Islands

We don't eat hamburgers often, but when we do, we visit a nicer restaurant like Islands to enjoy one. Mine was with guacamole called a "Maui Burger". Sometimes I choose to spoke the chocolate shake with gold rum. The Hawaiian style atmosphere is a refreshing change from the ordinary average and the place is clean, and service is very friendly.

We went on a Friday night. The wait to be seated wasn't very long and the host/hostess were friendly and polite. So, to start with, everything was great. Then it went downhill fast. The service was slow. The bar was backed up so the bar drinks took an excessive amount of time to get dropped off. We had to ask for water twice before getting it. We were a party of 5. They brought 2 meals out, then 2 more a few minutes later and then the final person's meal 12 minutes after that. We had to ask for regular drink refills multiple times before they brought them. Then when we asked for more fries (3 times) since only one communal plate was brought for everyone, no fries were brought until after the check was dropped off and we were paying. Not a good experience.

I can't believe I haven't come here sooner! This place is awesome! It's surfer tiki decor, great burgers and servers! I got the Maui burger on a gf bun for only 99¢ more, it was really good too, asking with the sweet potato fries. The regular fries are super crispy and delicious also. We also got the bottomless drinks and the passion fruit iced tea was really good and the smoked peach lemonade was the best!

As usual it's decent food. I do wish everyone could get their own portion of fries instead of having four people sharing one since everyone has different preferences on things like salt and it also felt like a very small portion. We were asked if we wanted a refill but they were busy so we never received it, another issue that wouldn't happen if we had individual portions.

Very good place for burgers. I had a special lunch for 9 dollars, the big wave and french fries is included. This is my favorite place for burgers. IMO, Island' s burgers beat the following places, McDonald, Carl's Jr, In and Out, BJs, Karl Strauss, pretty all burger joints I have tried. The meat was excellent, moist, juicy and flavorful. It was cooked just right. The tomatoe slice was succulent and the lettuce was very fresh. The pickle and mustard was a good combination, not too sour. I just love the slight hot kick of the mustard. The bun was never soggy until the end. This is a very pleasant surprise. The French fries is as good as In and Out. It is less oily and very fresh. The service was excellent. I ordered the passion iced tea and I did not like it. The server gave me the black tea which I loved.