McDonald's

You know exactly what you're getting when you push through those doors on Union Street - and sometimes that's precisely what you need. Whether you're stumbling out of the clubs at half past three on a Saturday morning or grabbing a quick breakfast before work, this McDonald's serves its purpose without pretension. The late opening hours make it a magnet for Aberdeen's night owls, and you'll often find yourself queueing behind a mix of taxi drivers, students, and oil workers grabbing food between shifts. The chips are reliably hot, the Big Macs taste the same as they did twenty years ago, and the coffee does the job when you need caffeine fast. It's not going to win any culinary awards, but when you want something familiar and filling at 2am on Union Street, it hits the spot every time.