Islands Restaurant The Market Place, Irvine

Food and cocktails here were really good. The service was top notch, clean dining room and clean bathrooms. This place has a great happy hour menu!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was excellent, 😋.
The drinks were delicious...must try.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First timer. Excellent overall service, attention to customer and atmosphere. Drinks were very refreshing and well-balanced. Enjoyable atmosphere the tennis tour was on TV screen. The tortilla chips and artichoke dip were very good. The fish tacos (3 tacos) had only a very small amount of chipotle sauce in a breaded fish, and the soft corn tortillas were too hard, which it reminds me to ask for more chipotle, order other type of tortillas or try one of the burgers next time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had a large group and everything was handled by 1 server and she was excellent. We had a private area on the patio, which made it easy to talk and catch up with friends.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Doble check your check my husband got charged triple

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

We came at happy hour on an wensday, and Our servers Daniel and Ariana where attentive and friendly, never let a drink go empty, and accommodating. The food and drinks were phenomenal!! The pinacolada was delicious and the “nachitos “ were the best nachos I’ve ever had, Every chip was crunchy! No soggy! I asked and they let me know they do the chips in house! So yummy! The burgers are awesome, me and my wife both had the “big wave” burger w/side only costing 10$ each. With the two entrees, nachos, and 3 drinks (two pina coladas and a deep sea blue ) and it only cost 60$ without our tip! Def me and my wife’s new happy hour spot in the area!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Used to love Islands. Today it's a mediocre burger. If it's a big burger you want, though, it's the right place. I ordered the Kilauea. Towards the end I really tasted the pepper so maybe it was seasoned on one side of the burger (?). I added bacon but didn't taste that at all. Overall, it filled me up. Rating 5.9/10.

Fries, ugh, 4.7/10

Staff was really nice, food came out reasonable fast and location was clean.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

I tried the Mediterranean bowl on the lunch special for $10. It was a great lunch option. This place is solid with lots of options and good food. Service is always prompt and friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Islands has been a childhood favorite of mine since I was a little boy - it holds a special place in my heart and I love the place, but the quality has definitely attenuated into my adult years.

I personally ordered the classic fish tacos, which were good, but the tortilla was way too oily and tough to be labeled as soft. If they had used a soft tortilla it would have been a solid 9 out of 10, but the mishap made it all 7. Still good and it left me very full.

Now about the drinks. Excellent agua de frescas - my girlfriend and I both got the pineapple prickly pear for around 4 dollars with unlimited refills, which was refreshing, pun intended. Very flavorful and served at a perfect temperature.

The fries were also as good as I remember, not too starchy and great crisp.

The service could use some work, as our waiter, although nice, lacked awareness, asking if we wanted the check when my partner had not even began eating her burger.

Overall, Island's is great, prices are very reasonable, and the food always leaves you stuffed. Just a little polish on the food and an overhaul of service can do wonders for the establishment.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Consistent food good service. Good burgers and fries. Was there at lunch and they were still able to get the food out pretty fast.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Typical Islands Food and Vibe. That's why we purposely went there. We were Not disappointed !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Happy hour is always great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They made me a burger exactly the way I wanted it. That was not on their menu. The service was also excellent is a bit pricey if you’re gonna eat lunch there all the time but good for meeting a friend for lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great burgers/bowls and tacos. Comfortable setting and they stay open later for post movie dinner.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

The food was good but was overshadowed by the lack of service. The waiter took an abnormal amount of time to take our order and then forgot our fries and I had to around looking for the waiter.