William L.
Yelp
Yikes, one and a half stars?
At one time, this was the "flagship McDonald's" of New Orleans (Seriously: back when Jim Singleton was on the City Council, many years ago, the construction of a McDonald's directly on St. Charles Avenue was controversial topic. The company responded with a novel two-floor design where the company tried, as best it could in its corporate way, to fit on on the historic thoroughfare. Councilman Singleton referred to it as the "flagship McDonalds" and like a bad ear worm from the Ohio Players, that moniker has run in my head every time I pass St. Charles and Louisiana, for going on now three decades.).
Ironically, it now appears in early 2019 the "flagship" will be razed and replaced. Progress!
As for this particular McDonald's itself, I've had good service from both the drive through and the walk-up. There have been a couple of episodes where I found myself staring for ten minutes at the fancy stainless steel hardware and employees moving about and asking myself, "WHAT IS GOING ON BACK THERE, WHERE IS MY BISCUIT?", but more often it's a regular quick experience with minimal fuss. The food is consistent with other McDonald's. If you like your dollar sausage biscuit, you can get your dollar sausage biscuit.
At this location, the speed, consistency, service, and huge parking lot that wraps around back puts it squarely in average McDonald's territory. That is really a three-star world, but the average score here is so low I'm giving an extra star.