Victoria's Restaurant, Bakery, and Boutique — Restaurant in Jasper

We were on our way to spend a weekend with friends at a cabin on a lake just outside of Jasper and were looking for a locally owned restaurant to eat at, well we sure made the right choice, as Victoria's was great.

If you are dining here, the service is cafeteria style, which I really like. Now their variety in everything from salads to desserts is wonderful and varied enough that even the pickiest eaters should be delighted.

There were 3 of us, so we got to try a good variety of what Victoria's had to offer, and all three of us were extemely happy with our choices. My pork chop was the tenderest that I have had in a long time and the gravy itself was really good. I also had mashed potatoes, broccoli salad, and broccoli cornbread, which were also good. D'lo had fried fish which she said was really good, & Jessica had what appeared to be hand battered chicken tenders, and that she enjoyed along with her sweet taters. We all picked 3 different desserts, and they would have been worth the stop all by themselves. My favorite of the three desserts was my chocolate cheesecake, but I would have also been just as happy with D's cheesecake or Jessica's carrot cake... As if the meal itself wasn't a treat, the owner set down at the table next to ours and not only shared the history of Victoria's with us, but we also had a great conversation about restaurants all across the South that we enjoyed & he even gave me direction's on up to our cabin. Folks, I really enjoyed my stay at the cabin, but can honestly say Victoria's will also play a big part in my choice to visit...

All in all this place in my opinion is about as mediocre as it comes. I'm pretty sure it's hyped up bigger than deserved due to the fact that it's a one of a kind of place. After standing in line for half a hour just to pay $5 for a slice of peanut butter cake that was so dry it would choke a fish and $48 & 70 something cents for a meal that consisted of 3 dried out chicken fingers, green beans out of a can, a wet & soggy roll, and dried up chicken dressing with 3 times the sage it needed, and a mello yello for me and a meal for my mom consisting of the sahari dressing, a chicken breast that was so hard she couldn't eat, some mashed potatoes w/watered down brown gravy, & a slice of wet, soggy orange cake & a watered down sweet tea i'm pretty sure i could go the rest of my life without ever feeling the need to go back for a meal especially since the cashier/ co-owner had the manners of an undisciplined step-child so to speak. The best thing i can say for the place is some of the staff were super friendly & seemed to have super positive attitudes & just happy to be helpful. Oh and don't forget that not once before you are seated will you speak to a worker at all so anything you know about how things are done or priced is something left up to you to figure out...

I wish I could meet Victoria herself (LoL), or alternately, if she's reading this, so I could express to her what a treasure of a place this is--something people who are not from outside of here might not realize...just how far and few in between places like this are: a down home style salt of the Earth vibe spot chalk full o'charm. Is it outdated as the day is long and showing its age? Yes. Does that characterize or take away from the experience any less? Not only no, but it enhances things in my opinion. Delicious southern food cooked and served from friendly staff (nice manners, even the bussers were hustling AND helping elderly patrons carry their trays to the tables!) in a jammed packed dining area (and parking lot)...esp the after Church crowd. I could people watch here all day long--everybody knows everybody there, a real locals' locale. I wish this place continued success and love seeing it supported over say a franchise establishment with a sterile environment. Thanks Vicky! P.S. would have taken more inside pics but did not see a single cell phone out much less being used the entire time during my meal and didn't want to ruin that vibe--again, a people place through and through which is...