McDonald's Ikebukuro East Gate — Restaurant in Tokyo

Please note: we were unable to be seated and did not make a purchase.

A friendly greeter did take us up to the seating floors in the elevator when they saw that we had a pushchair.

For folks with accessability needs: be aware that while there are 2 upstairs floors, the elevator only goes to one of them, you are expected to use the stairs for the other floor and there is a big step up after using the elevator.

There was no available seating and we could not access the other floor, so we left.

The good things I want to say are that it is easy to find, and it is close to the train station. There are so many other attractions nearby for tourists. I expect if you've been to McDonald's in Japan before, you know what you...

Saturday morning at around 6:30 to 7:00 was surprisingly busy. We stopped for a quick breakfast after our overnight bus.

This McDonald’s covers three floors. The first floor is the ordering counter without seating. Two self-service kiosks are on the second floor, but no cash payment available. Toilets and the majority of seating are also located here. Unfortunately, the elevator doesn’t serve the second floor, so if you’ve got large suitcases, you’ll have to take the stairs. It does go to the third floor, but the dining area is small with 19 seats.

If you are dining alone and order at the kiosk, you can place a ご利用中 sign on a free spot to reserve your table while you go downstairs to...

I need to get some American food in my stomach.I could not handle the unusual japanese food any longer. Why did they have to mess with my cheeseburger and put yellow goo on it?

It seems everything in Japan has to have goo on it.

There are language barriers. They respond in English but they don't understand what you're saying very well.

When I asked what was on a cheeseburger? I got a funny look a d, "Oh, you want cheeseburger?", " No I ask you what's on your cheeseburger.", " Cheeseburger, very good. You want meal?"

If you're going to Japan, the culture is amazing. The architecture is amazing, but definitely...