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La Plancha

4.6 (210 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Chelsea L.

A tiny restaurant that has seating at the counter where you can watch them make your tortas. It was a bit difficult to talk to friends sideways, but there is also seating outside. I love the Hawaiiana that I got. Very cheesy, just how I like it. There aren't that many pineapples though. More would be even better! Also got chips with queso. Free street parking!

Chorizo Torta with optional fried egg added.

This corner place with a nice view of Downtown has a simple yet super satisfying offering of great Mexican street style tortas and sides . We tried the Chorizo, the Merida, and the Hawaiian pork tortas, two quesadillas, and their unique fries with cotija cheese served with two house dips and salty greens. Delicious, well priced, and perfect for lunch. Especially if you seat outdoors. I will certainly make it back to try their street corn since they had ran out of it when we got there.

La Tejana
Yujen C.

Super yummy, fresh and beautiful. Meat is juicy taste just right. Service super friendly. Hope i live next door.

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Mariel T.

Got a pork taco and it was delicious! Quick and friendly service, what more can you ask for? Next time I'll have to try a torta - they look so good.

Guacamole
Brandon K.

Yum...thats all I can say. We've been eyeing this place for a while now, and finally made it in on a Friday evening. When we walked in, all the indoor seats were taken, but luckily, by the time our food was ready, 2 opened up for us. If you plan on going at a busy time in the summer, be prepared to sit outside or potentially wait for a seat (there are only 6-8 bar seats indoors). It can be a bit confusing since half the menu is on the wall and half is in front of your on the counter but once you have it figured out, everything is smooth sailing. We ordered La Tejana Torta and the Barbacoa taco, along with the guacamole. Although everything was great, the guacamole is what really stood out. It is definitely not your run of the mill guac. I'm not sure what they do it it, but it was dreamy. The torta is massive! You don't need fries unless you are shareing it. The taco is on a small tortilla but is stuffed to the brim with meat. Between the three items, my wife and I left quite satisfied. I know I will be back to try that elote some time soon!

Street corn
Matthew P.

Wow, great stuff. Nice people, and the La Plancha torta with fries was very good. The street corn is top notch. Reasonably comfortable bar seating but I would love to sit outside when the weather cools down. I will definitely be back to try more options and I would like to do breakfast or brunch there next. Easy parking, great find!

Breakfast torta
Eddie K.

Food is amazing, and this is my second time here. Ordered the chorizo torta and absolutely love it - very cheesy. Service is great as well, price is very reasonable. Will definitely come back again!

La Vegana Burger (front) and La Pambazo (back)
Kate Z.

Expect more of a clean, slightly fancier Tex-Mex place with pricier items, and not the local, authentic hole in the wall with a lot of cheap options and big greasy portions. The tortas were good and were exactly as described on the menu. The bread was toasted yet fluffy and the guac had good flavor. I got the vegan burger, which had good texture but was light on the flavor. The chips were just okay and reminded me a bit of doritos. There's not much seating inside, but fortunately it was nice to sit outside today. I expected more for the price, but it came out to be okay. Overall, the experience was fine. I don't think I'll be back since I like more of the authentic vibes for Tex-Mex.

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Desiree A.

Yes, yes, yes. Highly recommend! Met my friend here for lunch and we were both pleasantly impressed with the food. It wasn't too far from UT campus - definitely should drive. There is a to-go window and you can order ahead. There is some seating outside and a little bar area with seating that overlooks the small kitchen. It is a family business and the staff were very sweet. The sandwich was my favorite and I would order it again in a heartbeat

Street corn
Jenn P.

While visiting Austin for the weekend, my friends and I had lunch at La Plancha. We found street parking not too far away. The restaurant inside is quite small and doesn't have a bathroom. They have patio seating and there is a restroom just around the corner. I got the barbacoa tacos and carnitas tacos. The barbacoa was soo good and once I put the green sauce on, it just made it even better! The carnitas tacos was underwhelming and dry. The elote and the papas fritas were really good! We all enjoyed our food!

La Vegana
Rosaura V.

I had noticed this little spot when I got my morning coffee and decided I was going to try it out for dinner. I tried La Vegana and it was delicious! The Best vegan torta I have ever had!

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Karson S.

Super friendly staff in this small but mighty restaurant!! Just some bar seating and outside patio seating, so we sat at the bar which had a great view of the grill. Some other reviewers said this place was expensive, and while the tacos ARE on the higher side, the tortas are GREAT value!! Their huge so you can easily cut them in half and take the other half for a later meal. The food overall was good: the queso was some of the BEST yellow queso I've had here in Austin! Yum! We got the carnitas taco (which had moist meat that was almost a tiny bit sweet) and the pambazo torta with chorizo and hash and avocado and much more! I would like to come back to try another torta without hash/potatoes because it slightly overwhelmed the meat. But the flavors were still great and they use farm fresh eggs cracked right there on the grill. Yum, a great lunch stop after the farmers market on a hot day

Lunch for Two (with a beer each)
Lowell O.

The food is good here. But there are a few things I noticed that brought down my rating. The place is popular and small. So parking is on the narrow street wherever you can find it. There are no tables inside the restaurant. There's some very limited seating inside at the counter if you can find a free bar stool (they only have about eight in total). There are only a couple of small tables outside. So you should be prepared when you come that ordering to go may be your only option. The food is a bit pricey for a tiny restaurant with mostly a sandwich menu. I mean, it's not crazy expensive or anything. But, for example, chips and salsa are free in lots of places. Here they're $6. And $15 isn't an outrageous price for a sandwich, but that's a la carte. It's a $19 sandwich if you want fries on the side. My wife had La Brunch Torta with a side is chips and salsa, and I had the brisket sandwich (La Torta) with a side of fries, and we each had one beer. We paid $65 including tax and tip. One guy seated at a table outside came back in and said, "Aren't we getting one more of these sandwiches? We ordered two, right?" The guy behind the counter looked up the order and said, "I have you down for one and I charged you for one." And the customer said, "But we paid $50!" Then he asked for a knife to cut his sandwich in half and share it. We enjoyed our sandwiches. And I usually don't go for crinkle cut fries but these were very good. My only problem with the food was the salsa verde. It may be great most days, because the ingredients seemed fresh and vibrant. But today, the kitchen had vastly over-salted the batch to the point that we could not enjoy it. $6 wasted there. All that said, if I were the owner, I would not reduce the prices here. It's a small place and it fills up. And Yelp just included them on a list of Top 100 Restaurants. Low supply + high demand = high prices. That's just economics. I applaud the owner for his concept, his execution, and his success. But that doesn't mean we plan to return anytime soon.

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We had a double awful experience. I picked my wife up at the airport at 10 PM after her six-hour…read moreflight. I hadn't eaten since breakfast. We were both starving and this place is open 24/7. I drove by it for 20 years on the way to Avenue Barber Shop. I wanted shredded beef tacos but couldn't get them without cilantro so I chose shredded beef enchiladas (with an $8!) side of chips and salsa. My wife ordered scrambled eggs, bacon and home fries. She requested soft eggs, as she always does because too many places overcook them. The chips and salsa arrived. I was immediately disappointed. The menu said "we make our own chips." They were thick and yellow and appeared to be run-of-the-mill, out-of-a-bag chips. I prefer the thin white ones. I took one bite of salsa, and that was one bite too many. Cumin. I pushed it all aside. Cumin doesn't belong in salsa. (Sorry. I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley.) My enchiladas came with black beans, and there was cumin in them. Cumin is overused and abused in most restaurants. I couldn't eat them. The rice was good but the chipotle sauce on the enchiladas was not. I scraped most of the sauce off and ate one enchilada, mainly because I just needed something in my stomach. We were still 45 miles from home. I pushed my plate away. I also ordered coffee. One sip of that was all I could stand. Too weak for me. It gets worse, much worse. My wife's eggs were barely cooked. She asked the waiter for some cooked eggs. He took her plate and returned about four minutes later. The eggs were still not cooked. She tried another bite but couldn't eat them. Her bacon was tough as a boot and not chewable. The home fries were average, but by the time her plate arrived at our table for the second time, they were cold. I pulled my card out waiting for our excellent server to return. He asked how everything was (he had to notice two plates still covered with food) and we politely told him. I ate one enchilada and some rice. My wife had two bites of egg and two bites of potato. He apologized and handed me the check. $65. Nothing comped and nothing adjusted. A manager should've been summoned. How does a place like this have any customers? It was our first and last visit.

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The food is delicious, and the setting is unique, but the service is a bit slow…read more The restaurant is located in the lobby of the Scarbrough Building. It's a small space, with only around eight tables and a tiny kitchen behind the counter. It's a bit hard to locate from outside. There's no big sign on the window indicating the restaurant's name, just a plastic A-frame sign outside the building's doors. When I got there, four of the eight tables were empty but the dirty dishes had not yet been cleared. It took close to 10 minutes for the tables to be bused. Because the kitchen is so small, I'd recommend going up to the counter to order as soon as you get there. I believe you can also place your order online using the QR code on the table, but I didn't try that method. I ordered the lox n found, a toasted croissant roll with smoked salmon, avocado, dill ricotta, arugula, onion, and capers. The menu says it also comes with a side of roasted potatoes, but mine didn't come with that. The sandwich was delicious and filling, so I definitely didn't need them, but I do feel like I didn't get what I paid for.

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