# 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)