McDonald's Zaanstad Centrum — Restaurant in Zaanstad

This is the worst McDonald's I've ever been to, I highly recommend it. When we arrived, there was a bicycle by the entrance that I almost fell over, the kids were spitting on my shoes and laughing, it's horrible. Then, hoping to eat comfortably and charge my phone, it turned out to be impossible, almost all the sockets were broken and I had to look for a socket that works for about 20 minutes throughout the establishment, but moreover, the toilet is paid, and what I saw in the toilet shocked me, am I paying for a shit-stained toilet? A splattered mirror and no soap? Why did you make the toilet paid if you don't follow basic sanitary standards? This is a terrible experience, the burgers and French fries were normal, but the apples that they gave us in the Happy Meal were stale and weathered, this...

A few days ago, I have my worst experience ever with two of my friends. We bought some food and then we wanted to go to the toilet. You have access if you show your ticket but unfortunately my friend throw it away with the rubbish. So she took it back and one of the workers approached us and said, "can I see your payment in your bank account" I said we just finished eating. He was so rude and keep asking for the bank account payment. Another customer that saw us eating there said that that was racism and discrimination, she was all the time supporting us. Because he didn't ask nobody else they just opened the door for them with not problem they don't even ask for receipts. There was a nice woman who listened to us and apologise with us on behalf of Mc Donald. But the guy involved didn't...

Being from the States (but living in Spain now), I find that "fast food" in Europe is decidedly light-years ahead of the US. I like the familiarity of chain restaurants here, but each country has it's own take on their local menus. I find that really cool. 😎 The Dutch know how to make frietjes (fries). That's for sure, and the rest of the menu just feels more "elevated". I had an excellent experience at this restaurant, and feel very comfortable...