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# McDonald's, Santa Clara CA: Reviews

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

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16.

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## In short

McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Santa Clara, CA. Its AI Score is 46 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 | 2850 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 5 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (408) 727-9726 |
| Rating | 3.5 across 2,293 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Saturday |
| Updated | July 16, 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 | 2850 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, 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 Sun 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | McDonald's | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 727-9726 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | 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/SANTA-CLARA/2850-AUGUSTINE-DR/5461.html?cid=RF:YXT:GMB::Clicks | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


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## Visiting McDonald's

Address: 2850 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. Phone: (408) 727-9726. Hours: Mon to Sun 5 AM to 9 PM. (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."


### When to go

Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wow Bao Ghost Kitchen | Chinese restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Sizzler | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Scott & Bowers | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Bowers & Scott | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar | Steak house | 2 min walk |
| Parking | Parking lot | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.5 average across 2,293 reviews: Google 2,293. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

This McDonald's struggles with service efficiency and order accuracy, making it a less favorable choice for fast food in Santa Clara. (AI guess, from 2,293 reviews.)


### What people like

- Affordable package options
- Good quality food compared to competitors
- Easy mobile ordering experience


### What people do not like

- Long wait times for food
- Incorrect orders received
- Rude staff interactions
- Disorganized service
- Frequent parking lot waiting


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## Questions people ask


### is there a socials account worth following


### Where can I find a fast food restaurant with a kids' menu?


### lunch near Augustine, what is good


### people keep recommending McDonald's, what for?


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


### What fast food restaurant questions is Santa Clara asking AI most?


### Anything this place is known for doing well?


### best fast food restaurant in Santa Clara


### do I need to book McDonald's in Santa Clara or can I just turn up?


### how much is a first visit around here


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### torn between this place and Jack in?


### somewhere cheaper in Santa Clara that is not a risk?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### parking at McDonald's, where does everyone put the car?


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


### Why do people rate McDonald's?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


## The AI Score: 46 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Santa Clara fast food restaurants run 24 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 46, above the Santa Clara average of 30. 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 | 54 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | 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 | 52 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 63 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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/SANTA-CLARA/2850-AUGUSTINE-DR/5461.html?cid=RF:YXT:GMB::Clicks | Subject of this page |
| Santa Clara, 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 Santa Clara, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best fast food restaurants in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara/fast-food-restaurant
- Best businesses in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### 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
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### 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:ChIJt3sSAO_Jj4ARCep7V8SiG3A (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 13, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 14, 2026)