After being out in the area my Dad started grumbling about how he was hungry. When Dad wants…read moresomething to eat, you find some place to eat. I wasn't in the mood for going to a sit down restaurant, so fast food it was. Yes, before I get further into this review, this is the infamous McDonald's that so many people wrote (and it appears to be that they are still doing so) bad reviews. So if you see a review with reference to pest control or cleanliness of the restaurant, bypass them. Most of those reviews are from people that are from out of state, probably never been to Pennsylvania, and most certainly have never been to Altoona. Not a dis, just a fact. When we got here, I have to say that the parking lot was really confusing. Even though this sits on the main drag through the area, it abuts a residential neighborhood. I was trying to circle around the lot to head back to the front (it is one-way) I didn't think you could because only looked like the drive thru was the only lane. Not to worry, there is a road, more of the size of an alley, that you can make your way back up around. This location has indoor and outdoor seating. We chose to dine inside. Ordering wise, I chose the kiosk, tapped away at the screen, got a table number and then headed to find a seat. Dining room was decently clean even though it was busy with people. Another note on the dining area, there is a lot of space taken up for things that shouldn't be there. There is one small alcove that has two tables, but not for customers, they have a bunch of stuff there for people to apply to work there, and possible they do job interviews there. Then there is the area towards the bathrooms, large enough to accommodate several people and great enough if you want to be antisocial. However, this area was kind of off limits. You know, the area where said incident took place. The staff seem to have taken up roots here. At the end of my meal I did head back here to use the restroom and almost every table had something on it. Laptops, paperwork, general nonsense items. That way no one could sit in this area. I understand, but if it is a busy and full dining room, customers should come first. As far as the food, the order was almost correct. The prepared items were definitely right, but when our food was brought to the table there were no drinks. When we brought that up the employee asked if we ordered from the kiosk. Obviously we did, why else were you delivering the food to the table, with the table number on it? Also, that shouldn't matter if we ordered at the kiosk or not, either fill the cups in the back and at the least give us our cups. When I did go fill our cups after finally getting them, that was a hassle. We both wanted sweet tea, but the two containers were both nearly empty. It was like I was standing there waiting for the tea to be freshly brewed. For the remainder of the meal, nothing special, it's McDonald's. I still am not the biggest fan, but will make do. I am also fairly sure this location does not warrant the low, fake reviews it currently has.

The service was so slow. I waited 30min for my mobile order inside restaurant. The order was french…read morefries, 2 cookies and a coke and coffee. After checking on the order it had been set aside so the coffee and french fries were lukewarm

When home for a birthday weekend for one of my siblings, I had to run out to grab a few things. Not…read morehaving time to squeeze in dinner we had to make due. There are choices in this area, but we opted for what we thought would be fast. We should have gone elsewhere if we were looking for fast. This McDonald's has been here for decades. Outlasting the go cart track, multiple rebuilds of the Sheetz, and stores closing down nearby. We pulled in, later in the evening, and the parking lot was nearly empty. We actually wondered if the lobby was closed. But we took the chance to come inside. Like most locations, this one focuses too much on the drive thru. Which became apparent when we had placed our orders and waiting long than you should have to at a fast food place. What was surprising was the customer service. The lady that did end up serving our food to us was a delight. She was funny, didn't take any grief, and if I remember correctly, was singing while she worked. I loved that she put my Dad in his place. My Dad was being a bit too much asking for things that he could have grabbed himself. The food is what you would expect. I did give their new sandwich a try. It was decent and possibly too much food for one meal. The Big Arch is basically the Big Mac in a trench coat. Better cheese and fried onion straws. This location went through a change when McDonald's wanted to grow up, but they held onto some nostalgia things. Like Ronald McDonald outside on a bench and some of the old roofline. But, like I said, not many people will care since they are in the drive thru.

If you're into dried out burgers that taste like yesterdays and cool fries that are actually the…read moreworst I've ever had in any McDonalds, this is the place for you. This hasn't happened on just one occasion but probably three over the several years I've lived near here. There's no use complaining, I just stopped going all together.

Worst McDonald's in Altoona possibly Blair and cambria county. I wish I didn't have to give it even…read morejust one star but I have to. Complete let down and incompetent management and horrible work ethic. Nothing can save this restaurant except a closure or new management

Food is good, however.. some of the time, my food gets messed up. Inside is nice and service is…read moredecent enough. Overall, there's far better options, but I suppose if you want food for cheap, get this. Just make sure your food isn't messed up.

Went to pick up our grandchildren's happy meal and they told us they do not have chicken nuggets…read morefor a happy meal? Which I second guessed but just ordered differently instead and finally got my order and had to go inside anyway. On there menu inside I saw they did have chicken nuggets for kids meal so I just ordered it, when I got home as my grandchild is looking in the bag there was not a single toy or book! Calling the phone number on the receipt and pressing the number for issue with order will only get you there call center , after 10 Minutes on hold is when the gentleman let me know, I was just going to go in and see if they would allow me to pick up her toy. Very frustrating but it has been awhile since I had been

Hands down the worst chick fila I have ever been too. Seating is okay, but like most locations they…read morehave workers split up sitting in areas. They do have a play area for kids. And plenty of parking. Food is okay quality, but always short on the fries and if you go for breakfast they will short you on the hash browns. Staff is ruff to say the least. Always a lot of people but never "severing" I have watched 7 people wait in line while 1 person takes orders and 4 people talk behind him with their backs to everyone. Staff look ruff as well, not the quality of dress and professional you expect from a chick fil a. More like McDonalds. Drive threw is always wrapped around the building. But is fully covered.

This is NOT a fast food place. From the time I ordered to the time I was actually in the window…read morefor pick up is OVER 10 minutes!!!! There were only TWO cars in front of me. I wasn't a weird hour. It was 3:45pm........ absolutely insane!!!!!! So better. Provide a pull forward area. Do something..... and now, after giving myself 25 extra minutes. I'm late for work. Yall need some help.

let me start off with this, I am a true Taco Bell fan. I have give probably thousands to this…read moreplace. specifically the one on Plank Rd. I love Taco Bell. I have made friends with the employees there. they have been so kind until tonight 2/11 11:23pm ish. I got my order and the churros were forgotten. no problem went back around. I said hey my churros were not in the bag. the blond curly hair employee said "it's in the middle squished, I packed the bag myself" I said it's definitely not in here. she had me pull around. now I know from experience they make everything at this time of night when you pull up to the window, everything is fresh. no from the time it took me to pull to the window I know she did not have time to put these in the fryer and hand them to me as soon as I pulled up. which is what happened they were in my had as soon as I pulled up. I didn't get a "sorry for the inconvenience " or a "sorry I could of sworn I put them in" I got a here ya go and move on. now I know this is fast food and all but a basic "I'm sorry" would suffice.

It's been ages since I've been to LJS (as it's called now) so when I saw this store, I decided to…read morehave a meal. The folks working here were very friendly and my food was ready pretty quickly. The dining room was clean and comfortable except for the very loud ice machine which sounded like a jet engine. Most of the business seemed to be drive-through, and there's another dining room on the other side of the restaurant away from the noisy ice machine. The fish, chicken, and hush puppies were great -- so was the coleslaw -- but the waffle fried were not warm. I debated asking for more waffle fries that were hot but decided just not to eat them since the meal probably had enough calories by itself. Overall, this was a good experience and I appreciate that LJS still offers vinegar for the fries or, in my case, on the fish.

I swear I am the only person in my family that likes Long John Silver's. Come to think of it, I am…read morethe only person I know that likes it at all. I'm always up for a quick stop where I can get a mix of fish and whatever else I would like. Being out by myself recently I decided to take a stop here. The bad thing was that I showed up here on a Friday during lent...about the only time you will see one of these locations packed to the point that there is a line to get into the drive thru and at the inside counter. This visit has to be the only time I had to wait to place my order and for my food to be prepared. Which I'm not going to knock since that meant fresh. After ordering, L12 that is, I went over and filled my drink. I started to stand there and wait with everyone else, but that was a bad mistake as this area was loaded with people and it was in front of where you got your condiments. I took this as a cue for me to go find a seat. This place, from the outside, is deceptive. I thought it only had the dining room right as you walked in like many fast food places. But this location has a second and third dining area. Ample seating in areas away from the noise. I found myself a seat, got my condiments, used the restroom and still had time to wait until my food was ready. My food was finally ready and I went about eating. I think this can go without saying, but the portion sizes here have gone way down. The fish, which used to be as big as your face, is now like the size of your palm. The chicken, felt like it was a chicken tender at one point, until they cut it in half. The fries have gone waffle style. The slaw is an old reliable. The only thing that seems to have ballooned in size (as well as price) is the hush puppies. They even scaled back on the crunchies. Overall, too much food, but I ate it all. I was pleasantly full by the time I left with my barrel of soda. My LJS craving has been ebbed for the time being.

I will go back. on…read moremy drive to Pittsburgh another place closed earlier than their online menu noted so I have to find food. so I cut through altoona. the first visit, the staff was a bit not there, but the chicken was nice and spicy. I also figured out that I could have had a combo and gotten two more pieces and another side for $2 less. But, i did not need even as much as I got. on the way back, I stopped again, and got the good combo and then found an even better combo. that order is going in the freezer. This time, the service was on the bounce and I for an unusual even tipped them for being so good. the folks were really hustling to fill orders. so, i suspect that i will be back. there are lots fo places to eat on the way to Pittsburgh to make the trip more interesting, and the view from West Lamont, is that that this restaurant is one that is useful on the map. If the line was long, I might keep going.

I am from Louisiana and wanted a taste of home. I ordered the 12-wing platter. When I arrive back…read moreafter a 20-minute drive for this. I had 6 6-wing portions and six actual wing parts in my box. I find it hard to see how this mistake was made. No one eats the actual wing part. This is sad for any restaurant to do this. I love Popeye and am saddened by how awful they are represented these days. This deserves zero stars.

Avoid this restaurant at all costs…read more Service is absolutely terrible. We waited 30 minutes for our order just for it to never be fulfilled. Atmosphere is terrible. It's extremely dirty and everything actually smells like excrement. Can't even judge the food because it was never given to us. Staff are extremely unfriendly and rude. They would just stare back at us as we looked at them waiting on our orders. Lobby was full of upset customers looking for refunds.

Food was dry and overcooked. Fries tasted dirty and disgusting from old fry oil. Not worth the $42…read moreI spent for my family to eat here when I threw half of my meal out.

We stopped at Burger King in Altoona PA for breakfast about 7am…read more Calliope needed a break from the car! Tony & Noel both got Sausage Croissant and I took my regular Bacon Croissant! Calliope only wanted her POTATOES aka Hash Browns! Tony & I chose water & Noki went with a mocha iced coffee! We all shared a second order of POTATOES!! Staff was friendly & restaurant was clean. #newengland25trip

Horrible service also has horrible manager they suck don't let people take sick.days with out…read morewriting them up they always hold people past their shift time

Food was cold after waiting 30mins past the time we were told it would be ready. Wings were good,…read moreItalian sub was a disaster. This place has went downhill in the past few years.

I work right up the road from here. We would order take out quite often and many times, we would…read moreeat in. Sometimes I would pick up and take home. Today, I was hungry for wings, so we drove down to eat. We decided on doing take out since there seemed to be too many flies inside. I ordered mild wings extra crispy. My wife ordered the same and also ordered a cheese steak to take home for her son. I grabbed two root beers and my wife got an iced tea out of the cooler. We sat down and as usual, the one lady was wiping off all the tables. She always does this when I see her in there working. The girl at the counter went into the employee bathroom and we saw the toilet blow up on her. While she was cleaning that up, I saw the young man in the kitchen put an order on the wire rack. It is a habit of mine to look at the time when somebody puts an order out. The young lady finished cleaning the bathroom. I was hoping she wasn't going to touch any of the food. She went back in the kitchen and appeared to be screwing off. In the mean time, the kitchen put out two more orders on to the wire rack. The phone rang, so she came around to answer the phone and actually do her job. She took somebody's order and then another man walked in. He was there to pick up his order. She checked him out. The other people sitting in the dining room ordered a pizza. The pizza was done when the toilet blew up. She finally took the pizza out to that table that was sitting on the counter for about 15 minutes. The young lady then checked the one bag on the rack and went over and looked at the register. She then said to us "I only charged you for one order of wings, I need to charge you for the second order." My wife went up to pay and she then grabbed the bag off the rack to hand to my wife. My wife paid for the second order and then asked "do you still have to make the second order" and the young lady said "yes, I am sorry." I looked at my watch and that food was sitting on the wire rack for over 20 minutes. I said to her "That was sitting there for over 20 minutes and now you are asking us to wait for another 20 minutes for the second order to come out?" She put up her arms to indicate "Oh Well." I said "NO, we are not doing this." I told her to give us back our money, we do not want it. By the time we would get out of there, the one order of wings and the order of cheese steak would be over 40 minutes old and by the time we got home to eat it, it would be over an hour old. She had to get help to back out the two separate charges on the debit card minus the two cans of root bear and one container of iced tea. I told the young lady that I will never be back EVER because of the "WHATEVER" attitude. As I was walking outside, the older lady was sitting outside taking a break. I told her that we would never be back and quickly told her what happened. I also stated the young lady inside needs to be fired. I strong do believe she needs to be fired. I do have to say a good thing happened out of this. Since this happened, we went to "2nd Avenue on Tap" near Courtesy Ford. It was the first time we were there. I had the wings and my wife had steak. We also ordered a cheese steak to go. Our son said that was the best cheese steak he ever had and he is from Philly. He said he finally found a place in Altoona that has a better cheese steak than he can find in Philly. While we were at "2nd Avenue on Tap" I check our bank account. Not only are they incompetent at "Brooklyn Deli", they rip you off. Both refunded amounts did not match the amount they originally charged us. They refunded a lesser amount. So, they ripped us off too. Stay FAR away from Brooklyn Deli. Others at work always wanted to go somewhere else when we ordered for lunch. I always talked them into Brooklyn Deli. Not anymore. We will order from Cobrah's, Primanti, 2nd Avenue on Tap or somewhere else. Never again at Brooklyn Deli. They are way overpriced anyhow. Again, go somewhere else.