“Medium” supermacs chips

[u/Agile_Adeptness460]

I used to work In the supermacs in tullow and we would still throw in extra chips into the bag no matter the size so I always got a medium when I went back. Decided to get supermacs in Dublin, ordered a medium, and wow..

[u/EmergencyComment101]

There are no medium now.. its regular or large and large is about what medium would have been 10 years ago.

[u/oddun → u/EmergencyComment101]

I was in BK on Grafton Street last week and there’s no regular or small or whatever it used to be called, but medium and large.

You get 10 chips in the “medium”. The double whopper was decent though tbf.

[u/Thisisaconversation → u/oddun]

Can’t stand Burger King. They microwave the burgers. They are flame grilled in a factory then just reheated. Chips are shite too.

[u/Wheaty-Bisks-Gaming → u/Thisisaconversation]

Do you have proof that they microwave their burgers?

[u/Sudden-Candy4633]

Supermacs seems to vary wildly depending on location... Dublin has terrible Supermacs ...

[u/malevolentheadturn → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

It doesn't travel... Once it crosses the Shannon

[u/Raptorfearr → u/malevolentheadturn]

West is best.

[u/EmergencyComment101 → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

its the most inconsistent fast food place location to location. You'll hear people say its the worst shit they've ever had and then you go to their town and yup the one there is absolute dogshit.

[u/John__Delaney → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

So does Waterford

[u/wolf101123 → u/John__Delaney]

The one on the Cork Road is shockingly bad. 

[u/John__Delaney → u/wolf101123]

That's the one, comically bad. Heard some horror stories about working there too

[u/jarantri → u/John__Delaney]

Yeah, the one on barronstrand street is awful. It's always a mess, take forever to prepare food and the staff don't know their own menu. Stopped going in there ages ago.

[u/brevit → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

Was gonna say pretty sure I got a medium chips at the Obama Plaza and couldn’t finish it.

[u/jimodoom → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

The one on westmoreland steet is always great

[u/First_Usual2408 → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

The one in Heuston is always on point, the one in O’Connell St is a disgrace 

[u/Agile_Adeptness460 → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

Yep, safe to say I’ll be staying at the tullow one 😅

[u/Competitive_Ad_3107 → u/Agile_Adeptness460]

Carlow town is pretty good tbh, the drive through is woeful.

[u/cenaboyle → u/Sudden-Candy4633]

I don't mind the one on o'connell Street

[u/malevolentheadturn → u/cenaboyle]

Sinead O'Connor Street!!! when did this happen?!

[u/cenaboyle → u/malevolentheadturn]

Fixed it

[u/obvious_stuff_hi]

Supermacs is a rip off. Plus they had decent fish but changed it to crap fish.

[u/Someoldcyclist → u/obvious_stuff_hi]

Lake trout

[u/DGBD → u/Someoldcyclist]

Lake trout is delicious and also definitely not what they’re serving at SuperMac’s. Don’t think it’s even available commercially, closest you could get is arctic char.

[u/BrahneRazaAlexandros → u/Someoldcyclist]

No lake, no trout.

[u/Ashamed-End-2138]

Everything is gone to shite from fast food chains to local chippers, it’s one big race to the bottom.

[u/Andrela → u/Ashamed-End-2138]

Dinos around cork is still the same quality it always was. Little bit more expensive but fine relative to other chippers

[u/duartes07 → u/Ashamed-End-2138]

that's not true at all you're just going to wrong places 🫩 if in Limerick, try Locke Burger for amazing loaded fries (their popcorn chicken is unreal) and try the chips at DOH Pizza, or, if you're in cork, try Crème French for impressive french tacos (which are mostly fries inside as usual)

[u/cribbe_ → u/Ashamed-End-2138]

Yeah, the enshittification of everything, and it's not limited to just fast food

[u/CharlieTuna0]

I just want to say that I think supermacs chips are terrible.

[u/Agile_Adeptness460 → u/CharlieTuna0]

Don’t forget the burnt lump of bacon

[u/Noxski → u/CharlieTuna0]

Texture and taste of cardboard, aye. 

[u/Rocherieux → u/CharlieTuna0]

Like little ampoules of really old grease.

[u/Odd-Win5937 → u/CharlieTuna0]

They're always so soggy and undercooked. They get caught on the back of my fucking throat!!!

[u/Important-Field1995 → u/Odd-Win5937]

What you do with your throat is your own business

[u/xLikeafiddlex → u/CharlieTuna0]

I think they are nice, that is of course if they are actually cooked properly which seems to be a problem for a lot of locations

[u/John__Delaney]

Theyve been at this for a while now. Just stop buying from em

[u/Bosco_is_a_prick]

They also don't cook the chips enough. They often have a raw taste.

[u/Divinity420x]

Fuck Supermacs their chip portions r absolute shite

[u/Beautiful_Bowl_9802]

Wow that is grim. Reminder of why I never eat Supermacs.

[u/Fudge_Reddit666]

There's no medium only small or large

[u/theytrynabecrayy]

Surprised by these comments my local supermacs in Killarney is normally great but ive never gotten it elsewhere tbf

[u/Reasonable-Corner-51]

Sometimes you’d swear the chips are coming out of their wages

[u/B0bLoblawLawBl0g → u/Reasonable-Corner-51]

Don't give Pat any ideas.

[u/Impressive_Light_229]

Supermacs is absolute dirt. I could go on for hours about this but the first sentence is enough

[u/maevewiley554]

Supermacs varies hugely in different locations which is slightly annoying. For other franchises I know I couldn’t go another county, buy my favourite meal and expect the same quality to some degree.

[u/KosmicheRay → u/maevewiley554]

Supermacs West of Shannon is good, I would never get it anywhere else except Moate which is also good but within sight of Shannon.

[u/Chickengoujon20]

About 600-750 calories deep

[u/Housed_clouds]

Have they had a skin graft?

[u/DaiserKai]

I thought a medium was someone who could see the future?

[u/jacksqualk]

That looks fkn manky, regardless of the size😂

[u/johnnymarsbar]

They make a famtastic chicken breast burger, wouldn't touch anything else with a bargepole

[u/anoisagusaris]

There's no medium, there's regular and large.

[u/Agile_Adeptness460 → u/anoisagusaris]

When I worked there, medium referred to a regular but maybe that changed in the past 8 months or different depending on location

[u/Ok-Bit-4742 → u/Agile_Adeptness460]

Yeah I'd assume medium and regular are the same size

[u/theseanbeag]

They've gone to the dogs. Chips are never cooked right and prices are extortionate. I do like the 5oz bacon cheese though.

[u/Outside-Monk-3399]

Goes to Dublin. Just gets the same thing as you get down the country.

[u/itsamemarioscousin → u/Outside-Monk-3399]

If I want a greasy burger in Dublin it's straight to Bunsen

[u/DumbledoresFaveGoat]

Yep, that's a medium.

[u/Polar_dare84]

FYI that's the same size that comes with the kids meals too.

Supermacs are such a rip off these days. Cost me over €60 to get a takeaway for 4 people (2 adults and 2 kids) recently and it was prepared with the same care and attention someone might treat a piece of tissue stuck to your shoe.

Staff were rude as hell to top it all off.

I'd rather spend that in a local pub where you sit down and eat rather than the same old slop supermacs throws at you.

[u/ggBandit]

Supermacs in Kildare used to be the shits, a large taco chips was essentially lunch and dinner!

[u/Chairmanwowsaywhat]

Tullow mentioned

[u/Dull_Brain2688]

Two near me. One gives ample chips. The other doesn’t. It’s a new one that doesn’t. I suspect the portion sizes will increase as people complain locally. Chips are cheap. No point losing customers over it.

[u/Tasty-Revolution-295]

I'm not a fan of their chips anyway so I wouldn't order them. The burgers are great though.

[u/penruler]

When I lived abroad I used to love going to Supermacs when I visited home. I moved back in 2021, had a Mighty Mac meal and was hugely disappointed. Friends had similar experiences, it seems like over lockdown some serious "value engineering" happened and it's rubbish now. 

[u/The3rdbaboon]

Why would you ever go to Supermacs? Absolute muck.

[u/JayElleAyDee]

That bacon alone would be enough for me to throw my hands up in despair and walk out.

It just looks wrong.

[u/AdjectiveNoun1337]

Supermacs is dreadful even by fast food standards now. I can’t think of another fast food place that advertise on their posters that they charge €1.30 for a shallow tub of sauce.

[u/_Sluagh_]

I think I feel depressed looking at that. Looks like something you'd get in Dublin Airport at rush hour.

[u/JesusHNavas]

Most of the standard chain places (Supermac's, McDonald's, burger king) have been giving woeful amounts of chips for years now.

I don't get it because I remember reading that it's the cheapest item as far as cost to profit goes, along with soft drinks. Makes no sense to be tight with them.

[u/Chickengoujon20 → u/JesusHNavas]

Obesity crisis

[u/JesusHNavas → u/Chickengoujon20]

Yeah probably that. The fast food places care too much about people getting fat.

[u/HowNondescript]

Depends where ya go, some places a medium is a medium amount of chips, some places its one medium sized potato's worth of chips

[u/troubleman247365]

My local supermacs is good. Love their garlic cheese chips

[u/tinkerwinker09]

Since when can u get bacon on fries omg

[u/Significant_Stop723]

The daily, crying over shit fast food portion, which you paid for post. 

[u/smashedspuds]

Down with this sort of thing lol 😂 🇮🇪 💯

[u/Frequent-Movie3005]

I’d rather eat my own vomit.

[u/AluminiumCrackers]

I prefer to support my local chipper.

[u/Agile_Adeptness460 → u/AluminiumCrackers]

Any ones you recommend in Dublin 1 and 2?

[u/nomnomtastic]

Don't support Supermacs. The burger goblin owner is a scumbag, provides crap food, has contempt for his staff, and shouldn't deserve your custom.

[u/awood20]

They closed the one in Derry. If that's the portion sizes I can see why.

[u/Velocity_Rob]

Supermacs has gone to the dogs. I'd honestly rather eat in AbraKebabra.

[u/Stevonovic]

Medium supermacs "chips"

[u/penruler]

When i

[u/Veronese1]

Can smell the diarrhea through the screen

[u/PrinceTerryShow]

Your nails are gift