McDonald's Reviews Summary

Category: Fast food restaurant Newbury

Address: Tothill, Services A34, Bypass, Burghclere, Newbury RG20 9BX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441635278113

Rating: 3.6
based on 244 reviews.

Staff Service

Pros:

  • "Great staff very friendly and happy to help."
  • "Was served by a young lad with long hair (although in a net) who was very good and apologised for the delay."
  • "Staff was friendly and polite, tables clean and the place generally pretty tidy."
  • "After a needed break and a very tasty brunch, during a long drive back from Leicester, it was really enjoyable to chat with an employee named Sean, he brightened our day."
  • "The gentlemen went above and beyond and his gesture will not be forgotten."
  • "Best McDonald’s I have had in ages... finally got decent chocolate milkshake and the chicken Big Mac was soooo good definitely will be back again."
  • "Very helpful senior staff member with an engaging friendly personality on the 'shop floor' today, bringing out food helping with the automated orders and chatting to customers made for a great atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Absolute bloody disgrace to the Macdonalds franchise, rude disorganised staff, no smiles, please or thank you and kept waiting 15 minutes."
  • "The cashier was the moodiest person I have ever had the misfortune to talk to didn't even say please or thank you and just to top it all off got my order wrong."
  • "Staff stood round with arms folded."
  • "James the manager is extremely rude and unhelpful, opens the restaurant when he feels like it, very unapologetic and matter of fact."
  • "Service once again very slow. The guy that served me was so miserable and clearly didn't want to be there."
  • "Some of the staff members need a lesson in customer service skills and could crack a smile sometimes."
  • "Girl serving was very grumpy."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "It's relatively clean and tidy, but could be better if it wasn't for all the shouting etc."
  • "An excellently run McDonald's...all tables cleared and wiped down. Efficient delivery of food to my table. Importantly all the staff were friendly and looked like they were happy in their work."
  • "Great McDonald's 2 mins off the A34, adequate parking with 2 x electric car charging stations."
  • "The toilets are clean and tidy, and there is usually someone going around cleaning and tidying which keeps the place looking fresh."
  • "Clean, tidy, food good and fast table delivery."
  • "Seating area was clean and the food freshly cooked."
  • "Clean and spacious, toilets are reasonably well kept."

Cons:

  • "Overflowing bins, toilets in dire need of attention and trouble finding a clean table."
  • "Restaurant opened at 5am. All the tables were dirty. Toilets disgusting."
  • "The car park looks like a rubbish dump and I've never seen anyone picking up litter."
  • "Food was fine. Early morning so it wasn't busy. Have to say though..the toilets were disgusting."
  • "This was the dirtiest McDonald's I have ever been to. Tables, floor and toilet."
  • "Tables are so dirty as some it's not been cleaned after the customer left and some are left rubbish for quite a while."
  • "Toilets were not clean at all. One toilet had two holes in the wall so you could see into the adjacent cubicle."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food continues to please."
  • "Food normally hot but on occasion things like fries can be just warm."
  • "Took my Dad here for the first time. He cannot believe how good the food was."
  • "Food was good and met gold standards."
  • "Fast service through the drive through and for once a perfect wrap of the day."
  • "The food was cooked to order and was very fresh and a hot."
  • "Food is standard McDonald's consistent, good."

Cons:

  • "We had to wait 20 mins for our food and then we did get it our burgers they was cold."
  • "The quality of the food here was below par compared to other McDonald's."
  • "By the time we had our meal it was luke warm."
  • "Waited 30mins then only the burgers came out without chips."
  • "The food was just OK, as the fries were very fresh and yes the Steakhouse burger looked good, however it was filled with two slices of Cardboard."
  • "Needless to say, as always, the food was tasteless and sickly. Bland, cold, and flavourless gunk."
  • "Food was served cold, staff said it's cooked despite the cheese remained to be like a piece of plastic on my burger."

Facility & Amenities

Pros:

  • "Plenty of parking, plenty of outside seating and I saw inside that they had very fancy wireless and wired charging points for phones."
  • "Self-service ordering screens encourage you to place your own order."
  • "Great for all ages, they have a wide range of options like happy meals which have enough food to fill you up."
  • "Clean and spacious, toilets are reasonably well kept."
  • "Very fast service and very friendly staff."
  • "Stopped with my mum for a hot drink, they were very good with her, she has dementia and was confused which toilet she was in. They gave it to her with a big smile."
  • "The self ordering was easy."

Cons:

  • "Poor layout for drive through blocking people getting in and out of static parking spots."
  • "Really hot inside the car pulled into McDonald's for a cold drink and ice cream.. long wait.. drink top not secured and got cream over my car.. ice cream had bits of flake in but little to no chocolate sauce."
  • "Overall it's a rubbish experience and will no longer be going here."
  • "The big screen ordering system is not good."
  • "Drive through is quick enough however while waiting you can smell sewerage from a drain."
  • "There is a better mac's a few miles away, DO NOT step foot in this one! Disgusting service from a man and woman at the front door."
  • "Terribly slow service. 15 minutes between ordering at drive through and getting one breakfast meal."

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