Rocket To Venus — Restaurant in Baltimore

Great Bites, Minor Flights of Frustration 🚀🌱

This local launchpad dishes out some seriously tasty bites—but be prepared for a few quirks in your mission log.

🍔 Beyond Burger w/ Facon & Bleu Cheese Originally came for their Black & Bleu Burger, only to discover the menu online is a relic from a bygone galaxy. Pivoted to a Beyond Burger with facon and a side of bleu cheese. Honestly? Still a win. Smoky, savory, and satisfying—though a little blackened seasoning would’ve taken it to hyperspace.

🥬 Brussels Sprouts These deserve their own orbit. Crispy, charred, flavorful—possibly the best part of the meal. No Jedi mind tricks here—just phenomenal execution.

🥒 Fried Pickles Tasty and crunchy, but $9 for five spears? That’s almost $2 per pickle spear (basically one pickle sliced five ways). For that price, I expected them to sing... or at least harmonize with the ranch.

🧊 Iced Tea Refills? You’ll need to sell a droid. $4 with no refills was enough to send me straight to a glass of water. And honestly—on a meal over $40 (with food, tax, and tip), a refill should be part of the package. It's tea, not hyperfuel.

📱 ToastTab Digital Menu Here’s the curveball: you scan a QR code and are expected to order through your phone using Toast. Fine in theory—until you realize they ask for everything: name, phone, email, card info, mailing address... just to order dinner. Felt more like applying for a mortgage than grabbing a burger. I ended up going up to the bar to order directly (pro tip: there are no servers to take your order at the table).

🚀 Final Verdict Rocket to Venus lands a solid hit with flavor—especially those Brussels sprouts—but the outdated website menu and ToastTab data grab threw off the flight path. Still worth a visit, just bring your patience, your appetite, and maybe… your own...

One star is way too much......this place is one of the most unprofessional restaurants I have ever been to. My family was kicked out because of a personal issue that happened 3 years prior. The acting floor manager the night of March 3rd 2018, named Josh, decided to not serve my family for no other reason but discrimination. We walked in, waited 25 minutes for a table, were seated, and were ready to order when one of my family members was singled out by the manager on duty. My family member was told in the middle of the restaurant that he would not be served because of a disagreement they had 3 years ago. This disagreement had nothing to do with the business, but this manager still refused to serve our party if my family member were to stay. The manager only confronted my family member and decided not to tell anyone of the other 6 people in my party. When the rest of the party confronted the manager, he was actively telling his staff to refuse service to us. We asked Josh what the problem was, and he only told us “we have the right to refuse service to anyone we choose,” which is false. They cannot refuse anyone service just because they do not like the way they look or because of past problems. I would understand if this disagreement had happened inside the business, but it did not. It happened 3 years prior and only 1 out of the 7 of the party did Josh have a problem with. The fact that none of us would be served if he was part of our party is just plain discrimination. If you value family and would like to stand up for what is right, do not go to this establishment. By the way I have been here before and their tots...

The likely covid related measure of having the menu and ordering process be all linked to an app was heinous. We didn't interact with a human until our food arrived which the FIRST time it was not our food. The 2nd attempt at our order was correct. Ordering another round of drinks required we open this very clunky app, scroll through the many many drink options and submit an order through the app instead of having our waiter accept an order and add it to our bill. We were literally told "sorry no- please order through the app" when I tried to order with our waiter. no hostess, no wait service, inconvenient ordering process. Very unpersonable sit down dining experience. As a small aside - their bon mi sandwich came with THICK slices of jalapeno that were far too numerous and far too spicy due to the thickness. A proper bon mi sandwich should have paper thin slices to add heat without destroying your mouth. Unless they go back to operation with actual people interfacing with customers and functioning like a typical sit down restaurant - I won't be back. This aside the wait staff was overall friendly and the food wasn't terrible. Just not an experience I would be...