McDonald’s — Restaurant in Prague

The place is big enough and has even an outside sitting area. However, there’s quite some chaos even if not overcrowded. The bins around it are overflowing with McDonald’s litter. The inside self-order kiosks don’t work properly, ours froze and made 3 (!) of my coupons unusable. The staff was unable to help and just told me ‘well unfortunately there’s nothing to do’. I had to order without those coupons, and eventually got my order without my ordered coffee in it, having to go to the McCafé counter to ask for it. I also was prompted to rate my stay and got a coupon for that - guess what, it just didn’t work.

In the meantime, an older gent wanted to order his food and asked whether they will take it outside when done. He was told to ‘wait as it’s going to be done in a sec.’ He got his tray only after we finished eating… he could’ve just sit outside but he was asked to stand near the counter the whole time.

Unfortunately we won’t be coming...

Stopped by this McDonald’s for a quick meal and ordered a simple toast. The good news? The toast was warm, buttery, and exactly what I wanted. The bad news? I’m pretty sure they grew the wheat, baked the bread, and then toasted it while I waited.

The outdoor seating was nice—perfect for contemplating life’s mysteries, like why “fast food” sometimes feels like an elaborate waiting game. At one point, I started to wonder if I’d wandered into a slow-food pop-up event by mistake.

Would I come back? Maybe, but next time I’ll pack a snack to survive the wait...

Everything was fine until they charged us 80 CZK for 3 hours of parking (1 hour was free). I don't know what time I arrived at the parking but I certainly wasn't there for 3 hours. Next time they could give us a parking ticket when we enter and we would avoid situations like this, where a person in a reflective jacket comes up to you, pulls out a piece of paper from under your wiper and asks for 80 CZK. P.S.: The parking lot belongs to...