Islands Restaurant Brea

Valerie Chastain

Good place for a fast bite to eat. Happy hour specials in the bar area. Love new new bowls, good flavor and not too bad on the calorie count.

Cynthia Yount (Cindy Y)

We reserved the patio for a graduation party for 30 people, and it was the best decision ever!! From the moment we arrived to set up until the party broke up several hours later, we had incredible service and could not have had a better time! Shout out to the management, Tessa and J.P. who were so helpful, efficient and gracious!!!

Efrain De Los Santos Garcia

Chelsey was such a great waitress. Our visit was pleasant and meals were quite good. Great portions. Their seasonal dessert was a must try.

John-Michael Patino

The food was good, but you go to a restaurant for the whole experience. My experience was, meh. My family showed up at the restaurant after 8:00 on a Friday night. I arrived shortly after them. They had already been seated by the time I arrived and they had their drinks in front of them. That was a good start. By the time I sat down, it was evident that even though the restaurant was less than half full, the serving staff was short-handed. My kids had ordered buffalo wings which arrived shortly after I sat down and ordered a drink. We were not given utensils, napkins, or appetizer plates. We sat there for a few minutes wondering if anybody was going to come back with these things, but they did not. Eventually, our server came back and took our dinner order. When we asked for silverware napkins, she told us that they would come with her meal. A busboy came by, and we asked him for some appetizer plates, and he was helpful enough to run off and get some, but he only came back with two saying that those were all he had. There were four of us. The food came out and it was good. We had a refill or two, but our server was not particularly attentive. Once again, I can't necessarily blame her, as it seemed that they might have been short staffed. With some experience in the service industry, I know that it is customary for managers to cut the servers during the dinner rush so you are down to your closers shortly thereafter. I'm not sure if the quality of service was a result of a decision by the manager, or poor seating choice by the hostess. I tend to be defensive of servers, assuming that they're doing the best they can but they get stretched thin. Whatever the case, I left underwhelmed. It may have just been a bad time. I will probably be back again. However, my rating reflects my most recent experience.