Cost-conscious McDonald's customers slammed the fast food giant after spotting a glaring flaw on one of its value menus.

The controversy erupted after a customer shared a screenshot of McDonald's revamped 'under $3' menu on Reddit, only for users to notice that several items on the breakfast menu cost far more than $3.

The image, posted to the McDonald's forum, showed fan-favorites like the hash brown priced at $3.19 and a Sausage McMuffin without egg at a whopping $3.39 — despite both being advertised as costing under $3. 

In the Reddit thread, frustrated customers shared their experiences of ordering from the value menu at the fast food giant. 

'At my local restaurant, a Sausage McMuffin with Egg costs 5.39, while a Sausage McMuffin plus a side round egg cost $3.78,' one Reddit user said. 'Same ingredients, lower price, higher packaging cost because the side egg is served in a McNugget box.' 

'Same prices for me, too,' another Reddit user added. 'And that McMuffin and biscuit were so sad last time I got them pretty awful and basic.'

A former frequent customer concluded that '$3.19 for a hash brown is criminal,' with another chiming in that an order of 2 hash browns were available for $1 'about six years ago.'

'Guess they’ll blame tariffs or something,' they added. 'Anything but greed.'

Prices at McDonald's vary based on the storefront location - and the Reddit user did not specify which restaurant he was ordering from. 

Some social media users shared screens of their own McDonald's apps, most of which offered the same breakfast items for less than $3, as promised.

'The app sucks,' another Reddit user chimed in. 'They likely have predefined items in the $3 list, but each location has different prices.'

While McDonald's continues to market itself as a value-focused brand, fast-food fans nationwide claim the days of grabbing a cheap breakfast or burger are becoming a distant memory. 

McDonald's revamped value menu aims to 'offers more choice, more flexibility and more ways to build a meal that fits their day and budget' to customers.

'For generations, McDonald’s has been committed to delivering great value our fans can count on,' McDonald's said in a statement. 'As our customers’ expectations evolve, we’re making it easier for them to get the value they’re looking for - on their terms.'

Morning options now include a Sausage McMuffin for $1.50. For lunch and dinner, the under $3 enu offers a McChicken, McDouble, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets, small fries and a small drink. 

New budget options replaced the previous buy-one, get-one-for-$1 promotion. However, McDonald's meal deals, bundling a McChicken or McDouble with a 4-piece McNuggets, fries and a drink, still remain. 

The new deals, internally dubbed 'McValue 2.0,' are designed to bring budget-sensitive diners back to the chain, but some still believe the chain is falling behind is terms of customer loyalty.

Those changes paid off for McDonald's, as the chain reported soaring sales earlier this year. 

Sales at restaurants open more than a year increased 3.9 percent in the January to March quarter. Sales jumped 9 percent to $6.52 billion, while profit climbed 6 percent to $1.98 billion.

‘McDonald’s is not going to be beat on value and affordably,’ McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said.