Love them or hate them, fast food restaurants are as American as apple pie. Whether you crave a late-night burrito from Taco Bell or an afternoon, lunch-break Big Mac from McDonald’s, America’s love for cheap, fast, and fatty foods is second-to-none. Yes, some of these restaurants offer health-focused meals, sides, and combos are the majority of these food and drink establishments are just terrible. I mean, what do you expect? Gourmet, life and soul-enriching food that will make you live longer? Definitely not! That’s not the purpose of these wonderfully unique fast-food establishments. From a quick road-trip bite to a “once-a-week” dinner for the family, these restaurants catch you on the fulfillment of good flavors and cheap prices. But, there’s more to these worst fast food restaurants.

Somehow, some of these “scummy” worst fast food places manage to make a mockery of their identities. Some of these worst fast food places have managed to disgust every customer that has been able to get a glimpse of their mistakes and general “nastiness.” For your sake, as well as ours, we’ve listed our worst fast food restaurants to avoid…if you want to live.

Arby's

“My college roommate ordered a chicken wrap at Arby’s and they made it with bone in chicken wings. I laughed. He didn’t.” – Thurm

 Domino's

“We were super disappointed in the last pizza we ordered from here as well as the manager’s response (don’t know his name as he refused to give it). Took over 40 minutes to go less than 2 miles AFTER it left the store and looked like this…” – Amy M.

Krystal

“I am from the north and had never never been to Krystal. Heard people say “it’s like White Castle, only worse” and had to check that out. The burger was really gross – and my standards are low. The fries though were surprisingly awesome and the atmosphere was pretty nice, given the location. Worth checking out, if only as a curiosity.” – EatSomeKugel

Del Taco

“Have you ever had a bad experience at Taco Bell? This place will make you forget ALL about that in just one bite. Don’t get me wrong the people were nice and the place was clean as this location just opened recently but the food reminded me of taco day in elementary school. Meat was dry and tasted burnt but was still cold…” – Dave S.