Eddie Rockets is a chain of restaurants throughout Ireland and the UK. I have been enough times to various Eddie Rockets in Dublin to feel qualified enough to write this review. I was first attracted by the appearance of the restaurants; they are made to look like them old American diners that you would see in the movies, which i absolutely adore. They even have them little 20 cent machines where you can get various sweets, as well as these other contraptions (sorry, cant remember the name of them, answers on a postcard please) at each table in which you put in 20 cent and can pick a song. The songs are all from the 50s to 60s, adding to the whole atmosphere of the ...  Read the complete review

I recently visited Dublin, and during my visit I went to Eddie Rockets on O'Connell Street, in Dublin. At first glance I thought I was entering a 1950's transport cafe in America. The floor is covered in black and white tiles, with big red chairs and white tables. There are juke boxes on every table, which take a 50p to choose a song (although ours didn't work, and a few other people seemed to be having difficulties). There are also old fashioned sweet machines which take a 20p and you can get mint imperials, jelly babies or smarties. The food in all cooked fresh in front of you, and you can sit at the bar on one of the high chairs, and watch them make your ...  Read the complete review