Islands Restaurant Northridge in Porter Ranch

We stopped by for lunch at Islands and were seated quickly. They were very accommodating with my order requests and the food came out in a reasonable time. Very few spots top the lemonade game that Islands brings to the table and the burgers and chicken sandwich (I got mine lettuce wrapped were tasty. The waitress was okay, however it seemed a bit chaotic despite a slow restaurant that we had 3 different people check in on us and help us with something. My only major complaint and I wont knock them too much is that we had a table chugging beers, yelling and banging on the tables and its 2pm on a weekday plus the table behind us had let their 2 kids loose and they were running around the restaurant screaming. Not an Islands issue but neither party was ever told anything. Not a reason to never go back but Ill definitely join them for the night shift.

Very good lunch, I had the tuna melt. The bread had an excellent Parmesan crust. The fries were served hot and crispy.Nash provided better than average service, asking us if we wanted a drink-to-go.Recommended.

We came here after our daughters award ceremony at Cal State Northridge. It was first time at this location and haven’t been to a Islands Restaurant in 20 years. We were seated right away. We ordered drinks including 2 margaritas and were not great. I had all you can eat chicken tortilla soup and I had 3 bowls. Everyone else got hamburgers. We started with nacho appetizer which was good! The service was a bit lacking. We were disappointed a few times, the food was okay and overall so-so experience

Really great food, fantastic service, easy parking, huge menu. They get super busy on the weekend. Dont want to wait? Great tip is to eat in the bar area. Worked really well for me plus I got to watch surfing and football at the same time. The seasonal strawberry salad is loaded with chicken, super tasty with the almonds, loved the dressing. Finally decided to get more fries.... no more bottomless fries. Im too late. Stores nearby. If you eat too much you can walk it off.

Service was good, fast, and everyone was friendly. Food was delicious! Never fails, everytime we come we are never disappointed!! Seated quickly, and servers are always on top of everything! We never have to wait and ask for a refill of drinks, always have plenty of napkins, and did I say the food is delicious!

The food is amazing. A little bit too oily for my taste, but very delicious.The staff are amazing, definitely should go at least once.

¡ate here on Thursday, 10 August 2023 around 3:00 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time! - ate an excellent hula hamburger 🍔

Islands has gone way down hill. Our food was cold. My husband didn’t even get his food until we asked twice. They brought us food that we didn’t order. The waiter never checked on us. He basically did nothing except take our order. He walked around stroking his hair with his hand. Gross! We had to flag him down to get refills which took about 10 minutes. We asked twice and he just said “they” will be bring it out when it’s ready. Refills on water should not take that long?! My daughter got the wings and she said it’s not the same, didn’t taste good. The teriyaki sauce is not nearly as good as it used to be. And prices are way up!!! We never not left a tip before, until tonight. Not going back. What a shame!

This Islands is what you typically expect from the chain. Its a surf themed restaurant, burgers and fish taco thing going on.Take it or leave it, thats why I gave them three stars.During the lunch crowd youll get a lot of office workers that come in here in the neighboring area. Early dinner crowd is more of a family place, couples date night vibe.The Bar: Dont expect any kind of singles scene here. It could happen, total fluke kind of thing, like if it was somebodys birthday party???Came in today for the Happy Hour specials. Nice choices both for food and beverages.Beachside Sliders: if you took all three of them and can bind them together, it would be about the size of a regular burger. You do have to specify if you want cheese or not, which cost about a dollar extra. I do like the crunch of the fried onions, and the burger was tasty. Problem here is that they are really thin, so they cook too fast. One of them was medium, and the other two were probably closer to well done.Island Nachos: Need to specify if you want chicken added for $2 more. They were like buying tortilla chips at the market, then throwing sliced processed cheese on top. Nothing fancy. It does come with a dollop of sour cream and a dollop of guacamole.Service: Our bartender was on point, really helpful, made a few suggestions. Nachos and Sliders took about 20 minutes to serve though, and the place was at 40% capacity. So does it really take that long to throw food on the plate thats probably already precooked anyway????Parking lot is free and Big.Might come back here, might not. It would have to be for some birthday party or something. ;)

Arrived at the restaurant at it looked busy. Was told it was a 20 minute wait and thats what our party of 5 waited. Service was great and our food came out promptly. We had one small issue that was quickly resolved. Everyone was happy with their dish and service received.