McDonalds

McDonalds. Pretty standard.
There is plenty of seating in this busy city centre McDonald’s. The staff were quick but rather dull and robotic. The new Christmas menu will be released on Nov 25^th, with a few new festive be things to try.

Absolute Shithole Eyesore.
Can we please get rid of this utter waste of one of the best prime real estate locations in Manchester. Anyone who knows oxford road knows this place in which drunks poor into nightly maintaining its evil grip on us all. In the morning its a somber site surrounded by homeless hoping to get some cheap yet stomach destroying food.
I think one of the worst jobs in the world has to be cleaner for mcdonalds as there is constantly crap everywhere the toilets being the worst offender. Though its often hard to tell what is sauce stains or shit décor. Before you wonder whether its problematic customers NO, the food makes you hyperactive and want to shit yourself all at the same time, a recipe for disaster.
The crew running the place often no choice minimum wage workers look utterly depressed to be there and I’m not even going to begin to criticise their service in such a depressing situation. Not to mention the utter awful and embarrassing uniforms whilst working in such a mental asylum atmosphere.
If you find yourself stranded at a truck stop maybe but in the heart of Manchester surround by a multitude of superior venues of all price ranges there’s no excuse to frequent here. In an age of obesity this place stands out like sore loser that wont accept its total obsolesce. Lastly to the parents feeding their kids this carcinogenic shit wtf are you doing?
Fun fact there are more libraries than McDonalds, lets keep it that way.

With traffic so bad in central Manchester and a good number of road closures, I had to make a stop here after it taking over an hour to simply go one mile. This Mcdonalds is in a good location on Oxford Street, very close to PRET A Manger and a Tesco Express store.
This Mcdonald’s is a reasonable sized branch, with difficult wheelchair access with the store being over 2 floors, with only steps separating them, meaning you have to go in and out of the store, which is very difficult, and surprising with children, who might be in prams being a key aspect of the target market of Mcdonald’s, as well as unfairly making it hard for people with a disability to order there food, and get from floor to floor.
I ordered a cheeseburger without the bun and fries, the food was pretty much poor for a Mcdonald’s, however the food seemed to be hot which was a bonus. As always, I was slightly disappointed as my meal seemed very small with no bun, and they was no discount, which added a disappointing aspect.
The staff didn’t seem to stand out, they seemed to be one person stood around doing nothing, he could of at least helped out with other staff or at least, instead of walking around customers like he was playing a prank and didn’t work there (Who would pretend to work in a Mcdonalds though ?), he could of offered some socialisation with customers, or at least greeting. I know this isn’t customary of a Mcdonalds, but as he was simply walking past customers, doing nothing, that could have been a good idea, and could help to improve the customer experience.
As commented on before, this is basically a typical Mcdonald’s, with relatively poor food, which isn’t great quality (the meat I find never tastes good quality, and in my experience here it was a little rubbery, and just had a bad feel to it.
I probably wouldn’t visit this Mcdonald’s store again, and the only reason I did was because of awful traffic meaning I couldn’t carry on driving any longer. I give 2 stars for the location, but still considering this is quite a poor store, I still feel this is a little generous and it might have to be revised in the near future.

It’s very a rare for me to go McDonalds these days. It is a good excuse to go to McDonalds when you are hungover or after a night out with your friends. If do end up here during the day my brain is so fried that I can’t think of anything else to eat in the city centre.

McD’s is what it is. There’s a definite context for it. If I want a burger I don’t come here but I do if I fancy a Mcdonald’s…it has its own niche. Now I’m a big believer in 2 McD’s traditions…
1. The Cheeky Cheeseburger: Achieved as a snack whilst en route to somewhere else/​better. Too little to fill but big enough to cure an itch. It has been known that I drunkenly purchase bags of these whilst trotting home after a few IPAs.
2. Pimping your McD’s: Are you aware of the McD’s secret menu? If so… you know the fun/​thrill. If not then things won’t ever be the same again. The thrill is asking for the secret item… This has a roughly 30% success rate and when achieved makes everything instantly better. The usual option is to make the items yourself. I won’t spoil anything but ‘The Mc Gang Bang’ and the holy ’10:35′ burger are beautiful. Hopefully your next trip may be a little more silly…

Very popular McDonalds branch. Quite a bit of seating inside, along with one or two tables outside. Quick service mostly unless you buy something which the staff can’t get to hand off the freshly made burger shelf; then you’re usually waiting for a while. Clean, modern interior.
This is right near uni and right at the heart of Oxford Road making it very busy at peak times with queues sometimes out the door at times.

This McDonald’s is ever so familiar to me, even if just popping in to the loo on the way down to Oxford Road. Yes, I’ve done this in Chorlton too — I have a habit of using these restaurants as my own personal pit-​stops. But hark! What’s this? Rarely, I eat from them too. And sometimes you can’t beat a good Maccy D’s.
There’s a particular food that holds sentimental value for me, and that’s the humble Filet O’ Fish. It was my weekly treat when I was little, too little to eat a whole one so my mum would bring along her own cutlery to cut it in half for me. Many moons passed, and this dinky fish sandwich still takes me back. It’s my ultimate comfort food, in fact the last time I consumed one might have been when I broke my leg. And now I know the secrets of the yellow arches, for my dearest took a McJob when he was a teenager. The steamed bun is what makes the O’ Fish so awesome. Nom.
What has changed over the years is that the food tastes far less artificial… but I can’t quite figure out whether this is a good or bad thing, as we certainly don’t come here for a health kick! However the fries are deliciously salty, the bun is decadently soft, the fish tastes a bit less processed now and the tartare sauce is as ever one that I wish I could buy in jars. Adding apple pies for 50p to our meals? Seemed rude not to, and the detox doesn’t start until ’12. Plus, the coffee’s pretty darn good. All cheap and cheerful.
If they had a less Rock FM style soundtrack (and by that I don’t mean rock, but the worst of the charts these days) I’d be much happier here. It’s not a bad branch as Mac’s go, and when it’s quiet it’s delightfully peaceful. Guilty pleasure of 2011, done!

It’s so rare these days for me to go to a McDonalds, I really can’t stand the place. Back in my student days any kind of hangover whatsoever was seemingly a good excuse to go to McDonalds and get some kind of awful sausage and egg McMuffin or other.
Thankfully now I live in the Northern Quarter there are far better local options along the lines of the Koffee Pot that can provide with he hangover cure grease I crave without sending me anywhere near those awful golden arches.
Unfortunately, last weekend I ended up at my mate’s flat in Whitworth Street and on my early morning stumble home my drink-​addled brain took me into this McDonalds. It was as bad as I remembered, and after making me feel better for about 5 minutes, then just made me feel a whole lot worse.