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    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Different ice cream flavors
    Alexis A.

    Great staff, very nice and friendly, there also a cafe and offer food which is nice. The place is not too big but it wasn't really busy neither when I had went. They offer lots of different flavor types of ice cream and shakes, they also have vegan, kosher and non dairy products which is cool. I had me a nice pistachio milkshake and it was so good. It was tasty and smooth and had a nice crunch from the peanuts in it. Only thing is that it cost me $6.00 and it wasn't even a big cup! So that was my only down fall. But there really nice and clean in there and the other flavors look really good too.

    Dominik D.

    I had a toasted bagel with egg and cheese. I was happy with the quality of my order, the speed of preparation, the price, and the gentlemen that served me. Great place for a low key and quick brunch.

    Tiramisu, pistacio, and caramel mocha banana split

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    6 years ago

    The lovely staff turned around a big order for an event with delicious bagels and spreads. Very friendly and would definitely recommend!

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    9 years ago

    Nice lil spot! Good, fresh Mediterranean faire and delicious sushi!! Great service too!!

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    8 years ago

    We had breakfast at Island Cafe with our family. Everything was fresh and delicious. Would highly recommend this cafe.

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    13 years ago

    Friendly staff. Prices are ok. Owner is extremely friendly and genuinely cares about what goes on. Clean and professional.

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    12 years ago

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    12 years ago

    The breads and pitas are to die for. Great place for a snack or light meal. Highly recommend.

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    10 years ago

    Very happy to find a kosher cafe in staten island , i loved the service and the food was great , thank you

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    10 years ago

    Best Kosher food place in Staten Island. Always fresh, so healthy. I eat here every week and always go here for catering.

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    11 years ago

    Awesome food, great prices just a bit slow to get your food but food is so good you live with the slowness.

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    Ask the Community - Island Cafe

    What kind of kosher certificate do they have?

    Vaad Hakashrus of Staten Island, yashan and chalav yisrael

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    I found this place by accident. I was heading down. Hylan, toward a diner that I like. I saw name…read moreon the sign, and it looked like a nice restaurant. Not knowing what type of a restaurant it is, I decided to stop in. What a pleasant surprise. It was a Turkish restaurant. There was a good amount of people in there, but it looked like I was the only "white boy." Everybody was very friendly, and the place was clean. I liked the atmosphere. I started with the baba ghanoush. I loved it. The flavor of the roasted eggplant was delicious. And the roasted flavor kept it from being too rich. It was creamy and delicious. I almost didn't have enough bread to put it on. And believe me, I was piling the bread high with that stuff. There was also a small bowl of marinated green olives on the side. I normally do not like green olives, but these were fantastic. The olive oil marinade kept them from being too bitter for me. For my main course, I had the Adana kebab. Ground lamb, red bell pepper, and paprika. I had a small, which was one kebab. It also came with a very nice marinated salad, and a decent size portion of rice, which was tender and had a good flavor to it. It also came with a red sauce and a tzatziki sauce.. the red sauce was too spicy for me, and the tzatziki I put some of it on the rice, and then the rest I dipped my kebab. The kebab wasn't spicy at all, and the red bell pepper, and the paprika gave it a great flavor, it was not gamey like lamb can be. It was also very tender. Everything was so good, I ended up finishing the entire dinner, and I was stuffed. I would've loved to try a Turkish coffee, but it was like 8 PM, and I didn't want to be up for the rest of the night... :). The price was reasonable. The only reason I'm taking off a star, is because they add an automatic 18% gratuity to the check, and then there's also a spot down at the bottom for a second gratuity. That's why you need to read your check very carefully. If you don't notice the automatic gratuity, you might end up paying a double tip. I thought the automatic 18% gratuity was more than fair. This was a great place. They also do breakfast. I would like to come in and try breakfast sometime. Thank you.

    Good food. Bad service. Shady tip suggestions…read more The food was good but the waiter never came back to refill water, check on us, or refill bread. They will come back to ask you for dessert, at which point, you aren't in the mood anymore. There was a mixup with one order in my group. I don't know if it was the manager's fault (who also was the waiter) or if it was mine. I pointed this out as soon as the food arrived at the table. The manager made ZERO effort to help fix the situation. He did not care at all. To further emphasize that this restaurant cares about money over customers, the receipt has ridiculous errors in it. It first assigns an 18% tip in the total for a group. But then at the bottom of the receipt, also lists tip amounts ranging from 18% to 25% to ADD ON TOP of your grand total which ALREADY included the automatic tip. So if you hadn't noticed that the tip was already in the total, you would be tipping them AGAIN on the total of food, tax, and automatic tip. There are many, many other Middle Eastern restaurants opening up all over Staten Island. Will be giving the others a try instead.

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