McDonald's® - South Shields

Many 1–2★ ratings

3-5 King Street, South Shields, NE33 1DA
Burgers · Chicken

Eat Score21.1Our measure, out of 100. How it works
Just Eat rating3.5/5The stars Just Eat shows. × 20 = 70
Rating gap48.9Points between Just Eat’s 70 and our 21.1. About the gap

How the 1,083 counted ratings split

44% 4–5★41% 1–2★5★ 34% (371)4★ 11% (115)3★ 15% (159)2★ 10% (105)1★ 31% (333)

Just Eat’s five rating buckets, with the number of ratings in each. Half-star ratings fall into a bucket.

5/5Food hygiene, inspected Sept 2025
1,083Ratings counted
7,018Total ratings

Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency or Food Standards Scotland, as shown on Just Eat.

Just Eat gives McDonald's® - South Shields in South Shields a rating of 3.5 out of 5, from 1,083 of its 7,018 ratings (15%); Just Eat says its rating uses the previous 12 months. Of those counted, 44% are in the 4–5 star buckets and 41% in the 1–2 star buckets. That is “many 1–2 star ratings” by yeet.food’s definition: more than 15% of counted ratings in the 1–2 star buckets. Its Eat Score, yeet.food's independent measure, is 21.1 out of 100. It ranks 87th of 89 rated takeaways in NE33 and 1,449th of 1,525 in Newcastle upon Tyne (NE).

Ratings snapshot: . These are historical ratings, not a live assessment.

Quality & delivery

RatingsGoodNeutralPoor
Quality
1,083 ratings
45.9%7.9%46.2%
Delivery
1,083 ratings
49.6%17.2%33.2%

Good means 4–5 stars for quality, or “Amazing” delivery. Component labels inferred from Just Eat’s data.

As shown on Just Eat

Just Eat rating, total reviews and rating distribution for McDonald's® - South Shields at the capture date
Captured (UK time).
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What these numbers mean

The counted sample is the sum of Just Eat’s five rating buckets. Its published explanation describes a median score from the previous 12 months. The broader total includes ratings outside this sample; these aggregates do not tell us why each rating was excluded. Buckets group half-star ratings, so the 4–5 bucket percentage is not an exact count of individual four- and five-star reviews.

41% fall in the 1–2 star buckets. Our “Many 1–2★ ratings” label means more than 15% fall in those buckets, with at least 20 counted ratings.

Its Eat Score is 21.1 out of 100. The Eat Score is our own measure, and higher is better: it gives counted ratings in band 4 90% credit and band 5 full credit, with a growing penalty as negative feedback becomes more common. The 1-star band carries slightly more weight than the 2-star band, and small samples are adjusted towards a fixed UK reference. It is not Just Eat’s rating.

How the Eat Score works · Just Eat’s ratings explanation