Islands Restaurant Vista

While in Southern California this restaurant was recommended by family. We, a group of four made a reservation and attended. I ordered Mexican soup...that was just cornstarch and salt in my opinion. The others ordered a verity of dishes, all looked very average... ,presentable at best. They do have a good, longstanding reputation. Perhaps our night was an off night. They did not charge me for the soup. I will give them another chance...but will not order the soup.

When we tried this place the first time out, I have to admit, I wasn't all that impressed. They did a decent job on the food but everything seemed kind of average. However, the place has definitely grown on me. Now, I really enjoy it. I've found a dish that I love, and oh my goodness, the onion rings are amazing. Service gets to be a little lacking during busy hours. To an extent, I understand that. However, if there is room for improvement it's definitely there. We prefer to go during the day (for lunch) when it's nice and quiet. At that time, the food gets out to us hot and within a reasonable amount of time. It's definitely worth heading over. I feel like their menu has something to offer for every pallette.

Great service and food. It was clean. Great location. I went there with my friends for dinner and we dined outside. Nice area. I ordered lasagna. Not too bad. It was very busy when we went on Friday night.

Really good place to go with family, definitely for occasions with a good number of people. I hear the burgers are a really good choice but when I went I got the fish tacos and they were alright.They didn't have a lot of bursting flavors in them and should not be compared to fish tacos you get at a Mexican food place.Service is great and atmosphere was comfortable. Cant wait to go back and try the burgers!

We were easily accommodated as a party of 9 on a Monday night. The service was excellent. Not a single error in our tab or prepared meals. We were attended by Alejandro. He was excellent! He kindly took our drink order while we waited for the 2nd half of our group to show up. Alejandro promptly refilled our drinks as well. Usually with a party of 6 or more tip is automatically added to the tap. I will say they left the tipping up to us and surely Alejandro earned it. Thank you for providing a great experience to my family tonight!