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Rocket Restaurant Reviews

Canary Wharf Magazine, June 2010

Outside space here is on two tiers, downstairs for drinks and snacks on the terrace or outside dining upstairs with great views of West India Docks. The style is classic, unfussy and relaxed.
.....the stowstopper was the Burrata - fresh Italian cheese made from a mozzarella outer 'shell' but with a mozzarella and cream runny centre. Indulgent and delightful.
.....A word to the wise, the pizzas are plate and stomach fillers, but ours was devoured nonetheless,.....
.....Burrata, pizza and fish filled stomachs didn't stop us from trying out the dessert menu. One banana, marscapone and vanilla ice-cream filled crepe later our gastronomic journey was complete. For anyone out there with a sweet tooth, this is the dessert for you, enough to make even the blackest day blue again.
.....The latest kid on the block at style, substance and a sweet tooth."
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The Docklands, 23rd June 2010

"There is plenty to love at Rocket - the menu is full of colour, vibrancy and interesting flavours."
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Hardens, London Restaurants 2010

"Top-end locations" (including a cute courtyard off Bond Street) add to the appeal of these "fun and lively" outfits, which serve "slightly unusual" pizzas and "unique" salads.

Square Meal 2010

Rocket, 6 Adams Court, Old Broad Street, EC2
Even a few years ago, Rocket’s self-consciously oddball style might have been considered too frivolous for the Square Mile, but response to this City outpost of the Mayfair original has been unambiguously positive. The location (a peaceful courtyard in the shadow of Tower 42) is certainly a winner, while the decor – tastefully subdued in the ground-floor bar – becomes increasingly extrovert as you head upstairs, with a sexy first-floor cocktail bar acting as curtain-raiser for the zany top-floor dining room. Grills & salads steal the limelight on the menu: anything from blackened chicken with cashews & soba noodles, or lamb, feta & pomegranate, to deep-fried coconut crispy squid on mango. Pizzas are also serious contenders (try black pudding with king prawns, pancetta & green chilli). The wine list includes some classy names but avoids the bonus-fuelled heights scaled by some City venues

Rocket, 4-6 Lancashire Court, W1
Rocket certainly knows how to please the punters. Its secret is keenly priced food dished out by staff who are invariably ‘nice, friendly & helpful’. The kitchen rustles up authentic pizzas from a traditional oven, as well as consistently fresh salads & grills with globetrotting flavours. Popular starters include spicy fried baby squid with sweet chilli & lemon dressing, while the main-course salads bring a version containing rare beef, rocket, deep-fried green beans, red onion, radish, crispy garlic & fried chilli. Fishcakes & fish & chips also get regular orders – both come with a pile of Rocket’s signature greenery or crunch. The wine list offers good value, & regulars enjoy special promotions, often focusing on Italy.

Time Out, Eating and Drinking 2010

This lively bar and restaurant, tucked away in a small network of alleyways in Mayfair, specialises in upmarket exotic pizzas, grills and creative salads. Weekday lunchtimes see the smart but airy first-floor dining room (dominated by a large picture of a black Labrador) filled with business lunchers. Evenings bring a more diverse and relaxed clientele.

The wine list offers a good choice by the glass and includes helpful tasting notes. In all, Rocket makes a pleasant bolt-hole whether you're a Mayfair hedge funder on a budget or taking a break from retail therapy on Oxford Street. It also has a branch in the City.

The Wharf, 13th May 2010

Rocket, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, E14
....This bright and captivating restaurant was bustling with lunchtime banter and provided the perfect atmosphere to entertain clients, enjoy a bottle of wine with friends on the terrace or share a dessert on a date....
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Where and Now, 1st May 2010

"Rocket is a unique venue in the city. "
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Where and Now, 19th July 2010

"Rocket Mayfair in a nutshell? The epitome of smart casual"
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Zagat, London Restaurants 2010

A "stylish", "after-work" crowd gets fired up for these "busy, buzzy" Med bars/restaurants; "surprisingly good value" offering "pizzas of generous size".

Evening Standard, ES Magazine, 21st August 2009

Tucked away down a picturesque alleyway in the heart of Mayfair is this relaxed salad bar. Good service and an excellent wine list......

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Hardens, London Restaurants 2009

With its “handy branches”, “fresh” food and “good prices”, this pizza-to-salads chain is “hard to beat”.

Jonathan Ray, Weekend, The Daily Telegraph

12th September 2009
......Of course, not every establishment can afford such things and nor do they need to. Over in Mayfair at Rocket, the discreet little pizza restaurant and champagne bar with famously low mark-ups, they have such a quick turnover by the glass that they barely need to reseal the bottles.

"I charge a quarter of the bottle price for a 175ml glass and they fly out the door," says owner Duncan Watts. "And I believe that £6.25 for a glass of Cloudy Bay, or £25 a bottle, is pretty good value. So do my many customers, which means I can continue to charge so little."

Rocket, London W1 (020 7629 2889). Unlikely but true: just off Bond St and serving Meursault for £7.50 a glass.

Square Meal 2009

Rocket Mayfair
Walking past, you’d be forgiven for not realising that above Rocket’s throbbing ground-floor cocktail bar is a very large, high-ceilinged dining room with a bar & wood fired pizza oven. The regularly changing menu offers and impressive choice: classy pizzas topped with anything from Gorgonzola & rocket or pancetta & goats’ cheese to smoked chicken & caramelised baby onions, are reliably backed up by some excellent salads – rare beef, Saint Agur cheese & pear, or crispy squid with mango.. Readers applaud the value for money at this popular, relaxed venue.

Rocket City
Nestling in a peaceful courtyard in the shadow of Tower 42, this City outpost of the Rocket mini-chain brings a touch of West End sparkle to the Square Mile. The real fireworks happen in the sexily monochrome first-floor cocktail bar & the flamboyant top-floor restaurant, which is decked out with look at me modern furniture, gaudy flower arrangements and the odd ironic object d’art. There’s also a cheeky innovative feel to the menu: start perhaps with the deep-fried whiting with mango, chilli, orange & cranberry relish before barramundi in a light teriyaki marinade with pak choy, green papaya, cucumber, radish, toasted peanut & crispy lotus root salad. If that’s not enough to pep up your palate, the pizzas have a similar box-fresh appeal: try the black pudding, butterfly prawn and green chilli version for size. The ground floor bar has a certain low-key charm & tables outside are an enticing draw.

Time Out, Eating and Drinking 2009

Lancashire Court is a small oasis in busy Mayfair and the perfect location for an eaterie such as Rocket. The first-floor restaurant specialises in creative pizzas and other modern international dishes. At lunchtime it quickly fills with a business crowd, but it’s still possible to find a perch at the ground-floor bar area, which on warm days extends outdoors into the attractive courtyard.

Zagat, London Restaurants 2009

The Med menu is “nothing too fancy” – “huge salads”, “über-sized pizzas” – but it “hits the spot”, “casual”, “good-value”.

Please note – our menu changes seasonally and some of the dishes have changed since these reviews were written. We hope that we have replaced them with equally popular ones. Also, in addition to our regular wines by the glass we have weekly specials and so the wines on offer by the glass also may be different.