Aaron S.
Yelp
Food Court locations of chains like this are never too great, but this branch of McDonald's in the Food Court of Westfield Stratford City, London's busiest shopping centre seems to have taken that, and somehow gone even worse.
The store is pretty small and is merely a counter, meaning there is no space for technology such as the new digital screens which most McDonald's stores have now, to make matters worse they don't even seem to have the new ordering system, making the whole queuing and waiting for area a slow and hectic mess with staff running around like headless chickens unable to cope. The fact this is one of the few stores in London not to accept mobile orders, which most McDonald's stores (even franchises) accept and try to push now, makes matters worse for me, as someone who hates waiting especially for something which could be done in seconds with technology.
The staff as mentioned before seemed to really struggle, and they didn't seem to have a clue what they were doing, which on four visits to McDonald's on a recent trip to London, I found to be the case at 100% of branches, which includes branches at Ludgate Hill, Commercial Road, New Oxford Street and this one here at Westfield Stratford City.
The location in a busy Food Court near other fast food rivals, as expected means the whole area can be pretty noisy, dirty and hard to get a table as McDonald's, of course, doesn't have its' own seating area.
A poor branch of the American fast-food chain, even for food court standards. A real shame. 1*