McDonald's. McDonald's. McDonald's. Sometimes I sit and wonder to myself why do I bother - having had so many awful experiences with the chain, I thought this branch would be different in a rather central Sheffield location, from the exterior it looked like a rather nice branch, being close to shops and Supertram services - I hoped this would be the first branch in a while, after awful recent experiences in London (multiple branches) and even elsewhere in Sheffield (Meadowhall) to actually impress me.
I mainly came in to use the toilet and possibly get a drink before heading onto the tram, with services running quite infrequently in a wasted opportunity for what is actually a decent tram network - but that's a different story.
The toilets were well hidden, the only toilet was a disabled toilet but the entrance through a heavy door with a slight bump and turning didn't appear to be too disabled friendly.
The toilets were disgusting too - they not only smelled bad but it was blocked and by the looks of things it appeared to have been that way for a while.
There were no staff on the shop floor, unlike some branches which seem to be moving forward in terms of technology they did appear to have more of a manned till here to order and pay, but that seemed to be poorly mismanaged and it felt like at an airport where everyone hounded the desk after a cancelled flight for example.
There wasn't a great deal of seating - pretty much a typical McDonald's, a mess in terms of how the store looked and the service too.
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