My rating is 3.5 stars. I'll round up.
The McRib is available at a handful of McDonald's restaurants in the greater Toronto area (GTA). This one is the closest one to my workplace. Last Wednesday, after work, I placed an order and drove over to fetch it at the drive-thru.
This eatery is tiny. There were maybe five parking spots in front of the main entrance that were all taken. It has a drive-thru, which I used.
I ordered the following items on the McDonald's app:
- Pineapple chunks
- McRib combo, with a medium Diet Coke, and herb and garlic fries
I got to the order area. I had a woman on the other end take my order code. She found it and said that I could pull up to the window.
There was a steady lineup of cars. When it was my turn, the woman said that they don't have any fruit. It was annoying that the app did not reflect the fruit inventory. If you're out, say it on the app so you don't have to issue a bunch o refunds to customers and deal with disappointment.
I asked for a refund. I had to pull out my credit card to get my refund processed. The manager and the woman working the drive-thru were professional and competent.
I got my Diet Coke. I was then asked to pull over to a parking spot with the number 2. It felt like this parking spot was across the street from number 1 that was straight ahead. There was a woman standing by the number 2 spot. I may have scared her pulling over there... haha!
It was payday. I paid all my bills from my phone. The wait was long, but I was content completing a task.
The nice manager came over with my food. She apologized and said that an order came for 16 McRibs that they had to attend to. Wow!
I thanked her and wished her a great evening. She reciprocated. I then drove over to a parking lot blocks away to eat. There are no places to truly park and enjoy your food in your car in this tiny area.
I loved the herb and garlic fries. The garlic lingered afterwards. At first, I thought that there wasn't enough garlic. It was a slow garlic build that was excellent. No one will want to sit next to you after having it. So good!
The McRib was better than I had expected it to be. Years ago, when I last had one, I disliked the barbeque sauce. This sandwich was yummy, but super messy to eat. I opened the box and it looked like a fight had happened between the food preparer and the bottle of barbeque sauce.
I found two slices of pickles in the corner of my box, along with some onions. I normally don't like raw onions, but I couldn't taste any of the rawness. My tongue tasted like garlic and the barbeque sauce helped tone down any onion rawness, if it existed. Yummy!
The rib meat still looked like it was mystery protein, but it was yummy. The bun was soft and yummy. It was worth the drive and wait.
Thank goodness for my Diet Coke. It washed my food down. It hit the spot.
This eatery needs to sync up with its app. If it doesn't have fruit, the app needs to state that fact. The demand for McRibs was high, which you'd expect if there are only four McD's selling the product. Staff worked diligently to keep up with it. I appreciated how calm, polite, and competent staff were. You need to pack your patience.
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