Tropics Island Grill & Ale House

"Great restaurant with a Hawaiian flare! I greatly enjoyed the breakfast sandwich and my hubby enjoyed the breakfast burrito. The breakfast potatoes are extremely crispy and delicious."

"Service was absolutely phenomenal! Our waitress had come back to ask how everything was and we were honest. Said we loved it all but the pulled pork was a bit bland. We ordered two of the Hawaiian Mixed Plates so we could each pick two different meats, allowing us to try four. The portions were definitely more than plentiful to share. Anyways, back to my story. The food wasn’t bland, like leave a bad review kind of bland, it was just the lesser favorite of all the others. But that wasn’t what made our day. Our waitress shared my remark with the cook, and he came out and was like, “Yeah, I just tasted it. It wasn’t our best and I’m sorry.” They gave us the same sauce that goes on the beef and it was perfect. But it was the simple fact that he took the time to come out, acknowledge the issue and apologize. Truly, just looking at the photos you can see that everything looked flavorful compared to the pulled pork, but still, was a fantastic meal. Here’s how we ended up here. We often visit Boa Vista early in the morning and then wait to have lunch. Except lunch wasn’t starting until 11am. It was 9:30am and we were ready for food. lol So I searched lunch near me. We chose this place based on the photos, which is why I felt inclined to share my own. People deserve to see this beauty. It was one of the very few places that was open with a hearty meal, close to Boa Vista. 10/10 would recommend again. The only negative I had, was that I couldn’t do a Facebook check in to share with everyone this hidden gem I had found. You can check in now, I added it. Us older folks who don’t live on IG need to know where to find this place. lol I also think the Facebook name could use a little altering. The Facebook name says “Tropics Ale House Apple Hill.” If I didn’t take the time to look through photos, I’d assume this was a pub and not a restaurant. Since I’m not a beer drinker, we would have passed this up. I think leaving out “Island Grill” takes away from what made this place truly unique for us. Loved it. Will return."

"Tropics Island Grill offers a very unique food experience for eastern Eldorado County. If it wasn’t 106 today I might have felt a south sea breeze. The Crispy Sweet and Tangy Beef is special. I highly recommend. The “Surf Sesh” was solid. The poke was fresh but there could have been a little more going on with ingredients other than poke and rice. The Brussels sprouts were excellent and crispy, very flavorful. I recommend a visit."

"Holy smokes - super delicious authentic Hawaiian! A pleasant surprise with a great selection of beers. the chicken karaage was one of the best I ever had - might be because the chef makes his teriyaki with fresh ingredients from scratch. Wonderful service too! Can’t wait to come back and try more of the menu."