Johnny Rockets

The home of Dubai's best-loved burgers 3 Reviews

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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2008

Johnny Rockets delivers that whole 1950s family diner experience with utter aplomb. Arguably the best burgers in town (the key is the fresh ingredients), this salubrious kid-friendly joint proudly grills fresh beef right in front of your nose, and tosses it up into a mean burger with whopping slices of tomato and onion.

From the humble cheeseburger (we applaud the Emmenthal) to the ‘Number 12’ burger – a densely packed puck of beef with slabs of lettuce, onion and pickle, plus tillamook cheese and patented ‘red, red sauce’ – it is one step short of patty heaven. The smokehouse burger boasts the same juicy meat, and comes with special sauce and beef bacon, both richly flavoured.

Herbivores aren’t well catered for – egg salad, cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the only options, although the smoky onion rings do offer some recompense. But beef fans, sink your teeth into these patties of delight and you’ll never look at another Big Mac. We hereby announce a new burger king...

By Jeremy Lawrence

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Posted by: Ahmed Zainal on 08 Jun ' 09 at 11:27

• Best for: Family friendly

From my experience, Johnny Rockets is a great diner chain. The minute I walked in the first time I immediately noticed the unique theme and ambience of a 50's diner with sweet ads and posters on the walls from the second world war in association to women and cola (most being a propaganda!) but nevertheless delivers something different to the audience.

The service is excellent, sometimes even too attentive it would make you laugh by their eagerness to serve! The food is not the best out there, but still very tasty, The Double Rocker never fails to make me drool. Although a little bit overpriced, it is still within the acceptable range for my age group of university students.

Besides all that, the one and only craving I get from Johnny Rockets (and on a frequent basis) is their amazing strawberry milk shake! Its just too damn good... Ok I want one now.

Posted by: Victor on 24 May ' 09 at 08:03

Posted by: Daniel Snyder on 17 Mar ' 09 at 13:24

• Best for: Family friendly

Even if you’re not the kind of person to fall head over heels for textbook Americana diners Johnny Rockets is still worth a go. Walking in to the restaurant seems easy enough, anyone whom might be as described as old by youngster these days may remember great diner chains such as Big Boy from your childhood, such memories are bound to pop-up, but possibly not. Unfortunately a lot of the display is just for show, Jukeboxes don’t work and those 1950s red leather chairs don’t swing the full 360° like you remember. Service is jolly and fast, just don’t expect you meal to arrive 60 seconds after ordering. The menu is surprisingly varied for a standard American restaurant dealing with sandwiches and malts. But you won’t want to go there for that. You come for the burgers and what delicious ones they are at that.

Classical melt in your mouth, don’t fall apart in you hand sorts are the kind you find here. I myself find them much preferable to the pre-fabricated cardboard burgers you commonly find in fast food restaurants that have been popping up all over the world like an infectious disease. Every bun is filled with quality meat and vegetables, and while it certainly isn’t 5 stars, it has its own appeal that isn’t to be look down upon. The milkshakes are brilliant too, though they are about as thick as your arteries will get if you visit
Submit place on a daily basis. Johnny Rockets isn’t the kind of place you’d come every day, but it deserves a visit at least once, plus the kids will love it.

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