McDonald's

Downtown Chicago visitors love the Navy Pier and it's McDonald's. The result is a hyper-crowded McDonald's a short distance into the Navy Pier.

  Despite the hyper-congestion, it is a good McDonald's. The upbeat "McDonald's to the Future" theme is cool (I don't get how it fits the theme). When I visited this past Sunday, there were plenty of employees taking orders. The lines moved fast. After placing your order, you wait to the left of the register. This alleviates confusion.

 There are plenty of indoor and outdoor tables. What I enjoyed about the Navy Pier McDonald's was sitting outside enjoying a Coke and fries while watching people and boats. After awhile, it did get slightly annoying hearing tour boat employees yelling out tour boat prices to passers-by.

  The Navy Pier McDonald's has some disadvantages. It shares a restroom with the attached mall.  I had to wait on a line to use the restroom. The prices are inflated. The $1 menu and $1 large Coke was nonexistent.

 I recommend the Navy Pier McDonald's for a light snack to hold over your appetite for a better meal later in the day.

McD's!  Really?  I'm going to review a Mc D's?

Here's why.

Now let me clarify a few things.  This is the McDonald's at Navy Pier, Chicago.  One of the most visited tourist attractions in the Country.  This isn't your neighborhood McDonald's or an off the highway McDonald's.  This place is packed and it's always packed.  Let me also say, I am in the hospitality profession and I know just a little bit about the restaurant business.  And I am a mom and I know alot about what and how kids like to eat.

For the sheer volume of food this place puts out, they run it like a well oiled machine.  Does it look like chaos, maybe.  There are hundreds of families with strollers and screaming toddlers and obnoxious tweens-OF COURSE IT LOOKS LIKE CHAOS!  Everyone is tired and hungry and sugared up.  And this place will serve you the same sandwich you know and love-though you won't admit it-the same sandwich that you can get in any town in America and arond the world.  And they will serve you and a dozen other families simultaneously in less than 5 minutes and for less than $7 per person.  And they will do it with a smile. That is impressive!

Now I've spent twice as much money at other Navy Pier eateries but I've rarely got twice the quality, and it takes alot longer and your kids won't like that and therefore you will be miserable.  Or try getting one kid one thing from one fast food place and another kid something else at another place.  See how long that takes you.... No, I recomend Mc D's.

But let me say this.  If I find myself at Navy Pier on business, sans kids.  No.  I will not come here.  But it is impressive how fast those workers move and I think they deserve 4 stars for that.

PS. For all you tourists out there,  I also like the Rock n Roll McDd's on Ontario but for different reasons and that's another review.

This is one of the worst mcds I have ever gone to. There were more than 6 ppl working and it was so crazy, nothing was organized and it took waayyy too long to get my children sandwich. This is also one of the most expensive mcds in Chicago.