Mcdonald’s

My McDonald’s shame is off the charts here, folks.
It was 2am on a Sunday in Paris, and we’d spent the past few days tramping up and down cobblestone streets eating baguettes. We’d drank a little too much, and were starving. I have a soft spot for McDo, but my husband does not. I saw a moment of starving weakness in his glassy eyes, and I went for it, «Let’s get McDonald’s! It’s totally ethical in France.» :/​
I got a Big Mac and he got something called the McFarmer. Cayuuute. We both felt horrible after, but I wouldn’t trade the drunken memory of ordering from their touch screens and washing down french fries with rosé for the world.

I wanted to try Paris’ MCD and see if there food was any different. The quick answer is no. I would have tried a-​crossed the street’s Paris fast food joint (called «Quick»), but I saw that they had some souvenir for the World Cup so that drew my attention. And I wanted to see there happy meal toy :). So there was this ordering machine there that you can order on. Due to my lack of French, I figure I should use this kiosk since it had a English language selection. This is when it gets bad and the reason I knocked it from a two star to a one.
First off the kiosk requires a credit card (CC) to even select what you want to order. Second it doesn’t tell me you have to leave your CC in the Kiosk to continue. Who would want to leave their CC in the kiosk with such a high risk of forgetting it in there? Once I got control of what I needed to do, it didn’t have an option for me to purchase that souvenir I wanted. Lastly, once you completed your order, if your CC don’t read right it forces you to try again or lose all your order information. Now at this time, I’m already putting in two different CCs and praying to god that it goes through. Once it did, I thanked god that my attendance in church that afternoon pairs off. Little did I know once I got my receipt, I was told by one of the workers there to line up at the cashier and give my receipt to them… only to find out that I have to slide my credit card again at their CC machine. I asked I thought I paid already and the cashier told me in the condescending tone, «well try to paid again». At this point, I was afraid I was getting cheated by the inadequate workers giggling away in the background. I know that these are MCD workers, but to top off this crazy experience with the typical snobby French customer service, I’m incline to give my review to the MCD corporate and have them work out these high risk, time wasting kiosks before putting them out for consumers.

Classic Stupid American Adventures Entry #1:
Dear Diary,
Tonight at 23hr (that’s 11pm), BF & I went to McDonalds! How great that there’s one so close to our hotel so we don’t have to spend boucoup €€€ on late-​nite grub! It was yummy!
xoxo,
FPX
(Sidenote: fries are potato-​ier than our American ones, they serve Noisette (hazelnut) flavored milkshakes, service is super slow for a fast food joint & they PUT YOUR DRINK IN THE BAG with your food! Must be a French thing!)

I keep telling myself that it’s not a good idea to go to «McDo» (as they call it in France). And yet I continually find myself coming back. Fast food for the most part is going to be pretty much the same quality throughout, but this one is my favorite of all the ones I visited in Paris. It’s mostly due to this special deal they had going on while I was there. Order one sandwich, and then potatoes and a drink come with it for free. Now that is an excellent deal.
For my sandwich, I ordered the «Royal-​O-​Fish» for 6,30 €. I suppose it’s kind of like the French version of the Filet-​O-​Fish, but this one is better. Here, they have the fish patty with tartar sauce between two buns of course. Also in there are lettuce and tomatoes; I don’t think the Filet-​O-​Fish includes those. Next is the potatoes. They’re included with the meal, and the receipt even marks them as 0,00 €. These are not French fries; they’re better. I believe «potato wedges» is the proper term, but I’ve also heard them called «jojos.» They’re thick and full of rich potato. Unlike fries, you won’t find these guys burned or soggy. They’re always just right, which is pretty impressive coming from a fast food restaurant. To make them better, they come with sauce for dipping.
I can spend a while talking about the beverage that comes with all this. There was a selection of drinks to choose from, but I only remember the one I got. John Travolta was absolutely right in Pulp Fiction. In Paris, you can get a beer at McDonald’s. I got a 33-​centiliter can of 1664 (I believe the full name is «Kronenbourg 1664»). It’s just an ordinary, unopened can like the ones you would buy anywhere else yourself. It came with a small plastic cup similar to the ones that flight attendants pour your drinks into. But the sheer novelty of being able to buy a beer at McDonald’s was just astounding. No ID check either; as long as you don’t look like you’re obviously under eighteen, they’ll sell it to you. This is irrelevant to me because I was twenty-​one at the time. I also don’t condone underage drinking, but it’s fun to witness this cultural difference in attitude toward alcohol. The stuff only has an alcohol content of around five percent, so it won’t get you hammered. But still, beer at McDonald’s! No identification required, and it comes for free with the meal!
I honestly don’t know whether all the McDonald’s stores in France are like this. I didn’t bother to check, since on my first few visits to other stores, I was too busy getting more familiar items and trying to see how they compared to the American versions. But sometimes it’s more fun to appreciate restaurants for how different they are across the pond, not how similar. This is certainly the good kind of different. Better sandwich, better fries, and better drinks (ahem). All for such a low price, so what’s not to love?

Gute Lage, in der Nähe vom Pantheon, gegen+ber gibt es allerdings noch ein Fast-​Food-​Laden, den ich nicht getestet habe, die Konkurrenz ist also gegeben.
Kurze Wartezeiten, es gibt auch ein elektronisches Bestellsystem, was sicherlich zusätzlich entlastet. Allerdings ist das Personal nicht sooo schnell in der Essensausgabe. Und auch nicht so geübt (Unser Mc-​Flurry wurde mehrmals au0en abgewischt, weil er immer überlief und sie den Deckel nicht draufbekam). Finde ich aber jetzt nicht soooo schlimm, aber gibt dann eben auch keine volle Punktzahl.
Das Essen ist ok, ist halt MacDonalds, obwohl die Auswahl in Frankreich cooler ist als in Deutschland (Es gibt auch Baguettes. und Tim-​und-​Struppi-​Sammelfiguren)

Le McDo de Luxembourg est très pratique car il est tout près du RER B alors quand on rentre et qu’on a une petite faim, hop un petit détour pour un Royal Cheese et c’est fait. Il a été refait il y a peu de temps alors on apprécie le nouveau design et la propreté de l’endroit. Sinon, mon avis sur les McDo n’a pas changé, c’est le «meilleur» fast-​food de sa catégorie (hamburger + frites + coca) selon moi.

rapidite du service!!!

C’est peut etre un des plus beau resto Mc Donald’s de Paris
toujours en pointe question déco
mais bon ca reste un Mc Do :-°

tout le monde connaît le mac do! celui ci est situé en plein en face du RER Luxembourg, en face du jardin donc c’est superbe. La déco est très belle, très moderne. il y a le WIFI gratuit. la dernière fois que j’y ai mangé j’ai eu un nuggets à moitié croqué donc ça m’a refroidi! je n’y retourne plus!