Gate-side calories fast at Terminal A
Right in Terminal A, McDonald's Express hits the basics: burgers, fries, McNuggets, coffee, and soft drinks served fast so you can be in and out in under 10 minutes. It’s a stripped-down counter format, not a full restaurant, so think quick grab-and-go before your LOT or Wizz Air flight boards from the nearby A gates.
Pricing tracks typical Warsaw city McDonald's levels, with a basic burger or small fries running just a few PLN more than in town, and combo meals staying under typical sit-down options elsewhere in WAW. Portions match standard McDonald’s sizing, so a regular menu set usually carries you through a 2–3 hour hop across Europe without needing extra snacks.
The menu at this Express outlet focuses on core items rather than limited-time specials: Big Mac, cheeseburgers, Chicken McNuggets, Filet-O-Fish, fries, plus standard desserts like sundaes and McFlurry if the machine is working. Breakfast options come out in the morning wave before the first bank of Schengen departures, then switch over to the daytime menu by around 10:30.
Lines spike hard around the 06:00–08:00 and 16:00–19:00 departure banks, with a queue of 10–20 people pretty common, but turnover is fast because seating is limited and most passengers carry food back to gates A1–A10. Card payments dominate, and contactless works smoothly in PLN, so you don’t need to dig for small coins before boarding.
Watch out for orders being called only in Polish and on small order screens; check your ticket number on the monitor above the counter so your burger doesn’t sit for 5 minutes under the heat lamp. Final tip: if the line here is snaking into the concourse, walk 3–5 minutes further along A toward other cafés; sometimes a coffee-and-sandwich combo elsewhere is actually faster than waiting for fries.