Rocket Coffee ATX And Pastries

Today I had an amazing experience at Rocket Coffee! I live in the apartments adjacent to the coffee shop and came in to try one of their new seasonal beverages. Kelly helped me pick out two delicious drinks and provided the best customer service I've ever had from a barista. Her kindness and enthusiasm made a huge difference in my day. Rocket coffee is very lucky to have such a valuable employee. Her dedication to customer service and the sweet notes that she places on our beverage cups made me smile. I'll be coming to rocket coffee, Not only because the drinks are so great but because I want to come back to see Kelly 😌

Nice local spot with its own vibe. What really stood out was the baristas. Great interaction and music selection. Numerous regulars.

Amazing coffee! Stopped by today and was greeted by a very friendly staff! Extremely clean and modern coffee shop with great seating indoor and outdoors. Coffee was delicious and so are the soft warm muffins! Would highly recommend Rocket Coffee to anyone looking for a quality cup of coffee! The space mural is worth a visit in itself.

The star light star bright specialty latte is delicious, and the pastries are buttery! Great service every time.

Love this place, spend entirely too much money here, lol. The coffee is consistently good, not acidic, burnt, or metallic tasting like Starbucks. Danielle and Kelly are awesome and the entire staff are all very friendly.

Iced coffee was average at best and the Blast Off was incredibly sweet. The barista is friendly but I'll probably go somewhere else next time.

Nice quiet place to relax with a cup of coffee and a sweet. The seating is good with both indoor and outdoor options. Parking is good too.

Great new Parmer Lane coffee shop.

Good roast and a FANTASTIC staff

Awesome coffee, great atmosphere, but the best part was the prices. So reasonable especially during this period of inflation. Will definitely go back and recommend that you go too!

This place is a perfect example of how you cannot trust star ratings. As of writing this, this cafe has a 4.9 star review rating with 56 reviews. Sounds good right? I may be mistaken, but shouldn't 5 stars denote a truly exceptionaly great place, 4 stars a good place, 3 stars an average place, 2 stars a below average place, and 1 star a bad place? Apparently not, according to the plethora of 5 star reviews this cafe has been attributed by other reviewers.

The reality is, this is a small cafe that serves very mediocre coffee, has a very minimaly comfortable seating area, and all of their various pastries/food items are Sams brand bought and resold to you at 2 to 3x the price. The one positive thing I'll say is that it was relatively clean, and I liked the wall painting.

I ordered a latte on my visit, with a slice of pound cake. The latte was middling in quality ( a bit over milky with none of the coffee flavor traits that denote an exceptional cup of coffee ), and the pound cake was a slice of Sams bakery bought pound cake...neither were exceptional in any way. It is unfortunate to say, but there is nothing here that practically anyone couldn't just do themselves for a third the price and with practically no effort.

Go and read the multitude of other 5 star reviews with people saying how great the coffee, pastries, and cakes are. They are ALL bought from Sams. Do you think Sam's cakes, danishes, and cupcakes are worthy of geat praise? Apparently these other reviewers do.

In my humble but informed opinion, this place is worthy of a solid and below average 2 stars at best based on its coffee and food, and the ambiance and cleanliness are decent. The place could be worse, but is below average overall, and there are plenty of better cafe options in Austin.

Even in the immediate area, the boring and ubiquitous Starbucks is worth a solid 3 star rating, and it's just a couple minutes away by car. Starbucks is basically the same price, but has consistent and decent coffee. If this place was priced in accordance with it's quality, it would at least have some positive attribute and serve a purpose...but it is priced at the same level as a Starbucks, but offers even less. I personally do not care for Starbucks all that much, but why anyone comes here other than they live in the attached apartment complex and don't want to drive 3 minutes away, I can't say.