This isn't the original restaurant in the Eddie Rocket's chain, but I for one would argue that it is the quintessential Eddie Rocket's.
Located as it is in Donnybrook, this particular Eddie Rocket's is located in the heartland of the chain's core customer base: bored, posh teenagers, with little else to do but sit around in Eddie's all day.
Sit in a booth and watch as the girls flick their hair incessantly, observe the boys in their rugby jerseys and school hoodies act the maggot in order to impress the girls. Often, these kids have very little money, having spent it all in Brown Thomas earlier on in the week, so you will sometimes see about twelve of them sitting in a booth with two portions of chili-fries between the lot of them, whereupon the usually pleasant but in this instance slightly harried Chinese manager will boot them out.
And be sure not to go there on Saturday evenings, as this is when "the Wezz" is on, "the Wezz" being a junior disco, when scores of inappropriately dressed children will descend upon the place and talk in exaggeratedly posh voices (is it Friday or Saturday that the Wezz was on? It's been so long since my time there that I've forgotten).
So, if you're planning on writing a Ross O'Carroll-Kelly-esque series of books, or want to conduct a sociological survey on south Dublin teens, then Eddie Rocket's in Donnybrook is the place to go. On the other hand, if you just fancy a bit of grub, perhaps head along to any of the other outlets of this fine establishment if this is at all possible. read more