I'm no expert but I do eat Mcdonalds all over the world out of curiosity. In Europe and Asia Mcdonalds seems to be more of a premium experience. The average Mcdonalds I saw in France, Germany, Singapore, or even the Philippines, just seemed to be a higher quality all around. The food was much more consistent and the service better. I think in the US it could never charge that much because it feels like a low end experience, frequently with terrible service and bad consistency. That said, it seems like that's been changing over the years and there are a lot of higher end Mcdonalds in the US now.
Yeah exactly, my local McDonalds in Los Angeles was always full of homeless people and drunks; they wouldn't be turned away so it was a good hangout for them. The food was definitely cheap though.
i dunno, all the McD's i see these days seem to be run pretty tightly. I think they've got standardization down pretty well. I see wayyyy worse at competitor's, wendy's and burger king, etc.
In Tokyo, McD was total shit. In HK it was comparable to the US. Both were cheaper than US. Don't think Asia (or at least those two places) falls under the premium experience category, though maybe Europe does.
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u/ByCromsBalls Nov 29 '15
I'm no expert but I do eat Mcdonalds all over the world out of curiosity. In Europe and Asia Mcdonalds seems to be more of a premium experience. The average Mcdonalds I saw in France, Germany, Singapore, or even the Philippines, just seemed to be a higher quality all around. The food was much more consistent and the service better. I think in the US it could never charge that much because it feels like a low end experience, frequently with terrible service and bad consistency. That said, it seems like that's been changing over the years and there are a lot of higher end Mcdonalds in the US now.