Is McDonalds in America expensive and crap?

Yes to both. Food quality is probably poorer than it's every been (which is saying something!). And the prices are crazy expensive for the shit you get. Their prices have gone up more than basically any other fast food chain in America.

Yes and yes.

Fast food has become even more expensive in the last 10 years, it's as much as some sit down restaurants with much better food.

But… It’s consistent!

I don't know what it's like in the US but in Canada you literally cannot find a worse "burger". Maybe horse meat somewhere? Also, it's more expensive than most of those high quality burger places. I couldn't tell you why anybody eats that trash.

Is American McDonald's expensive?

Now it is. Might as well go to a proper restaurant for a better meal at the same price.

Is American McDonald's crap?

Also yes.

Have you tried McDonald's over seas?

I went to one in Germany while I was there. It was more or less the same; the sauces tasted slightly different. But you could get a pint of beer, unlike American McDonald's. They didn't really have any special "Germany only" items. At least, not then. It was also back before it was expensive. I paid maybe a dollar less than I was used to back home for the same meal.

McDonald's used to be cheap decent food here in the U.S. but over the last decade or so the prices have kept going up while the quality has gone down.

To be fair no one has ever considered McDonald's to be gorumet food but it didn't matter because it was cheap and it was still pretty good.

Now they are neither cheap nor good. You could get a real burger at a much better restaurant for about the same price.

Since they've converted all of their restaurants into soulless little bland shoeboxes no one even stays there to eat anymore. The building is basically just a hub for drive through orders and DoorDash pickup.

It's pretty depressing. I hardly ever go there anymore. A Whataburger just opened down the street where the food is much better and everything is at least 25% cheaper depending on what you order.

Can't speak to McDonald's, but I can for KFC.

KFC outside the US is great. Genuinely good and typically not the cheapest food, but not pricey. In some places it's just original recipe (which is fairly crispy) and spicy.

In the US it's fully disgusting. Top to bottom, everything is gross, and it's not cheap enough to be so gross. I would rather skip a meal than eat KFC in the US. But KFC anywhere in Africa is on par with the excitement of a Nando's - guaranteed good food ahead.

Last time I had McDonald's at all was 2007 in Morocco and it made me feel gross, so I haven't touched it since.

Horse meat is pretty nice.

As an American I gave up on fast food. It's expensive, stories about workers not getting paid or treated well

As people have answered the US part of it already, I'd like to mention that McDonalds is in fact expensive and crap in plenty of other countries as well; or least here in lithuania. You can get better food for cheaper elsewhere.

Whether it's better than the US... Well it certainly "cleaner" in terms of ingredients, but it's still basically the lowest quality product they're legally allowed to sell

no one even stays there to eat anymore. The building is basically just a hub for drive through orders and DoorDash pickup.

i cant understand this....

I used to eat mcdonalds a lot.... i'm talking about $1 value menu items, a long time ago.... now its 3x more expensive, and way shittier....

And now people are paying these 3x, prices, for shittier food AND paying delivery and tip on uber eats.....

I have young genZ coworkers who get a box of McDds fries delivered on a whim... and its $10... i do not understand.. i'm such an old boomer

You ain't talking about no paper cup? You mean like a glass of beer?

All fast food is delicious when cooked with the fresh ingredients and exactly to the standards that they spent many thousands of dollars perfecting in their corporate test kitchens

The problem is that the overcooked patties and the stale buns with too much ketchup and the wilted ass lettuce used by your local franchise and assembled by a 15yo who couldnt give less of a fuck ruin the experience. Thats also assuming you eat it fresh in the "restaurant" not after a 10 minute drive home at which point its fully congealed and the chips are soggy.

I was looking at McDonald's prices recently and was high and wanted some food.

The prices are always elevated on DD, so I expected to spend more.

But uh. Holy shit. Their prices are on par with five guys and they're _so much better._ (five guys in case that wasn't clear)

I ended up getting White Castle because their mozzarella sticks at my local spot are fucking incredible.