Charming island with bar area that's set back (8)
I believe the answer is:
adorable
'charming' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'island with bar area that's set back' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'elba' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'bar area' becomes 'roda' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that's set back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'elba'+'roda'='elbaroda'
'elbaroda' backwards is 'ADORABLE'.
(Other definitions for adorable that I've seen before include "Quite delightful, fit to be worshipped" , "Cute and cuddly?" , "Inspiring love" , "Such as excites loving admiration" , "Very charming and attractive" .)