McDonald’s

Did not serve breakfast for the second time in a row. Do not offer breakfast if you can’t deliver.

Very very slow. Will often say they are closed late night. Supposed to be 24 hours. Owners should take notice they are missing out on business

I went to the store for the first time since remodel. Ordering was good, but had to wait longer for food. Happy large $ 1.00 fries were nice and hot!!! Negative was that female had to look at receipts to make sure you were not cheating them or something! She started to throw away, but I asked for it back! That is a shaky area, even with Police, etc nearby! I also bought fish w/​one free and they looked a little dark, but good. I try not to eat their food too much because I want to stay healthy at over 60! If you send in complaints about bad service or food, you can usually get a free one like I have many times. Only negative was from Extreme Pizza on Fern St. New manager only apologized for nasty looking pizza, even though it was a year later! No response from them when I bought the first and only one/​time.

One star doesnt describe how SHITTY this place is. Place has gotten a new face lift, but it’s still got the same SHITTY cashiers – BOH is fine, it’s the cashiers that need to be gone. Also, make sure they’re charging you right – I’ve found a couple times they upcharge me for stuff. They put up a sign «cash only» that’s frustrating, so take cash with you. 7-​Eleven by U-​St. Metro is better for breakfast.

BULLCRANKEY!!! I came in for a regular 4 am meal, and THERE WAS NO CHIKIN. STILL FUMING. Usually I get some CHIKIN but nah son. Ok but besides the no CHIKIN havin ass bitchassness, no ice. NO ICE. Then, an asshole Mickey D’s employee I think named Marcia yelled at us saying, «you have to leave now!», even through the security guard knew what the deal was, we just wanted some McChikins. Very displeased with the service, generally I am enthused about these establishments, but tonight was a no bueno. Do better.

I tried to pay for my Mcflurry in coins and the cashier was very patient. And the Mcflurry was delicious as usual (and bigger than I remember it being), except for the fact that the Oreos were not blended in enough. I think he might have forgotten to put the Mcflurry in the flurry machine.
In any case McDonald’s is McDonald’s and I love Mcflurries.
IS IT CHEAP? Yeah. It’s McDonald’s.

This is the worst McDonalds I’ve ever been to. I went by to buy an ice cream cone. The entire place reeked of garbage and worse.
There was only one person in front of me, but I had to stand and wait while the lady behind the counter complained to a customer about how bad it is to work there. I gave up and left.

I don’t know what these bad reviews are all about. I’ve been to this McDonald’s dozens of times and I’ve never had a bad experience. Sometimes the bathroom is out of order, but that’s never inconvenienced me. The staff has always been friendly and the food always hot and delicious!

Came here after a night of drinking. I ordered a full meal and the security guard told me I couldn’t sit unless I bought more food. WTF. My fries and big mac were good, but the customer service killed it for me.

Have been coming to this McDonal’s for years. It’s slowly improving as the neighborhood is changing. Most of the people who work there do a very good job considering the variety of people and attitudes they deal with daily. Most of the time there is manager who makes sure customers are getting service and to help out with the orders. A security guard is often present at this location making it safe considering the amount of troublemakers this street corner gets. Most of the time, this McDonalds is clean and the bathroom works but it may need a token. The only reason I give it four starts instead of five is because this locations needs modernizing and the soda area needs better care.

This place is the worst McDonald’s ever. I could have swore I witnessed a drug deal go down in the lobby. The staff working act as if they’re slaves to the «manager». I asked for a courtesy cup to pour half of my beverage in and they looked like I was an alien.

They might actually work hard to be the worst. If it weren’t for over-​exuberant sightseeing and grumpy kids it’s unlikely we’d have given this McDonald’s a try, but what can you do? We would have been better off going with that instinct. I suppose the unsightly state could be blamed on the number of people rushing in and out, but that didn’t excuse the poor service. I chose to opt out, but for the kids we grabbed the hottest, quickest, most freshly cooked item we could find — the fries, along with a drink. We hadn’t sat to eat for 5 minutes before a security guard asked me to leave since I had no food in front of me. I couldn’t believe it. I asked if he was suggesting I leave my family and stand outside in the cold until they were finished eating. He pretty much insisted, guaranteeing that this was our last McDonald’s experience.

Yes, it is dumb to review McDonalds – but this one is pretty gross even by McDonalds standards. Frequently dirty, service not very friendly. They get an additional star for providing good security to kick the annoying drunks out when they get rowdy, and for taking my coupons without objection.

This is this worst McDonald’s I have been to, period. I was finishing my snack and just as I was about to get up, a cop told me I needed to leave since I was not eating nor ordering. I understand there are plenty of vagrants in the area but I was actually dressed in my work clothes! The place reeks of grease. I guess I must have been famished to eat there that day, but just once in my 3 years there was enough. I hope this place gets renovated and/​or placed under new management. Go to the one by Howard Univ. instead, it’s much nicer.

Last resort, only.
Look, I understand that they must deal with some really annoying people and situations, being at 14^th and U, open late, almost always filled with an assortment of people all at varying levels of wasted.
However, if they had like, two more staff people, they could control the crowd and theoretically make better food. I get that it’s McDonald’s, but this is the worst of the worst. (Other than the mini-​one on H St NE, which you should probably forget about because it could kill you.)
Also, the woman upcharged me for a soda, assuming that I was too drunk to notice the words «DRINK UPCHARGE» on my receipt. I did not ask for a large beverage, and had been moved to the side before I could look at my receipt. And while 40 cents isn’t worth dealing with the lone cashier (and fighting through 20 people to get back up to her), it’s the principle of the matter that bothers me. Enough to Unilocal about it.
Don’t go here unless you have no other options.

Somewhere, Ronald McDonald has tears in his eyes.
How are you gonna charge $ 1 for a water cup?
Yeah, I just wrote a review for McDonald’s.

I must buck the U st Hipster trend, lead by that most eminent of Unilocalers, Venu N. who I fear is leading a cabal of negative reviewers who are giving this McDonald’s a bad name and overlooking its one, magnificent, overwhelming, powerful and phenomenal advantage.
Viz: This McDonald’s is an absolutely fantastic place to dump your 14 year old twin boys and 7 year old daughter when you and your Honey are drinking fine beer and cocktails at the Bar of Saint-​Ex.
Mind you, you only get about 45 minutes, which is why this McDonald’s is in a pantheon of Saturday afternoon pleasures along with my next review.

The most significant experience of my life involving a bag of McDonald’s food prominently involved this store so it would pain me to deliver one star to this location. Call it a sympathy vote. However, they are also responsible for forcing two of my patient friends to stand in the freezing cold for approximately 30 minutes one recent 3 AM so that is a major strike. Add in the fact that they usually screw up my order or they are «out» (read: don’t want to make) of the food that I ordered and you have the reasons why this location gets a generous two stars.
It’s not like I wanted this to happen. But when Fast Gourmet, ²⁴⁄₇ (minor side note: how do you call yourself ²⁴⁄₇ and close? seriously? epic fail.) and Ben’s are all closed, your choices are 1) Manny and Olga’s (please read my one star review of that craphole) or 2) McDonald’s. While most of my friends are smarter than me and would choose 3) Death, I“m not that bright so I will continue to slowly kill myself with awful judgment impaired late night decisions that oddly enough have less to do with alcohol and more to do with hunger and being too lazy to drive home and cook.
While I could delve into the significance of this McDonald’s, that particular topic has already been covered in my review of McFadden’s. Instead, I will simply point out that you can basically expect that any order you attempt to complete here will fail as a matter of practice. If I happen to eat here again, my next strategy will be to use reverse psychology and order something I don’t want knowing full well they will lie and say they can’t make it. Hopefully, when I meekly order some cheeseburgers, they will say something ridiculous like they are out of ketchup. I will then inwardly grin as I hate ketchup. Especially McDonald’s ketchup (which, yes, I’m aware is not proprietary). Then, they will deliver me two cheeseburgers with that famous questionable meat without ketchup and victory will be mine. Well, for a few days. As everyone knows, if you eat at McDonald’s for twenty nine straight days, Morgan Spurlock will murder you with a chainsaw as he wouldn’t want you to prove that he is an asshole who preys on ignorant human beings who actually believe that you WILL gain weight and possibly DIE if you eat McDonald’s food for thirty straight days.
In any event, here is the current U Street late night kitchen rankings:
1) Fast Gourmet (legitimately amazing)
2) ²⁴⁄₇ (although we once saw a seven inch roach here, don’t let that dissuade you… the places on this list below ²⁴⁄₇ are FAR worse)
3) Ben’s (unless you have a friend who doesn’t have to wait for awful chili)
4) McDonald’s (see review)
5) Manny and Olga’s House of Rat Pizza (rats like to hang out in the pizza boxes and you may have a roach baked into your pizza… for real)
In case you haven’t guessed, I“m REALLY looking forward to Black and Orange’s entrance into the neighborhood. But don’t hate too hard on McDonald’s. If nothing else, you can always rest assured that they only simultaneously prey on poor people’s money and health once a year with the Monopoly Game. It could be worse. They could be an insurance company.

This McDonald’s is in the running for the nastiest McDonald’s in the area… actually, there is only one McDonald’s worse than this one and I’m pretty sure we all know where that one is (Adams Morgan).
Getting to the bathroom is like going through an obstacle course:
Step One: Dodge the security guard. Yes, that’s right, there is ARMED security with nothing better to do in life than to guard a McDonald’s bathroom door.
Step Two: Kick down the bathroom door in order to get in. Don’t mind the raggedy slot machine on the door in which you’re supposed to insert a token or a quarter in order to unlock the door… it doesn’t work, never has, and that’s why it’s being held on for dear life with masking tape.
Step Three: Hop over the pools of vomit. No, it is not my vomit and Yes, it is extremely disgusting. I’ve been beyond wasted in McDonald’s before, but I’ve never missed the toilet. There is a chance that the people here vomiting all over the place are completely sober though, I mean, it is McDonald’s after all and it doesn’t always agree with my stomach either.
Step Four: Flush and run. Now in order to do this properly, you must first pull up your pants and make sure your shoes are tied. Then you must make sure that you are in the proper runner’s stance. It is very important that you do this correctly because once you flush the toilet, it will likely overflow from being clogged with too many paper towels (among other things) — granted, of course, that they have paper towels that day. *Hint*: You must also be careful not to bump into anyone on the way out because people here (staff included) are not the friendliest and they will probably stare you down and roll their eyes at you and even call you a B*tch for no reason at all. These people will make you want to walk up to them and punch them in the face… and then proceed with your night/​morning.
Once you have completed all of those steps, you will realize that it’s not all that bad, I mean, at least the fries are always hot! You shall grow to appreciate all of its charm. Although this place smells like piss, I am still happy to have hot fries.

I know, it’s McDonalds but this is by far the worst McDonalds I have ever been to in my life.
The workers here are incredibly incompetent. I can’t even begin to describe the lowest level interactions I have ever had. I think trained koala bears could do a better job of running this place.
Not only are the workers as slow as backward and blindfolded when getting your food, the place is disgusting to boot. It probably doesn’t help that half the clientele are smelly and go in there just to hang out and panhandle for hours, but this place is nasty. When I lived in the area, I would take my food home to eat. I only ate once in their seating area and that was when I no longer lived in the area and was drunk. The side seating area is not only disgusting, but full of creepos.
They also have a late night (possibly 24 hour) walk up window. However, late at night (both at the window and indoors) they only have a special menu where you can only order things from that menu and at a higher cost. You want a four piece chicken nugget for $ 1? Too freaking bad — get a six piece for $ 2 after standing in line to talk to some idiot on the other side of the window.
Dare I say it, but you will get more competent service at the TacoBell/​KFC combination place two doors down. Or just take your drunk self home and eat a bag of microwave popcorn like I now do.