I walked here with my friend, who was having his theory test in a couple hours. We aren't Newportonian. Rather, we're Cardiffian-Asians. Right, the upstairs seating area has air conditioning; it's ice cold. -And stuck on, according to one of the staff members. I see that as a benefit. Walking to this McDonald's; you tend to get quite hot, so air conditioning is an excellent way to cool off, in preparation for a feast. But, back to the point. Speaking of staff, the friendly staff like to chat, which is nice if you're extroverted. I replied to an employee who delivered my relatively large order, up the two flights of stairs; he apologized for the wait, to which I told him that I wouldn't blame him, especially with all those stairs. He told me that it's exhausting. After that, I think just I made a new friend. Too bad I'm not local to Newport. I should've tipped the guy... Back to the topic at hand. The food was great, probably one of the best McDonald's I've had in years, which makes me wonder why Americans seem to despise their own McDonald's restaurants. Perhaps this Newport McDonald's is just a shining example of fast food in the west! So, if you're a Cardiffian, with a friend who has a theory test booked in at Newport's Clarence House ('cause Limerick House is all booked up), and you're hungry, why not spend the next hour with a nice 20 piece set of chicken nuggets, in a nicely air conditioned, clean environment? If you're not afraid of multi-storey car parks, instead of spending your nights driving to service station McDonald's restaurants, why not go to this McDonald's instead, and park your pride and joy at the Clarence House multi-storey? It's only £2 for 3 hours!

Long standing establishment, can't fault the service or food. Ice cream machine seems to never have an issue.. can't knock that, can you? 🙂 You do get the odd one or two kids who think it's their personal hang out, but that's to be expected around town..