# 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

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## 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

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### Known for

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## The team

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## 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

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### 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

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## 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)