McDonald’s

This place absolutely sucks. They dont give water to people at night and are cheap about their sauce distrubution. There are far better places to go to in the area.

I have stopped in this McDonald’s frequently. What is most of note about it compared to other McDonald’s? Well, biggest plus is that the bathroom is semi-​clean and available without needing a key. This is a little more unusual to see in a busy transport hub area like Rosslyn, and makes it a great bathroom pitstop. Also, it is right across the street from the Dulles bus and the 38B Ballston-​Farragut bus — two very key and popular bus routes. It is nice on a cold day to grab a coffee at McDonald’s and wait indoors until you see the bus coming up the street and then jog back to get on.
Fun fact about this McDonald’s — To Catch a Predator had a small season that took place in McLean VA. One particularly infamous predator showed up naked to the «gotcha» house looking to get with the bait child. After being humiliated on camera, the very NEXT day, he tried to meet up with another child at this Rosslyn McDonald’s — unfortunately for him, another bait child from the show. Chris Hansen showed up to McDonald’s to confront the guy again, and it was a pretty hilarious exchange. Now when I see this McDonald’s I think of To Catch a Predator.

I’m not loving it a single bit. I live down the street from this McDonald’s and it’s pretty much the only food joint open past 10 in Rosslyn. The Wendy’s up the street only does drive-​thru.
The staff here is incredibly rude. I never do anything to annoy them, but even when there’s no line they try to put me in order and tell me what I can/can’t buy even when the signs say otherwise.
Some weeks there’s a Dollar Menu. Other times, it’s mysteriously unavailable. Tell me, seriously, how can you NOT have a double cheeseburger?! This is a McDonald’s.
Last time I was here, the cashier laughed to her coworker in a mocking tone right in front of me in Spanish. How is that ever acceptable? Don’t you realize you look like you’re saying, «Hah, these gringos thought they could get a cheeseburger»? She asked me medium or large and then did a whoops — there’s only large. What? Really? Shouldn’t you give me the medium price and swallow the upgrade if you’re somehow out of medium fries/​drink?
Don’t go. Seriously. Get some gas station food. Eat a PB&J. Plan ahead so you don’t have to deal with these evil cashiers.

Service varies WILDLY depending on when you go in– if you want food during the breakfast/​lunch rush, they’re well-​staffed and will get you in and out quickly. If you go during the evening/​overnight– expect to wait, have your order mis-​rung, pay for a large when you only wanted a medium, get cold food, etc. The only reason this place is open is because they’re the only fast food joint in Rosslyn that stays open past ten.

Came in on a Sunday evening. We were going to grab a bite to eat and break a $ 20 before we caught the bus to Dulles, and this McDonalds is right across the street from Rosslyn station and the 5A stop.
Waited 15 minutes, never even made it to the cash register. There were a slightly larger than average number of people in the restaurant, but not nearly enough to create more than a 2 – 3 minute wait. Three employees were just hanging out in the kitchen laughing about how long the line was waiting. The manager was on cash, and was very rude.
We actually missed the bus trying to get a single $ 1 to have exact change.
Didn’t get food there. Just asked for change and told them why we wouldn’t buy a $.99 thing instead.
Don’t visit if you’re in a hurry. Horrible customer service.

The ladies taking your order love to yell at the top of their lungs (sometimes rightfully so, as the store was not designed to handle the lines/​amount of people milling about at all hours of the day). My sandwiches usually come out well, but my sodas are always underfilled and flat and the fries are never quite fresh.

This is a good place to make a pit stop if waiting for the bus or some other public transit. This is also an opportune stop from IAD.

This is 3 stars, this is «A-​OK», this is… McDonalds!
This building is right of the Rosslyn Metro stop and is quite large. I’m from out of town and most certainly camped out here for a bit to avoid the DC Heat/​Humidity enjoying a Milkshake, building outside has a cool silvery 4 story… thing that waves in the wind you can watch as you eat.

I normally don’t review chain fast food restaurants, but this was so bad it deserves a note. DO NOT GO TO THIS MCDONALDS! It’s amongst the worst I’ve been to. There was a spider on garbage can by us and a giant fly that was around us. Service was also slow (instantly loses star b/​c it’s supposed to be ‘fast’ food) and lady was a bit rude. I don’t recommend it at all… this is on the top 3 of worst McDs ever (in my life and round the world).

My daughter kept bugging me to go here since it was across the street from the hotel. Damn you Ronald McDonald and your advertising firm… lol.
Not wanting to eat here, I smuggled in a Tasty Kabob Chicken Gyro and ate it while my daughter had the 10 piece chicken meal which came with a free cookie. My daughter loved it and she really liked the chocolate chip cookie.
Service was quick and the place was clean.
The best thing about this place besides spending time with my baby chick:) was the view from our table (see pic). Daddy was the hero again:) Amazing how simple life can be.
Remember to tell them Dan sent you and Stay Hungry!

This is a bizarre McDs.
You can either enter from the Metro end, or the N Lynn Street end. Either way, you’re dealing with sh*t-smelling bums.
You get in there, and there’s no lines. Merely a pack of people, and you leap toward the nearest «can I help you» like people escaping from the post-​apocalypse Terminator death camps.
You get your food. If you’re cheap, you get free water from a giant jug that looks like the fruit punch dispenser at your 7^th birthday in 1985.
You sit down – somewhere – hoping to avoid the foul fecal stench of the bums. You either look at the faux-​garden, or go upstairs (if it’s open).
You leave.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention that MSNBC’s «To Catch a Predator» was filmed here once. Tells you a lot.
I’m lovin’ it!

Okay… I must be «Yelp-​crazy», right? After all, I am now reviewing… a MICKEY D’s. Pathetic, no?
Well, hold on! Hear me out. This is a very special case.
Did you ever think it would be possible for the Golden Arches to be…“Goth?” Maybe not in the obvious, NIN/​Marilyn Manson/​Skinny Puppy/​Diamanda Galas sense, but just… creepy?
Maybe it’s the surroundings that gave it that feel when we visited today for a quick bite. The cold, the wind, the blasted landscape that makes it feel like you are trying to score a double cheeseburger while trapped in the SILENT HILL game… or the movie.
But it DOES look like a war zone around Mac’s these days. Tom Sarris’s is gone… and I’m not just talking about the people and the food, but the BUILDING ITSELF. I knew it would happen eventually, but that was still a nasty shock. And so is the entire building across the street right next to the Metro station… you can look clean through the gap now and see the Gold’s Gym on the other side.
And the shuttered building with the now-​defunct Burger King next-​door, with the construction fence around it, the busted-​out windows, the caved-​in roof inside… I’m not saying «CANDYMAN» three times around this place… even without a mirror.
Walking into the Mac’s itself, people sat downstairs with hands in threadbare gloves curled around cups of coffee, with the glassy-​eyed stares of extras waiting for their call from George Romero to come back to the set. The lighting in the place is pretty dim anyway, save for the front counter, where some of the girls wouldn’t have been out of place in a Roxy Music video for McDonald’s…directed by David Lynch. And that big, winding «Addams Family» worthy staircase? Not helping the nerves here, pal.
So we got our coffee, fries, double-​cheeseburgers, quickly scarfed them down and left. You know the drill — get something in your system that has some traces of nutritional value and go.
That’s what Mickey D’s has always been good for, without breaking you before payday. This one was no exception, save for the vibe and the neighborhood. I would almost expect Lurch to be working the fry station the next time I come in… only there ain’t gonna BE a «next-​time.» Not for this particular location, anyway. I’ll stick to Tivoli when it’s open, thank you very much. Better lighting, better food… and closer to the trains.