McDonald's Funchal: 4 Locations, Hours, Prices

McDonald’s has four restaurants on Madeira, and all four are in Funchal: Avenida do Mar on the city-centre seafront, MadeiraShopping in Santo António, Forum Madeira in the Lido hotel zone, and the McDrive drive-thru on Av. Mário Soares in São Martinho. On foot in the centre? Go to Avenida do Mar. Got a hire car? The McDrive. Staying around the Lido? Forum Madeira, which reopened on 27 March 2026 after a five-week refit. Expect to pay about €12 per person for a meal, based on Numbeo data. I checked every fact below on 15 October 2026 and give the source for each one.

Map of the 4 McDonald’s in Funchal: Avenida do Mar on the city-centre seafront, MadeiraShopping in Santo António, Forum Madeira in the Lido hotel zone and the McDrive on Av. Mário Soares in São Martinho, about 4 miles apart end to end (Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright; pins to add for the 4 restaurants)

How many McDonald’s are there in Funchal and on Madeira?

There are four McDonald’s on Madeira, and all of them are in Funchal. That’s why searching “McDonald’s Madeira” or “McDonald’s Funchal” gets you the same four addresses. According to DNOTICIAS (1 April 2026), one franchisee, Nuno Freitas, runs all four, with about 200 staff between them.

The Avenida do Mar branch was the island’s first McDonald’s. When the McDrive opened in 2021, local press called it the fourth restaurant, after Avenida do Mar, MadeiraShopping and Forum Madeira (Madeira-Web, Echo Boomer). The chain itself arrived in Portugal on 23 May 1991, at CascaiShopping, and passed 200 restaurants nationwide in February 2024 (The Portugal News).

The 4 McDonald’s in Funchal at a glance

The table below lists each restaurant with its area, hours and services. Where a cell says “not confirmed”, no official or reliable source gave me that detail. I’d rather leave a gap than guess.

On Google Maps, at the kiosks and in the app, look for “McDonald’s Avenida do Mar” and “McDrive Funchal”. Those local names take you to the right pin.

McDonald’s Avenida do Mar: the seafront branch

For most visitors, McDonald’s Avenida do Mar is the most practical McDonald’s in Funchal, and the one I’d pick. It faces the water on the city-centre seafront, within walking distance of the old town and the harbour, and it was the first McDonald’s on the island.

Avenida do Mar, Funchal’s palm-lined seafront promenade by the marina, where the island’s first McDonald’s stands (street view, not a photo of the restaurant) (Photo: Andriusplatukis, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avenida\_do\_Mar\_in\_Funchal,Madeira.jpg)

Two aggregators, Wanderlog and atly, give the address as Av. do Mar 2, 9000-054 Funchal. Uber Eats says 9000-040. Wanderlog also files the branch under São Martinho, which is simply wrong: it’s on the central waterfront, not in the western suburbs. Skip the postcode and search “McDonald’s Avenida do Mar” in your maps app.

McDonald’s Funchal opening hours and breakfast

Avenida do Mar serves breakfast and stays open late. Its Uber Eats listing gives breakfast from 8:00 to 10:45, then the main menu from 8:00 to 23:45 on weekdays and until 0:45 at weekends. Wanderlog disagrees slightly: 8:00 to midnight, and until 1:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. The official McDonald’s Portugal directory (mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes) blocked automated access when I checked. Before a late-night walk along the seafront, confirm the hours in the McDonald’s app or on Google Maps.

Avenida do Mar reviews and ratings

Avenida do Mar scores well on Google and poorly on TripAdvisor. On Wanderlog on 15 October 2026, it showed 4.1/5 on Google from 4,313 reviews and 3.3/5 on TripAdvisor from 86. Its Uber Eats listing showed 4.2 from more than 10,000 ratings.

Bar chart: McDonald’s Avenida do Mar ratings out of 5, Google 4.1 (4,313 reviews), Uber Eats 4.2 (10,000+ ratings), TripAdvisor 3.3 (86 reviews), as shown on 15 October 2026 (Chart: Burger Breton, original work, CC BY 4.0, data from Wanderlog and Uber Eats (checked 2026-10-15); to generate)

The praise is consistent: the ocean view, a clean, modern dining room, fast service, ordering kiosks and gluten-free options. The complaints are scattered hygiene incidents, including one report of an insect in the food. My reading: the Google score reflects thousands of quick, uneventful visits, while 86 TripAdvisor reviews are too few to absorb a handful of bad ones. I trust the Google number more.

McDrive Funchal: the only McDonald’s drive-thru on Madeira

McDrive Funchal, on Av. Mário Soares in São Martinho, is the island’s only McDonald’s drive-thru. With a hire car, it’s the easiest stop. It opened on 25 November 2021 by the Rotunda do Amparo roundabout, next to Leroy Merlin, as Madeira’s first McDonald’s with a McDrive (DNOTICIAS, Madeira-Web).

It’s also the biggest of the four by a wide margin. According to DNOTICIAS and Echo Boomer, it has:

• 165 indoor seats and a 120-seat terrace
• 2 McDrive lanes
• an underground car park with 38 spaces, 2 of them with fast EV charging
• a children’s play area
• ordering kiosks, a McCafé, table service and McDelivery

The opening created 60 jobs, for an investment of €600,000 to €1,000,000 (Echo Boomer, 25 November 2021). No reliable source gave me the street number, the opening hours or the drive-thru hours. Search “McDrive Funchal” in Google Maps before you set off.

Jornal Económico reported plans for a second McDrive on Madeira in December 2023. Nearly three years later, as of October 2026, I found no confirmed opening. Count on one.

McDonald’s Forum Madeira: reopened in March 2026

Yes, McDonald’s Forum Madeira is open again. It closed for expansion and modernisation on 23 February 2026, according to the mall’s own announcement, and reopened on 27 March 2026.

DNOTICIAS and JM Madeira list what the refit changed:

• about 50 m² of extra floor space
• 4 production lines instead of 2
• 7 ordering kiosks instead of 4
• a dedicated McDelivery area
• a team of 34 instead of 28

Before and after chart, McDonald’s Forum Madeira 2026 refit: ordering kiosks 4 to 7, production lines 2 to 4, team 28 to 34, plus about 540 sq ft of extra floor space (Chart: Burger Breton, original work, CC BY 4.0, data from JM Madeira and D7/DNOTICIAS (2026-04-01); to generate)

The restaurant is inside Forum Madeira, the Lido-area mall at Estrada Monumental 390, 9004-568 Funchal. Visit Funchal gives the mall’s hours as 10:00 to 23:00, Monday to Sunday, with 800 parking spaces and a 450-seat terrace shared by six restaurants. I couldn’t find separate hours for the McDonald’s, so assume it follows the mall unless the app says otherwise. Of all the changes, doubling the production lines is the one that should show on a busy evening.

Forum Madeira shopping centre on Estrada Monumental in Funchal’s Lido hotel zone, home to the McDonald’s that reopened on 27 March 2026, with Cabo Girão in the distance (photo from 2007, before the refit) (Photo: Zarco, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forum\_Madeira\_den.JPG)

McDonald’s MadeiraShopping: the mall branch in Santo António

McDonald’s MadeiraShopping is on the 2nd floor of Funchal’s MadeiraShopping centre (shop 1001, 9020-283 Funchal), in the Santo António parish uphill from the centre. Wanderlog lists it as open from 10:00 to 23:00 every day, with a Google rating of 4.1/5 from 813 reviews.

MadeiraShopping centre and its car park in Santo António, uphill from central Funchal; McDonald’s is on the 2nd floor and bus 108 stops here (Photo: UmanoK, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MadeiraShopping.jpg)

The mall is on Caminho de Santa Quitéria. Without a car, take bus line 108, “Sta Quitéria via Madeira Shopping” (SIGA timetable). Honestly, this branch is for people already shopping there. If you’re on the seafront, Avenida do Mar is a short walk away, and I wouldn’t take a bus uphill just for this one.

Which McDonald’s in Funchal should you choose?

Pick the branch that matches how you’re getting around. If you only go to one, make it Avenida do Mar.

• On foot in the centre, or off a cruise ship: Avenida do Mar, for the waterfront location, the sea view and the latest closing time I found.
• Driving a hire car: McDrive Funchal on Av. Mário Soares, for the drive-thru lanes, the underground car park and EV charging.
• Staying at a Lido hotel: Forum Madeira, freshly refitted, with 7 kiosks and a big shared terrace.
• Shopping or using the bus: MadeiraShopping, on bus line 108.

McDonald’s Madeira prices: how much does a meal cost?

A McDonald’s meal in Funchal costs about €12 per person, usually between €10 and €15. That’s a Numbeo estimate quoted by combien-coute.net (updated 7 October 2026), not an official menu price.

I couldn’t verify official Madeira prices. The national price lists online contradict each other, and island prices may differ from mainland Portugal. For the exact price of a Big Mac meal, check a kiosk or the McDonald’s Portugal app on the day.

Gluten-free options at McDonald’s Funchal

Funchal’s McDonald’s restaurants offer a “Sem Glúten” (gluten-free) menu of about six burgers, including a gluten-free Big Mac and a double cheeseburger, ordered at the counter, according to the community-sourced guide atly. Reviews of Avenida do Mar on Wanderlog mention gluten-free options too.

If you have coeliac disease, treat this with care. It comes from community sites, not from McDonald’s Portugal. I couldn’t confirm whether every Funchal branch offers the menu, or what precautions they take against cross-contamination. Ask at the counter, and say “sem glúten” clearly.

Vegetarian and vegan options at McDonald’s in Madeira

McDonald’s Portugal had three meat-free burgers on its national menu as of May 2024, according to Grande Consumo (15 May 2024). The first was a new McVeggie recipe launched that month: a breaded vegetable patty with cheddar, tomato, lettuce, onion and a special mayonnaise. The second was a Veggie Burger for the Happy Meal. The third was the McPlant, developed with Beyond Meat. I couldn’t confirm that all three are still on the Funchal kiosks in 2026, so check before you queue.

One detail matters for strict vegetarians and vegans: according to vegconomist, the McPlant is cooked on the same grill as the meat, though never at the same time. For what else is new on the menu, see Maria’s roundup of new McDonald’s burgers in 2026.

McDonald’s delivery in Funchal

Yes, you can get McDonald’s delivered in Funchal. Avenida do Mar is on Uber Eats, the McDrive offers McDelivery, and Forum Madeira gained a dedicated McDelivery area in its 2026 refit. I couldn’t confirm which other apps (Bolt Food, Glovo) each branch uses, so check in the app at your address.

Is there an Honorato in Madeira?

No, Honorato has no restaurant in Funchal or anywhere else on Madeira. The Lisbon burger chain was founded in 2011 by Brazilian Márcio Honorato, with a small restaurant in Príncipe Real (Observador). Its official site names only two cities: “Em Lisboa ou Porto, o mesmo hambúrguer, a mesma experiência” (“In Lisbon or Porto, the same burger, the same experience”; honorato.pt, checked 15 October 2026). If you’re heading to the mainland, our guide to the best burgers in Porto covers that city. Our guide to the six McDonald’s in Braga works the same way as this one.

Beyond McDonald’s: burgers in bolo do caco

If you came to Madeira to eat something you can’t get at home, skip the Big Mac. Funchal has a burger McDonald’s can’t match: one served in bolo do caco, Madeira’s flat garlic-butter bread. Hamburgueria do Mercado (Grupo MLE), at Rua da Carreira 75A, 9000-042 Funchal, serves burgers, pregos and salads, some of them in bolo do caco (Visit Funchal). For more local addresses, see the Funchal burger restaurants hub.

Bolo do caco, Madeira’s flat bread, here filled with garlic butter and chorizo; Funchal hamburguerias use the same bread as a burger bun (illustrative photo, not taken at Hamburgueria do Mercado) (Photo: Kostia, CC0 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bolo\_do\_caco.jpg)

On the chain side, Echo Boomer reported in December 2021 that Burger King had four restaurants on Madeira, the first opened in 2001. Its Av. Mário Soares branch, opened in late December 2021, was the brand’s first drive-thru on the island. At opening it had 124 seats and was open from 11:00 to midnight, seven days a week (Echo Boomer, 30 December 2021). It’s close to the McDrive, so drivers on that road have a choice.

McDrive Funchal vs Burger King drive-thru on Av. Mário Soares: opened 25 November 2021 vs late December 2021, 165 indoor + 120 terrace seats vs 124 seats, 2 drive-thru lanes and 38-space car park vs 11 am to midnight daily (Table: Burger Breton, original work, CC BY 4.0, data from Echo Boomer (2021-11-25 and 2021-12-30) and DNOTICIAS (checked 2026-10-15))

How I put this guide together

This guide is built from sources, not from a meal at each branch. I cross-checked local press (DNOTICIAS, JM Madeira, Echo Boomer), official sources (Forum Madeira, Visit Funchal, the SIGA bus timetables) and review aggregators (Wanderlog, atly, Uber Eats), and dated every check to 15 October 2026. The official McDonald’s Portugal directory and TripAdvisor blocked direct access. So the ratings come from Wanderlog snapshots, and I left out phone numbers and any hours I couldn’t source. I’ll update this page when official hours and Madeira prices are confirmed. More city guides are on the Restaurants hub.

FAQ

How many McDonald’s are there in Madeira? Four, all in Funchal: Avenida do Mar, MadeiraShopping, Forum Madeira and the McDrive on Av. Mário Soares (DNOTICIAS, April 2026).

What are the McDonald’s opening hours in Madeira? According to Uber Eats, Avenida do Mar serves breakfast from 8:00 to 10:45 and the main menu until 23:45 on weekdays and 0:45 at weekends. Wanderlog lists MadeiraShopping as open 10:00–23:00 daily. Confirm in the McDonald’s app before you go.

Is there a McDonald’s drive-thru in Funchal? Yes. McDrive Funchal, on Av. Mário Soares near the Rotunda do Amparo in São Martinho, next to Leroy Merlin, has been open since 25 November 2021. It is the only McDonald’s drive-thru on the island.

Does McDonald’s Funchal have gluten-free burgers? Community sources report a “Sem Glúten” menu of about six burgers, including a Big Mac, ordered at the counter. McDonald’s Portugal has not confirmed it, so ask staff about availability and cross-contamination.

Is McDonald’s Forum Madeira open? Yes. It closed on 23 February 2026 for a refit and reopened on 27 March 2026, with more space, 7 kiosks and a dedicated delivery area.

How much is a McDonald’s meal in Madeira? About €12 per person on average (€10–15), a Numbeo estimate quoted by combien-coute.net in October 2026. Check the kiosk for exact prices.