McDonald's

South Lake Tahoe, CA · Fast food restaurant

Rating
3.4/5
★★★☆☆ 3.4
Reviews
20
Rank in South Lake Tahoe
#95
of 167 restaurants
City Percentile
15%
rating percentile
Address
McDonald's, 1035 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone
(530) 542-0555
Website
www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/location/CA/S-LAKE-TAHOE/1035-EMERALD-BAY-RD/4436.html?cid=RF:YXT:GMB::Clicks
Status
Open · Closes 12 AM

McDonald's is a restaurant located in South Lake Tahoe, CA. It is one of 167 restaurants listed in South Lake Tahoe. Its 3.4-star rating is slightly below the South Lake Tahoe city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About McDonald's

McDonald’s USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to millions of customers every day. Ninety-five percent of McDonald’s approximately 13,500 U.S. restaurants are owned and operated by independent business owners. For... More

Hours

Friday5 AM–

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Peter Cech · Mar 2026

Friendly and helpful staff. Clean tables. Hot food, right from the fryer. Thumbs up 👍

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 NolanRBLX · Mar 2026

Ordered a hot honey biscuit meal with an orange juice and they gave me a chicken biscuit with no hashbrown. I was in a rush and needed something to eat so i figured that if I just ate the biscuit there would still be enough to return. They declined the refund because there was no food in the bag, even though they had the orange juice. Another employee stepped in and said “i checked the bag” even though she clearly didn’t.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Josh · Nov 2025

Staffs are not professionally trained and not good at servicing customers. Hamburger is not warm and poor quality.

★★★★★ 5.0 Nicollette Z. · Dec 2025

Hands down the CLEANEST and nicest McDonald’s I’ve ever been to! Stopped here after being stuck in snow ❄️ ⛄️ traffic for hours, and despite how busy it was, the staff was fast, friendly, and patient. Huge thank you to Issac, the manager, for keeping everything running smoothly and giving me the Gingerbread Man☺️ A much-needed warm and welcoming stop on our Christmas Day adventures🎄🎁❤️❤️

★★★★☆ 4.0 Minh Hua · Aug 2024

The exterior of the McDonald's is very nice. It carries the late Tahoe theme wood wood panels. The interior is modern with digital displays for kids to play with. However, on this particular occasion when I went in the whole restaurant smelled bad like there was a sewer issue or something. It could have just been this one time.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

Fast food restaurantBreakfast restaurantCoffee shopHamburger restaurantRestaurantSandwich shop

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