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    Johnny Rockets

    3.1 (102 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:45 pm

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    JOHNNY ROCKETS ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Grilled Cheese Sandwich
    Mattie Y.

    I've actually never been to a Johnny Rockets before and I had a great experience here. Of course it is not the best food in the world, but they have just what you want before a flight. The service was great and prices were cheap, especially for an airport restaurant. I got the grilled cheese and my boyfriend got the chicken tenders. Love the local beer on tap!

    Double hamburger with chili fries
    Ron L.

    The food was excellent just as I remembered from years ago. Fast and really friendly service. The prices really wasn't that bad I will definitely go there again

    Lunch date
    Michelle K.

    Great food and experience. Their homemade ranch dressing is my favorite condiment ever. Our waiter Steve hooked it up with multiple ranch dressings to go and was really charismatic and made the experience enjoyable :). My husband raved about his rocket double and my grilled chicken salad was delish. Thanks Johnny Rockets!

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    Nick M.

    Stopped by Johnny Rockets for the first time in a long time after wandering around the mall. Stopped in at about 2:30 on a Wednesday afternoon. There was no wait to be seated and the restaurant was maybe 30% full. I sat at the counter. I ordered a Spicy Houston double with fries and an unsweet iced tea. Food came very, very quickly. Everything about the food was pretty average, certainly not bad, but nothing to write home about. My server, Ashley, was friendly and provided prompt service. I only give it 4 stars because altogether my meal was 18.01- a little steep in my opinion. Probably won't be back for a long time, but it was still a good experience.

    Bacon Tots

    You can do better anywhere in the mall. We were sat by Steve who put us in high top seats right next to the food prep area and walkway for the servers at 11:45 am when the restaurant was empty. The food court would've been a more desirable and comfortable place to hangout in terms of sitting down than where they put us. While I sat at this table behind me was the whole crew and they all gathered in to start singing the 90s rock that was playing from the overhead speakers. The manager Steve was spinning menus in the air at full speed, the waitresses singing every word loud as they can to an overplayed awful rock song, all the while back to Steve who is grabbing some silverware now and head banging his extremely long hair and playing air guitar to the two girls he's seating behind me grasping for a laugh... just wow... then more head banging, and back to playing air guitar with a menu again... Just anything and everything to make this experience so awful and uncomfortable for us he was doing. He didn't get us drinks or waters but sat three tables after us and got all of them drinks and waters while we watched him put on his Rock concert and sing every word of "This is how you remind me of who I really am"!! While we waited with nothing to drink watching Steve and the crew dance n sing away around us serving everyone but us... He Finally pointed our waitress Shauna to our table who was so professional and such a dear. The problem was Steve and how unprofessional the rest of the crew was being. They were singing at the top of their lungs, Steve was changing the words to already awful music n putting in his own lyrics "he doesn't wanna be here no more" instead of the lyrics in the song. Clearly hating every moment of the start to his shift my kids and I just looked around like this can't be happening, and if it is, why sit us right next to it all. Feeling trapped with the entire staff singing was one thing, but paying 80$ for THIS food we got was another. The burgers were dripping in grease so bad my son stained his shirt, the mozzarella sticks were so dark from dirty fryer grease that they were un edible, n my steak... it was all cheese and no meat at all with no seasoning. The tots were under cooked and gross because of the dirty fryer plus the bacon on the top of them wasn't even cooked it was just raw bacon bits. Burger King would've been 10x better for 1/4 the price. Do not go here. Steve, please stop sitting people right next to the workers if they are going to act like that. No one can enjoy themselves in that atmosphere; if you want to sing and headbang put your customers away from the comotion and in seats they can be more comfortable in.

    Kari C.

    We were happy to see a Johnny Rockets when we walked through the mall. So on our following visit, we decided to prioritize a long overdue visit to Johnny Rockets. Rosa was our server and she seems to be holding the place together. She worked really hard and was incredibly pleasant. Meanwhile, we witnessed three other servers basically sit while she pretty much served the entire restaurant. She mentioned something to one of them, but they didn't seem to budge from their seats, instead they conversed the entire 30/45 minutes that we were there. We were pretty let down to say the least. Our burgers and fries were pretty average and lacked the overall taste that they once had. I had the veggie and my husband had the original. We ordered cheese fries. The cheese was too salty and had a sticky consistency (see photos). Our food arrived eerily fast and there were plenty of patrons around. Ironically, it was the same quality as fast food.

    AMAZING portions!

    INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE!! Me and two friends are from way down state, and come up to the mall often to have fun. Today was the first time we tried Johnny Rockets and our server Steve was INCREDIBLE!! gave us such an experience and was extremely friendly! The diner was beautiful, clean, and well maintained. AND THE FOOD! i can't get to it all in one review or i'll have you here all day, but this is is certainly a MUST SEE PLACE in the Syracuse m

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    Elia was an amazing server ! Food was quick and good too! Definitely will come back again. Thanks Elia !

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    shauna was an excellent server, she was super nice and made sure we had a great experienc!! #oreoshake

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    A bit pricey for the portions. The burger was ok but didn't realize it didn't come with fries.

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    Nice burgers, super friendly service from Hannah. Situated in the Destiny Mall. Worth a visit.

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    Very good food and good service and I love the 50s vibe to it and the staff is very nice

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    Service was okay but food was so bad I wouldn't feed it to my dog it wasn't enjoyable and fries were cold ‍

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    I was only ordering for a shake... waited for 30 min. It really really took a long time for one order. Not wort it

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