The food is always good, but they mess up and won't give you condiments, eating utensils, etc.
Food: 5
Bret R.
One of if not the best burger in the state. Everything is amazing and cooked fresh to order. A must to eat at if I'm in Jacksonville.
Alexandra Watts
i placed an order 25 minutes ahead, got there and waited another 30 minutes and when my food finally came , my burger was cold, onion rings cold and the fries were stale. I went back to get a refund even if i waited for almost an
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tiffiany Dunn
Great food, as always!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Jamie Griffin
Was craving some Bar BQ so decided to check out this place. It's very small and pretty busy at 5pm on a Saturday. They also have a walk up window you can order at or pick up food. The bar bq and fries that I ordered was really good. Definitely return when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meredith McGee
I have loved eating at the Rocket for over 30 years. The food is as delicious as it was the first time. Their barbecue is like no other!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, BBQ
Ava Murphy
Hands down the best food in town and neighboring towns!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, Large Cheese Burger Plate with Mac&Cheese Wedges, Homemade Onion Rings, Twin BBQ Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken Sandwich, Cheeseburger and Onion Rings, Smoked Chicken Plate, Deluxe Cheeseburger, Twin Burgers with Fries, Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken, BBQ Pulled Pork Salad, Smoked Chicken Potato Salad Baked Beans, BBQ, BBQ Salad, Large Cheeseburger, Large BBQ Sandwich & Salad & Fries Plate, BBQ Sandwich with Potato Salad and Baked Beans, Barbecue with Fries, Large Cheeseburger Plate with Fries and Baked Beans
Chris Banner
Food here is always top notch. Been eating here off and on for 30 years, never had a bad meal. Always busy, but that's how it goes with a good restaurant. Recommended!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, BBQ, BBQ Salad
Sonya Milam Rollins
I called in for take out order. It was fresh and still warm. Absolutely delicious. Very fast and friendly service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lee Moore
ONE VISIT SO MAYBE JUST BAD.....SOMETHING.I remarked on the lack of smoke from the pit when we walked through the parking lot. No good old Hickory+pig aroma either. THAT should have told me to turn around and seek lunch elsewhere....I visited at lunch with a friend on a Wednesday and waited 30 minutes for 2 orders of a cheeseburger, fries and slaw.Burger was BIG, fries excellent. Slaw was waaayyyyy too sweet. Sugar should not go in slaw.The burger was huge with an enormous slather of mayo, or 'salad dressing' like miracle whip. Too much. Patty was unseasoned and not hot. I had figured that was what took so long- they were cooking giant burgers to order.Nope.If I had to guess, folks that order for 'here' get pushed to the end of the line to speed up GO orders. Dunno.Plenty of happy diners, plenty of business. Maybe they just don't like unfamiliar faces.The two stars for service are for a half hour wait with no explanation. Staff seemed happy and competent.Atmosphere is either 'Retro' or just tired and dirty. Tasty, timely food would have leaned me to 'Retro', but if we're honest it's clear there hasn't been any money spent on the building or decor in 40 years. Usually I'm not a stickler for appearances but when the food is poor what else is there?
I try to get my lunch from here every chance I get!! I just love the BBQ salad!! They always make sure you have plenty of ranch dressing on it..If you haven't tried it yetwhat are you waiting on
Curtis McGhee Jr.
The Rocket is a local favorite for me. When I was younger, my family would purchase some type of meal or snack when we would come visit my grandmother in Jacksonville. The Rocket was relatively on the restaurant list from time to time. The food has always been good here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, BBQ Meat Plate, Smoked Chicken Sandwich, Smoked Chicken Plate, Deluxe Cheeseburger, Twin Burgers with Fries, Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken, BBQ Pulled Pork Salad, BBQ, BBQ Salad, Large Cheeseburger Plate, Large Cheeseburger, Large BBQ Sandwich & Salad & Fries Plate
Flenardo Taylor
Everything on the menu is delicious. It is one of the best places to eat in the city.I need to go there right now.Yummy for my tummy.
We ordered 2 hamburger steaks (which have always come smothered with gravy & onions) but still we specified that we wanted them that way. We got them to go, and they were tied up in a bag when we picked them up. The orders there are normally right so we had no reason to doubt they would be this time. When we got home the hamburger steak had no gravy. We called them to see if they could remake them, because by the time we drove back down there the food would be cold. We were told (quite rudely) that they could not remake them, that our gravy was sitting on the counter and it was our fault we didn't get it. Supposedly the person we talked to was the owner or manager, whoever was in charge. He was extremely rude. The gravy was NOT sitting with the food we picked up, and why wouldn't it have been in the bag with the rest of it? He was also very rude to my husband when he went back down there to pick it up. Or why wouldn't it have been ON the steak? Once we got it home it didn't taste like the gravy that is normally on the steak, I don't know if it's because it's normally cooked on the steak or what. We normally eat there at least twice a week but after being treated like this we won't be back.
Food: 1
Service: 1
S G.
We ordered 2 hamburger steaks (which have always come smothered with gravy & onions) but still we specified that we wanted them that way. We got them to go, and they were tied up in a bag when we picked them up. The orders there are normally right so we had no reason to doubt they would be this time. When we got home the hamburger steak had no gravy. We called them to see if they could remake them, because by the time we drove back down there the food would be cold. We were told (quite rudely) that they could not remake them, that our gravy was sitting on the counter and it was our fault we didn't get it. Supposedly the person we talked to was the owner or manager, whoever was in charge. He was extremely rude. The gravy was NOT sitting with the food we picked up, and why wouldn't it have been in the bag with the rest of it? He was also very rude to my husband when he went back down there to pick it up. Or why wouldn't it have been ON the steak? Once we got it home it didn't taste like the gravy that is normally on the steak, I don't know if it's because it's normally cooked on the steak or what. We normally eat there at least twice a week but after being treated like this we won't be back.
The food is always good, but they mess up and won't give you condiments, eating utensils, etc.
Food: 5
One of if not the best burger in the state. Everything is amazing and cooked fresh to order. A must to eat at if I'm in Jacksonville.
i placed an order 25 minutes ahead, got there and waited another 30 minutes and when my food finally came , my burger was cold, onion rings cold and the fries were stale. I went back to get a refund even if i waited for almost an
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food, as always!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Was craving some Bar BQ so decided to check out this place. It's very small and pretty busy at 5pm on a Saturday. They also have a walk up window you can order at or pick up food. The bar bq and fries that I ordered was really good. Definitely return when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have loved eating at the Rocket for over 30 years. The food is as delicious as it was the first time. Their barbecue is like no other!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, BBQ
Hands down the best food in town and neighboring towns!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, Large Cheese Burger Plate with Mac&Cheese Wedges, Homemade Onion Rings, Twin BBQ Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken Sandwich, Cheeseburger and Onion Rings, Smoked Chicken Plate, Deluxe Cheeseburger, Twin Burgers with Fries, Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken, BBQ Pulled Pork Salad, Smoked Chicken Potato Salad Baked Beans, BBQ, BBQ Salad, Large Cheeseburger, Large BBQ Sandwich & Salad & Fries Plate, BBQ Sandwich with Potato Salad and Baked Beans, Barbecue with Fries, Large Cheeseburger Plate with Fries and Baked Beans
Food here is always top notch. Been eating here off and on for 30 years, never had a bad meal. Always busy, but that's how it goes with a good restaurant. Recommended!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, BBQ, BBQ Salad
I called in for take out order. It was fresh and still warm. Absolutely delicious. Very fast and friendly service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
ONE VISIT SO MAYBE JUST BAD.....SOMETHING.I remarked on the lack of smoke from the pit when we walked through the parking lot. No good old Hickory+pig aroma either. THAT should have told me to turn around and seek lunch elsewhere....I visited at lunch with a friend on a Wednesday and waited 30 minutes for 2 orders of a cheeseburger, fries and slaw.Burger was BIG, fries excellent. Slaw was waaayyyyy too sweet. Sugar should not go in slaw.The burger was huge with an enormous slather of mayo, or 'salad dressing' like miracle whip. Too much. Patty was unseasoned and not hot. I had figured that was what took so long- they were cooking giant burgers to order.Nope.If I had to guess, folks that order for 'here' get pushed to the end of the line to speed up GO orders. Dunno.Plenty of happy diners, plenty of business. Maybe they just don't like unfamiliar faces.The two stars for service are for a half hour wait with no explanation. Staff seemed happy and competent.Atmosphere is either 'Retro' or just tired and dirty. Tasty, timely food would have leaned me to 'Retro', but if we're honest it's clear there hasn't been any money spent on the building or decor in 40 years. Usually I'm not a stickler for appearances but when the food is poor what else is there?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
I try to get my lunch from here every chance I get!! I just love the BBQ salad!! They always make sure you have plenty of ranch dressing on it..If you haven't tried it yetwhat are you waiting on
The Rocket is a local favorite for me. When I was younger, my family would purchase some type of meal or snack when we would come visit my grandmother in Jacksonville. The Rocket was relatively on the restaurant list from time to time. The food has always been good here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rocket Burger and Fries, BBQ Meat Plate, Smoked Chicken Sandwich, Smoked Chicken Plate, Deluxe Cheeseburger, Twin Burgers with Fries, Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken, BBQ Pulled Pork Salad, BBQ, BBQ Salad, Large Cheeseburger Plate, Large Cheeseburger, Large BBQ Sandwich & Salad & Fries Plate
Everything on the menu is delicious. It is one of the best places to eat in the city.I need to go there right now.Yummy for my tummy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: BBQ Meat Plate, Deluxe Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Smoked Chicken, BBQ, BBQ Salad, BBQ Sandwich with Potato Salad and Baked Beans
We ordered 2 hamburger steaks (which have always come smothered with gravy & onions) but still we specified that we wanted them that way. We got them to go, and they were tied up in a bag when we picked them up. The orders there are normally right so we had no reason to doubt they would be this time. When we got home the hamburger steak had no gravy. We called them to see if they could remake them, because by the time we drove back down there the food would be cold. We were told (quite rudely) that they could not remake them, that our gravy was sitting on the counter and it was our fault we didn't get it. Supposedly the person we talked to was the owner or manager, whoever was in charge. He was extremely rude. The gravy was NOT sitting with the food we picked up, and why wouldn't it have been in the bag with the rest of it? He was also very rude to my husband when he went back down there to pick it up. Or why wouldn't it have been ON the steak? Once we got it home it didn't taste like the gravy that is normally on the steak, I don't know if it's because it's normally cooked on the steak or what. We normally eat there at least twice a week but after being treated like this we won't be back.
Food: 1
Service: 1
We ordered 2 hamburger steaks (which have always come smothered with gravy & onions) but still we specified that we wanted them that way. We got them to go, and they were tied up in a bag when we picked them up. The orders there are normally right so we had no reason to doubt they would be this time. When we got home the hamburger steak had no gravy. We called them to see if they could remake them, because by the time we drove back down there the food would be cold. We were told (quite rudely) that they could not remake them, that our gravy was sitting on the counter and it was our fault we didn't get it. Supposedly the person we talked to was the owner or manager, whoever was in charge. He was extremely rude. The gravy was NOT sitting with the food we picked up, and why wouldn't it have been in the bag with the rest of it? He was also very rude to my husband when he went back down there to pick it up. Or why wouldn't it have been ON the steak? Once we got it home it didn't taste like the gravy that is normally on the steak, I don't know if it's because it's normally cooked on the steak or what. We normally eat there at least twice a week but after being treated like this we won't be back.