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The US doesn’t have quality standards for food like Europe. So yeah, it’s bad.

It’s possible to eat reasonably healthy at McDonald’s or other fast food restaurants. But a lot of people are going to add fries and a sugary drink, or even a milkshake, exploding the calories to unreasonably high amounts. If you just have it every now and then, whatever, it’s not going to kill you. I used to eat McDonald’s a lot when I was younger and it was actually cheap. Their prices are so ridiculous now that you may as well just buy something that actually tastes good instead.

I know this was targeted at the US but Ill answer from my perspective as an Aussie. Maccas used to be a good option for a cheap but by no means healthy meal. I dont eat there anymore because I no longer eat meat and the only things I would consider buying are exorbitantly priced. $1 AUD for a hash brown was a decent price, $2 is ok but not great. $3.60 for a single hash brown is simply outrageous even before you consider they are 2/3 the size they used to be. Even if I did eat meat, there are far better, more substantial options available for the same price

Mcdonalds used to be cheap, tasty, but unhealthy

Now it’s expensive, taste horrible 🤮, AND unhealthy.

Any food at the end of a long line of industrial processes is going to be bad. Fight me.

The fries are great. I will defend them wholeheartedly.

Everything else leaves a lot to be desired in terms of nutrition, flavour and cost.

From the sounds of this thread American McDonald’s is Canadian KFC. Food quality fell off a fucking cliff to the point of being revolting half the time, and the price keeps going up

Whenever I don’t bring my lunch to work my only options are gas station food or McDonald’s. Every time I go to McDonalds I get a cold meat patty on a hard bun, with the cheese somewhere on the side. The limp undercooked fries and bland nuggets that have the consistency of playdough.

I go to the gas station without hesitation.

Pretty much all fast food here is absolute trash and insanely expensive.

It’s definitely a gut bomb.

It’s somehow always disappointing, but comforting.

I will say, McDonalds in Japan was pretty impressive. The food was still basically McDonalds’ flavors, but was made like they actually cared. All of our food looked like it did in the pictures, flawless bun and fries appearance. It was kind of jarring, since I couldn’t recall the last time I had seen a US McDonalds burger that wasn’t a loose-wrapper intentionally-squished disc of sadness, with ketchup splattered and leaking from the side of the bun.

I gave up on McDonalds about 20 years ago. Wasn’t very good at that time. I’ve been told it got worse

It’s bad in the same way cigarettes are bad. It’s not good for you, but it’s tasty on the way down (though this varies by location and one’s taste). At the end of the day, it’s wildly popular for a reason.

Personally, I prefer Rally’s or Culver’s. Neither are much better for you, but they’re better than McD’s.

McDonald’s ranks just above Arby’s. It isn’t cheap anymore, they have doubled their prices in the last 10 years completely divorced from inflation and you pretty much have to use a self-Order kiosk if you go inside.

I do live within a somewhat unreasonable drive of their corporate headquarters, so I can get the best version of McDonald’s possible in America if I have that level of self loathing.

I absolutely 99% of the time will go to Culver’s instead and pay like $2 more for a vastly better fast food experience despite having to drive 30mins round trip instead of 10 minutes.

I would love to try golden arches in a European country or Japan to find out how good McDonald’s can actually be.