I think one slab would look better than pieced and if it's only a few inches on each side, I can't see that it would make that much difference.

If you have other people in the kitchen, that extra bit of room might be good.
Maria

I'm sure it'd be something you'd get used to. They are kind of large, but is there anything to do about it now? Is the island installed or can you move it? Can you find another slab?

Can you repost your layout?

Do you have a prep sink at the island?

My aisles are 48" between island and sink, and between island and baking wall, and 36" between island where I prep and the rangetop. I'm not sure I'd care if there was more between the main sink and island, since we really don't use the island from the sink side. Same with distance to the fridge...But it's the distance from the range to the prep sink and prep area that would be more of a concern. Of course, you have a range, so you may like more room than my 36" because of opening the oven door.

My old kitchen had that, and so does my mothers. It just means there's lots of room for people to work on both sides. I've never found it inconvenient.

The perimeter right side has the refridge, the bottom wall has the range and the right wall has the sink. A typical U shaped kitchen.

rhome: I agree that I might not need the transition between island and sink since I will have that prep sink, so maybe you're right that the larger space isn't a big deal. The 48" between the range and island can be shortened by just moving the island without changing the countertop size. It's the island to refridge that really makes me worried. That's 53".......I can't extend the width of the island or move it more left.

Well, you happen to be asking someone whose fridge and island are about 6 or more ft apart, so I think yours will be OK. :-)

Why not use the opportunity to place a slightly lowered section of counter next to the range with butcher block? That would allow you to have the full slab width in granite and keep the same aisle widths. Aisle widths have a point of diminishing gain. If it's more than two steps (Usually around 42"-48") then it's cumbersome rather than spacious.

Also, seams in granite depend greatly on the skill of the fabricator. I wouldn't have a problem with a seam if I had seen previous work from the fabricator and he could match any movement in the slab. In fact, it could become a feature to bookmatch the island!

I actually made my kitchen smaller because I did not like the larger aisles between the cooktop/island and the sink/ island.

I have two islands in my kitchen and the second one is small and serves as a landing area between my sink, cooktop and fridge. It is not in the way for any of these items but is within a turn/step of each. Before I moved the east kitchen wall in 20", it was a turn/step/step between the sink/island and cooktop/island.

I used a small cabinet that was the size I wanted for the island and lived with the setup for several months and finally moved the range and cabinets out from the wall 20" and after a month I knew I liked that distance so much better so the wall got moved. The dining room will have a nice alcove for the hutch and the extra room there is also nice to have.

I may be one of the few people who has had the luxury (if you can call it that LOL!) of having a kitchen setup where I could rather easily rearange appliances (other than the sink) and see what I liked.

We moved the kitchen to a new room and simply cut apart the old cabinets and set them up temporary until we could finish the kitchen (that was five years ago) and I've lived in four modified layouts before settling on the final one that gives my a kitchen that works great for the way I cook.

My aisles are near 40" now so they must have been around 50" before. The small island will be movable so if it ever happens that I need more room in the kitchen (like having folks over to bake cookies or can veggies) I can move the whole thing out of the way.

Cathy

My sister has large aisles 48 inches between island and back wall where cooktop is. And 54 inches between island and side wall were frig is. She loves it. It never seems inconvenient to me -- and it's wonderful when she is entertaining and lots of folks are in the kitchen.