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# McDonald's, Sunnyvale CA: Reviews

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

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

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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 | 550 Lawrence Expy, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 5 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (408) 733-2730 |
| Rating | 3.5 across 1,912 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 | 550 Lawrence Expy, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, 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 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | McDonald's | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 733-2730 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Burgers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Fast food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Fries | 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/550-LAWRENCE-EXPWY/4324.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting McDonald's

Address: 550 Lawrence Expy, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA. Phone: (408) 733-2730. Hours: Mon to Sun 5 AM to 11 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."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Una Más Mexican Grill | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Merit Vegan Restaurant | Vegan restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Bagel Place Cafe | Bagel shop | 2 min walk |
| Chaat Bhavan Express | Indian restaurant | 2 min walk |
| 7 Leaves Cafe | Cafe | 3 min walk |
| Duane & Lawrence | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

3.5 average across 1,912 reviews: Google 1,912. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This McDonald's struggles with order accuracy and long wait times, leading to a frustrating customer experience. (AI guess, from 1,912 reviews.)


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food orders
- Incorrect or incomplete orders
- Poor customer service
- Drive-thru inefficiencies
- Inconsistent food quality


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### first visit at McDonald's, what do I need to bring?


### waiting list, how long are we talking


### picking between the two, is Taco Bell the safer bet?


### is there a socials account worth following


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


### What fast food restaurant questions is Sunnyvale asking AI most?


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


### Coffee near this place on Lawrence Expy?


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


### when do they close


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


### rough idea what this place costs?


### booked my first appointment here, how does it go


### any last minute tables here?


### anywhere cheaper than McDonald's in Sunnyvale that is still good?


### best fast food restaurant in Sunnyvale, CA


### parking here, how bad is it?


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


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


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


## 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 | 73 | 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 | 57 | 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/550-LAWRENCE-EXPWY/4324.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:ChIJS4ocNSC2j4ARZFujRKm7ukg (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)