Booking a first visit at McDonald's, what happens?
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Fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA
3.6 · 1,106 reviewsOpens today at 5 AMOpens today at 5 AM
Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries.
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What McDonald's offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
El Caminito, a Mexican restaurant, is next door. Tram cream coffee 8 - Sunnyvale is a coffee shop next door. Phở #1, a vietnamese restaurant, is a 1 minute walk.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 26, 2026.
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.
What reviews, press and directories say about McDonald's.
3.6from 1,106 reviews on Google
This McDonald's is marked by persistent order errors and slow service, leading to a frustrating customer experience. Customers frequently report long waits and order inaccuracies at this location, particularly in the drive-thru. Many express frustration over missing items and poor service, creating a sense of disappointment and dissatisfaction with the overall experience.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
40 Sunnyvale avg
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McDonald's, as AI sees it. Blue signals help McDonald's, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about McDonald's. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale, CA · Editorial
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
McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Fast food restaurant |
| Address | 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 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 | (408) 736-5091 |
| Rating | 3.6 across 1,106 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |
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 | 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 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 | (408) 736-5091 | 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 | Desserts | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Drive-thru service | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Fries | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Milkshakes | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Soft drinks | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/mcdonalds | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/mcdonalds | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/SUNNYVALE/556-E-EL-CAMINO-REAL/2419.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (408) 736-5091. 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.)
From Google Business Profile: "Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| El Caminito | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tram Cream Coffee 8 - Sunnyvale | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Phở #1 | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Pho Lyfe | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| bb.q Chicken Sunnyvale | Chicken wings restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Bay Area Hot Breads | Bakery | 2 min walk |
3.6 average across 1,106 reviews: Google 1,106. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)
This McDonald's is marked by persistent order errors and slow service, leading to a frustrating customer experience. (AI guess, from 1,106 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale fast food restaurants run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 27, below the Sunnyvale average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | McDonald's |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | 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 | 63 | 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
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| Sunnyvale, 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 |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
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, Sunnyvale CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/sunnyvale/mcdonald-s-e-el-camino-real-sunnyvale-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/sunnyvale/mcdonald-s-e-el-camino-real-sunnyvale-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Fast food restaurant | | Address | 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 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 | (408) 736-5091 | | Rating | 3.6 across 1,106 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 | 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 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 | (408) 736-5091 | 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 | Desserts | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Drive-thru service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Fries | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Milkshakes | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Soft drinks | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Takeout | 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/SUNNYVALE/556-E-EL-CAMINO-REAL/2419.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting McDonald's Address: 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (408) 736-5091. 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 Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | El Caminito | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Tram Cream Coffee 8 - Sunnyvale | Coffee shop | 1 min walk | | Phở #1 | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Pho Lyfe | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | bb.q Chicken Sunnyvale | Chicken wings restaurant | 2 min walk | | Bay Area Hot Breads | Bakery | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 3.6 average across 1,106 reviews: Google 1,106. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.) This McDonald's is marked by persistent order errors and slow service, leading to a frustrating customer experience. (AI guess, from 1,106 reviews.) ### What people do not like - Orders frequently incorrect - Long wait times at drive-thru - Staff unresponsive or rude - Inconsistent drink portions - Poor handling of mobile orders ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### Booking a first visit at McDonald's, what happens? ### anyone actually happy with this place? ### when is this place actually dead? ### Whereabouts is McDonald's? ### pricey at McDonald's, or about normal? ### Are the hours on Google right for McDonald's in Sunnyvale? ### people keep recommending this place, what for? ### What fast food restaurant questions is Sunnyvale asking AI most? ### do they do Saturdays ### cheaper than McDonald's in Sunnyvale without it being sketchy? ### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in? ### last update from here was when? ### Coffee near this place on El Camino? ### prices round here, anyone got a number ### best fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA ### is there someone in particular to ask for here? ### where do I park here? ### trying to book here, how long is the wait? ### does McDonald's ever have cancellations ### torn between this place and Taco Bell? ## The AI Score: 27 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale fast food restaurants run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 27, below the Sunnyvale average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | McDonald's | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | 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 | 63 | 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/SUNNYVALE/556-E-EL-CAMINO-REAL/2419.html | Subject of this page | | Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale/fast-food-restaurant - Best businesses in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale ### 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:ChIJRzX5fnq2j4ARJouUidFICUk (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)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>McDonald's, Sunnyvale CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.</p>
<p>Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>McDonald's is a fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 5 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 1 AM · Sun 5 AM to 12 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 736-5091</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>3.6 across 1,106 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 26, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>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</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>McDonald's</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 736-5091</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>5:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>5:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>5:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>5:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>5:00 AM to 1:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>5:00 AM to 1:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>5:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Breakfast items</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Burgers</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Chicken nuggets</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Desserts</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dine-in</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Drive-thru service</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Fries</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Milkshakes</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Soft drinks</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Takeout</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/mcdonalds</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/mcdonalds</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/SUNNYVALE/556-E-EL-CAMINO-REAL/2419.html</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-mcdonald-s">
<h3>Visiting McDonald's</h3>
<p>Address: 556 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Phone: (408) 736-5091. 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.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Classic, long-running fast-food chain known for its burgers & fries."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>El Caminito</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tram Cream Coffee 8 - Sunnyvale</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phở #1</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pho Lyfe</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>bb.q Chicken Sunnyvale</td><td>Chicken wings restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bay Area Hot Breads</td><td>Bakery</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>3.6 average across 1,106 reviews: Google 1,106. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)</p>
<p>This McDonald's is marked by persistent order errors and slow service, leading to a frustrating customer experience. (AI guess, from 1,106 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Orders frequently incorrect</li>
<li>Long wait times at drive-thru</li>
<li>Staff unresponsive or rude</li>
<li>Inconsistent drink portions</li>
<li>Poor handling of mobile orders</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Booking a first visit at McDonald's, what happens?</h4>
<h4>anyone actually happy with this place?</h4>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is McDonald's?</h4>
<h4>pricey at McDonald's, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for McDonald's in Sunnyvale?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending this place, what for?</h4>
<h4>What fast food restaurant questions is Sunnyvale asking AI most?</h4>
<h4>do they do Saturdays</h4>
<h4>cheaper than McDonald's in Sunnyvale without it being sketchy?</h4>
<h4>new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>Coffee near this place on El Camino?</h4>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
<h4>best fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA</h4>
<h4>is there someone in particular to ask for here?</h4>
<h4>where do I park here?</h4>
<h4>trying to book here, how long is the wait?</h4>
<h4>does McDonald's ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>torn between this place and Taco Bell?</h4>
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<h3>The AI Score: 27 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Sunnyvale fast food restaurants run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McDonald's scores 27, below the Sunnyvale average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">McDonald's</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>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.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>74</td><td>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.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>71</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>63</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>83</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>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</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to McDonald's</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>McDonald's</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/SUNNYVALE/556-E-EL-CAMINO-REAL/2419.html</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sunnyvale, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City McDonald's is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
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<li>Best fast food restaurants in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale/fast-food-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in Sunnyvale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/sunnyvale</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJRzX5fnq2j4ARJouUidFICUk (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
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