Sammy's Rockin Island Bar & Grill

I went here with 3 others for a Saturday evening dinner in old Roseville. We were greeted and seated immediately upon entering. Business was beginning to pick up as we were seated. Our server was friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable about the menu.

We ordered the Katsu Chicken, Turkey Sammy, Teriyaki Pineapple Burger, and Beach Salad with Salmon. All of our food came at the same time, and within about 15 min. of placing our orders. Everyone pretty much cleared their plate and enjoyed their food. One minor complaint was that the salmon that was added to the salad was a bit smaller piece than expected. I had the Katsu Chicken, and I thought it was pretty good-nice and crunchy on the outside and moist inside. I kind of wish it came with more sauce though. I could have maybe requested a side of the sauce, but decided it was plenty good enough to eat without it. The rice was perfect (just white rice, but it was not at all mushy like other reviewers have noted), and I thought the cole slaw was good too.

We ordered two desserts as well-the Mango Cheesecake and the Brownie Sundae. The brownie sundae was excellent (kind of hard to go wrong with vanilla ice cream and brownie). The Cheesecake was good, but it was very sweet-almost too sweet for me. I'd probably just stick with the brownie sundae next time.

All in all, our experience was positive. Great service, good food, and a fun atmosphere. But because nothing was super spectacular, I'm only giving it 4 stars instead of 5. I think of this place as more of a bar with live music, with the restaurant aspect as kind of a side show. I think we got what we expected by coming to a place like this for dinner, and it was a nice change from the ordinary restaurant scene.

For starters, the atmosphere is open, clean and nicely decorated, but even though he owned the place, multiple enlarged pictures of Sammy Hagar seemed a bit much. The waitress was friendly, but she did make a few negative comments about previous customers, which I don't think is professional at all.

Now, the worst of it! The food was absolutely poor quality, to the point where my husband asked the manager to compensate one of the dishes that we ordered. We ordered the nachos and the seafood platter. To be honest, both were gross, but we didn't want to be that rude, so we paid for one of the plates. The nachos were covered in cold meat, and the chips were all soggy with old and over salted guacamole.

The waitress apologized for us and didn't take it personally. We were compensated for the plate and we left, vowing to never go back.

Came here for our anniversary.  Wasn't really sure what to expect.  We are not much of a formal restaurant couple, so I wasn't expecting the royal treatment.  We came on a Sunday evening, 5-6ish, place had 2-3 other party's there. The decor is definitely that of a bar and grill.  So spot on for that.  Server was really anxious to get us our drinks, and menus, then was on it to take our order.  

I ordered the Kula Pork, and wife ordered a Chicken Cesar Salad, we had also ordered guacamole and chips for appetizer.

Lets start with the guacamole, kinda bland.  Once we got through the diced tomatoes, and onion, it was all bland.  Still, I am not one to pass judgment based on an appetizer.  Just a suggestion, mix some kind of spice in the guacamole.  

On to our dinner order.  I will start with the Kula Pork.  The bbq sauce was good, but over bearing.  Too much of it.  I mixed the sauce into the plain white rice.  The pork itself, was eh.  Tender but fatty, and seemed to have no seasoning besides that of the bbq sauce.  The coleslaw, too was just kind of bland, tasteless.  

Now for the wife's Cesar salad.  Big plate of romain lettuce, croutons, grilled chicken, and Cesar dressing.  Lettuce was browning, and some a bit slimy like it was delivered on Friday for the weekend, and we got the leftovers from that.  Chicken was cold, which i get, its a salad, but definitely seemed prepared/cooked that morning or the night before.  Wife wasn't too crazy about the croutons, but they just weren't her style, cannot really knock a restaurant for her tastes.   Wife tried to just separate the old lettuce and muster through the chicken, but just couldn't do it.  Had the waitress take her meal back and the manager made good on it.  Thank you for that.

Over all, I would say keep this place more of a night club atmosphere.  I might hit this place up if a band was there playing, but definitely not go there for just dinner or lunch.   Just hope the management and employees take this review as a learning experience and not as an attack, I do recognize that management made good on my wife's dinner.