McDonald's — Restaurant in Neufahrn bei Freising

I have absolutely no regrets about stopping by this fine establishment at 10 p.m. I felt like grabbing something quick, so I headed inside. I was greeted by a glorious sight: one single working self-order screen out of four. So naturally, a nice line had formed. This was the first test of my determination after the semester – and the restaurant’s first subtle attempt to convince me that maybe I didn’t need to eat anything unhealthy this late in the evening.

Once my order was placed, I moved on to the pickup area. Here came the next innovation: the order display screen wasn’t working. So unless you’re fluent in German numbers – which the staff didn’t bother to announce out loud – good luck. Nothing like a bit of surprise late-night adrenaline and spontaneous language revision!

I was pleasantly surprised by the staff’s deep awareness of fast food’s health impact. They clearly cared about us – that’s why they had us wait for 30 minutes, just to give us time to reflect and maybe change our minds. A thoughtful gesture, really.

While we debated whether to stay or leave, a few customers came back to the counter holding fries and other mysterious items. I can only assume they wanted to thank the chef personally, maybe ask for the recipe, or request more. No idea why their fries ended up in the trash.

Eventually, after a few cryptic gestures from a manager who seemed to be either sleep-deprived or mildly hallucinating, I received my order. Thank you, dear staff – it was a lovely pause, a chance to think deeply about the frantic pace of modern life and remember that 45 people were waiting for me on a bus, hundreds of...

Waste of time! Stand in front of the ‘bestellen’ line for 10 minutes to order food, to eventually (only after asking) be told I only can order at the ‘automatic’ machine. How impersonal!! Why have a huge ‘order here’ sign and a line of 5 eftpos machines?

To add to the confusion the order machines do not even say McDonalds on the top, so it is completely unobvious. I guess the line out the door to use them should have been the hint?

I KNOW this is not how McDonalds normally is. I know they...

We tried our luck and yeah - did not have any. The first guy told us we could order in five minutes on the counter, and the second told us we could order on the automat. We went there, there was no breakfast, came back and were told they just ended.. at 10:10 on Sunday... ok... went back to the machine and it said "out of order, go to the counter", we went there, waited a few minutes, nobody showed. At least you can buy something to eat at another shop next to McDonald's. There is no...