McDonald's Reviews Summary

Category: Fast food restaurant

Address: Almondvale Avenue Drive Thru, Livingston, EH54 6QX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441506420460

Rating: 3.5
based on 284 reviews.

Order Accuracy

Pros:

  • "Never had an issue with this McDonald's. 9 times out of 10 the order is correct, fresh and the staff are friendly."
  • "All food was hot and fresh, tasted as it should have and the whole order was correct!"

Cons:

  • "Multiple times order has been wrong when ordering from here."
  • "Six times, in the last two months, I've been given the incorrect food in my order."
  • "Several times when I order items are missing from my order… contacting customer services for refund is near impossible."
  • "Every time I go to this drive through in Livingston they seem to get my order wrong every time or something is missing."
  • "Once again, we get home to find our order is wrong."
  • "The worst drive through ever, every time I go to this drive-thru I always have to park up and wait for my order."
  • "Complete shambles over 30mins wait then Happy meal wasn't with order waited another 10mins for that."

Service Speed

Pros:

  • "The food was served hot and the service was very very quick!"
  • "Self service kiosks followed by quick table service (just by taking a number over to your table) made a big difference to standing in line."
  • "The best McDonalds I've ever been to! We pulled up to see a long drive thru queue and was dreading it, we were thru and gone within 10 mins, if that!"

Cons:

  • "It takes forever to get served."
  • "Waited 50 minutes in drive thru queue."
  • "Food was cold and soggy and waited 15 mins at the Drive Thru to get it - not exactly fast food."
  • "Regular Poor waiting times at this particular franchise however after 30minutes of waiting the food was served cold and wrong items were given on the order."
  • "Waited in drive through for over 20 mins only to be told not working."
  • "28 minutes after my cash was taken I received my single meal."
  • "Waited over 20mins for a coffee. not even being prepared or moved up the list."

Staff Behavior

Pros:

  • "Staff are brilliant - thank you McDonald's!"
  • "Found staff to be friends and helpful, no trouble in helping disabled customer, occasionally I require to use walking sticks and they will ask you to have a seat and will bring your food to your table (nice n hot)."
  • "Service are excellent, friendly staff and they make sure you enjoy your day."
  • "So many helpful and useful people there."
  • "They were particularly friendly and helpful."
  • "I ordered a happy mail and a 2 teas was waiting on my bf picking me up they let me sit in till I got picked up After 4.30am thanks very much feel safe In here waiting made to feel welcome great staff as well thanks again xxx"

Cons:

  • "When asked to correct order everyone panics and looks for a manager."
  • "Staff reacted strangely when I asked for fresh fish fingers."
  • "Not good staff very unorganized, and their uniforms were not the cleanest."
  • "Staff were also all on their phones!"
  • "This restaurant is a joke! Went through drive thru and ‘mollie’ who was serving me was so ignorant, could not do order right was very rude."
  • "The security guard commented on my may friends saying she was a disgrace."
  • "Unhappy, unhelpful and unfriendly staff that need to put the customer first and engage with the people who help them make their targets."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "This is a really good place to go - so tasty."
  • "Great place for some fast food and great value for money."
  • "Food is good like the burgers."
  • "The McCrispy offers a culinary experience like no other."
  • "I had a medium chicken big tasty and it was to my delight."
  • "Food was hot and freshly cooked."

Cons:

  • "Ordered 2 sausage and pancake breakfasts and only got pancakes in both and when I returned to get it sorted they tried to give me back just 1 of them. Food is sub par, go to bathgate McDonald's it's far better."
  • "Arrived soggy and cold."
  • "Food was cold and soggy and waited 15 mins at the Drive Thru to get it - not exactly fast food."
  • "Chips are always cold, 'large meals' come with medium chips."
  • "The chips taste like they have either been reheated or have sat for 20 min."
  • "Chips were not cooked properly, raw and clumped together."
  • "Last night my husband and I needed a quick meal... I opened my wrap to find blood in two places on it."

Facility Condition

Pros:

  • "Clean restaurant with easy to use self service touchscreens, food brought to your table by friendly crew members when you eat in."
  • "Hadn't been in a McDonalds in a while, and thought this one was pretty good - clean and fresh decor, a huge improvement on old style McDonalds furnishings."
  • "Good service, clean, always manage to get a clean table."

Cons:

  • "Closed when it advertised being open 24hrs."
  • "Only 2 disabled spaces in carpark outside door, all other car spaces full several times I have visited."
  • "Condition of store not as clean as should be even though a lot of staff standing about talking to security."
  • "Toilets dirty. Greasy floor every night that you can knock your teeth out."
  • "Go here quite regularly on a Saturday. The place and the staff themselves are fine, but one day I stayed a bit longer than usual and ended up with a £100 parking ticket."
  • "All the dining area and tables were filthy and full of empty containers etc, tables were not getting cleaned."
  • "This place is a disgrace it's dirty hygiene is to a very low standard staff very slow and uneducated on food standards."

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