Pete's Plaza Cafe

Wonderful place for a quick bite and lovely view of the island.

I love finding hidden gems when I explore. The shrimp tacos were absolutely the best, the fish tacos were the bomb. Watch out for the hot sauce they give you with them though, it will knock your socks off. Don't even get me started on the fresh Margaritas simply the best ever. Reasonable priced too.

Great little live music cafe with tacos , ceviche , beer . Little locals spot that is worth checking out !

I love Pete’s cafe, ESPECIALLY the happy hour deals. $1.50 tacos & $5 margs- you can’t beat it. So yummy and they’re open until 2am.

A simple burger and fries, perfected. If you're looking for a decent burger in catalina, this little spot is the place. This is the second day for me on the island and as I write this I'm enjoying my second and last meal here. Cheers.

Tacos and Beer! A great combination. The asada taco was a healthy portion of meat topped with fresh onion guacamole sauce. Tortilla held together and added a wonderful chew. Salsa has a nice heat. Smokey elements. Outside seating. And super fast and friendly service. 100% would come back.

My visit to Pete’s Cafe was fantastic. It’s a great spot away from the hustle and bustle, which made it really relaxing. The selection of food was impressive, and their happy hour deals were unbeatable. We enjoyed the cheap tacos during happy hour and the big burrito. The atmosphere and friendly service made the experience even better. Highly recommend!

Pete’s is the only one who opens if you are hungry after 9 pm. As you may know most of the restaurants in the island close at 8 pm. And all the bars close around 10 pm. - midnight, it’s going to be a problem if you’re hungry after 9 pm. But no worries you have Pete’s open all day all night long from 7 am. - 2 am. The food here was good and excellent service. I really appreciated for your late night work!!

Stopped by here for lunch. This place has the good Nachos. We tried the AL pastor and carnitas double meat Nachos the carnitas were really good.

Happy hour, 2 chicken tacos and a beer 7.38. are they the best, nope for the price 5 star.

I got the breaded fish sandwich with fries and a drink, my wife got the calamary, the fish definetly tasted fresh and was very delicious. And so was the fish tacos...Def recommend this place

Get off the strip and get the goods. Cool chill vibe, great prices. Ceviche is bomb

Seems shady but was the best food in Avalon. Seriously everything else sucked and was overrated I would take a boat for 2 hours both ways in level 7 torrential rain and swells just to eat this again.

Pete’s is very affordable and offer high-quality food. It is open from 9am- 2am. The café is conveniently located next to the Bison Expedition meeting area. The café offers a delicious selection of Mexican American cuisine and alcoholic beverages. The breakfast burrito is big enough to share and it comes with sour cream and salsa. The breakfast burrito is packed with generous pieces of savory bacon and scrambled egg, blended with melted cheddar cheese.

The cook here is very kind and generous. The attached photo is a single meal split in two.

Vince Maguire

Tacos and Beer! A great combination. The asada taco was a healthy portion of meat topped with fresh onion guacamole sauce. Tortilla held together and added a wonderful chew. Salsa has a nice heat. Smokey elements. Outside seating. And super fast and friendly service. 100% would come back.

Andrew McCauley

My visit to Pete’s Cafe was fantastic. It’s a great spot away from the hustle and bustle, which made it really relaxing. The selection of food was impressive, and their happy hour deals were unbeatable. We enjoyed the cheap tacos during happy hour and the big burrito. The atmosphere and friendly service made the experience even better. Highly recommend!

FRANK PINSET

Pete’s is the only one who opens if you are hungry after 9 pm. As you may know most of the restaurants in the island close at 8 pm. And all the bars close around 10 pm. - midnight, it’s going to be a problem if you’re hungry after 9 pm. But no worries you have Pete’s open all day all night long from 7 am. - 2 am. The food here was good and excellent service. I really appreciated for your late night work!!

Ron TazMan (OTazMan)

Happy hour, 2 chicken tacos and a beer 7.38. are they the best, nope for the price 5 star.

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Stopped by here for lunch. This place has the good Nachos. We tried the AL pastor and carnitas double meat Nachos the carnitas were really good.

Joe

I got the breaded fish sandwich with fries and a drink, my wife got the calamary, the fish definetly tasted fresh and was very delicious. And so was the fish tacos...Def recommend this place

david waclo

Get off the strip and get the goods. Cool chill vibe, great prices. Ceviche is bomb

Asgard Hu

Seems shady but was the best food in Avalon. Seriously everything else sucked and was overrated I would take a boat for 2 hours both ways in level 7 torrential rain and swells just to eat this again.

Maher

Pete’s is very affordable and offer high-quality food. It is open from 9am- 2am. The café is conveniently located next to the Bison Expedition meeting area. The café offers a delicious selection of Mexican American cuisine and alcoholic beverages. The breakfast burrito is big enough to share and it comes with sour cream and salsa. The breakfast burrito is packed with generous pieces of savory bacon and scrambled egg, blended with melted cheddar cheese.

Love this place, love the food, love the staff! We visit every Fall for a couple of months on our boat and this is our go-to place. The asada tacos are amazing and they make a mean margarita. Prices are best at Happy Hour and often times there is live music. Service has always been awesome with a smile 😁

Amazing food, vibes, and music. We ate here one time and then every night after.

Rachel Dersch

Amazing food, vibes, and music. We ate here one time and then every night after.

Livia Dean

I love Pete’s cafe, ESPECIALLY the happy hour deals. $1.50 tacos & $5 margs- you can’t beat it. So yummy and they’re open until 2am.

John Harvey

Vern playing live music here is why we stopped. Antonio and Lorena kept us here with their great happy hour drinks and tacos! This is a great place to chill. Be sure to add it to your list when you come to Catalina!

Just about the best place on the island for a quick breakfast or lunch. I have never received a bad meal from Pete's. Nice sized meal for a good price. Only complaint is that occasionally there is a long wait time. Probably to be expected, however, there is often a large crowd.

This was our finish line for Fantastic Catalina race. Although we only had beer and chips and salsa...both were very tasty. Outdoor, porch dining gave it a neighborhood feel. Other folks who participated in the race ordered food and it smelled delicious, but I didn't ask them how it tasted...but they cleaned their plates, so that says a lot.

I really like Pete’s! They let us sit there with our drinks and dogs as long as we wanted.

So, this place was interesting. No indoor seating, but cheap happy hour food and margaritas. Nice place to sit outside and enjoy the weather under a canopy. I had a chicken taco here, it was not so great, but others I was with really loved the margaritas (saying they were the best they had had) and said the shrimp tacos were really good. The staff are interesting characters and made it fun and never minded us hanging around for awhile chatting.

It's an outdoor place to get some food. It was decent but not great. More affordable than many places on the island.

Best place for a late late night snack🤩

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I would have rated this place a 5 start, Not only because is the only fast food open in Catalina Island 24/7 you should be so rude (talking about the only employee attending at night shift that January 17, 2026) to rude.. other than that food is good, Carne asada fries, carne asada burrito..

Lucero Zavala

I would have rated this place a 5 start, Not only because is the only fast food open in Catalina Island 24/7 you should be so rude (talking about the only employee attending at night shift that January 17, 2026) to rude.. other than that food is good, Carne asada fries, carne asada burrito..

Fantastic food, good service and open late! Highly recommend if you're heading out to catalina!

Nathan Hepp

Fantastic food, good service and open late! Highly recommend if you're heading out to catalina!

Casual location with outdoor seating only. It's more like a permanent food truck than a restaurant. Nice staff, but limited menu. We observed the handling of raw meat and it wasn't up to par.

The customer service was great. The man in the front was very kind. I got chicken tacos and French toast. My chicken tacos were extremely dry. My sister says her shrimp tacos was good. The French toast was comparatively very good.

Food was beyond basic, NOT GOOD and so expensive and $18 for chicken tenders and fries + $5.95 for a fountain drink!!

Tried the chicken taco and shrimp, tacos, French toast, and Pete’s omelette burrito. Out of these only the French toast and shrimp tacos was fine . Rest of the food was quite subpar. Service was great. The people are great location. Excellent unfortunately the food is not that great.

Just happen to be in the area for happy hour. $1.50 great deal. NOPE. Deal is on chicken only which is not mentioned anywhere. Chicken was quite dry. Wanted to try out couple other things on the menu but since the tacos weren't good we just left.

I don’t normally write reviews, but this place deserves a warning. I paid $27 for Carne Asada Fries, and it was a complete waste of money. The fries were way too salty, and honestly, the whole dish was gross. I don’t even know how it’s possible to mess up Carne Asada fries, but they did. For reference, you can get the same dish in San Diego or Orange County for around $14, and it actually tastes good, nothing like what I got here. I’ll be sticking to those spots from now on. Save your money and go somewhere else. This place isn’t worth the hype.

Thought we’d have a quick taco since their happy hour seemed like an amazing deal! $1.50, wow!! Will gladly sample to know a good place. Ordered tacos, puzzled why so much? Oh, you need to ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HH TACOS. HH is chicken only. Otherwise, $6 each and they say NOTHING to you about it when you order and there is NOTHING saying that anywhere. Now I have no issue paying for good food, but I don’t like being tricked. We’ll be here for three days. Guess where I WON’T be eating the whole time we’re here or ANY time we come back.

wayne chan

Just happen to be in the area for happy hour. $1.50 great deal. NOPE. Deal is on chicken only which is not mentioned anywhere. Chicken was quite dry. Wanted to try out couple other things on the menu but since the tacos weren't good we just left.

Ada J

I don’t normally write reviews, but this place deserves a warning. I paid $27 for Carne Asada Fries, and it was a complete waste of money. The fries were way too salty, and honestly, the whole dish was gross. I don’t even know how it’s possible to mess up Carne Asada fries, but they did. For reference, you can get the same dish in San Diego or Orange County for around $14, and it actually tastes good, nothing like what I got here. I’ll be sticking to those spots from now on. Save your money and go somewhere else. This place isn’t worth the hype.

Vanessa Chamberlain

Thought we’d have a quick taco since their happy hour seemed like an amazing deal! $1.50, wow!! Will gladly sample to know a good place. Ordered tacos, puzzled why so much? Oh, you need to ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HH TACOS. HH is chicken only. Otherwise, $6 each and they say NOTHING to you about it when you order and there is NOTHING saying that anywhere. Now I have no issue paying for good food, but I don’t like being tricked. We’ll be here for three days. Guess where I WON’T be eating the whole time we’re here or ANY time we come back.

We ordered 6 one dollar tacos and 2 sodas. thought we were getting a deal until it cameout to 16 dollars, the cokes came out to 6 dollars a piece, we felt strong armed. Tacos were served dry with no toppings, he said we would have to pay for cabbage, he said we had to pay!!! what the what?!?!?! SAD 😔 ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU EAT HERE UNLESS YOU LIKE TO BE STRONG ARMED AND MANIPULATED FOR MONEY!

Food was less in quantity with higher prices. They treat well with the customer who ordered their drinks I thought so. But they were annoyed with the people who ask for their price for the food and didn't look happy. I would not recommend it at all. The tacos were not good at all. I had fish taco which was not fresh. All their raw meat and food was outside the freezer which didn't look hygienic. It was literally on the open air.

This place was in a great area and I loved the relaxing environment. However, both the margaritas and tacos were horrible. The chicken tacos were flavorless with no seasoning and difficult to eat.

I’m a local I stopped in for quick drink. It was $14.50 for a rum and Coke. Absolute joke Foods always been over priced here and nothing to write home about in terms of quality. Really don’t bother there’s restaurants and bars within feet that coast literally half the price

I had 3 shrimp tacos on Friday at 2pm here at Pete's and by 7 30pm that night, was throwing up and with stomach flu for 6 hours. Eat here at your own risk, I NEVER will again. The prices for the food are a joke! So expensive for the worst food ever. How is this place open?? This place belongs in downtown Tijuana. I would have drinks with Bill Cosby, have Casey Anthony baby sit my daughter or have a home cooked meal from Jeffrey Dahmer before ever eating here again. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

They said my card had not gone through, found out later I got charged twice for a total of $90. Should have been $45. Beware!

The lady owner was so rude. She forgot to write down part of our order, yelled at me in front of the other diners, and refused to give me anything unless I came to pay extra from what I paid. Tacos had ZERO flavor. Needs tons of seasoning and some limes. Soda was 5.99. Would never come back here, way better tacos with kinder workers in other parts of the island. This place wasn’t not good at all.

Very rude to the point of chewing me out (his English was difficult to understand) when I calmly stood in line twice, after 2 groups of 2 people and one group of 3 people had ordered after me and been served, to ask if he was still working on my single taco. Very weird and unpleasant experience. Even just an acknowledgment that he had forgotten instead of his tirade would have been good. I recommend avoiding this place.

Nancy Shaffer

Single, clearly hardworking man behind the counter. Very rude to the point of chewing me out (his English was difficult to understand) when I calmly stood in line twice, after 2 groups of 2 people and one group of 3 people had ordered after me and been served, to ask if he was still working on my single taco. Very weird and unpleasant experience. Even just an acknowledgment that he had forgotten instead of his tirade would have been good. I recommend avoiding this place.

Dr. Mark Pinkerton

They said my card had not gone through, found out later I got charged twice for a total of $90. Should have been $45. Beware!

Paige Swensen

The lady owner was so rude. She forgot to write down part of our order, yelled at me in front of the other diners, and refused to give me anything unless I came to pay extra from what I paid. Tacos had ZERO flavor. Needs tons of seasoning and some limes. Soda was 5.99. Would never come back here, way better tacos with kinder workers in other parts of the island. This place wasn’t not good at all.