so good. Maybe if you like caffe filled with cream and syrups.

Nailz

McNuggets..... Oh god, so good...

Saipanne

I like them. Not regularly, but now and then. I never understood the hate.

Exclamation Marc

I don't mind it at all. Would happily have it for a quick fix but I'd rarely go out of my way for it. I do think it gets a harder deal when it really shouldn't. It's cheap and fast food and people shouldn't really expect any more. If I want a filling fresh and super tasty burger I'll go somewhere else.

If you're eating a €2 burger, it's hardly going to fill you or be a staple of your diet but it does the trick and tides you over.

I'd usually order a double cheeseburger or one of their guest burgers (found the McMor burger quite nice actually the two times I had it).

I always ask for them with no pickle as it means they're made fresh (as in fresher then sitting on the tray for the last half hour).

Toto Wolfcastle

I think the food is bland. Their ice cream sundaes are good though when they don't skimp on the sauce.

Buona Fortuna

Mr E wrote: »

Their coffee is good.

It is and its almost a surprise, when you taste it.

Used to eat them all the time in the UK. It was convinient and a break from the madness that was the everyday grind.

Since moving back I've had a McD's twice in 8 years. Quite like their Sausage and Egg McMuffin though.

Shenshen

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I think the food is bland. Their ice cream sundaes are good though when they don't skimp on the sauce.

Hehe - I remember having quite a laugh when I first saw their "Taste is a powerful thing" ad. I'm not sure if they realised that what they're saying is that there is taste out there, just not in their food? It seemed very self-deprecating to me.

Dial Hard

Deleted User wrote:

It is better than Starbucks, but still not so good. Maybe if you like caffe filled with cream and syrups.

It's better than a lot of the over-roasted crap out there that's being flogged for €2.60 a pop. If you work in an industrial area the nearest McDonald's is often the only option for an anyway decent coffee.

L1011

I've a bit of a problem for sausage and egg mcmuffins. Its just as well they stop selling them that early.

Bacchus

Shenshen wrote: »

Hehe - I remember having quite a laugh when I first saw their "Taste is a powerful thing" ad. I'm not sure if they realised that what they're saying is that there is taste out there, just not in their food? It seemed very self-deprecating to me.

Hate those ads so much and would go so far as to say they shouldn't be allowed on TV. Seriously, they have honey on their list of foods as people are making disgusted faces. What kind of message does that send to children?

As for McDonalds itself, I wouldn't set foot in the place to use the toilet. Bland, tasteless, sad food compensated with salt and ketchup to add flavour. Not to mention you'd be hungry again in an hour. I've never understood the logic behind how people think McDonalds saves you money either. You'll be snacking/eating again in no time, costing you more money.

Milly33

Think the place is fine never had a problem with it.. Actually wait there was the difference in the veggie options in different countries.. France used to have fab veggie selection. Think they do have a lot more than they used to have.. Used to love calling to get a cheeseburger happy meal with not meat patty in it.. mmmm yummiee.

Burgers are great.
Chicken nuggets are great.
Coffee is the tits nicest one you will get
Chippies spot on, for skinny fries...

Went to burger king recently and well lets say it didn't end well, food was mank and well it didn't react well...

Sunny Dayz

Not a fan at all and if there was a line of fast food outlets, McD's would be bottom of the pile for me. If I was pushed, a milkshake or an ice cream. Only fast food outlets I actually like are supermacs and small town Italian-type take aways where the regular burgers have fried onions in red sauce!

squonk

I'd prefer Supermacs but McD's isn't the worst provided you alter your expectations to suit where you're going. Big Mac and fries is pretty good to fill a void. It's nice as a treat. I haven't had a big mac in ages but I'll enjoy my next one whenever it'll be.

Buona Fortuna

Remember our first trip to Paris (I think it had just been liberated), we were young and not so wordly wise. We were starving and in an unfamiliar place. There were loads of restaurants with inviting smells but menus all in French (who'd have thought), so we dived into a McD's.:o

A triumph of convenient, safe mediocrity over ....

Saipanne

L1011 wrote: »

I've a bit of a problem for sausage and egg mcmuffins. Its just as well they stop selling them that early.

Ruining L1011's life in 3... 2... 1...

They aren't hard to make and taste just as good.

Just use pork mince and sage (very important) to make the patties.

Muffins from Marks & Spencer.

There are online tutorials on how to do the egg right.

Easy!

Milly33

Supermacs really, ohhh no they are like the worst of the worst...

The international M!!! Was laughing at the one in Disney where you get a scratch card and you might get like free drinks, coffee or shake..We used to just scratch them all and their faces at the counter were like ye just aren't getting this are ye... Still got the freebie

Dizzyblonde

A couple of times and year I HAVE to have a Big Mac. Yummy. Sometimes of an evening if I fancy ice cream I'll go through the drive-thru near me and get a McFlurry or a sundae

Interestingly, someone I know who's having chemotherapy was told by the medical people to avoid takeaways as much as possible, but that if he had to have one then McDonalds had the best record for hygiene and so would be the least risky with a suppressed immune system.

endacl

Their jacks are generally quite clean. So, if I'm close to one, and need to go, then, yes. I like McDonald's. Jacks.

Thier 'food'? No. Not at all. I was stuck for hot food about two years ago at about 2 am, driving back from a gig, having given up all shyte 'food' about a year previously. Thought 'what harm, just this once', and stopped in to get a qpounder meal. Within ten minutes the farting started. The belly began to rumble, and at home I was straight up the stairs for a puke. Never again - I thought. Same situation happened a couple of months ago. Chanced it again, with the same result.

It seems, once you've gotten shyte food out of your diet, your body adjusts and simply won't tolerate it any more. I shudder to think what it does to the system of regular eaters...

nxbyveromdwjpg

It's a guilty pleasure but if youre in a rush and on the go, yea.

The chips are amazing, dunk them good into the BBQ sauce (which is usually perked on the dashboard or passenger seat), followed closely by a nugget getting the same treatment.. lovely. Wash it all down with that spray soda drink they serve, 80% ice. Done n done.

Feel like **** after usually but hey that's the price for eating instant cardboard.

Still leagues better than Supermacs, BK, etc in my book.

Tilikum

Big Mac meal & a Big Mac!

Absolutely adore Big Macs. Not had a McDonald's in ages though.

Mike Litoris

I do enjoy 2 double cheeseburgers and 1x6 chicken nuggets when I can't be arsed making dinner. Rare occasion though and grand for €6.

No more sour tasting milkshakes too. They must have changed dairy supplier in the last few years. They used to be nasty.

Help!!!!

Having spent 20 years in London really put me off McDonalds the quality of food was absolute garbage. Food could be sitting for hours on shelves already cooked + the fact I could have a pint & a meal in a pub for roughly the same price meant I didn't need to go.
Now that I'm back home I've found the food surprising nice, cooked fresh ( maybe its just the one in Kilkenny ) even my wife enjoys it & shes very fussy.
I find SuperMacs ( again Kilkenny ) to be terrible, I don't want my burgers swimming in sauce

my3cents

If ever a thread needed a poll!

NO btw

Rorok

It doesn't fill you up though

rubadub

Bacchus wrote: »

Not to mention you'd be hungry again in an hour.

I put this down to the simple fact that the portions are smaller than most places. That supersize me documentary was a joke, if you followed the same rules in almost any hotel in Ireland he would have been fatter, and if you followed the rules of it in mcdonalds here you would not be getting nearly as much food.

Some make out like there is some secret ingredient or something special about McDs that has them hungry again.

I often weigh takeaway food. In my local chinese a portion of chicken balls weighs the same as 44 chicken nuggets, you get a huge bag of chips, big curry sauce and chicken balls for 7.50. Most takeaways give ridiculous size portions. Eat 44 nuggets, 3-4 large McD's chips and about 15 curry sauces and see if you are hungry after an hour.

Small portions are one thing I like about them, you can get a passable double cheese burger for €2 and eat it in a nice seat with a selection of papers to read. Most chippers would be 2.50+ for a single cheeseburger.

Bacchus wrote: »

I've never understood the logic behind how people think McDonalds saves you money either.

It can be relatively cheap if sticking to vouchers or eurosaver items. If you want ust 250-400kcal of food in many places it will cost a lot more. If you want 3000kcal it can be cheaper in other places.

VisibleGorilla

Their food tastes amazing and I have a hard time believing anyone wouldn't like the taste, they spend millions on food scientists so it tastes as good as it does.

That said it is not at all healthy and does not fill you up at all.

dutopia

I like the breakfast sausage muffins, hash browns and coffee. Big Mac is nice enough but too small. Like the strawberry shake and ice-creams.

Bacchus

rubadub wrote: »

Some make out like there is some secret ingredient or something special about McDs that has them hungry again.

No secret ingredient IMO, just poor ingredients. Simple comparison. Which do you think will fill you more, a slice of white pan bread or a slice of wholegrain bread? The size is the same but the wholegrain slice will fill you much more.

rubadub wrote: »

It can be relatively cheap if sticking to vouchers or eurosaver items. If you want ust 250-400kcal of food in many places it will cost a lot more. If you want 3000kcal it can be cheaper in other places.

kcal doesn't indicate satiety. McDonalds food (from my memory of it) does not satisfy hunger. Their product made with poor quality ingredients and it's just not very filling. So, while you can get a burger for €1, it's really a waste of €1 IMO. For such cheap prices too, what more can you expect but poor quality ingredients.

svei

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

A couple of times and year I HAVE to have a Big Mac. Yummy. Sometimes of an evening if I fancy ice cream I'll go through the drive-thru near me and get a McFlurry or a sundae

Interestingly, someone I know who's having chemotherapy was told by the medical people to avoid takeaways as much as possible, but that if he had to have one then McDonalds had the best record for hygiene and so would be the least risky with a suppressed immune system.

My husband used to work in McDonald's as a teen (and my son works there part-time now) and he would always say that they are scrupulous about their hygiene. I would always choose McDonald's if I need to eat something quick. I've never had a dodgy tummy from it whilst I have had trouble from other fast food outlets.

heroics

Shenshen wrote: »

I'd order a soft drink.

They've little to no vegetarian options, if I recall correctly, and I don't like their chips.

Womac is what my wife gets. basically a big mac with no meat

Shenshen

heroics wrote: »

Womac is what my wife gets. basically a big mac with no meat

What - just dry bread and brown lettuce, then? Not sold, sorry.

I got a bit curious and researched other McDonalds menus worldwide, some of them do have rather yummy sounding things on their menus - McFalafels, and McAloo Tikki burgers. But then I can't really see myself eating in a McDonalds if ever I visited India or Israel.

Milly33

heroics wrote: »

Womac is what my wife gets. basically a big mac with no meat

That's what I used to get well not a big mac but a cheeseburger with no meat patty in it.. You stuff if with chips them mmmmm she says while thinking Mcie D's for lunch

crazyman

Not a fan of McDonalds as I find their beef burgers too peppery and not nice. However on the rare occasion I am there I would get the Salsa Chicken Legend w/bacon.

I do have a soft spot for the XL Bacon Double Cheeseburger from Burger King which is very tasty. Don't get one too often but when the craving comes it hits the spot.

Stay away from the chips/fries in both.

Dial Hard

Tilikum wrote: »

Big Mac meal & a Big Mac!

Absolutely adore Big Macs. Not had a McDonald's in ages though.

I've never had a Big Mac.

People seem to think that's the maddest thing ever, for some reason.

Stranger Danger

rubadub wrote: »

I often weigh takeaway food.

I often eat it.

Then I weigh myself.

Than I'll spend a couple of hours crying with shame.

Miaireland

I rarely have a McDonalds, I think I had it twice in the past five years. However both times I was really impressed with the freshness of the food. I think both times I had some kind of version of the chicken legends. Even the tomatoes and lettuce seemed super fresh.

I have never tried their coffee. I will be passing one tomorrow. I think I will grab a takeaway.

rubadub

Bacchus wrote: »

No secret ingredient IMO, just poor ingredients. Simple comparison. Which do you think will fill you more, a slice of white pan bread or a slice of wholegrain bread? The size is the same but the wholegrain slice will fill you much more.

My point is that I do not think there is anything special about McDs food. Yet people make out like it is unusual, and usually only say it about McD

99% of the time I hear this "you feel hungry after an hour" about McDs, not BK, not KFC, not chippers or breakfast rolls or any other place selling low nutrition, poor ingredients junk which should be on a par with it. People will feel full on low quality food, if there is enough, which many takeaways do supply, like my 10 chicken balls being the same weight as 44 nuggets.

Surprised nobody has mentioned the story of the burgers and chips not going off.

Bacchus

rubadub wrote: »

My point is that I do not think there is anything special about McDs food. Yet people make out like it is unusual, and usually only say it about McD

99% of the time I hear this "you feel hungry after an hour" about McDs, not BK, not KFC, not chippers or breakfast rolls or any other place selling low nutrition, poor ingredients junk which should be on a par with it. People will feel full on low quality food, if there is enough, which many takeaways do supply, like my 10 chicken balls being the same weight as 44 nuggets.

Ok, I'd say the same thing about those other fast food places too... this thread was only about McDonalds so I didn't extend my opinion to the likes of BK, KFC, etc.

Dizzyblonde

Dial Hard wrote: »

I've never had a Big Mac.

People seem to think that's the maddest thing ever, for some reason.

Mr. Dizzy only had his first Big Mac recently and really enjoyed it.

Daisies

Dial Hard wrote: »

I've never had a Big Mac.

People seem to think that's the maddest thing ever, for some reason.

I've never had a Big Mac either. Would usually get something chicken based, or go to Supermacs.

MJI

No. their food is garbage, it might be fit for dogs but not human beings

rubadub

Bacchus wrote: »

Ok, I'd say the same thing about those other fast food places too... this thread was only about McDonalds so I didn't extend my opinion to the likes of BK, KFC, etc.

Far enough, but if this thread had been about KFC or breakfast rolls I doubt it would have been mentioned. As I said it is almost invariably singled out mcds for some odd reason -if one place is singled out and not just junk food.

I even googled hungry after burger king and get hits about feeling hungry after a big mac, none about BK.

This one tries to give some explanation about the big mac
http://fox4kc.com/2015/09/25/infographic-claims-to-show-what-happens-in-first-hour-after-you-eat-a-big-mac/

Bacchus

rubadub wrote: »

Far enough, but if this thread had been about KFC or breakfast rolls I doubt it would have been mentioned.

We'll never know now

McDonalds probably gets the brunt of that argument because they are the biggest of em all.

HiGlo

McDonald’s coffee is good.

For me, what McDonalds is missing is a standard middle of the road burger… Like, the Hamburger is too basic. And their middle of the road burger is the Big Mac which is way too big for me.
There’s a quarter pounder which is, again, a bit boring.

In comparison Burger King has the Whopper/jr whopper which is a proper burger in my opinion. Bun, meat, salads… The only McDonald’s burger with salad accompaniments is the Big Mac.

When I go to McDonalds I just get a hamburger, 6 chicken nuggets & a drink. I find their chips a bit hit and miss and not filling enough so the nuggets replace chips for me! Haha

Love McD's brekkie.... Sausage & egg McMuffin... yum...

murfilein

i want to say "no", but considering how often i go there to get a double cheeseburger or chicken burger from the euro-menu would contradict the "no"... so i'll be open: yes i like mcdonalds.