McDonald's — Restaurant in Jackson Township

Before reading this review, keep in mind that I'm not a huge fan of McDonald's and I don't really like fast food in general. Im comparing it to other fast food places and how it stacks up relative to other McDonald's.

I've lived in the area for about 16 years, and out of all the fast food places in the area this McDonald's is one of the better ones. If you're just looking at the McDonald's in the area it is certainly the best run one out of the multiple in Jackson and nearby towns.

The dining room is clean, the service is quick and the drive through never takes an excessive amount of time - even when the line is long.

The employees are on average more competent than at most McDonald's, for example, if you order something non-standard (no lettuce or what-have-you) they rarely screw it up. The times that they do make a mistake they're very polite and fix it without a fuss. They seem to have pretty good memories as well, and typically will remember you or how you normally order something.

One thing they do that is a nice touch is if you order something that will take a bit to get ready they let you know ahead of time. If you're at the drive through they even walk it out to your car instead of having to go inside to get it or having to wait at the window holding up the line.

The morning crew are friendly people and the day shift is nice as well. The managers keep the young kids working there focused and friendly, those teenagers being rude or not paying attention is something endemic to all minimum wage fast food places and they manage to keep it to a minimum. The night shift people are about as nice as you can expect them to be, all things considered.

I'd say my only complaints are the standard problems you face with any fast food place when it gets late. Sometimes at night time the shake machine is down (I'd guess to get a jump start on cleaning it), but it happens less often here than at the other McDonald's nearby (I'm looking at you route 9 in Howell McDonald's!!!). I recommend ordering your fries with no salt at night time though, because like nearly every fast food place near closing time they dont cook them as often. If you ask for no salt they make a new batch, then you can just get salt packets and salt them yourself.

Overall, it's a well run McDonald's, especially compared to the other McDonald's franchises in the area. It's a much better experience than the Burger King around the corner, and holds it's own when comparing to the other fast food places nearby.

Like I said, it's a clean, quick, and well staffed McDonald's that seems to have much higher standards than most others around. If you want to eat McDonald's and you're in the area, I highly recommend going to this one instead of the others in town (especially the one near...

"Consistency and Convenience at McDonald's"

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I waited 15 minutes on the car lane and when I finally came to the window I was told that they did not have change of a $100 bill which was all that I had. Instead of just doing the right thing and giving me the food since in my opinion a fast food establishment such as McDonald's which probably is the single biggest fast food establishment in the entire United States should be able to have change for a $100 bill (my bill was $16.94) but they instead told me that the order would need to either be cancelled or I would need to go to a local Shop-Rite and ask them for change and then come back for my order. I was in a rush at the time so this completely messed up my entire morning not only because it put me in an overall bad mood but made me late to work. Is McDonald's hurting so bad as a company that they couldn't absorb a $16.94 order which probably cost then $3.00 to make? I would also like to point out that nowhere on the menu or near the window where I went to pick my food up did it say that they do not accept $100 bills. Is this anyway to do business? I think not hence the 1 star. Once I got back there with the change 15 minutes later my good was cold so they couldn't even heat it for me? I can go on and on but I think I've...