Islands Resturant

Here we go again, only this time has ended or relationship. Last night my girlfriend and I went there at approx 9pm. i had my kids again which never happens this late but they were still up and wanted to go. My daughters noodles with butter and parmesan arrived at the table with the butter melted so bad the noodles were one big clump and hard and her apples... BROWN! So dark brown I cannot believe the waitress actually looked at them and thought it was ok to deliver like that... let alone all the seeds from the apple all over them. My Cobb salad was to have no blue cheese and chicken. Loaded with blue cheese... When I advised her she looked at me and said "are you allergic?" Ummmm NO, but that is no the point. The point s that I asked for no blue cheese. Then I said to look at my daughters apples and pasta. She just nodded and said OK. The manger came over and apologized and told my girlfriend and I to pick desserts on the house. Ok, that was kind but I would have rather had at least the kids meal removed from my tab. They bring me a new Cobb and my daughter new apples only and the waitress said the reason the apples were brown is bec it sat under the heat lamp for so long waiting for the other food. Which was weird bec no one was in the restaurant and my new salad only took minutes to prepare and i am sure to heat up the soup isn't hard... maybe it was my friends fish tacos that took so long?? Anyway the new salad had NO dressing. I took it as a loss and decided this place wasn't worth sending back again. So we chose dessert. A Kona pie and Lava. Oh, apparently they meant we can only get a free $2 dessert for my $9 messed up salad and $6 messed up kids meal bec she said since we each were getting a larger dessert only one was being comped. Here is the thing. I fight for what I think is right, but when it is 10pm and I have children with me that are impressionable, I choose my battles. They apparently know that we are less likely to argue in front of kids so they take advantage. Bottom line... I will never return to this islands.

We decided to give Islands another try closer to home. What a great experience. The food was excellent (fish tacos, the new Big Bowl, and the pepper burger with fries) all served piping hot. We had a great server (Clint) who kept the drink refills coming and was excellent.

7/15/13
I thought I had posted this already. I hope you will give this restaurant a try!

The summertime drink, Ginger Berry Shandy, is delish!
I've always appreciated Islands - have been going here for burgers since I was in high school.  I like that they offer a wide selection of burgers, as well as salads, tacos, rice bowls, and chicken/veggie burgers.  Also, their fries cannot be beat.  The atmosphere is fun and casual, and the service is typically friendly.  If you like sweet drinks, do try their new selections on the summertime drink menu.