The Rocket Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "I have always found the staff very helpful and the food to the highest standard."
• "Very friendly staff. I love the charm of the place."
• "Staff were so lovely and welcoming."
• "Natasha was particularly friendly and engaging."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful too."
• "Staff were lovely and attentive."
• "Staff are polite and professional."

Cons:

• "The bartender was extremely rude."
• "The table was dirty, and the waiter and manager was so rude."
• "When I visited the rocket I was harassed by the bartender and did not have a pleasant experience."
• "The staff was very unfriendly and seemed worked up."
• "The staff were not so friendly after we complained the first time round."
• "The barstaff are so rude and ignorant."
• "Service was poor - miserable staff who didn't even know where the table numbers were!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Lovely big full Irish breakfast that really set us up for the day."
• "Visited The Rocket twice on our recent trip to London. Both times we had food and can honestly say it was lovely."
• "Mainly went for the food and was attracted by the menu and pricing - and had no regrets - good wholesome food and certainly value for money in London."
• "The food was extremely good value for money and was delicious."
• "Food was amazing and the portion size for the meal I orders was very generous I’m stuffed."
• "Exceptional pub food. The fish and chips are the best I've had whilst visiting London."
• "Had a meal here recently was very nice, steak chips was cooked perfectly."

Cons:

• "Bland mass produced food. Everything over priced. Dreadful value for money."
• "The onion rings were saggy and definitely not fresh."
• "The wrap contained bacon an lettuce but no tomato and the bacon had been charred black so all I could taste was charcoal."
• "The food was quite bad..so much salt in the fish and the salad was dry and not fresh."
• "Food was less than average."
• "The food was not worth the price."
• "Food was rubbish. For such a prime location you could make the effort to look after people a bit better."

Atmosphere and Ambiance

Pros:

• "Visited The Rocket 25-04-21 co-incided with League Cup Final at Wembley), so shortly after arriving the place started filling up with a very pleasant group of Man City fans - great banter exchanged between all."
• "Great atmosphere and staff were good (if only they looked at the online order board once in a while)."
• "Really nice atmosphere and lots of screens."
• "Great place with a great atmosphere especially during football matches."
• "Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff."
• "Amazing atmosphere, great staff, reasonably priced and even better, friendly door staff for central London!"
• "Great atmosphere with a tv view from every seat."

Cons:

• "The place was packed to the rafters."
• "Also and to help us waiting, they increased the loud of the music so that we could not talk anymore even between us at the table."
• "Watching sports in here is like nowhere else. Raucous, hot and fun."
• "Very poor atmosphere."
• "Not a great atmosphere."
• "A bit soulless during the day."
• "This is a terrible pub."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Tired of paying £12 to £15 for a good plate of pub food? Finally, there is a place that offers the same quality of pies, chips, and everything else you could want from the pub at up to half the price you'd pay elsewhere!"
• "For central London, great value beer and food."
• "The food prices were very reasonable with generous portions."
• "Prices are really good for the area, considering that everything around it starts at £10 just for food, you can get a burger, chips and a drink for £6.50."
• "Fair prices with a good variety of drinks, especially beers."
• "Enjoyed a very tasty breakfast in traditional English pub surroundings for a very reasonable price by London standards."
• "Doom bar pint was £3-85, good price for London."

Cons:

• "Bit pricey, circa £10 for a pint of pale ale, and a pint of soda and blackcurrant."
• "The sign unfortunately is a bit of a lie, the 9.75 for a beer and burger turned out not to exist…"
• "The whole menu is at very reasonable prices."
• "£3ish? For the curly fries.. wasn't really worth it."
• "I stayed for just a beer the most expensive I had in my life in London and its surroundings 55p over the next most expensive beer I ever had."
• "Unfortunately both our burgers had burnt over-cooked patties which sadly spoilt the taste of the whole burger."
• "Charged £20 each for an event they couldn’t handle."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "This large pub was refurbished in spring this year to give it a new lease of life."
• "Nice, clean and big place to enjoy the beer."
• "Clean and tidy pub."
• "Lovely atmosphere - lots of groups of young people."
• "The Rocket is a nice convenient place to grab a beer whilst you wait for your train."
• "Down to earth, relaxed pub for anyone and everyone."
• "Local feel in a London pub."

Cons:

• "The tables outside were sticky and gross."
• "The smell in the toilets was pretty strong."
• "Toilets are disgusting, and they have a bad attack of mice."
• "This pub is filthy, you are served your food on dirty plates, u r served coffee in dirty cups."
• "Bathrooms were eeeeeehh. One of the stalls has a broken lock."
• "Dirty place like this I'm quite sure the beer taps are dirty as well."
• "Toilet was horrible, full of mold and smell there was absolutely horrendous."