Island Grill — Restaurant in Bellevue

Gotta be honest, food was slappin'. The BBQ Chicken was moist and delicious and really made my day (for a moment, at least, more on that later), and I liked the garlic fries I picked off my girlfriend's plate. My one complaint is that either the chicken or the rice gave me food poisoning, and I'm placing my bets on the rice. I know, food service is a tough task, I've been there, but if there's one thing you got to keep an eye on, it's making sure that everything is safe for the people that eat your food. I'm lucky I have a strong immune system, but I'm putting this out here just in case someone who doesn't stumbles upon this review. All in all, great food and portions... I just hope that this incites food safety to be up to...

Edible food, but low quality and not worth the price. Realized our mistake when I saw the meat being taken out of a dirty looking plastic container like one you store toys in. Ordered BBQ beef plate and BBQ chicken sandwich.

The chicken sandwich actually tasted alright, and very moist, but sadly whatever preservatives/sweeteners they added immediately gave me a migraine after eating it which lasted for the rest of the day. Garlic fried are clearly frozen. Beef BBQ was dry and not tender with dry rice.

Mac salad is a disgrace to macaroni salad. Pretty much macaroni swimming in mayo.

The portions are indeed large, but you really don't want to eat that much of such low quality...

This is the restaurant in Crossroads I eat at most often. I usually get the Hawaiian beef patty sandwich, which is a great portion size for me. (I know I should branch out, though last time I also got the Hawaiian fried ice cream and was not impressed.) Service is fast and the employees are pretty easy to work with. I don't even know if the food is good, honestly, but I keep eating it, so it must be? It kind of transcends such a classification, perhaps it appeals to me on a nostalgia/emotional/comfort food level. That sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I really do like this place a lot. I'm very glad they exist in this mall and I will absolutely keep...