For you what are the best and worst McDonalds in Wellington?
For me:
Best: Basin Reserve
Worst: BP Connect (across from Te Papa) the food is sooo sh*t there.
For me:
Best: Basin Reserve
Worst: BP Connect (across from Te Papa) the food is sooo sh*t there.
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Upper Hutts isn't too bad, One of the better ones and kept clean and no sticky floors from spilt drinks. Silverstreams is good too.
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The one where I carved "MVFC Tards on Tour" onto one of the doors...think it was Manners Mall.
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Best McDonald's is a contradiction in terms, surely 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
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It's a strange topic- I thought the whole point of Maccas was that you got the exact same food whichever one you went to, anywhere in the world.
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Oxymoron
That's a bit harsh. I was only expressing my opinion.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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It's a strange topic- I thought the whole point of Maccas was that you got the exact same food whichever one you went to, anywhere in the world.
Me too till I went into one in Austria. Almost the same as here except their MacDonalds actually looked like the items in the bIG photos they use to advertise. Unlike here where your ??Burger looks like it's been run over by a car or two.
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Oxymoron
That's a bit harsh. I was only expressing my opinion.
Ba dum tish!
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They are slightly different around the world.
E.g. Australian ones have a (wait for it) Aussie Burger.
And Italian ones have this weird burger with actual ham in it, I think it's called the Big Pink.
But one McDonalds in Wellington will be pretty much the same as the next ...
E.g. Australian ones have a (wait for it) Aussie Burger.
And Italian ones have this weird burger with actual ham in it, I think it's called the Big Pink.
But one McDonalds in Wellington will be pretty much the same as the next ...
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The main Lower Hutt Macs is one of the best in the country. Clean, fast and good staff. Never have a bad burger there.
Worst is the small one at Mana Esplanade at Paremata on SH1 - just dreadful!
Worst is the small one at Mana Esplanade at Paremata on SH1 - just dreadful!
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It's a strange topic- I thought the whole point of Maccas was that you got the exact same food whichever one you went to, anywhere in the world.
Australians can't make Big Macs. They're just not the same.
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And I'm here to tell you that they really are.
Look, it's clear the only way to solve this is to have a fight.
Meet me behind the gym at St Pats in 15min.
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kiwi pie2008-01-31 09:03:43
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I can make it behind the gym. Can you?
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No...
I can't fight too good either.
We'll call it a draw.
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We'll call it a draw.
So the Big Macs are the same, yet different, in Australia and NZ?
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They are slightly different around the world.E.g. Australian ones have a (wait for it) Aussie Burger.And Italian ones have this weird burger with actual ham in it, I think it's called the Big Pink.But one McDonalds in Wellington will be pretty much the same as the next ...
That'll be what's called 'glocalisation' then.
Don't forget beef free Maccas in India etc....
I stress this is not first hand experience; I've only used the one in Paris...for a pit stop over 25 years ago....HarryHotspur2008-01-31 09:23:57
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I was recently in India and can recommend the Maharaja Mac Meal.
Actually that's not quite true I wouldn't RECOMMEND it but if you're stuck it won't kill you.
Incidentally maccas is universally sh*t food. Isn't it weird how when you're a kid you think it's the best thing in the world and then gradually as you get older you realise it is actually vile flavourless mush. How do they do that?
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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[QUOTE=smithy246] � Isn't it weird how when you're a kid you think it's the best thing in the world QUOTE]
Not if you grew up listening to the Electro Hippies, it didn't.
Not if you grew up listening to the Electro Hippies, it didn't.
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[QUOTE=smithy246] Isn't it weird how when you're a kid you think it's the best thing in the world QUOTE]
Not if you grew up listening to the Electro Hippies, it didn't.
Not if you grew up listening to the Electro Hippies, it didn't.
**** Cue C-Diddy popping in for a rant, in 5..4...3....2......1****
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
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Don't let the name fool you - clean cut hardcore punk rockers, they were.
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Incidentally maccas is universally sh*t food.� Isn't it weird how when you're a kid you think it's the best thing in the world and then gradually as you get older you realise it is actually vile flavourless mush.� How do they do that?
Costs less to only brainwash until the age of 12. Don't need to bribe the governments quite so much.
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You could buy beer in the McDonalds in France back in 1990 when I was there. When are they gonna put that on the NZ menu??
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We'll call it a draw.
So the Big Macs are the same, yet different, in Australia and NZ?
Errr....yes.
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Burger King in NZ is easily better than in Oz.
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we all know burger king/onion rings will dominate mcd's anyday. bobdylan2008-01-31 10:49:01
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we all know burger king/onion rings will dominate mcd's anyday.
It just tastes better.
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Burger King in NZ is easily better than in Oz.
Isn't it called hungry jacks or something?
And the Basin Reserve Mcds is the best in Welly. Frozen coke
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Burger King in NZ is easily better than in Oz.
Isn't it called hungry jacks or something?
Went to a Hungry Jack's near Crown Casino in Melbourne over the New Year dying for a Hawaiian Chicken burger, and they didn't have it...the bastards. I was heart-broken.
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MacDonalds is different in different countries, worst I had was in Rome, most similar to NZ (and the best) was in Germany (but the fries were crap). Maccas in USA was the absolute pits... meat didn't even taste like meat!
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i can highly recommend a "McArabia' in egyptian mcdonalds. real good. also the big macs there were huge and looked like the ones in the photos. probably camel meat but tasted bloody good.
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Burger King in NZ is easily better than in Oz.
Isn't it called hungry jacks or something?
And the Basin Reserve Mcds is the best in Welly. Frozen coke
There's both now, but yeah apparently some bloke in Oz had already registered the name Burger King.
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The "Best McDonalds?" I have been in was on a industrial estate just near Chambery in France. We'd been driving all day, were a bit knackered, and it was late. Clare said "let's go in there." So we went in...
Rather than order we sat down to catch our breath. Woman behind the counter shouted over about us wanting to order. When I replied (my french is "interesting") she immediately recognised the foreigner. Then she left her till and came over asking "are you english?". When we replied inthe affimative she was clearly pleased. Then she explained it was her break coming up and would we like to have coffee, there, with her.
She, I just can't recall her name, brought over three coffees, some fries and some fish burger thing. We spent twenty minutes having a chat. She explained that she never got enough conversational english and that the shift manager was always sympathetic whenever english speakers arrived. The coffee and snack was on the house!
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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You mean the French have let American neo-colonisation spread outside Paris? I'll be damned....
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We all know blandburgers from macs are just that but have any of you tried their new "Conservation Burger?? You can eat the cardboard carton (Saves littering) and it tastes the same as the burger!
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Burger King in NZ is easily better than in Oz.
Isn't it called hungry jacks or something?
And the Basin Reserve Mcds is the best in Welly. Frozen coke
And raspberry drink.
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You can have raspberry at Burger King anywhere in NZ. And LP.
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You mean the French have let American neo-colonisation spread outside Paris? I'll be damned....
In a lot of the French towns that I have e been to there are no mcds. The councils would only let them be set up OUTSIDE town usually on the industrial estates. That's a lot of them outside town centres but not all.
Nearer home: There was a mcd up in Browns Bay in the early 80s that closed because of LACK of business. Browns Bay I salute you!!
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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