Island City Bistro

Worst food I have ever had in my life, plus it took 45 minutes to get a wrap out? Sure the selection of teas is nice, but DO NOT EAT HERE.

I want to preface this by saying I am rating the FOOD and not the atmosphere or their tea offerings. We started off the meal with a flat bread appetizer which was nice, unfortunately we then had the phở and Asian rice noodle salad. Both were extremely mediocre. The phở was lacking in flavor and size. Generally it is served with fresh bean sprouts and herbs and here it is served with neither. The Asian rice noodle salad was watery and the noodles were overcooked and broken up into very little pieces. We are probably spoiled because we live in Northern Virginia where there is a Vietnamese run phở shop on every corner.
I suspect the Asian menu offerings are there because of the tea influence but in our one time experience that is where the food seems to go astray.
I am sure that if we had gone there for tea and dessert our experience may have been very different. The décor and ambience are nice, and I would love to support our little shops here in Wilton Manors, but based on our experience it would be difficult to come back.

Now called Island City Bistro, this café/​tea lounge is located in the heart of Wilton Manors right next to the Naked Grape. The main reason I have been wanting to check this place out was due to their extensive tea selection (over 80 different types).
The menu has some basic offerings but I mainly came here for the tea. The lobster salad sandwich was ok… nothing too spectacular. Kinda bland in my opinion. Though my boyfriend had their meatball sandwich and he loved every bit of it.
As for the service, our waiter was extremely pleasant and very attentive. Before leaving I asked if it was possible to order another tea to go — which they happily obliged to. The Tropical Fruit cocktail tea (iced) is heavenly.

2011 UPDATE: CLOSED
One Tea Lounge becaume Island City Bistro in 2008.
Island City Bistro is now closed.