Pluto’s

I love the Santa Fe Benedict, the Chorizo is some of the best I have had anywhere and keeps me coming back. I don’t like the home fries though, I wish they would grill them instead of deep frying. The milkshakes are great as well. I always enjoy the décor.

Stopped in for a burger and a beer. Had the Phillips IPA and it was a tasty combo My wife really enjoyed a crisp salad with her cocktail. Saw that they have daily specials and a happy hour. Would definitely recommend this little gem to folks looking for a solid lunch at a reasonable price.

As I make my way around Victoria trying out all the great Poutines, my recent vist to Pluto’s has me full.
I really enjoyed their House Poutine. It is a blend of roasted garlic, fries, onion rings, cheddar cheese and gravy. Just over half way through I was getting full. Its rare for a Poutine to do that to me, but this one did.
I recommend Pluto’s for a taste visit and warm welcomes

It’s interesting how this place seems to have a bad rep. I wouldn’t say the food is anything really special; but it’s certainly not terrible.
The building is an old gas station, I believe– which adds a nice air of quirkiness. The menu is typical roadside diner food — burgers, fries, salads, desserts. I love the fact that you can order the burger with any kind of seasoning you want (I had a hard time deciding between the honey mustard, Cajun and Teriyaki). You can also get your burger served on a wrap, which I did. My companion got the lamb burger.
The portions are pretty large, which again is to be expected of a diner. But my chicken ‘burger’ was delicious. :)
This seems like a good place to bring a group of friends on a hot summer day. They have a HUGE patio outside, and from what I gathered, a pretty decent drink menu.

Originally written — 07÷02÷11
I think I determined on an all you can eat taco night that this place is crap. However, they neighbourhood still flocks here, especially on long weekends. Guess it must be the funky building.

Drove by and saw a sign that said they make their own coconut pie so stopped in for dessert. Nice service and GREAT pie! Kind of a casual diner reclaimed from an old gas station. The food coming out for others looked really good so will probably come again!

We were visiting Victoria and our nephew brought us here for lunch. Enjoyed traditional eggs Benedict. Fresh cut home fries… a tad over salted, but cooked to perfection. Hollandaise sauce was delish! My husband had milkshake that was to die for… thick and chocolaty and halibut and chips that were very tasty. Food is served hot and portions are generous. Service is fast and friendly. I read the other reviews and don’t agree with the bad ones AT ALL!

How can anyone return to this restaurant for breakfast? It was the worst. The hashbrowns (as another reviewer pointed out) were just hard rock burnt bits. I asked for eggs over easy and one was and one was hard. So I basically paid 8 dollars for one egg and a piece of toast because they don’t include meat with breakfast. My friend had a coffee and it was almost 3 dollars. Avoid this place for breakfast.

I had the sirloin salad and it was great. My significant other had the house salads which I tried and was one of the better ones I ever tried.
Worth checking out their patio, especially on a nice sunny day!

Not sure why the bad reviews: I’m just here to tell the truth. I show up mid-​afternoon, a slack time, sit outside with my dog. Have a club sandwich with fries and plenty of Tabasco sauce — excellent! The waitress? Friendly. The atmosphere? Enjoyable. The check? Modest. My honest appraisal? Five stars as far as diners go.

Occassionly, I’ll go off the reservation and try a place that might not be so highly regarded by fellow reviewers. Pluto’s was just perfect for that ocassion. To be honest, I have no idea why there have been so many bad reviews!
First of all, you can’t miss the brightly colored former gas station. Usually, food out of a former gas station would give you worms or some sort of stomach fungus. But, Pluto’s offered the exact opposite; delcious food with great service! I had a delicious lamb burger with a great little salad. Also, free wi-​fi make this little joint a great place for breakfast or lunch.
As of 2011, Pluto’s is highly recommended. Maybe they made changes based on the previous reviews.

Worst breakfast I’ve had at a restaurant. Let me paint you a picture…
My boyfriend and I went here and I ordered eggs benny with hash browns, a pretty standard order. Apparently not. My hollandaise sauce was ice cold, it was as if they’d taken it straight out of a fridge and put it on my plate. The hash browns weren’t really hash browns at all but basically little burnt crisps. It looked like they’d taken the crumbs at the bottom of a chip bag and deep fried them until they were hard and burnt, that’s not an exaggeration. The only thing edible was the toast.
So the logical thing to do would be to send the food back, right? Except that we didn’t see our waitress again after she took our order, someone else dropped off the food and she didn’t stop in even once to do a quality check. We finally had to wave down a busboy to come to the table. By this time I’d lost my appetite, my boyfriend had finished his breakfast (his was edible, nothing else to say about it).
We got the bill and when we took it up to the front to pay and complain about my breakfast. They said all they could do was give us 10% off my breakfast. Needless to say we told her it was the worst place we’d eaten and that we’d be spreading the word, paid the bill and left.
I will never… NEVER eat there again. If the food wasn’t bad enough the service was atrocious!

Out of all the places I visited during my Victoria trip, Pluto’s had to be my least favorite. I should point out that it isn’t bad, but I must agree it’s better in theory than in execution.
When you walk up from the parking lot, you see the patio on your left, but there’s no clear indication where the main entrance is. Based on their décor, I thought they’d have a cool sign that said «Look Here» or something.
I don’t know what it was about this place, but I would suggest that they may have been understaffed. Our waiter, while perfectly friendly, was in and out of «the weeds.» The food was so-​so, although I don’t know what I expected from pancakes.
This place isn’t horrible and the two stars should really reflect «trying really hard but not quite making it.» I wouldn’t not recommend it, but frankly there are better places.

Pluto’s is the place I go to most often for breakfast on the weekend. Why? Simple — no waits! Most of the popular breakfast spots in downtown Victoria often have substantial line-​ups to get inside, but with Pluto’s you can usually walk right in and grab a booth.
The food is decent — nothing spectacular, but it tastes good and it’s usually brought to the table quickly. The wait staff are usually prompt and on the ball. The ambiance and décor are okay.
Overall an okay experience — and no wait!

Okay, I normally love Plutos for breakfast, but we stopped in for a late night dessert and were slightly disappointed. The cool funky décor is even better at night, but the place was totally empty. Not a good start for dessert craving folks like me. Then there’s the dessert itself. I wish, no demand, restaurants own up to the nature of their deserts. Frozen just doesn’t cut it. I know, I know the profit margin on homemade desserts just isn’t there, but if I wanted store bought I would have bought it at the store. Now I’m not saying the Blueberry Walnut Ice Cream Cake was horrible, in fact it was down right delicious. Please Plutos, I beg you to go back to being the perfect after dinner haunt.

I like Pluto’s more in theory than execution. They serve a number of creative breakfasts until 2PM, but they’re also open for dinner, unlike all of the other breakfasty places in town. I also like the concept of all-​you-​can-​eat Tacos on Monday night and all-​you-​can-​eat Fish and Chips on Thursdays (both for $ 9.99). I also like the 50s drive-​in motif and all of the tables outside.
But otherwise, Pluto’s fails to live up to the other restaurants of its ilk in Victoria, despite similar, or more expensive prices. I tried an eggs benedict with portabella mushrooms and sundried tomatoes. While those accompaniments were tasty, I found that the hollandaise was a bit too sweet and tasted as if it had been made from a mix. The home fries also had a taste and texture which made me think they were previously frozen.
My wife enjoyed her home-​made nut burger, but found it to be a bit more dry than she likes.
Pluto’s will work in a pinch, but it’s a poor value compared with the similarly priced Blue Fox and John’s Place.

A cool looking place, fun spot to hang out but food is not amazing.