McDonald's — Restaurant in Pinole

I was a weekly customer of this Tara Hills Pinole branch and of McDonalds for years up until today. I haven't been back to McDonald's since the birth of my son two years ago. Over the past few weeks I've been going thru the drive-thru and ordering Happy Meals for the first time.

When I asked for a Happy Meal for my two year old son, I was asked in the drive-thru if I wanted a girl or boy toy. I asked what kind of toy they had for options and again, I was told they only have toys for either a boy or a girl. I was wondering for a second what decade I am living in. I asked for the Manager on duty and I asked him why is there a gender associated with the toy and it would be more specific to just state "do you want a Pokemon or teacup toy" and let the parent (or child) choose. The manager smirked at me and blew me off and said, 'thanks for the feedback' in a sarcastic tone. I came back two more times hoping to see a change without any change with today being the last.

Toy choices should be based on kids' personal interests, and not on their gender. Toys are gender neutral, what is not neutral is the way toys are marketed and influencing child development.

Well, guess what McDonald's, my son Noah, loves playing with the 'girl' tea-pot I got him and has been his favorite toy for weeks.

We are in 2018 now McDonald's. I guess I'll just go to a competitor down the street.

Many leading companies are removing gender marketing bias for toys over the past two decades. Remember Target removing all gender-based marketing for...

This is absolutely the worse McDonald's.

As recent as 10/4/18, and for a quick lunch, I purchased the 4-piece Chicken Tenders, 1 Cheeseburger, and a Large Coke. So, the experience of the drive-thru wasn't quick at all, like typically the other McDonald's in the area. I was in the drive-thru for about 30 minutes.

But I was thinking, the Chicken Tenders are worth the wait.

WRONG!!!....The only thing that tasted good from that meal was that of the soda.

MEAL RESULTS: The Chicken Tenders were dry, over-fried and seem that it was sitting under the heat lamp way too long. Then I took a large bite from my Cheeseburger, swollen it and attempted to take another bite where I then realized the meat tasted and smelled funny, and I just immediately spit it out and threw out the rest of the food.

However, my Tara Hills McDonald's experience didn't end there. An hour after the regretful Cheeseburger bite, I then spent the other half of my day on the toilet.

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This location almost always messes up our orders. There’s always something off, a wrong kind of burger, or small drink/fries instead of the large ones we paid for.

There’s almost always something they do wrong with our orders and at this point it’s actually impressive. I don’t think the staff members do it on purpose, I believe they’re just doing their jobs as best they can.

Maybe there’s something wrong with the registers where they input item selections. Or something wrong with their headset at the drive-thru, but I’ve also gone inside to order & still they mess up.

So I think it’s more likely that management is doing a poor job in it’s training, in which case it’s management that needs more training.

If you order to-go from this place then make sure to check everything in the bag. Don’t just look in the bag for the boxes & wrappers, open/unwrap them. So that you don’t get home and find a McChicken inside of a wrapper that says Double...