Rocket Pie Pizza — Restaurant in Alberta

Rocket Pie Pizza Canmore

2 out of 5 stars.

Let me start by saying I wanted to love this place…and it has potential. But dang, what a disappointment.

Let’s leave the best for last shall we, as I always like to leave on a high note.

Let me set the stage - we are the only table in the restaurant as the other was leaving. Cool. I dig it. We’re early eaters for this reason.

We seated ourselves, and then the wait began. We waited for our order to be taken (15min) …. Then we waited for our drinks to arrive (15min) - which only 2 drinks of the 4 arrived and the other 2 took another 10 minutes to arrive after (?). So now it’s taken 40min to get a full set of drinks to our table with a lot of staff standing around on phones or hanging out. Odd. Still pumped to be there…. We got our pizzas fairly quick compared to the beverages - we ordered the formaggi, diavola, and pepperoni. Flavors were good, we could tell the toppings were better than your average pizza stop. However, the chore to eat them: bad. The toppings slid off as soon as we picked up the pizza. I tried the ol’ ‘fold it into a sandwich’ trick and it still all slid out the middle with one bite. Note for first dates: a wee bit of ‘za is on your face. I’m married. Don’t care. We love each other even more with the ‘za on our face - hey, don’t judge our standards. Next my husband had his first beer - please recall the 40 minutes wait on bevvys - and no one came to his thirst rescue. He had to flag down the waiter and ask for a drink, he left not even asking if anyone else needed a refill… remember folks, only table in there. I’m a slower sipper so I was fine but, face palm this service. To my silly mistake of not ordering with him, we finished the pizzas and my drink was gone for a while and I realize ‘damn, I’m thirsty’. I then embark on flagging down service (everyone was on their phone so it looked a little like a dance to get anyone’s attention, and I’m NOT a good dancer). I place my well earned drink order. Again, drink came way after we were ready for the bill. Lastly of this rant, the lady at the front of house came by and asked we give her all the cutlery we hadn’t used and promptly left - this is the same lady that asked if we had a pen handy for our kiddo as she didn’t want to waste bringing a coloring sheet and they had no crayons (her words). I’m honestly shocked, as I thought they would’ve had crayons on hand for their Mickey Mouse service (ok, that was catty). Finally, we had to ask for the bill and finally got a whole sentence out of our waiter - ‘how was everything’ … Not cool.

Finally! The good! Flavors were alright. Nothing to go back for but, maybe I would’ve tried a cpl different menu items if I had the ‘time’ to come back. 2 stars because I had hopes and the flavors were good when you could actually get all the ingredients in your mouth.

⭐️⭐️ Should’ve been one star, but the food...

We tried the Formaggi ($25), Diavola ($23), and the Fennel Sausage ($24).

The Diavola pizza is the most recommended pizza on Google reviews. I thought the ingredients sounded simple, but the flavour profile was anything but basic.  Just an excellent combination of quality cheeses, spicy sopressata and fresh tomato sauce. The salami was on point – each piece was so flavoursome. I loved how the pickled onions and chili flakes added a pleasant crunch and pop of heat.

I loved the sweet, salty, and savoury notes from the blend of mozzarella, fontina, gorgonzola, pecorino ramno, parmigiana Reggiano and local honey in the Formaggi. The crust is so lovely – crispy, thin and airy. The dough is light enough to let the blend of cheeses and honey shine, but substantive enough to carry the strong flavours. Next time I’ll add the prosciutto ($5) to the Formaggi.

The Fennel Sausage Calzone is my favourite. This is the first time I tried a calzone that I enjoyed. Too often, calzones remind me of pizza pockets. The crust was different from the two pizzas we tried. The dough puffs up like a a pastry and the crust was almost buttery in texture. The calzone was stuffed was tons of mozzarella, ricotta cheese, fresh spinach, and house made fennel and sausage. The sausage tasted clean and bright, the meat wasn’t oily or heavy. I loved the charring on the dough – the crust was blistered enough to give off a smoky flavour. The calzone is big enough for two people. Freaking fantastic and worth the calories.

What sets Rocket Pie from all the other pizzerias is the crust. This dough is perfection. This is the most delicious crust I have ever eaten. You need to try this pizza to taste what I’m saying. Some flavours can’t be described in words.

All pizzas come with complimentary chili oil. The oil is moderately spicy and nutty. I could really taste the richness that comes from a proper toasting of the chili flakes.

We took exactly half our food home and ate it for lunch and dinner. Pro tip - bake the calzone in the oven on 400 on the bottom rack for 15 minutes to get the bottom crust crisp. For the pizzas, reheat on a frying pan (cite @missfoodie, as this...

My family and I (Me, My husband, and son) went out to this restaurant in hopes of a pizza about to guide us through this cold day which, already making me upset. As I walk into the restaurant hoping for warmth it is under the average temperature of which a restaurant should be. This place was FRIGID!!! I decided to shake it off and take a seat with the rest of my family. I, 42 year old female in desperate need of I beer, I sit down in wishes of the waiter to arrive and assist us with service quickly as we were one of the very few tables at the time. We all sit down and not ten, not twenty…….. but third minutes I am already angered with this service but again let it slide as I was very hungry and not wanting to give up hope on a potentially hidden gem. As the waiter comes to take my family’s order she seems very unpleased with our presence. We don’t order much for drinks, my much needed beer, Diet Coke and an Italian soda. As my beer just about arrived it gets slipped all over the bar! This made very upset and I was already trying to fight the demons in my mind because of this terrible experience I decided to go to the bathroom to take a second to calm down as I am leaving the bathroom a lady (unc status) walks into a stall. I am still washing my hands and but as I am doing this she lets out an explosive, repulsive, and loud amount of gas this is very unsettling for me (due to trauma ) and also ruined my appetite.i had to flag down the waiter for are hill because they were all on their phones. …we had to pay a gratuity when we had only 3 people you had pay it if you at least 6 people.we asked the waiter about it and they did nothing.we left and felt very unsatisfied and hoped to...