I must be spoiled from eating at Ye Express in West Warwick. The make EVERYTHING fresh in house. The hot and sour soup is made to order. The Islander has been around as long as I can remember, probably over 30 years. I've eaten here in the past and never had any complaints. Today wasn't the best. I ordered a bowl of hot and sour soup which was meh. I also ordered the appetizer combo. It has boneless pork, house chicken wings, beef terriyaki, and pork fried rice. The best part was probably the fried rice as it was most likely the freshest. The boneless pork was mushy and tasted a little off. The beef terriyaki was ok, not the best I ever had. The chicken wings were very soft. I feel like everything was prepped way ahead of time and not so fresh. read more

Went here to celebrate a birthday and the food was okay. I did like there wings but not the best that I've had. It lacked flavor. The service was good though and the atmosphere was nice. I don't know what else I could say about this place so I'll end it right here. read more

I used to love eating here growing up. I'm not sure if there was a change in ownership or what but I don't think I will return. The past few times I've been to the Islander the food has been tasteless and settled like lead in my stomach. Fried rice was dry, boneless spare ribs were fatty and chewy, and the pad thai which was recommended by the waitress was brutally disgusting. My first mistake was ordering a Thai dish at a Chinese place I suppose. Even the drinks were awful. Everyone likes a good pour but these drinks were so strong they were barely drinkable. The only good thing is the scallion pancakes! I don't think we will be returning. read more

The previous reviews of this restaurant are spot on. I've only had two experiences with The Islander and both we're just "ok". The food is classic Chinese and they do a pretty good job at quality, portions and more. That's the only thing I can't complain about. The service however is a different story. The first time we went to The Islander we were with a good group of friends (about 5 of us total). We were sat in this large room straight ahead as you walk in. The room was ice cold and the table arrangement was awkward. We asked if we could change a simple chair to accommodate one of our friends who had back issues and requested a chair with a solid back instead of an open back, the waitress gave us push back and told us no...a simple chair change? really? We ended up doing it anyways. Despite our last experience we decided that we wouldn't loose hope. Another friend of ours loved the Islander and wanted her birthday there. We reserved the room, and even had a Chinese buffet served. Yet again we were in the large room with no heat...and we had flat soda. We asked the woman who was manning the front desk for a different bottle of soda since the one we had was flat..immediately she said "those bottles can't be flat. we just opened them. I can replace the regular coke but the Diet Coke should be fine", We agreed to that and got a new bottle of coke poured, which was ALSO flat. We mentioned it again to a different waitress and the woman apologized and said that normally they use the fountain for soda but the machine died and they had to order bottles instead. She said the bottles were fresh but she could get a new one. We agreed (again) and this time the ignorant woman at the front desk came BARGING out of the kitchen (she actually slammed the door on the way out) and poured the new bottle in front of us, while giving us all a dirty look. She clearly was pissed that we asked again. Soda doesn't cost the restaurant more than .50 cents to fill...and, if we're paying for a room, food, and drinks - we expect it to be up to snuff...if the customer says the soda is flat, don't argue with them and just apologize and replace the soda. Clearly their wait staff lacks MANORS. Needless to say the Islander has good food but sucky service. We won't be returning there to dine in again. Do take out. You get the food without the terrible service. read more

This place quickly became our go to spot for Chinese when we first moved to warwick but has just as quickly become a place we unfortunately avoid. Their pan fried dumplings were one of our go to items and was surprised to find a bone in the meat of our order of them placed last month! It nearly cracked a tooth. Desperate to give them another chance we ordered again from them last night. Only to have the first bite reveal yet another bone fragment. Wanted to support local business during this lockdown, not an emergency dentist! read more

Carry out was not the same as what was ordered over the phone. Combination plate had no rice, too much meat that was cut way too big. Broccoli was "fresh off the vine" as in way under done. And the egg roll was in the form of a bread roll. The wontons in the wonton soup were over done and mushy, while the broth was bland and meat strips tasted like 2-week old pork. Maybe things are different on the inside, but not going to risk it after tasting this meal. This is not the same quality of food that my aunt fondly remembers from years ago. Very disappointing. read more

The food is okay, but when taking out --the girl taking the orders needs training in customer service, She is always rude and sounds like she hates her job. read more

I was here twice during lunch hours. Food here used to be good but is declining in quality. The cashew chicken was decent, I guess, but nothing to write home about. The service has always been friendly and nice. The restaurant has plentiful seating but seems empty during lunch hours. Unless anything changes, don't expect anything great. read more

We often visit this restaurant with my father. Food is tasty and fresh. Warning the hot mustard is HOT! Servings are large so you will definitely have leftovers. We always start the meal with wonton soup, some of the best wontons I have had. read more

I've been coming here since the days when it was just a quarter of the size it is today and I'm still in love with the food may years later. But recently, we tried some of the newer offerings on the menu, such as the new spicy shrimp dish. Shrimp was cooked well and the peppers and onions accompanied the dish well. I ALWAYS get the crab rangoon, some of the best I've ever had. The atmosphere is neat and you must ask for a booth! They are sooo comfortable, I could just fall asleep after my mile! Everyone is so friendly there, and there is ample parking! read more

Great service, decent food, good prices. I've never been disappointed with the food here, Their beef & broccoli was great. Beef was very tender, sauce very good. Moo Goo Gai Pan is boring (I didn't order it) but that's the dish, not how they made it. Lo mein is good, fried rice could be darker. Chicken wings were very tasteful, the kids loved those. All in all, food was A-OK ! No Coke products again. What's up RI, is coke not allowed in this state. We are talking about the drink here!! read more

If I could give this place negative stars I would. I picked up my food. When I got home I noticed they gave me just general tos and sweet and sour chicken when I wanted combination plates. I specifically asked for sweet and sour sauce on the side and they totally forgot my sauce. Horrible customer service the manager hung up on me without a resolution. I will never ever order from this unprofessional restaurant again. I've been going here since I was a kid, such a shame. Hans or Jade Dragon all the wayyyy read more

I have been going to The Islander for years, but will not be going back! I agree with the other reviews that it used to be good. First of all, they haven't changed the decor in over 20 years. This is okay if they maintained it. The seating area in the lobby still has a piece of tape covering a rip from about 10 years ago. The wood trim on the walls in the dining room is dirty and worn. The menu had white stains on the inside cover. It looked like something had splattered all over it. Obviously, no one bothers to clean the menus. The server brought vinegar to our table and the bottle had brown sticky sauce all over the top of it. She then cleaned a table next to ours and said she was just going to push all the food crumbs on the floor. I said the floor will get cleaned. She said hopefully. Now on to the meal. It gave me food poisoning!!! I ordered a combination plate. It was subgum chow mein, fried rice, and instead of the egg roll, I substituted fried shrimp. The pork in the chow mein was gray and the shrimp was straight rather than its natural curved shape, which is how they used to serve it. I don't understand how this place is still opened. I read the other reviews and I am not the first person to have food poisoning after eating at this restaurant! read more

Food is just okay the drinks are good but the service sucks not sure what's going on there but not as good as it used to be. It's to bad because I liked going there but not any more. read more

It used to be so good. I've given multiple second chances and this was my last. The fried rice had zero flavor and everything else just gave me violent food poisoning. I'd rather go to Panda Express at this point. read more

I haven't ordered anything from the Islander in years, and I know why. An injury forced me to order via Grubhub because I was housebound. I ordered two orders of egg rolls and was charged for two received one. I ordered and was charged for a large fried rice, received a small. I ordered beef and broccoli. They didn't include any white rice to go with it and the beef tasted like it was cooked in too much liquid so the meat was chewy. The fried dumplings were unremarkable. The whole dinner was a disaster. Grubhub was very efficient with the delivery, the food was just lackluster. read more

I recently did a takeout order for my family of 9, we're from Pennsylvania so we're really excited to have some Chinese food and was really hopeful that the Islander Restaurant would be delicious. We made very easy requests on some of the food, should've been a very easy task to do. Well when we received the food we specifically asked for the sweet and sour chicken to have the sauce on the side, however the chicken did have sauce not in the box. Some of our food was missing or just wasn't what we had ordered. We called hoping they would give us some of the money back, they didn't even offer that but they said they would give us three new boxes of sweet and sour chicken with our original request. It had been an hour and we never received the new chicken. It was very disappointing because we were very optimistic and eager to eat this, so we thought, delicious food. And the food we did eat, it wasn't very good, the chicken was very dry and the rice had no flavor. I would not recommend this place to anyone. read more

I have been going to The Islander for years, and I must say I remember the food and service being much better then it is now. I am giving it a 3 star rating because between the good visits I've had and the bad, they average out to be in the middle. The last time I visited the restaurant I sat at the bar and the bartender appeared to be either extremely intoxicated, or perhaps overly medicated? She forgot my drink, and was very loud and obnoxious. I can understand perhaps having a customer who has had too much to drink, but an employees? A huge turn off. The food is average. I get take out from there from time to time and I have never had a BAD meal, but for the price it's nothing fabulous either. The restaurant is clean, but it's become a little warn-out and needs a little bit of a face lift. The girls at the hostess stand and take out counter are always nice, but I have had some very inattentive waitresses. I have also had some very good waitresses. I guess over all my experiences have been extremely inconsistent. It's a good restaurant if you'd like to stay close to home or want delivery but nothing I would go out of my way for. read more

The food is to die for! The best Chinese I've ever had and at 65, I've eaten plenty of Chinese. The lemon pepper wings and egg foo Yung are 2 of my very favorites . The veggie fried rice is great too plus the portions are huge!! 3 of us go and besides our left overs, we order more to go because we live an hour away, but it is worth the ride. The service is very attentive too. A definite favorite. read more

I want to love this place, I really do! I have been on a few occasions and unfortunately it doesn't get any better... It has a clean feeling when you walk in but shortly after you can start to notice that the years haven't been too good to them. The food is Meh..... Its not awful but its not good either. Everything is bland and BROWN..... I don't think I remember anything other than brown... The rice the meat the dumplings.. everything! Take a moment and look at your restaurant as if you were a customer... from the decor, to the cleanliness to the food..... A few simple tweaks and this place could be rocking! You can tell it was once the go-to restaurant in the area. read more

I've had the worst experience at your restaurant...no one was there to sit us down we waited over 10 minutes then your wait staff had such the piss poor attitude! We get sat down and there is rice in the booth so we ask to move so she becomes nasty. So we move then we notice the following table had all sticky sauce on the table. Therefore with covid being present you think the table would we washed! So we tell her this is dirty as well and she proceeds to get loud saying well go somewhere else well I don't mean somewhere else just another seat cause we will complain anyways....so unacceptable! I hope you speak to your employees about this mishap because we left and you lost a customer this afternoon at 2pm...super disappointed with your employees attitude read more

If I could give zero stars I would. Place used to be great. Last 3 times we ordered it was sub par. Tonight we got our food cold. When we called just to let them know they argued with my wife, she told them we will never order there again and the owner told us good, he could have cared less. read more

One of my favorite server is Katie in islands #6, She is a very friendly person, always has a welcome smile as well as the other people working at this Islands. She ready to assist me, and the service is just the very best. Katie is one of the very best servers. Very cheerful and does her job really well. I cannot say enough about her. she*s the best.. Barbara P. read more

I love that when you call for delivery they read the order back to you to confirm. Everyone should do that! I order my meats well done and are always cooked perfectly. Arrives hot, friendly drivers. read more

I don't know what the hype is with this joint; it's AWFUL! The only saving grace is that the waitstaff are really sweet and friendly, but otherwise; the food is terribly Americanized, almost beyond Asian recognition and the decor is stuck in the 1980's. It'd been years since I'd been to the Islander and I'd only been once before to meet a friend at the bar, so it was just drinks the first time. This past weekend, my friend wanted to go because he'd never been and I told him I didn't think that it was great (according to what I'd heard) but he was insistent on going, so we did. He seemed happy with his food but the shrimp lo-mein I ordered was disgusting, I had a few bites simply because I was starving, but it was truly awful. I've never had a lo-mein with such a thick, heavy, brown gravy for sauce. If you're looking for some good, semi-authentic Asian food, Islander is not the place to go. Trust me. read more

Best American-Chinese in Warwick. Fast, with large portions. Their sauces are rich and flavorful. Both take-out and dinner service is great!! read more

So this is our family preferred, Chinese restaurant. Love that they deliver food and drinks. Scorpion bowls are good and just as fun to drink with takeout. Food is consistent and we have hosted several events here for larger groups of people that have always been successful. read more

They aren't very flexible with thier menu opions. The service was ok, but the Islander wings made my soul sing! They were ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! YUMMY! read more

Islander Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Warwick, Rhode Island

Best Chinese food ever. I love the chow mein and there wonton soup. They have the best broth. Sadly I no longer live in RI and haven't been able to find anything even close to being as good as this place in several different states. Can't wait to visit RI will definitely be eating here read more

If l could go minus l would. Got beef lo main noodles waaaaayyyy overcooked. Best egg rolls l ever had, but pouch duck sauce and mustard brought it down to 1 star. read more

We ordered lunch from the Islander yesterday 04/05/2020. We do not get to enjoy Chinese food very often so we were quite excited and chose the Islander because it has always been our restaurant of choice. Wow what a mistake!!! The food was absolutely awful. All of the food looked and tasted like it was left over from at least the day before. Needless to say we were quite disappointed as we threw all of the food away. I am hoping this bad experience was just due to the lack of business due to the virus otherwise I think the Islander will be losing quite a few customers. read more

I had a 50th Birthday party for my husband tonight and the food and service was perfect. I was very impressed that I told them 35 people and when only 33 showed up that was all I was charged for. The room was nice and private. read more

Having recently moved to Warwick, it seems like the Islander is the go to Chinese restaurant of the area. Everyone says that is where you go for Chinese and it is always crowded. Trying to assimilate with the locals, I have tried the Islander for takeout a few times and each time reconfirms my original impression...average. The food is good and the servings are large but it is nothing spectacular. My favorite thing are the egg rolls, they are big, greasy, and delicious. I would stay away from the hot & sour soup, the broth reminds me of a bbq sauce. All in all if you need a good helping of your standard Chinese food, the Islander will meet those needs and not break the bank. They are easy to get to and their take out is fast. read more

Large inexpensive portions of mostly Americanized Chinese food. Really haven't had anything that was amazing or terrible. Somewhat dated decor. I can remember the interior pretty much the same for years. Service has always been friendly and efficient. read more

great job calling the police, on someone who drank to much. you all may have saved someones life. police were very professional. thank you. and god bless you all read more

Good food all around can't say anything bad about any dish I tried. The only complaint I have is they will not let you have chicken fried rice with a combination plate even if you at are willing to pay more. They will only give you pork fried rice, makes no sense to me if your willing to pay for it. I go there less often because of that. read more

The portions were very large. The food was okay but I've had better. Takeout was fast and easy to pickup. Not bad, not great, just okay.

The food is pretty good, but the girl who answers the phone for take out orders was so miserable! I'm always very nice and polite, and this girl just seemed pissed to be taking the order didn't even bother to say bye to me when I was getting off the phone with her she just hung up. If you hate your job so much just leave. read more

UNBELIEVABLE! My sister, her husband, and 19 other of their friends made a reservation for 6:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve to have dinner. No word of a lie...they were thrown out at 7:30 p.m.!! Why, you ask? Oh, because another party was coming in! Are you kidding me? An hour and a half for 21 people to eat, drink and socialize is a joke. They were told that the restaurant left messages. LIE! No messages. I think a reservation means just that...you have a spot reserved. I don't know about you, but I've never had a time limit for a dinner reservation except when renting a private room, and that's usually about four hours or so and no messages need to be left. It's very clear right up front. Looks like the food stinks anyway based on the reviews, but I would never frequent this place based on principal alone. NO WAY! Reserve at your own risk! read more

Visited the Islander yesterday and really enjoyed my entree. Ordered the buddah's delight, which had every yummy vegetable I would expect from this dish. Service was quick and friendly. Would visit again. read more