This fast food joint was busy in the Midway airport. Long line to get your food and long line to get your food.
This McDonalds has just about everything you would expect for one inside of the airport except 2 things: the price and the dollar menu. Being in the airport, prices are higher than ones outside of the airport. That's a given if you go to an airport, amusement park, or anywhere where they feel they can rip you off. Second, the dollar menu. With being able to rip you off, they didn't offer a dollar menu, which is what I normally order from. I guess I can't get one or the other.
I'm gonna keep this reasonably short and sweet: Worst. Mocha. Ever. Not only did they screw it up, and add the chocolate swirl after I asked them not to, but the mocha itself was sickly sweet and disgusting. I threw it away after two sips, because it was undrinkable. It was also my first McDonald's mocha, so now I know better. Never again.
The only thing that saves this place from a one star rating is that my husband enjoyed his extra value meal breakfast, and it was served quickly (and his order was correct).
Seriously, unless you are starving and absolutely desperate, don't bother. And don't get a mocha.
There are times when I am happy to see a McDonalds. Does not happen that often but after running to my gate and realizing that I had 10 mts to grab something before I got on my Southwest flight where there is no food, I was so happy to see  McDs.  Way better than pretzels and peanuts!
Review Source:After ordering my twice-as-expensive extra value meal, I returned to the counter for a refill on my diet coke. Â In true airport fashioned screwery I was informed they didn't do refills. Â You're McDonald's, all you do right is refills. Â So I asked for a water instead and was brought a new cup with a new lid and a new straw. Â I refuse to believe that a cup plus a lid plus a straw is more expensive than a small amount of diet coke syrup. Â Even a McDonald's manager can do that math.
Review Source:One thing that has been really annoying us lately is how chains will have a location on the street with a burger for $6, yet for some reason inside the airport it's $12 (once in the security zone). Â It's getting stupidly out of hand. Â I mean, does it really cost that much more to get the food into the terminal? Â
I suspected that perhaps McDonalds would not participate in this type of price gouging, and while I certainly don't eat at them often, even on the street, this was right by our gate and we only had a few minute before boarding. Â
Are they charging more than street prices? Â No. Â The trick here is that they don't have a dollar menu. Â Â Is that a method of price gouging fliers? Â Draw you own conclusions. Â
See the photo I just uploaded of my cashier. Â This lady has a pretty poor attitude. Â No eye contact, no thank you, cold fries even though I asked for hot fresh ones. Â Â When the lady in line behind me simply asked for a few pieces of ice in her coffee, the cashier had to cop an attitude and bark back "I can't give you a piece of ice in your coffee, I have to sell you a cup full of ice". Â Â WTF? Â
Did you expect better? Â Â I didn't.