Independent restaurant ratings analysis

McDonald's® - Thinford

Thinford Ln, Thinford,, Durham, DL17 8RU
Burgers · Chicken

Many 1–2★ ratings

Eat Score29.4Our measure, out of 100. How it works
Just Eat rating4/5The stars Just Eat shows. × 20 = 80
Rating gap50.6Points between Just Eat’s 80 and our 29.4. About the gap
5/5Food hygiene, inspected Mar 2026
2,289Ratings counted
7,904Total ratings
53%In 4–5 star buckets
36%In 1–2 star buckets

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

Just Eat gives McDonald's® - Thinford in Durham a rating of 4 out of 5, from 2,289 of its 7,904 ratings (29%); Just Eat says its rating uses the previous 12 months. Of those counted, 53% are in the 4–5 star buckets and 36% 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 29.4 out of 100. It ranks 14th of 15 rated takeaways in DL17 and 290th of 314 in Darlington (DL).

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

Quality & delivery

RatingsGoodNeutralPoor
Quality
2,289 ratings
55.5%7%37.5%
Delivery
2,289 ratings
55.4%12.8%31.8%

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

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.

36% 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 29.4 out of 100. The Eat Score is our own measure, and higher is better: it rewards counted ratings in the 4–5 star bands, 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