The staff try their best but the location is too small for the amount of foot traffic it gets. As other reviewers have noted after you’ve managed to find where the line starts your left hanging around the small serving area waiting for your order. I was here a few days ago and ordered an Angus burger, I waited around 10 – 15 minutes, presumably because it’s a special order. I’m guessing they have a small kitchen so you’ll be waiting a while.
Carl F.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
It’s a McDonalds… but smaller and a bit inefficient. However it makes for good late night eat for the area.
T S.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
This place is awful. As you walk you try to find the line up with 10 – 15 others waiting for food trying to find space to stand. I try go elsewhere because they can’t get their act together. This time when got my big order I was given a small bag to go. I asked for something bigger to add the order together in one bag. The guy in handling it left and told the cashier to do while he was taking another order. I waited and I had to ask again and I had to put the items in myself the bag was dropped on the counter. I went to get napkins and it was empty, I should of checked for ketchup because I found out after I got nothing. Like I said this place needs someone to get their act together. By the way the second last time I was there someone was asking others inline for money.
Will T.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
Gross! This place is a dive’s dive. There’s always hobos hanging outside of this McDonalds. The food is stale and the place is barely clean. It’s right next to a Starbucks. If you’re looking for a great McDonalds, go to the one down the street, just North of Dundas and Yonge. Stay clear of this place.
Spencer R.
Place rating: 2 Wellington, Canada
This McDonald’s is in a great downtown location, and in a funky building right next to a Starbucks sharing a similar exterior décor. The food is fairly good, and doesn’t differ much from most other McDonalds(at least judging from what I had), although the standard was perhaps a bit lower than what I usually see. That said, despite its cool location, the cleanliness was very bad, and there was spilled drink and squashed food lying on the floor throughout the store, and there didn’t seem to be any attempt from someone in the store to clean up the mess. This unfortunately was what I remembered the most about the place.
Brandon C.
Place rating: 3 Toronto, Canada
So, by now you figured out that this is McDonald ‘s, where they have mastered the art of making lots of money with the least amount of effort. What ‘s worse, is even Elite Unilocalers write reviews of this place(and other McDonald ‘s) and feel guilty, offering up excuses and mild eruptions of self loathing. Let me be the first to say… You are forgiven! This McDonald’s is average at best. They got my order right, and while the place was not clean, it wasn’t filthy either. Like all McDonald’s, there is no apology or benefit received when they make you wait or waste your time with a wrong order. There are no drink stations here. Big up charges for wanting a soda instead of coffee at breakfast. The restaurant is also a homeless hangout with low lighting. That being said, the service at the counter is better than some McDonald’s. I admire that there are people working here who take pride in their jobs and who get up early to make service here happen.
Paul O.
Place rating: 1 Toronto, Canada
This McDonald’s is filthy. They don’t bother to wipe the tables clean. On one occasion there was a homeless man sleeping, stretched out on the seating. Staff walked by and said nothing, nor did they bother to clean any tables while they were in the lobby. I worked at McDonalds 30 years ago. Their cleanliness standard has slipped.
Cece W.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
Ugh! Dark, dirty, depressing. I suspect, bug-infested. A poor substitute for the cheerful space that was on Bloor Street before it was demolished to make way for(yet another) condo. I can appreciate the problems of its location and the associated clientele, but McDonald’s is a place I reluctantly take my child. This place is not child-appropriate. It seems best for takeout for adults only.
Bernie C.
Place rating: 3 Mississauga, Canada
Guilty as charged — yes I went to McDonalds for breakfast. I’m really starting to like McDonald’s coffee, and I’ve always loved their 10,000 calorie egg mcmuffin. Something about that egg is so good!!! I usually would give McD’s two stars, but this one is kind of cool in that they ask for your name. Extra star for that and trying to make you feel appreciated.
Meena A.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
This is the closest location to my house. And it is pretty gross(even for a McD’s). There are always at least 2 – 6 homeless people outside asking for change and/or for you to buy them food. I wouldn’t mind so much but they occupy the small narrow steps so you have to walk over them or nudge them to get to the doors. Also, due to the central location and amount of homeless around, they close the downstairs bathrooms early in the evening and then you’re left only with the one upstairs bathroom. There is generally a several minute wait for the single bathroom. And when you get inside, don’t be surprised to find vomit, feces, urine, etc on the walls and/or floor. The staff are jaded from dealing with so many rude and classless people. Therefore, they tend to be short and quick to temper. They are quick to yell and assume the worst of people(which is to be expected given their usual clientele). The worst part is that they shut off the ice cream machine at 2am. So no McFlurries, no sundaes, no cones!
Bryce G.
Place rating: 3 Toronto, Canada
This location is ok. They screw up my order about 50%(and most of that is one guy who seems to ring in whatever he wants, the other workers are cool) of the time but are super quick to fix it. It seems like the lines are improving, never really wait too long for food. My one real complaint is the sketchy people that are there all day every day on their netbooks not consuming McDonalds products. Some of them stare at you while you eat. And I don’t mean random different people every day. I mean like the exact same four people all the time, always. There has to be a better place to hang out. Thinking about taking some mall flyers and community centre cards to leave around on my next visit.
Luis H.
Place rating: 4 Toronto, Canada
One of the few McDonalds locations in the core are that has a full coffee bar, this recently remodeled McDonalds is one of the nicer ones in the area. Located close to the intersection of Yonge and Charles Streets, the location is busy during weekday and weekend afternoons. The building that houses this location use to be the former Post Office for the downtown core area during the 1900s, and now houses McDonalds and a Starbucks next door. Menu at this location is the same as other Canadian locations in Toronto. The recently remodeled look and the presence of a latte bar adds to the positive rating I’ve given this location.
Alana C.
Place rating: 3 Toronto, Canada
Their food is usually pretty solid and they almost always get my order correct. The new renovation looks really nice, but whoever designed it didn’t think about how long the lines get post-clubbing and during the breakfast rush. It is nearly impossible to get in the front door now during busy times. I see a new renovation coming soon, because I know a lot of people don’t like what they’ve done.
Mark F.
Place rating: 2 Santa Barbara, CA
Small and dirty, this McDonalds is clowning around. The food is what you expect but the atmosphere is nothing special. Split in two with the front open and airy but the back is tight and stuffy. I’d rather go hungry than dine in here again.
Jim G.
Place rating: 2 North York, Canada
I usually don’t bother to rate McDonald’s, as all of the food is exactly the same. This restaurant, on the site of a former Wendy’s, has recently been renovated to look more like a sitdown restaurant than your usual McD’s. They’ve introduced some pillars and Restaurant Makeover colouring. The problem is the pillars make it hard to get around the restaurant and they block off the lineup, which is forced to stretch into the dining area, which is awkward and a real pain.
Chris P.
Place rating: 1 Calgary, Canada
This is a pretty sketchy place. There are always homeless people sitting on the steps outside begging for money as they(mostly) block the entrance. The other day there was someone with an obvious mental disease that was randomly yelling at a customer who was sitting trying to enjoy his meal. It didn’t even seem to phase the staff as they did nothing to extinguish the situation.
Steph L.
Place rating: 3 Toronto, Canada
I felt that I should review the best McDonald’s in the hood. To end a great night out… sometimes you just need a Big Mac and fries. No matter how completed inebriated I am… Stumbling around and completely confused… I may not be able to operate my wallet without help… This 24 hour location has always been there for me. Nothing like enjoying tasty calories and those crispy salty fries while the sun is rising. Thank you McDonalds!