Planet Taco: Your Go-To Mexican Spot in New York City

Planet Taco Introduce

Welcome to Planet Taco, a vibrant and flavorful Mexican restaurant nestled in the bustling heart of New York City. If you're searching for authentic, delicious, and well-priced Mexican fare, this is a destination you won't want to miss. Located in the vibrant Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, Planet Taco stands out as a go-to spot for locals and visitors alike, offering a rich and diverse menu that caters to every craving. From classic carne asada to innovative creations like the "Hungry Alien" burrito, the food here is designed to be an out-of-this-world experience.

Planet Taco isn't just about tacos; it's about a complete culinary journey. The menu is expansive, featuring a wide array of options including breakfast specialties, burritos, quesadillas, and even dessert tacos. The atmosphere is casual yet trendy, making it the perfect place to grab a quick and satisfying meal whether you're on a lunch break or meeting friends for dinner. With its commitment to fresh ingredients and fast, friendly service, Planet Taco has earned a reputation for being a reliable and delightful dining option in one of the city's most dynamic districts.

Location and Accessibility

You'll find Planet Taco conveniently located at 705 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019. The restaurant's prime spot in Hell's Kitchen, just a short walk from the Theater District and Times Square, makes it an easily accessible dining choice for anyone in Midtown Manhattan. Its proximity to several major subway lines and bus routes ensures that getting here is a breeze, whether you're coming from another borough or just around the corner. The neighborhood itself is a hub of activity, with a lively energy that perfectly complements the casual and upbeat vibe of the restaurant.

While Planet Taco offers a cozy and inviting space with ample seating, it's a popular spot, especially during peak lunch and dinner hours. The communal table and two-top seating options are great for both solo diners and small groups. The setup is designed for efficiency, making it a great choice when you're short on time but don't want to compromise on flavor. For those who prefer to dine at home or on the go, the restaurant offers robust no-contact delivery and takeout services, ensuring you can enjoy your favorite tacos no matter where you are in the city.

Services Offered

Dine-in: Enjoy a casual and trendy atmosphere with plenty of seating for a relaxed meal.
Takeout: Place your order and pick it up hot and fresh to enjoy at your convenience.
Delivery: Utilize no-contact delivery services to have your meal brought right to your door.
Catering: While not explicitly listed, the "Taco Box By Planet Taco" suggests options for feeding a group.

Features and Highlights

Fast Service: Known for its quick and efficient service, making it a perfect spot for a lunch rush or a speedy dinner.
Expansive Menu: A wide variety of options beyond traditional tacos, including burritos, quesadillas, breakfast items, and unique specialty dishes.
Diverse Offerings: The menu includes comfort food, quick bites, small plates, and unique beverages.
Variety of Tacos: A huge selection of tacos, from classic choices like Carne Asada and Al Pastor to unique options like Shrimp Tempura and the "Around the World" series (Cuba, Italy, Japan).
Popularity: A favorite for both lunch and dinner, especially among locals and solo diners.
Atmosphere: A casual and trendy environment that is welcoming and comfortable.

Contact Information

Address: 705 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019

Phone: (646) 397-3815

What Is Worth Choosing

The true magic of Planet Taco lies in its ability to offer both classic Mexican staples and innovative creations that surprise and delight. For first-timers, the Quesabirria and Beef Birria Tacos are a must-try. The rich, slow-cooked meat and flavorful broth are fan favorites, often noted for their delicious taste and satisfying texture. The Al Pastor Taco is another standout, praised for its well-balanced seasoning and juicy pork. The diverse range of protein options—from grilled fish and shrimp to chicken tinga and carnitas—ensures there’s something for every palate. The restaurant’s sauces are also a highlight, providing a free and excellent way to customize your meal.

Beyond the tacos, the menu is full of hidden gems. The "Hungry Alien" burrito is a hearty and unique choice, perfect for when you need a substantial meal. The breakfast menu, featuring everything from Huevos Rancheros to Tofu Scramble Burritos, proves that Planet Taco is a great spot any time of day. And don't forget to save room for dessert! The Tres Leches Cake and Churros are classic choices, while the creative S'Mores Taco offers a fun and memorable end to your meal.

In addition to the food, the service model is designed for a no-fuss experience. You order at the counter and then find a seat, allowing you to move at your own pace. This laid-back approach, combined with the quick turnaround on food, makes Planet Taco a refreshingly simple and enjoyable dining option in a city that can often feel overwhelming. Whether you're a local looking for a new go-to spot or a tourist craving authentic Mexican flavors, Planet Taco offers a fantastic combination of value, quality, and a welcoming atmosphere that makes it a highly recommended choice.

Planet Taco Menu

Avocado Toast
California Toast $8.50
Everything Bagel $8.00
Cream Cheese, Sliced Avocado, Everything Bagel Seasoning

Breakfast Burrito
Egg And Bacon Burrito
Crispy Bacon & Egg, Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
Egg Cheese Burrito
Cheddar Jack & Egg Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
Egg And Chorizo Burrito
Mexican Spiced Sausage & Egg, Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
Egg And Sausage Burrito
Breakfast Sausage & Egg, Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
Egg And Steak Burrito
Sirloin Steak & Egg Homefries w/ Bell Peppers & Cheddar Jack
Egg And Veggie Burrito
Zucchini, Squash, Corn & Egg, Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
New Jersey Burrito
Pork Roll, Egg w/ Poblano, Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack
Tofu Scramble Burrito
Marinated Tofu w/ Homefries w/ Bell peppers & Cheddar Jack

Breakfast Tacos
Veggie And Egg
Zucchini, Squash, Com, Pico & Egg
Steak And Egg
Sirloin Steak, Pico & Egg
Chorizo And Egg
Mexican Spiced Sausage, Pico & Egg
Egg And Cheese
Cheddar Jack, Pico & Egg
Sausage And Egg
Grilled sausage and Bell Peppers, Onions, Pico & Egg

Breakfast Cups
Horchata Oats $6.00
Chia Cups $6.00

Mexican Breakfast Specialties
Huevos Divorciados $8.50
Two Eggs Over easy each covered one red and one green sauce, served with corn chips and black beans
Huevos Rancheros
Fried Egg, Black Beans, Pico de Gallo, w/ Sliced Avocado & Queso Fresco on Tostada
Chilaquiles
Lightly fried homemade tortillas, covered with green or red sauce. Topped with crema, queso fresco, and slice onions. Add protein of choice.
Mexican Eggs Benedict $7.00
Guacamole, Chorizo, Poached Egg w/ Chipotle Hollandaise Sauce on Sopes Tortilla

Sweet Breakfast Classics
Butter Milk Pancakes $7.00

Beverages
Jarritos
Mexican Flavored Soda
Mexican Soda $3.50
Can Soda
Bottled Soda
Choice of Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Ginger Ale, Seltzer - 20oz Bottled Soda
Poland Spring Water $2.00
Mexican Hot Chocolate $5.00
RedBull $3.50

Extras
Guacamole
Mexican homemade guacamole, made with avocado, onions, cilantro, lime, and tomatoes
Cheese
Avocado Slices

Dessert
Churro
Order of four homemade churros, cover in cinnamon and sugar. Served with chocolate or caramel.
Tres Leches Cake $7.00
Tres leches cake topped with strawberries and blue berries.
Fruitella Taco $8.00
Sweet hardshell tortilla. Filled with Nutella, topped with strawberry, banana, blueberry and whipped cream. finished with chocolate drizzle.
S'Mores Taco $5.00
Churro dough tortilla taco filled with chocolate graham crackers, and toasted marshmallows with drizzle hot chocolate
Flan W/Strawberries $5.00
Homemade Spanish Custard, topped with homemade whipped cream and strawberries.
Bunuelos
Crispy thin Flower Shaped fried dough with sprinkled cinnamon and sugar. Served with choice of chocolate sauce or homemade caramel

Sides & Soups
Mexican Rice $4.00
Two rice styles. Tomato made the traditional way and Cilantro made with a mix of poblano peppers and cilantro.
Beans
Slow cooked beans, choice of black or pinto.
Combo Of Rice/Beans
Combo of rice and beans
Soup
Choose Soup style. Chicken soup, Beef consome, Taco Soup (mex Chilli) and pozole(pork). Add a tostada(fried flat tortilla with lime slaw, crema, queso cotija, and avocado)
Grilled Veggies
8oz of grilled veggies
Fried Calamari

Fries
Fries
Disco Birria
French fries, topped with bechamel cheese, birria, melted oaxaca cheese, cilantro and crema. Served with a side of beef consome.
Avocado Fries
Sliced avocado dipped in tempura batter with choice of 2 sauces.
Nacho Fries
Fries, topped with bechamel cheese, loaded with pico de gallo, queso fresco, crema, spicy pickled habanero and serrano.

Not Tacos
Burrito Bowl
Burrito Bowls are served with lettuce, rice, beans, pico de gallo, crema and cheddar cheese. Topped with crispy onions and tortilla chips add your choice of protein and sauces
Burrito
Burritos are served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour creamn and cheddar cheese, with protein of choice or no protein. Choose three sauces on the side
Quesadilla
Flour tortilla, with peppers, onions, plain or protein of choice. topped with crema, queso and pico de gallo.
El Quesadirria
Flour tortilla, with Birria meat, oaxaca cheese and onions. Topped with crema, queso fresco, cilantro and onions. Served with a side of consome.
Nachos
Corn tortilla chips, topped with homemade bechamel cheese, beans, pico de gallo, crema, queso fresco, radish and pickled habanero with serrano. Choice of protein.
APQ Salad
Romaine, Red Quinoa, avocado, portobello, pico de gallo, corn and black beans, tortilla strips, crispy onions, radish, and maple vinaigrette on the side.
Molotes Mexican Empanada
Deep fried corn empanadas, topped with crema, queso fresco, cilantro and radish. choose protein.

Out Of This World
Venus
Blue corn tortilla, fried calamari, cilantro lime slaw, black olives with Thai chili remoulade sauce
Saturn
Nopales, portobello and onions. Grilled watermelon and crispy onions on top.

Around The World
Cuba
Slow cooked Pork, topped with orange slaw, orange slices, crispy onions and chipotle mayo.
Italy
shrimp oreganata, pinto beans, sauteed zucchini, breaded shrimp, black olives, cotija cheese, and oreganata sauce
Japan
Shrimp tempura, with a bed of bamboo. topped with cellophane noodles, daikon and sesame seeds.

Local Tastes
Manhattan
Chopped cheese mix with poblano peppers topped with pico de gallo and pickles.
Philadelphia
Sirloin steak, mix with poblano peppers, portobello mushrooms and onions with oaxaca cheese.
Staten Island
Italian sausage with peppers and onions mix with Oaxaca cheese

Classic Mexican Tacos
Carne Asada
grilled guajillo vinegar sirloin steak topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime
Quesabirria
Slow cook Braised Beef with Oaxaca cheese, topped with cilantro, onions, and lime with beef consommé on the side.
Beef Birria Taco
Slow cooked braised beef topped with cilantro, onions and lime. Beef consommé on the side.
Lime Chicken Taco
Grilled lime chicken breast topped with Pico de gallo, radish and lime. pair it with your favorite sauce
Adobo Chicken Taco
Grilled adobo chicken thigh topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime.
Chicken Tinga
Shredded Chicken breast made with a tomato and chipotle sauce. Topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime.
Carnitas
Grilled slow cooked pulled pork topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime pair it with your choice of sauce.
Chorizo
Grilled Mexican spiced sausage topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime.
Al Pastor Taco
Achiote pineapple marinaded roast pork topped with pineapple, topped with cilantro, onions, radish and lime.
Crispy Fish
Crispy Mahi Mahi Fish, topped with lime citrus slaw, avocado, radish and lime.
Grilled Fish
Grilled Mahi Mahi fish, topped with pico de gallo, avocado, radish and lime.
Shrimp A La Mexicana
Grilled shrimp with sofrito, topped with queso fresco, radish and lime.
Nopales & Corn
Sauteed Nopales and corn, topped with queso fresco, cilantro, radish and lime.

UNCATEGORIZED
Hungry Alien $12.50
Egg And Sausage Burrito
Taco 2-Pack For Appetizers & Light Lunch $9.50
Taco Box By Planet Taco $13.50
Protein $0.00
Shrimp Oreganatta
Shrimp Tempura
Choriqueso Fundido
Salsa Ranchero $1.00
Plains $1.50
Samll 6 Oz
Veggies Large 10Oz

Planet Taco Details

Service options
Outdoor seating
No-contact delivery
Delivery
Takeout
Dine-in

Highlights
Fast service

Popular for
Lunch
Dinner
Solo dining

Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible parking lot

Offerings
Alcohol
Beer
Cocktails
Comfort food
Quick bite
Small plates

Dining options
Lunch
Dinner
Seating
Table service

Atmosphere
Casual
Trendy

Crowd
Locals

Planning
Accepts reservations

Payments
Credit cards
Debit cards
NFC mobile payments
Credit cards

Planet Taco Photos

Planet Taco Location

Planet Taco

New York New York County New York 9th Avenue

705 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

Planet Taco Reviews

An average rating of ★4.4 from 268 user reviews.

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I came on a Friday during lunchtime, looking for something quick. Planet Taco has a festive, yet dark environment. It has a few communal tables and a limited number of two tops. There were a ton of people in here for the lunch rush.Don't be intimidated by the huge menu! Pick a few tacos, and you get free sauces. Service at the counter was friendly and prompt.As for the tacos themselves, they were good and I'm sure they'll be someone's favorite (albeit not mine). I got chicken thigh, steak, and grilled fish with avocado, of which the steak was by far the best. The sauces were excellent. The shells themselves started falling apart, because the warmed corn tortilla couldn't stand up to the juice from the proteins.Three tacos, a drink, and tip came out to around $20.Overall, I think it was fine, 4 stars accounting for the price. All very solid and good, and their birria is supposed to be very delicious. I prefer corn tortillas with a little more structural integrity! Worth patronizing and good for a lunch spot.
July 26 · solosian
Ate here June 25Food itself is very delicious and reasonably priced. I got three different tacos: Birria Beef, Al Pastor, and Cuba. Each were very flavourfulThere is plenty of seating and the atmosphere is very chillSome things to note: This is an "order from the register and seat yourself" place. Service is very lax. If you order a drink you have to grab it from the fridges in the back after you pay. I recommend checking their online menu to see what type of drinks they have prior to orderingWill definitely eat here again
July 05 · Rose Van Tine
I had a shrimp taco and a birria taco. Both were tasty & prices were very reasonable. Customer Service from the girl at the cash register was lacking! She approached the register on the phone and barely greeted me as I attempted to order. Never assume that someone at your restaurant is a regular. This was my first time there, and the energy and attitude from the cashier was not welcoming at all. She said she was charging my Friend the price for a plastic bottle, and that she should go back to the refrigerator and grab the bottle. There was a glass bottle and a can available. There was no plastic bottle. When my friend brought up the glass bottle, she was told that it would cost more. That would not have been an issue at all, it’s just that there was no plastic bottle of the beverage that she selected. There was only a can, and I assume that the can would have been cheaper. Again, the cashier seemed like she had an attitude, and eventually tried to make it better by just going ahead and giving my friend the bottled beverage. There were lots of guys in there hanging out drinking beer bothering us as we trying to enjoy our tacos. There were three of us- We ordered 6 tacos, 2 each- they brought out all 6 on 2 trays. This made it difficult to eat without making a mess. We had to request a third tray . Again the tacos were pretty good (aside from the crispy fish one-my friend said it was a little dry) , but the service was pretty trash. I’d rather go somewhere with consistent, friendly service.
May 29 · Tiffany
With so many options in the neighborhood, you have to stand out and nothing stood out unfortunately. The tacos were OK, just OK. They do have really good drink specials, which is a plus.
September 15 · David Ryan
Delicious tacos from a Mexican taqueria with an alien / outer space theme. While the tacos were great, the chips were only ok, and the guacamole tasted more like lime than avocado.
June 29 · Matt B