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Fast food restaurant in Mountain View, CA

3.8 · 1,340 reviewsOpen until 12

Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreGemini mentions McDonald's and ChatGPT doesn't.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Oct 26, 2026Last activity 8 days ago, a question from first_timer_menus.

Services

What McDonald's offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today5 AM to 12 AM

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about McDonald's.

3.8from 1,340 reviews on Google

This McDonald's struggles with order accuracy and service consistency, making it a less reliable choice for fast food. The experience at this McDonald's often feels chaotic and frustrating, with many customers reporting issues with orders and service. Complaints about incorrect orders and long waits are common, creating a sense of disorganization. While some mention cleanliness, the overall atmosphere is marred by inconsistent service.

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  • 128%
Would go back68%68% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 68%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 28%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Cleanliness of the restaurant
  • Hot and fresh breakfast items
  • Ice cream cones
The bad
  • Long waits for orders
  • Incorrect orders frequently
  • Drive-thru speaker issues
  • Rude staff interactions
  • Cold food served

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How AI sees McDonald's

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

52out of 100

36 Mountain View avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsMcDonald's

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.25
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.100
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.76
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.71
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.64
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.83

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Local AI Registry · Fast food restaurants in Mountain View, CA · Editorial

McDonald's, Mountain View CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.

Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Mountain View, CA. Its AI Score is 52 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeFast food restaurant
Address952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA
HoursMon to Thu 5 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 1 AM · Sun 5 AM to 12 AM
Phone(650) 967-0328
Rating3.8 across 1,340 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 26, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionClassic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Thu 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Fri to Sat 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Sun 5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameMcDonald'sConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(650) 967-0328ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday5:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday5:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday5:00 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceBreakfast itemsAI guess
ServicesServiceBurgersAI guess
ServicesServiceChicken nuggetsAI guess
ServicesServiceCoffeeAI guess
ServicesServiceFriesAI guess
ServicesServiceMilkshakesAI guess
ServicesServiceSoft drinksAI guess
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/mcdonaldsAI guessOur record
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/mcdonaldsAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttps://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/MOUNTAIN-VIEW/952-EL-MONTE-AVE/1528.htmlConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting McDonald's

Address: 952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA. Phone: (650) 967-0328. Hours: Mon to Thu 5 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 1 AM · Sun 5 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries."

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
El Mini TacoMexican restaurant1 min walk
El Monte & El CaminoBus stop1 min walk
Meat-In-The-BoxRestaurant2 min walk
El Camino & El MonteBus station2 min walk
Panera BreadCafe2 min walk
Pizza My HeartPizza restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

3.8 average across 1,340 reviews: Google 1,340. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This McDonald's struggles with order accuracy and service consistency, making it a less reliable choice for fast food. (AI guess, from 1,340 reviews.)

What people like

  • Cleanliness of the restaurant
  • Hot and fresh breakfast items
  • Ice cream cones

What people do not like

  • Long waits for orders
  • Incorrect orders frequently
  • Drive-thru speaker issues
  • Rude staff interactions
  • Cold food served

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

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somewhere cheaper in Mountain View that is not a risk?

first time here, what is it actually like?

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weekends here, are they open?

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anyone at McDonald's people keep going back to?

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pricey at McDonald's, or about normal?

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The AI Score: 52 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Mountain View fast food restaurants run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 52, above the Mountain View average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresMcDonald's
Retrieval grounding2625Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility14100Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Good
Reviews & response1276The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority871Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile764Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema583Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a fast food restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to McDonald's
McDonald'sLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/MOUNTAIN-VIEW/952-EL-MONTE-AVE/1528.htmlSubject of this page
Mountain View, CaliforniaCity#cityCity McDonald's is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the fast food restaurants in Mountain View, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best fast food restaurants in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view/fast-food-restaurant
  • Best businesses in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJsxic68ewj4ARuDxSHWlL2Z8 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The code behind this page

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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# McDonald's, Mountain View CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-26.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca

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## In short

McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Mountain View, CA. Its AI Score is 52 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Fast food restaurant |
| Address | 952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 5 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 1 AM · Sun 5 AM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (650) 967-0328 |
| Rating | 3.8 across 1,340 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Fri to Sat 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Sun 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | McDonald's | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 967-0328 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Breakfast items | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Burgers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Chicken nuggets | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Coffee | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Fries | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Milkshakes | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Soft drinks | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/mcdonalds | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/mcdonalds | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/MOUNTAIN-VIEW/952-EL-MONTE-AVE/1528.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting McDonald's

Address: 952 El Monte Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA. Phone: (650) 967-0328. Hours: Mon to Thu 5 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 1 AM · Sun 5 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| El Mini Taco | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| El Monte & El Camino | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Meat-In-The-Box | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| El Camino & El Monte | Bus station | 2 min walk |
| Panera Bread | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| Pizza My Heart | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.8 average across 1,340 reviews: Google 1,340. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This McDonald's struggles with order accuracy and service consistency, making it a less reliable choice for fast food. (AI guess, from 1,340 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cleanliness of the restaurant
- Hot and fresh breakfast items
- Ice cream cones


### What people do not like

- Long waits for orders
- Incorrect orders frequently
- Drive-thru speaker issues
- Rude staff interactions
- Cold food served


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### is Chicken G's any better


### the good stuff about McDonald's, what is it?


### what has this place posted recently, I am not on Instagram


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


### lunch near El Monte, what is good


### booking ahead here, how far do people go?


### bad experiences at McDonald's, anyone?


### somewhere cheaper in Mountain View that is not a risk?


### first time here, what is it actually like?


### Busiest day at McDonald's, anyone know?


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at McDonald's?


### best fast food restaurant in Mountain View, CA


### weekends here, are they open?


### any last minute tables here?


### anyone at McDonald's people keep going back to?


### do I need to leave early to find a space


### pricey at McDonald's, or about normal?


### address for McDonald's, anyone have it?


### opening hours at McDonald's in Mountain View, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 52 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Mountain View fast food restaurants run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 52, above the Mountain View average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | McDonald's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 71 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 64 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 83 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a fast food restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to McDonald's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| McDonald's | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/MOUNTAIN-VIEW/952-EL-MONTE-AVE/1528.html | Subject of this page |
| Mountain View, California | City | #city |  | City McDonald's is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the fast food restaurants in Mountain View, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best fast food restaurants in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view/fast-food-restaurant
- Best businesses in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJsxic68ewj4ARuDxSHWlL2Z8 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. is Chicken G's any better Question by first_timer_menus, Oct 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/is-saigon-breadfast-any-better
  2. the good stuff about McDonald's, what is it? Question by neighbor_peach, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/the-good-stuff-about-mcdonalds-what-is-it
  3. what has this place posted recently, I am not on Instagram Question by june_ray, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/what-has-this-place-posted-recently-i-am-not-on-instagram
  4. going rate for restaurants locally, any idea Question by winter_sam, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/going-rate-for-restaurants-locally-any-idea
  5. lunch near El Monte, what is good Question by corner_table_ivy, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/lunch-near-el-monte-what-is-good
  6. booking ahead here, how far do people go? Question by runner_hazel, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/booking-ahead-here-how-far-do-people-go
  7. bad experiences at McDonald's, anyone? Question by patio_wren, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/bad-experiences-at-mcdonalds-anyone
  8. somewhere cheaper in Mountain View that is not a risk? Question by walk_in_corner_table, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/somewhere-cheaper-in-mountain-view-that-is-not-a-risk
  9. first time here, what is it actually like? Question by reader_wilder, Oct 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/first-time-here-what-is-it-actually-like
  10. Busiest day at McDonald's, anyone know? Question by first_timer_van, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/busiest-day-at-mcdonalds-anyone-know
  11. discounts for coming back, is that a thing Question by lowkey_patio, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/discounts-for-coming-back-is-that-a-thing
  12. anything I should sort out before a first visit at McDonald's? Question by counter_sam_94040, Oct 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/anything-i-should-sort-out-before-a-first-visit-at-mcdonalds
  13. best fast food restaurant in Mountain View, CA Question by reading_reviews_counter, Sep 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/best-fast-food-restaurant-in-mountain-view-ca
  14. weekends here, are they open? Question by autumn_lou, Sep 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/weekends-here-are-they-open
  15. any last minute tables here? Question by specials_zadie, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/any-last-minute-tables-here
  16. anyone at McDonald's people keep going back to? Question by spontaneous_seconds, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/anyone-at-mcdonalds-people-keep-going-back-to
  17. do I need to leave early to find a space Question by winter_noor, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/do-i-need-to-leave-early-to-find-a-space
  18. pricey at McDonald's, or about normal? Question by takeout_ivy_94040, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/pricey-at-mcdonalds-or-about-normal
  19. address for McDonald's, anyone have it? Question by menus_mabel, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/address-for-mcdonalds-anyone-have-it
  20. opening hours at McDonald's in Mountain View, what are they these days? Question by seconds_tess, Aug 27, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/mcdonald-s-mountain-view-ca/q/opening-hours-at-mcdonalds-in-mountain-view-what-are-they-these-days

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