Islander Drive Inn

Me and my wife have been dining here for a few years and have been enjoying some items on the menu. We were hungry today and had a good appetite when we chose Islander Drive Inn. I ordered the teriyaki steak with fried noodles and my wife ordered the stew. The teriyaki was average at best and it came with very generous portion of fried noodles. The noodle lacked flavor and any sort of meat. I took the leftover noodles home so I could doctor it up, but decided it wasn’t worth it. It was too tasteless. My wife used to enjoy the beef stew, but what she got today was a different sweeter version which she did not enjoy. We should have dined elsewhere today.

I rarely touch Unilocal but I had to post this… I do take out every so often at Islanders; always mushroom chicken. I like it but always felt it should be called onion chicken lol cashier is usually just whatevers too. I went yesterday and the cashier was so nice; great manners! I think my receipt said her name was Yuki (she has small snake bite piercings). when I opened my take out box there was so much mushrooms in it! portion seemed larger too! not sure if this is a change or just got lucky but I will make sure to keep cash on me so I can go back more often :) I hope it stays this way

I’ve been gridin’ dis garlic chicken fo last 9 years. Every time so good. Mainland grinds so weak, every time come back dis first and las stop. SO ONO IT BROKE DA MOUT! Islanders da bes, brah!

There food is pretty good, I like it better then L&L. I tried their BBQ chicken stir fry and grilled garlic onion mahi mahi which was pretty tasty.

Cash only is only posted at the cash register. It should be posted on the door. When I walked in there were only a couple people, but the quickly grew. The cashier was a very friendly and cherry young lady. She promptly took order and when they came to the window she got them in a bag and out to customers with a smile.
I think the problem lies in the kitchen. They don’t time bringing out the food very well or maybe time it well I should say. One lady was waiting for her order and had to tell the cashier that the fries were getting cold while she waited for the rest of her order to be done and put in the bag.
My food was done in a reasonable amount of time and everything was nice and hot. They serve coke products to drink which is the least of my favorite drinks. The food is your typical plate lunch, but its much better than the L&L down on Ahua. Here the service was friendly and the food is not sitting around getting crunchy. I will definitely come back here even if it is a little out of my way.

The food here is decently good, but I like l&l better and it’s cheaper there as well. When I come here I wait about 15 – 20 minutes depending how busy it is. But I do notice the cashiers here are usually in their teens to middle age and do not give the best customer service. The times I come here they are usually on their phones and never smile, some give an attitude and just look like they don’t care. I also probably won’t be eating here anymore because of reports that people are getting sick and that they put their meat in the sink. Not risking that.

We used to order the pan size chicken Katsu for pick up but not anymore. We call the order in and they never start making it until we are there. That’s just bad service if u ask me.

TERRIBLE SEEVICE.
Every time ive been here the people that run the desk are either on the phone, sitting down, back turned and dont acknowledge anyone. The food here hsed to be stellar but i must say their cooks are loosing that reputation. Facilities look gross and i dont want to know what it looks like in their kitchen. lastly the chicken i ate there was not cooked and was raw JUST A WARNING… we threw that out right away…

This place reminds me a lot of L&L Hawaiian BBQ, as the menu is very similar and consists of BBQ plates, shrimp plates, mini versions of all plates, burgers, fries, etc. I tried the honey garlic chicken, which came with two small scoops of white rice and one scoop of macaroni salad, but I opted to get a green salad instead of the mac. The chicken was really sweet and good, but the batter was so thick that it left me feeling pretty guilty. My hubby ordered the BBQ plate, which comes with BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs and BBQ beef — it was alright, but more on the oily side.
I’m from Southern California and I personally didn’t find this food to be any different from any of the Hawaiian restaurants I’ve been to in my state, surprisingly. I will say this place has pretty decent fast food Island plates, but they only accept cash and overall, this still wouldn’t be one of my first choices to eat at. I actually only came here because I was starving after a long flight and it’s located in a plaza close to the Honolulu airport!

SERVICE HERE SUCKS!!!
We used to like stopping here but not anymore. If you hate your job so much then leave. Don’t stick around & give customers your crap attitude.
Anyways, came here one day for lunch with my siblings and let’s just say that will never happen here again. We ordered then waited. And waited. And waited. Literally 30 minutes later we were still waiting. I was getting fed up & wondered why we were still waiting for our food. We were the only ones sitting in there. People were coming in, ordering & getting their food then leaving. (!!!) so finally I stood up, looked over by the counter to see a bag sitting there. My sister went up to ask if that was ours and the idiot looked at her and said, «uhhhhh I think.» WTF I was soooo furious!!! We were sitting there for 30mins, not once did he call out our order or mention to us it was ready. Like hello, you see people waiting wouldn’t you think to go check if they’re order is done?!
This place seriously needs help. Or maybe just that fool who doesn’t know how to do his damn job. SMH

I do like eating at this drive inn. They always have a great menu with great varitiety. They are quick and the only place in Salt Lake so you will not be disappointed. Just check it out. The only thing I would want is for them to offer brown rice and salad instead of mac salad. But I must say they have good mac salad.

I got very sick after eating here say night around 9pm. I’m
Assuming it was the Mac salad or the hamburger steak… Who knows but it’s not enough the customer service suck now the food gets me sick:(I used to like this place.

I came here becasue some friends posted pictures of their food and it looked awesome.
The food is pretty dang good. It’s better that most drive in style places, but has the same casual feel. Prices aren’t bad, and the servings are big. I would come back for sure.

Check your attitude fat white girl cashier! I’ve been nothin but nice to you since I’ve been coming in!
…food is good doe. Trumps the above attitude problem.

If you’re ever in salt lake and craving for some plate lunch, this is the place to go. It’s like an L&L. Price is very reasonable and you get a good size portion. honey garlic chicken is the bomb here.
Downside to this place is that they don’t take credit cards. CASH only. I think they would make more money if they accept credit cards.

Honey garlic chicken is one of the best i’ve tasted, plus the portion is good size.
If you are is the Salt Lake area, you gotta try this honey garlic chicken plate!

Located in Salt Lake Shopping Center. Some landmarks near this place are the Chevron gas station and Safeway. This place is located just around the corner of Safeway.
I mainly order the Honey Garlic Chicken or the Garlic Shrimp plate. If I am in the GARLIC mood then ill get both of those in one combo plate ($ 9.50 i believe).
CASH ONLY! NO checks and NO cards!
Not really much to say about this place. Customer service is okay, probably could be better.
If you do end up here, the Honey Garlic Chicken is a must try, and one of their best plates. Everything else is pretty similar to L&L. Mac Salad is like any other place.
I do enjoy all the pictures of the different plates posted on the wall. It really helps with the decision making (especially if you are a first timer here).

Cash only!!!
I ordered the honey garlic chicken, which is like chicken katsu on steroids.
My fiancé enjoyed it much better than any other chicken katsu he’s every had. I was on a garlic shrimp kick since we were at the North Shore the other day. I had to order it again, even if it wasn’t from one of the shrimp trucks. It was quite good, I must say.
$ 16 total for regular sized plates
It’s a very casual spot next to gas station. We stumbled upon this place on our way to the airport while we got gas. We wanted to bring some food to eat at the airport, and this was perfect! It was good, affordable, tasty.
I would have given this place more stars, but the service sucked. They only had 1 person working the front so the food started to pile up. There was no one there to help her bag things to — go. They are totally understaffed! They need to hire some more folks for sure!

Came here today to try this place out. A small hole In the wall at the Salt lake shopping center next to Safeway.
We ordered the grilled salmon and the hamburger steak and teriyaki mix plat with beef stew.
The grilled salmon smelled fishy. I know, its a fish but it didn’t smell like grilled salmon. More of a fishy smell and to top it off it was dry. Two bites from this plate and it was tossed out. Aviod this plate.
The mix plate was better. The beef stew meat was tender, the hamburger pattie was homemade and the teriyaki was really marinated good. Mac salad was meh.
Customer service was ok. Parking is kinda tight. We had to circle the lot a few time for a close parking stall. Just a heads up too, this place is cash only.

One star for the service from the big girl at the register with the choke zits!
1. Didn’t smile when she was taking my order (I can let that slip)
2. When I said «I’ll order the regular honey garlic chicken» she immediately says «7.80».
I’m sorry girl. Are you psychic??? How do you know I didn’t want to order anything else???
had to tell her I also wanted a large fries for my wife. she gruffly told me my total ($ 11.20)
Hey Islander Drive Inn, your cashier needs immediate remedial customer service training ASAP!!!
Either that or fire her @$$