This is a McDonalds next to lots of medical buildings , Canadian tire and a giant IKEA and walking distance to a large hospital.
They are going to be busy....almost all of the time.
So people here to complain about wait times in the drive through or waiting in line, tough. It's just the nature of the location.
This chain of McD's has computer for ordering if you can pay in credit or debit, and while waiting in line I found that the staff was busy diverting people to the computer kiosks ... while there were 3 cashiers available, only 1 was being used . The ordering was still pretty speedy though.
I went in for a latte. McCafe has gotten quite good in the past few years! Their coffee use to be undrinkable. Now....I don't see a difference between Tim Hortons or McD's in terms of quality, so now getting a cheap coffee is just a matter of convenience , unless you want to pay extra for the ambiance of a Starbucks or local hip cafe. They were pretty quick with my order.
The lineup for the drive through wrapped around the parking lot though...potentially because it was raining and no one wanted to get out of their cars. It pays to park and just order inside though, the line is much faster.
Now all of McDonald's Small hot mccafe items are all $1 , and if you buy 7 of these drinks and collect the stickers, you get a medium hot drink for free (usually over $3 for a medium latte) ....not a bad deal.