Two McDonald's restaurants in the West Midlands named among burger chain's 20 'worst-rated' UK branches

A new study has revealed the lowest-rated McDonald’s restaurants in the UK, based on the franchise locations with the biggest percentage of one-star ratings.

Two West Midlands Maccies restaurants feature among the worst rated, including one in Birmingham.

The research, conducted by QR Code Generator, looked at the percentage of one-star Google reviews for all McDonald’s in the UK, totalling over 1,400 restaurants, to reveal which were the lowest-rated.

According to a new analysis, Chingford Fountain McDonald’s in Northeast London is the lowest-rated McDonald’s in the UK. The fast-food outlet recorded 36.49% of all reviews giving the outlet a one-star review. This is the highest proportion of one-star reviews of all locations nationwide. Overall, the outlet has a Google rating of just 2.8 out of 5.

Following in second is Sydenham in Southeast London, with 34.05% of reviews being just one-star.

Two West Midlands restaurants named

Walsall’s Littleton Centre McDonald’s placed fourth nationwide. While almost a third of all reviews from visitors on Google are five-star, a huge 32% of reviews are just one-star. This is the third-highest proportion in the UK, and the outlet has a Google rating of just 3.1.

And Birmingham’s New Oscott McDonald’s was ranked the 18th worst in the UK, with 26.44% of 1 star reviews.

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