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Dirty and drab inside and out. Nobodys local and therefore attracts a really dodgy bunch of random folk. Leary, down in the mouth punters hog the tables outside. Do yourself a favour and go up Chalton Street for thirty yards to the Somerstown Coffee House - the best kept secret in the area.That's where the grownups will be.
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Nice decor.Great sound system and jukebox.handy location for many.So why o why let an inept manager
run this fine pub into the ground.Ill explain.
Service is the absolute WORST in the area.The camp barmen are more intrested in checking themselves out than seeing whos waiting.The bar girls are defensive and arguementative to the extreme trying to cover up for being unable to do the job.The toilets are a disgrace,in fact beware.Glasses are never collected and are FILTHY.The food downright unpalatable.That manager needs a rocket up his oriface.
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Utterly terrible student dive populated by those that don't know better. It reeks, and the food's not so much to die for - more just to die from. Avoid.
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I went in here a few times while working in the Library and wasn't overly impressed. There seemed to be a problem between the two barmaids, had to listen to the bigger one make remarks all afternoon about the others incompetence and then she sat down at the table in front of me (blocking my view of the cricket) and started crying! I'm fairly sure women are supposed to go to the ladies if they want to cry, that's why they're provided.
Not sure about Johnnycabs suggestion that the chef changed daily, I saw him behind the bar & I don't think he had changed anything (or washed) for quite a while.
I found a much nicer pub round the corner for the last day but I can't remember what it was called or where it was.
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This pub does not immediately grab your attention from the outside. However, once inside - it seems quite trendy but is very smoky when busy. The air-conditioning seems to be non-existent in certain parts of the pub. The bar staff are mainly students - so do not expect any service and be prepared to wait.
The food is a hit and miss affair and the menu is concentrated mainly on cheap fried stuff. However, if you do find something you like, do not expect it to be the same next time as the chef seems to change daily.
This place is good for a swift half or a pint, on the way to the station.
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No sign of a real ale, but had a nice pint of Hoegaarden instead. A "let's go there and watch the footy on the telly" sort of pub.
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Contacted Mitchells & Butlers HQ about the poor setup of the 4:3 source feeding their nice 16:9 plasma screens. Looks like the local area manager has taken note of my comments and got the settings corrected! :) Come here to watch World Cup / Wimbledon in TRUE widescreen (unlike at 90% of other pubs)! Find out more about my pub widescreen campaign at www.radiofeeds.co.uk/wide
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The welsh overtones make it far too average for my tastes.
anonymous - 20 Jun 2006 22:49 |
Why go into a scream pub and ask for mild, what are you master yoda,its a brill place to watch the football.
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This place has had a make over and a new menu,went last week and was very surprised. I had a wicked time and im not a student,and if you want larger thay have it all inc strawberry.
anonymous - 20 Jun 2006 11:07 |
Students ain't what they used to be. Look like a load of trendies these days. The place was fairly busy, no decent beer what so ever, just chemical rubbish. Why does anybody drink this stuff when just across the road you can get London Porter at the "Euston Flyer" and a variety of real ales at the "Head of Steam" including MILD. No MILD at "The Rocket" so shot straight through.
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Horrible place, expensive and noisy, crap beer. An SU bar you have to pay £3.50 a pint for the privilege of experiencing. Sadly at 35 I grew out of this sort of thing 20 years ago. OK if you're 19 I guess
dodgy - 18 Apr 2006 08:45 |
What a dump. You stick to the bar, if you don't have a yellow card it's not cheap. Feels like you're going to catch something if you stand to close to the walls. And yeah, the barstaff is crap.
I'll never go in here again.
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Noisy pub full of students with a large TV for football matches. Nothing special but not bad to while away some time over a pint or six.
anonymous - 13 Mar 2006 00:22 |
Vast, cavernous and noisy. Big student discount if you have the yellow "it's a scream" card, like The Court in Tottenham Court Road. Much better when it was the Friar & Firkin. Absolutely nothing worth drinking on tap. If this bunch really are from UCL then I fear for the future of this country.
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UCL student place, with some old men coming onto them!
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Lunchtime Pub.
2 pool tables. £1 per game.
2 fruit machines.
2 quiz machines.
Food: Try the sausage and mash in onion gravy.
Toilets: Below average.
Avoid in evenings unless student.
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Agree with previous comments. If you want a congenial pint, try the Somerstown Coffee House, 200 yards on right down Chalton Street.
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Smells, annoys, irritates, then irks and eventually just want to do something drastic. And the pub's rubbish too.
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Quite possibly the worst pub in the world. The usual range of cheap lagers are served if you can get anywhere near the bar through the crowds of paraletic students. Loud commercial R&B (i.e exclusively Usher and Destiny's Child) music is constantly played at a deafening level. Hang the DJ indeed. To add insult to injury, you can queue for literally hours on Friday and Saturday nights only to pay a quid to get in. Certainly not recommended considering there are many better pubs in the area.
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in here yesterday,..mostly students,..geezers coming in off the street to ponce money and ask for lights. Went for a slash and their was a pair of socks in the urinal and the hand dryer had been recently pulled of the wall,..oh,..and we're all "Cockney wankers" according to the graffiti by the sink.
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slightly baffled by previous comments posted by people for whom the scream pubs are simply not designed. Throughout the country scream bars are largely very similar and are great venues for young people wanting a fun cheap night out. I've had my rocket pack on for nearly three years and therefore it is important to let students know that this venue is pretty good crac!
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Cheap beer for students? I pay to put the little Bs through school and university, i'll be damned if im gonna pay for their beer too. Went to the Rocket once, too busy, too young (not me, them). Took ages to get served, no room to stand, no room to sit. Someone tried to sell me a skunk (no idea then, found out next day, gee I feel old). Wont be going there again, will be putting in my vote to raise school fees.
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Have to really disagree with the recent comment. Absolutely without any redeeming features. Bland chain pub run badly.
anonymous - 1 Apr 2005 22:27 |
Since I`m a wishy washy Guardian reading lefty, I don’t usually park my cardigan on the side of the corporal punishers. However, 10 mins inside an abomination of a pub erases my nonce moral objections and makes me sincerely consider rounding up everyone involved in the atrocity for a quiet but thorough beating.
From some of the reviews of the Rocket you`d think it was a perfect candidate to inspire this kind of bloodlust, yet in truth I cant really understand why its got such a low rating and has provoked so much loathing. True its nothing outstanding – the prices, range of booze, atmosphere and service are all reasonable but nothing more, and the Rocket’s only real noteworthy features are its spaciousness and possession of a decent pool table. These plus points arent of course much in themselves and in reality the Rocket pales into averageness further when compared to other pubs in the area like the Steam, Flyer or the Dolphin.
However, its not awful by any stretch of the imagination and if youre close by and cant be arsed to walk further for pint, the Rocket will certainly do. 6/10
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Cheap beer for Students
Enough said..
Avoid at all cost
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As a social focal point its unbeatable on the weekend, its saterday discount vs Central tariffs is an offer you cant refuse, but during the day the prices are bafflingly prohibitive. Don't know why people keep recommending the Euston Flyer, its got all the charm of a wetherspoons without the price concessions - My advice: Go to Mabels Tavern just over the road down marchmont street and get a pint of Bishops Finger.
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This pub is horrible. I can't think of any reason why I'd go back, unless I really needed the toilet.
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I think this pub is an abomination. Being a student myself, i am at a complete loss as to why people actually queue up till midnight to get into this place on a friday night. This pub has NOTHING going for it. Admittedly, on some saturdays it serves its mediocre cheap lager even cheaper - but who cares!?? If that is a student pub, then i refuse to be called a student. To Beth, what is it you think the Rocket serves which is so infinitely better than Carling (which i agree is terrible). Many better pubs in the area tha actually serve nice liquid and arn't fully of 'trendy' idiots.
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The music on a saturday is great & £1 a pint. Best night in London
John Tumbridge - 15 Sep 2004 00:12 |
is good at what it is supposed to be, relatively cheap student orientated pub. if you dont want that go to the euston flyer across the road. late license is a plus especially as drink prices dont go up on friday or saturday nights
anonymous - 17 Aug 2004 10:56 |
I reckon the rocket is a good boozer - certainly the best in the Euston area for a lunchtime drink and game of pool.
Paul Kelly - 9 Jun 2004 14:28 |
Poor, rude staff and bouncers! Not worth it to be honest. pretend to be student while charging very high prices which recently have risen well above inflation"
Tom - 22 May 2004 00:56 |
?? Which barmaids ?? And I think, 'Beast', that you are very odd. If you can't stand the beer or the freaks that work there, then why the hell do you frequent the pub on a particularly regular basis?! The beer is fine, the pipes are clean, and I'm sure it's not the Rocket's fault that you only drink Carling that tastes like piss at the best of times.
Beth - 15 Mar 2004 18:26 |
Hang on tichtly to you bags, briefcases and anything else anyone can carry.
Sian - 23 Oct 2003 11:11 |
It's a student bar, particularly popular with UCL students. The best thing about it is its late licence at the weekends. Prices for students are cheaper than typical london bars but more expensive than your average student union. Decent mix of guys and gals.
Herbert - 6 Oct 2003 19:17 |
this place is the tits, pool tables, bangin sound system and hot guys behind the bar. looking for a nite out ask for ja
natalie freidman - 5 Aug 2003 00:49 |
Paid another visit purely for research purposes, an It’s a Scream pub but it’s not. I always get irritated in this place by having to pay 50p a pint more than the students it tries to attract. I guess you can look at this in two ways, either i) you are subsidising the work-shy, tax-dodging generation with cheap beer, or ii) you are investing in Britain’s future leaders and statesmen. Either way it always hacks me off, so on a matter of principle, or pedantry, I ended up drinking Hoegaarden at £3.45 a pint as that was the only beer that was not discounted for the tree-huggers. You know you are in a student pub when the menu includes fish fingers, chips and beans for £2, presumably served on an ash tray sized plate. If I needed any more proof, it was the young female on the next table justifying to her friend why she might hypothetically dump her boyfriend using cause and effect methodology. So entertaining I stayed longer than I intended. Anyway this place does have some plus points, there are two pool tables, a jukebox, a bigscreen TV, a cashpoint and a webpoint. Horses for courses I guess but for a decent pint go to the Euston Flyer across the road.
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it's a scream pub
really good fun
anonymous - 21 May 2003 16:53 |
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