Las Islas Marias

This place/location is starting to become my favorite Hispanic food place. In the last few months, I started coming here almost every 2 weeks for lunch.

Service:
If you are looking for a waiter to ask how you are feeling, then you probably might want to skip this place. No real chit chat.  Clienteles tend to be mainly Hispanic at this place. However, you could be Hispanic or Eskimo and would be treated the same.

They do try to cater to what you like. My friend always request her Michelada to be made a certain ways and the staffs seem to be perfectly fine with it.  Just like anywhere, be respectful and you will get better than average service. A smile or a thank you goes a long way and this place is no exception.

Food/Drinks (I don't know how to spell most of the drinks/foods):
The popular Michedala is quite good but I only get it once in awhile. I'm not a big fan of salty sour drink.  I'm more into sweet citrus type. They offer some fun/creative and tasty drinks beside the Michedala. I haven't checked their margarita but I intend to the next time I dine at Islas.

They offer ceviche and chip instead of chip and salsa to start you off. Perfectly fine with me since it's quite fresh.

I kind of like the rice they offer here. It's moist white rice cooked with garlic, onion, and few other ingredients which I can't remember atm. It's kind of like Greek rice.  Some of the foods tend to be on the salty side. High blood pressure people be careful. :)

Most of the seafoods will come with eyes/heads still intact. If that ruin your appetite, then you might want to skip this place and go to Red Lobster. Beside that, they give a lot of food. You will be full when you walk out. Or maybe my friend and I are just pigs and we like to place big orders. 2 happy piggies :)

Foods sometime take a bit long to arrive but it's worth it, imo.

Place:
It's just a normal place that is a bit small. They have about 8tables. They do have an extension that could probably offer another 8tables. Nothing fancy here. It doesn't get really pack when I stop by but I normally come here during the weekday for lunch. I heard it get really packed on the weekend and week night.

Overall, just a relaxing place that offer delicious foods. Nothing extra and nothing less.

Uploaded a picture. I think the picture will sum up Islas better than my rant review.

Love the LEVANTA MUERTOS, juicy and spicy, the cocktails de camaron deliciosos. Service SUCKS I do not understant of, i people hate their job why they don't quit; pure bad attitude. The food gets must of my stars but service gets ZERO...

Went here for my mother in laws birthday as well as my husbands birthday. People rave about how good this place is. I was not impressed at all. I think this place is just well known for there micheladas! But I do have to say there really good!

we kept getting different waitress's. So of course they had no idea what we were getting cause with every waitress we ordered something. And when another waitress came along and we asked for our appetizers she looked at us like we had seven heads.

When we ordered the appetizers we ordered our kids meals as well. So they could get a head start. We only got one of our appetizers. By the time we finished it, my daughters shrimp cocktail came out (the juice was to sweet and not very good)

After waiting a good 30min for our other appetizers we told the waitress to cancel that and we're ready to order dinner.

(Meanwhile, my boys meals were still not given to us)

We ordered dinner all at the same time.
30min later 2dinners come out. While the other 3 were not out not including my boys meals.

Then after more waiting we finally got the other dinners. BUT STILL NO FOOD FOR MY BOYS!!!!!!!! FCKN IRRITATING!!!! So I kept my cool we asked about the boys meals the waitress looked confused when we placed it with her.

Ugh, just typing this is pissing me off

Overall you have an idea over my experience!!!! TERRIBLE!!!!!!

My husbands fajitas were good but no tortillas were given with them. WTF?
My shrimp cocktail was not great either the juice was really sweet. The only thing that kept me calm was my piña colada, :-) michelada and the mariachi!

I wont go back and if I do it would be for the micheladas only which will be at the bar! But not anytime in the near future, that's for sure!!!!!!

Terrible place!!!!!!!!!!!!