zax-pints-and-plates Menu and Prices

146 menu items · 19 categoriesUpdated July 1, 2026

Zax Pints & Plates is a small restaurant frequented by the neighborhood, which specializes in beer and accompaniment to wine dishes. The menu is more American pub style, with hamburgers, chicken wings, fish and chips. It's suitable for hanging out with friends for a drink after work, or having a snack on weekends when you're too lazy to cook. The atmosphere is quite casual, not messing with the fancy things.

Starters

  • Steamed Mussels

    $8.00

    cooked in wine, garlic, parsley, butter, shallots and tomatoes or with a saffron-infused curry sauce

  • Grilled Shrimp

    $9.00

    served with cilantro-lime cocktail sauce

  • Crab Cakes

    $10.00

    jumbo lump crab with spicy remoulade sauce

  • Grilled Polenta

    $6.00

    with melted bleu cheese and marinara

  • Calamari

    $9.00

    lightly breaded in semolina and served with marinara sauce

  • Olive & Cheese Platter

    $9.00

    fresh baked ciabatta bread with selection of cheeses and olives served on a wooden platter

  • Bruschetta

    $6.00

    3 white bean and prosciutto 3 roma tomatoes, basil and mozzarella

Salads

  • Salad Nicoise

    $9.50

    albacore tuna, potato, green beans, hard boiled egg, roma tomatoes and nicoise olives over mixed salad greens with our house vinaigrette

Quesadillas

  • Grilled Chicken with Green Chiles, Cheddar and Jack Cheese

    $8.00
  • Spinach, Portabello Mushrooms, Cheddar and Jack Cheese

    $8.00
  • Pulled Pork, Cheddar and Jack Cheese

    $8.00
  • Shrimp, Roasted Corn, Cheddar and Jack Cheese

    $9.00

Pizza $9

  • Caramelized Onion, Kalamata Olives and Goat Cheese

    $0.00
  • Shrimp, Pesto, Fontina and Tomato

    $0.00
  • Spinach, Artichoke and Goat Cheese

    $0.00
  • Margherita Pizza

    $0.00
  • Build Your Own Specialty Pizza

    $0.00

    pick 3 toppings

Toppings

  • Pepperoni

    $0.00
  • Grilled Chicken

    $0.00
  • Fontina Cheese

    $0.00
  • Basil

    $0.00
  • Onions

    $0.00
  • Canadian Bacon

    $0.00
  • Tomato

    $0.00
  • Black Olives

    $0.00
  • Green Olives

    $0.00
  • Jalapeños

    $0.00
  • Caramelized Onions

    $0.00

Omelettes $8

  • Spinach and Choice of Cheese

    $0.00
  • Ham and Swiss

    $0.00
  • Green Chile and Jack Cheese

    $0.00
  • Bacon

    $0.00
  • Fontina

    $0.00
  • Swiss

    $0.00
  • Jack

    $0.00
  • Goat Cheese

    $0.00
  • Mozzarella

    $0.00
  • Green Chiles

    $0.00
  • Mushrooms

    $0.00
  • Roasted Red Peppers

    $0.00
  • Italian Sausage

    $0.00
  • Spinach

    $0.00
  • Artichoke Hearts

    $0.00
  • Build Your Own Three Egg Omelette

    $1.25

    additional items

Burgers

  • The Classic

    $8.00

    served with mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles

  • The South Texas Burger

    $8.50

    served with avocado, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and mustard

Sandwiches

  • BLT

    $6.50

    thick sliced pepper bacon, avocado, tomato and mayonnaise on white or wheat bread

  • Green Ch Ile Chicken

    $8.50

    marinated chicken breast with green chiles, jack cheese, and chipotle mayonnaise on ciabatta bread

  • Zax Panini

    $9.00

    vegetarian panini portabella mushrooms, caramelized onions, goat cheese, roasted tomatoes and black olives with pesto mayonnaise on foccacia bread

  • Ham and Swiss with Tomato

    $7.50

    grilled and served with dijon mustard on white or wheat bread

  • B L T

    $7.00

    thick sliced pepper bacon, avocado, tomato and mayonnaise on white or wheat bread

  • Club Sandwich

    $8.50

    triple decker sandwich with ham, turkey, bacon, swiss cheese, avocado, and mayonnaise on white or wheat bread

  • Green Chile Chicken

    $8.50

    marinated chicken breast with green chiles, jack cheese, and chipotle mayonnaise on ciabatta bread

  • Cuban Sandwich

    $8.50

    grilled ham and pulled pork with jack cheese on toasted ciabatta bread with mustard and pickles

  • Hamburger and Frites

    $1.25

    add bacon, mushrooms, avocado

  • Blues Burger

    $9.00

    crushed black pepper, bleu cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mustard, garnished with crispy fried onion rings

  • Veggie Burger

    $7.50

    your choice: garden burger served with mayonnaise or mustard and your choice of cheese, or black bean burger with pico de gallo, jack cheese and chipotle mayonnaise

Sides

  • Salad

    $2.50
  • Onion Rings

    $3.50
  • Vegetable of The Day

    $3.50
  • 1 Egg

    $2.00
  • Frites

    $3.50
  • Ham

    $2.50
  • Sausage

    $2.50
  • Cheese Grits

    $2.50
  • English Muffin

    $2.00
  • Fresh Fruit Salad

    $5.00
  • Peppered Bacon

    $2.50
  • Toast - White or Wheat

    $1.50
  • Country-Style Potatoes

    $3.00

Beverages

  • Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sierra Mist and Pink Lemonade

    $1.50
  • Tea, Iced or Hot

    $1.50
  • Hibiscus Mint Iced Tea

    $1.50
  • Coffee, Decaf

    $1.50
  • Sparkling Mineral Water

    $2.50
  • Red Bull

    $3.25

Entrees

  • Sesame Crusted Tuna

    $18.00

    served with a sweet ginger soy sauce, wasabi mashed potatoes and vegetable of the day

  • Grilled Salmon

    $15.00

    served with whole grain mustard sauce, saffron rice and vegetable of the day

  • Mediterranean Tilapia

    $16.00

    pan sauteed and finished with lemon butter caper sauce served with linguine and vegetable of the day

  • Chicken Saltimbocca

    $15.00

    sauteed chicken breast topped with prosciutto and swiss cheese, marsala mushroom sauce, served with linguine and vegetable of the day

  • Roasted Half Chicken

    $15.00

    fresh chicken marinated in herbs and olive oil served with creamy polenta and sauteed spinach

  • French Cut Pork Ch Op

    $16.00

    10 oz. thick rib chop served with mustard demi-glace, mashed potatoes and vegetable of the day

  • Grilled Pork Tenderloin

    $17.00

    pork tenderloin medallions topped with a spicy thai peanut sauce, served with rum mashed sweet potatoes and vegetable of the day

  • Grilled Flat Iron Steak

    $19.00

    classic steak and frites grilled to order and served with vegetable of the day

  • Beef Tenderloin Skewers

    $21.00

    2 beef skewers served with a green peppercorn demi-glace, bacon-poblano cheddar potato cake and asparagus

  • Seared Sea Scallops

    $20.00

    large scallops pan seared served with a roasted red bell pepper sauce, goat cheese pistaschio polenta, and green beans

Pasta

  • Italian Sausage & Peppers

    $13.00

    served over linguine with sauteed red and green bell peppers

Soup & Salads

  • Soup of The Day

    $5.00
  • Tortilla Soup

    $5.00

    hearty mexican style chicken soup with vegetables

  • Zax House Salad

    $6.50

    mixed salad greens with bleu cheese, pears and candied pecans tossed with our house vinaigrette

  • Jerk Salmon Caesar Salad

    $10.00

    seared fresh salmon rubbed with spicy jamaican seasoning served over romaine lettuce tossed with caesar dressing

  • Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

    $8.00

    grilled chicken breast over romaine lettuce tossed with caesar dressing

  • Salad Niçoise

    $9.50

    albacore tuna, potato, green beans, hard boiled egg, roma tomatoes and niçoise olives over mixed salad greens with our house vinaigrette

  • Shrimp Remoulade

    $10.00

    chilled shrimp tossed with remoulade on mixed salad greens garnished with avocado and tomato

  • Barton Springs Salad

    $9.00

    grilled chicken, roma tomatoes, artichoke hearts, sunflower seeds and bleu cheese over mixed greens with raspberry vinaigrette

  • Steak Salad

    $12.00

    6 oz. flat iron served over mixed greens with roma tomatoes, bleu cheese and fried onion rings with balsamic vinaigrette

  • Crab Louie

    $12.50

    lump crab meat over mixed greens with spicy louie dressing. garnished with tomato and hard boiled eggs

  • Soup & Salad

    $9.00

    zax house salad with your choice of soup

Brunch

  • Eggs

    $9.50

    with peppered bacon, sausage, or ham

  • Build Your Own Omelettes

    $8.50

    sausage, ham, cheddar cheese, jack cheese, mozzarella cheese, goat cheese, roasted red peppers, green peppers, red peppers, mushrooms, spinach, tomato, black olives, jalapeños, green chiles, potatoe

  • Eggs Benedict

    $10.00

    poached eggs and canadian bacon over an english muffin topped with hollandaise sauce

  • Eggs Florentine

    $10.00

    poached eggs over fresh baby spinach topped with hollandaise sauce

  • Zax Eggs

    $12.00

    2 poached eggs on crab cakes with hollandaise sauce

  • Huevos Rancheros

    $8.00

    corn tortilla with 2 eggs any style with ranchero sauce and cheese served with country style potatoes

  • Migas

    $8.00

    eggs scrambled with tortilla chips, onion, tomato, jalapeños and cheese served with country-style potatoes and flour tortillas

  • French Toast

    $10.50

    with seasonal berries

  • Banana Bread French Toast

    $10.50

    banana bread made in-house, sliced thick. served with brown sugar whipped cream topping, butter and maple syrup and a side of fruit salad

  • Breakfast Quesadillas

    $8.00

    scrambled eggs, cheddar/jack cheese mix, and green chiles in a large flour tortilla served with pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole

Pasta $12

  • Lasagna

    $0.00

    wide noodles layered with marinara meat sauce, spinach and cheese served with mixed green or caesar salad

  • Manicotti

    $0.00

    pasta shell stuffed with 3 italian cheeses topped with marinara, served with mixed greens or caesar salad

Draft Beer

  • Guinness Stout, Ireland

    $15.00
  • Harp Lager, Ireland

    $15.00
  • Paulaner Hefeweizen, Germany

    $15.00
  • Live Oak Liberation Ipa, Austin, Tx

    $14.00
  • Live Oak Pilz, Austin, Tx

    $14.00
  • Shiner Bock, Shiner, Tx

    $14.00
  • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Chico, Ca

    $14.00
  • St. Arnold Amber, Houston, Tx

    $14.00
  • Real Ale Fireman's #4, Blanco, Tx

    $14.00
  • New Belgium Fat Tire, Ft. Collins, Co

    $14.00
  • New Belgium Mothership Whit, Ft. Collins, Co

    $14.00
  • Dos Equis Special Lager, Mexico

    $14.00
  • Independence Bootlegger Brown, Austin, Tx

    $14.00
  • Lagunitas Ipa, Petaluma, Ca

    $14.00
  • Left Hand Brewing Porter, Longmont, Co

    $14.00
  • Bud Light, U.s.a.

    $12.00
  • Chimay Triple (White Label), Belgium

    $6.00

    ask your server about our seasonal and rotating taps

Bottles

  • Schneiderweisse Hefeweizen, Germany

    $6.00
  • Anchor Porter, San Francisco, Ca

    $3.50
  • Anchor Steam, San Francisco, Ca

    $3.50
  • Scrimshaw Pilsner, Ft. Bragg, Ca

    $3.50
  • Clausthaler, Germany (Non-Alcoholic)

    $3.50
  • Corona, Mexico

    $3.50
  • Woodchuck Cider, Vermont

    $3.50
  • Amstel Light, Holland

    $3.50
  • Heineken, Holland

    $3.50
  • Coors Light, Golden, Co

    $3.50
  • Miller Lite, U.s.a.

    $3.00
  • Budweiser, U.s.a.

    $3.00
  • Lone Star, Fort Worth, Tx

    $3.00

Special Belgian Bottles

  • Scaldis, Hainaut, Wallonia

    $6.50
  • Tripel Karmeliet, Buggenhout, Flanders

    $6.50
  • Duvel, Breendonk, Flanders

    $5.00

Desserts $6

  • Chocolate Torte

    $0.00
  • Ginger Crème Brulée

    $0.00
  • Cheesecake

    $0.00

    Flavors Change Daily

Prices may vary by location. Confirm with the restaurant before ordering.