McDonald's Reviews Summary

Category: Fast food restaurant Basildon

Address: FORTUNE OF WAR ROUNDABOUT, Southend Arterial Rd, Laindon, A127 SS15 4DP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441268415505

Rating: 3.7
based on 176 reviews.

Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Easily accessible via the A127 and surrounding areas."
  • "This McDonald's is in a location where you can just slip off the A127 and rejoin to continue your journey."
  • "Always clean and staff are really friendly."

Cons:

  • "This outlet is only accessible travelling southbound, so watch out for that if you're coming from the direction of Southend towards London."
  • "The parking is available but not fantastic, with the biggest issue being access availability due to road design."
  • "Poor access to the car park which was full of Just Eat and Deliveroo drivers waiting for food orders."

Service Quality

Pros:

  • "The staff that was helping handing out the food was brilliant: very friendly, polite and helpful."
  • "The gentleman who served me knows how to handle customers. He was very bubbly, cheerful and joking throughout but most importantly delivering the best service."
  • "The service was excellent, our food was quickly prepared fresh, and the lovely attendant helped us get seated as she washed our table."

Cons:

  • "The person taking the order sounded if they could not be bothered."
  • "Staff at drive in very unhelpful."
  • "Whilst standing waiting for my order I heard one of the managers at fortune of War being sarcastic to a lady."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "It's probably one of the more consistent MD's when it comes to food quality and it being served 'hot'."
  • "The food was freshly prepared & piping hot."
  • "Just now got food from here. Had to wait a little longer as it was drive thru only which is to be expected. Chips were cooked to perfection and the whole order was spot on."

Cons:

  • "Food was terrible I felt sick straight after eating it & all of the next day...very poorly thrown together had to rebuild my burger as only half the burger was in the bun."
  • "Food was luke warm also."
  • "Ordered on Uber. Only got 17 nuggets instead of 20z asked for no cheese in burger got cheese. Fries are cold. No dips. Missing drinks all on a £30 order shocking."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The place is usually busy, but it's clean."
  • "Its not one of the bigger McDonald's, but still very clean, modern, and well maintained restaurant."
  • "Toilets were clean. There was no rubbish on the tables or floor."

Cons:

  • "It was untidy because of how little space there was."
  • "Inside is very cosy, and my visit coincided with the school run and was filled to the brim with kids."
  • "Always busy. Always traffic problems. Always litter."

Order Accuracy

Pros:

  • "I have ordered on the app a few times now and waited in the collection points. Personally never had a problem."
  • "This isn’t my local Maccies but I’ll always choose this one if out and about, very clean, great friendly staff and they never get my order wrong."
  • "The girl on the drive through micolle (think that's how you spell it)is so happy a friendly, always remembers your order."

Cons:

  • "I'm so fed up with this McDonald's, I think they actually get our order wrong more than they get it right."
  • "Not impressed as the staff seem to always forget to put all off your order of food in the bag."
  • "Completely appalled by how many times I come to this restaurant and my order is constantly wrong."

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