Iguanas is my favorite hangout on the beach. I live within walking distance of the strip and have tried just about every restaurant on the beach. Iguanas always calls me back, especially on weekends when they have live music. The funky classic rock-themed pictures on the walls add to the groovy atmosphere created when there's live music. The plank flooring is unique and the restaurant is open and inviting. It seems to appeal to everyone from couples young and old, families with kids, seniors and business-types in suits.

The food is always excellent, and the portions are huge! I've never left hungry. The burger patties are bigger than everywhere else, and don't even bother with the Iguana double-burger, you won't finish it! The steak cut fries are super tasty, ask them to make them extra-crispy and they will happily oblige. There are some tasty dips too, if like me, ketchup isn't your thing. The seafood ceasar salad is really good, basically Iguanas awesome ceasar with a generous portion of freshly-cooked seafood. The halibut fish & chips is another favorite. I also recommend the steak sandwich which is a cut above the rest I've tried in White Rock. There are always great daily specials. Iguanas has a good selection of beers on tap and they're served in a proper pint glass, around 25 ounces. Perfect for quenching your thirst on a hot summer day! Lots of cocktails, wine, margaritas, bellinis and other choices if beer isn't your thing.

The service is excellent and the wait times are reasonable. Friendly servers and other staff make for a great time, every time. Keep in mind, Iguanas can be busy during peak hours during the summer, but in my experience, every restaurant on White Rock beach experiences this. My favorite time to go is right after the lunch or dinner rush on the weekend or Friday evenings. The servers know the menu inside and out and are happy to make excellent suggestions.

I can't complain about the value when I love this place so much! The price is on par with other similar restaurants, but the portions are definitely bigger, so I give Iguanas two thumbs up! If you're still hungry after you finish, those tasty steak-cut fries are actually "endless"... or maybe they just like me because I keep coming back.

My mother and love coming to white rock beach for a bite to eat around lunch time, we constantly find ourselves eating at Iguanas. Everytime we go the service is nothing but fantastic and friendly. You'll definitely never leave hungry, as the portins are majourly filling! The two of us have tried about everything on the menu, personal favourites would be the hot seafood Caesar, the wild mushroom chicken, and the as an appy the crab and Gouda dip. Iguanas has a great rock and roll vibe, as well as a rustic atmosphere. Lunch or dinner iguanas has never failed to please myself or my friends. I certainly recommend it if your looking to satisfy everyone, and get a great deal on a drink.

Recently we were invited to celebrate with a group of friends and have dinner at Iguanas.
We arrived at about 7:15PM, 10 minutes later menus were presented. We ordered a starter (crab dip) to share and our main dish at the same time at around 7;40, (some others had already ordered). The crab dip arrived at about 8:30 (the second food order to be delivered at the table).
At 9PM our main had still not been delivered. It arrived at about 10 minutes later. Order was a blue cheese burger with salad and a one-dish jambalaya, no bread rolls, etc. Verdict? The crab was good, the burger just so-so and the jambalaya could have been better from a box (sausgae hard, shrimp overcooked, vegetables limp).
We noted that a table of four adjacent to us where seated when we arrived and their food arrived just before leaving at 10PM (no idea when they ordered but you do the math).

The manager used the old excuse about being short staffed. One of our fellow diners heard this on her last visit here. If true then management should have adjusted the menu service accordingly.
So in short, the decor is eclectic, the singer was OK and not to loud, the server tried her best basically on her own. The wait was simply not acceptable and the quality of the food certainly not worth waiting for.
With so many restaurants to choose from on the beachfront this is one to miss.
Definitely a candidate for "Restaurant Make-over"

The sheer number of restaurants lining White Rock beach can turn dining there into a real guessing game. That was the situation over the weekend, when the girlfriend and I decided to try our luck after an afternoon on the boardwalk. Being infrequent visitors to the area, we determined to go to whichever restaurant appealed most as we walked by. Iguana’s, with its shady patio full of customers, caught our attention, and we decided to check it out.

After being shown to our table – right alongside the sidewalk, perfect for people watching – we kicked things off with an order of sangria. Strangely enough, despite the restaurant not being overly busy (all patrons were seated at the patio, about ten of us in total), it took a long time for our drinks to arrive. We must’ve sat at our table, without food or drink (not even water) for almost fifteen minutes. In the end, it was worth the wait. The sangria was good – refreshing and light, perfect for a hot day. Although, it would’ve been nicer if fresh fruit had been used, rather than frozen.

For appies, we chose to go with the crab and gouda dip. This dish was alright. However, I’m not sure if it was a case of the crab being too subtle, or the cheese being too strong, or possibly both, because neither the girlfriend nor I could really detect the seafood in the dip. The accompanying pita chips were unique, though, and quite tasty.

The girlfriend ordered, for her main, the halibut fish and chips. Her verdict – it was okay, but not great. There was something about the batter (she didn’t elaborate) that she didn’t quite love. She also didn’t like, in the least, the accompanying Asian inspired cole-slaw. She found the use of sesame oil in the salad off-putting; although I tried it, and quite liked it. For myself, I selected the steak sandwich with fries. It turned out to be a perfectly good dish. The garlic toast was crunchy, and the horseradish mayo gave the sandwich a nice zing. My only complaint was that my steak was slightly over-cooked, leaning more towards medium than the medium-rare I requested.

Service, after a slow start with the drinks, was decent, middle-of-the-road. Same too with the bill. In fact, middle-of-the-road would probably be a good description of Iguana’s overall. Not a place to either avoid or seek, it’s a nice average benchmark against which to compare other restaurants in the area.

just before the weekend lunch rush, we chose this place because they seemed to have a few more people already seated then other restaurants on the strip. drinks came quick (but with hardly any ice on a hot sunny day), but then the wait started. i guess some may enjoy the wait when you're seated on the patio as you get to people watch, but not so enjoyable when you have to keep feeding the parking meter and you're hungry. the food was decent, and that's a hell of a compliment. fish and chips was an obvious choice for one of the diners in our party, but the thick coat of batter on the fish was way too much. our server devoted all his time between a table of customers he knew, and to some bikini topped girls who couldn't figure out whether they wanted to cover-up with some blankets or show it off. it took 10 minutes to get our bill, and then another 10 minutes to get our change. thanks, but we'll walk passed this spot next time.

This is a small restaurant right on Marine Drive. Excellent food, great service. Nice size, casual - go in your jeans. Four of us went a few weeks ago, we all had different entree's and all were just excellent.

A friend and I were sent to Iguana's a couple weeks ago to give a review. Iguana's provided a gift certificate and they knew we were going to be coming in that night. That makes the experience we had all the more terrible, as they didn't even try to impress.

We walked in and stood near the hostess waiting to be seated. We were ignored for a good minute and then she looked at us and said "are you staying?". We should have said no!

Anyways, once we were seated at the bar we both ordered iced tea. They were out so the waitress suggested lemonade instead. What we got was pure lemonade syrup. It was completely undrinkable, and it was room temperature as well.

We tried to order some promising sounding desserts off the menu but we were told that they had given us out-of-date menus and nothing we'd ordered was available. So again we substituted. My friend got a stale piece of mousse cake, which she said tasted like freezer burn. I had a chocolate lava cake, apparently, although the amount of "lava" was negligible. I also ordered a special coffee, which never came. I watched her take out the mug and the ingredients, but she wandered off and forgot it.

The waitress also made a rude comment to the bartender right in front of us. She complained "I only have two good customers tonight and they're sitting right here".

The ambience was alright, but they lose points for the state of the bathroom. The live music was decent.

We got the bill and were a little choked to see how much we were charged for the lemon syrups. ($3 each) Both of them sat untouched, yet the waitress never asked us if there was something wrong with them. We were planning to tell her that it wasn't any good but after we got the bill she disappeared.

We finally got so frustrated waiting for her to come back that we left the gift certificate on the bar. We didn't want to leave a tip but we knew we weren't coming back so we didn't wait around for the balance.

Typically when you are getting a free meal you tend to be more optimistic and willing to accept slightly less. Like I said, we went there a few weeks ago and I still haven't thought of anything charitable to say about Iguana's.