Frontera Cocina now spans $6 chips, $29 tacos and a $62 ribeye
Frontera Cocina has refreshed its menu at Disney Springs. Before you book, decide whether you want a couple of taco plates or a longer meal with something for the table. Ordering starters by reflex can push the food bill up quickly.
Our current Frontera Cocina menu data shows taco plates from $24 to $32. Most of the larger entrées sit between $28 and $43, while the 16-ounce carne asada ribeye costs $62. At the other end, chips and salsa are $6. All prices below are in US dollars and exclude tax and tip.
Frontera Cocina is in Town Center at Disney Springs
Frontera Cocina is a full table-service restaurant from chef Rick Bayless, not a quick taco counter. You will find it in the Town Center area of Disney Springs. Inside, the airy contemporary dining room has an open kitchen, a large ceiling chandelier and a wall stacked with tequila bottles. A covered patio faces the bustle of Disney Springs.
The atmosphere is lively rather than intimate. Weekend brunch adds live mariachi music from 11am to 3pm on Saturday and Sunday. Reservations are strongly recommended, so this works better as a planned meal than an improvised snack while walking around Disney Springs.
Current Frontera Cocina prices at a glance
| Menu section | Current price | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Starters | $6 to $28 | Chips and salsa, queso fundido, ceviche and chorizo tlayuda |
| Taco plates | $24 to $32 | Crispy cauliflower, carnitas, shrimp and carne asada |
| Larger entrées | $28 to $62 | Enchiladas, chicken, snapper, short rib and ribeye |
| Children’s meals | $9.50 to $12.50 | Quesadillas, tacos and shredded chicken |
Choose one starter for the table
The starter list begins with $6 chips and salsa. Queso fundido, chipotle chicken flautas and chips with toasted pumpkin seed hummus are $16 each. The Half & Half, which combines guacamole verde with the pumpkin seed dip, is $17. Ceviche is $21.
The $28 chorizo tlayuda is the serious sharing option. A traditional Oaxacan tlayuda starts with an oversized corn tortilla toasted on a comal. Common toppings include beans, asiento, which is pork fat, and quesillo, the stringy cheese also known as Oaxaca cheese. It may be served open or folded.
Frontera keeps the oversized toasted corn base, but its version is a richer restaurant interpretation. The 14-inch base comes with chorizo, bacon, mushrooms, roasted poblanos, Chihuahua and Cotija cheeses, crema and salsa verde. Count it as part of the meal, not something to order while everybody studies the mains. For two adults, we would choose the Half & Half if tacos are coming next. A table of four can make better use of the tlayuda.
Taco plates cost $24 to $32
Crispy cauliflower is the least expensive taco plate at $24. Grilled chicken al pastor costs $28. Carnitas, shrimp dorados and three-chile agave glazed pork belly are $29, while carne asada tacos are $32.
Dorados means browned or crisp. Frontera’s shrimp dorados are three fried tacos filled with shrimp and Chihuahua cheese, then topped with salsa diabla, crema and slaw. Al pastor traditionally uses chile-seasoned pork cooked on a vertical spit, often with pineapple. Frontera uses grilled chicken thighs instead, with achiote and pineapple-serrano salsa carrying the connection to that style.
This is the part of the refreshed menu we would use for an ordinary lunch or dinner. Two different taco plates give a couple more variety than two larger entrées, and the prices are close enough to choose the filling you want. If several people want to share, order in stages. Start with one dip or the tlayuda, then add taco plates once you know how hungry the table still is. Frontera Cocina is not the place to collect three dips before anyone has chosen dinner.
Larger entrées run from $28 to $62
Creamy chicken enchiladas suiza cost $28, and cochinita pibil enchiladas are $29. Cochinita pibil is a Yucatán pork dish traditionally marinated with achiote and sour orange, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked slowly. Frontera uses slow-roasted achiote-marinated pork inside enchiladas, with black beans, tomato and habanero sauce, cheese and pickled red onions.
Beef barbacoa quesadillas are $29. The spicy mango-habanero half chicken is $36. Camarones al coco, which means coconut shrimp, cost $38 here and arrive as grilled Florida pink shrimp in a creamy coconut sauce with yuca. Grilled red snapper is $39 and the ancho barbecue beef short rib is $43.
The $62 carne asada is the outlier. It is a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye with black beans, plantains, tomatillo salsa and tortillas. Adding mojo garlic grilled shrimp costs another $14. Pick it because you want the steak, not because the rest of the table has drifted towards tacos and you feel obliged to make dinner grander.
There is a cheaper route outside those featured entrées. The Cocina salad is $16 and the guacamole Cobb is $18. Adding chicken costs $10, shrimp $14 or carne asada $17. A Cocina salad with chicken therefore comes to $26 before tax and tip.
Weekend brunch dishes cost $17 to $19
Saturday and Sunday reservations between 11am and 3pm add a short brunch menu. Huevos a la Mexicana cost $17. Chilaquiles and huevos rancheros are $18, while huevos Motuleños are $19.
Chilaquiles are a Mexican breakfast built around tortilla pieces and salsa. Frontera serves theirs with a choice of red or green salsa, poblano peppers, black beans, cheese, crema and a fried egg. Huevos Motuleños are a Yucatán dish. Here, two fried eggs sit on a crisp tostada with black beans, tomatoes, ham, peas, plantain and cheese.
These are useful prices if your group wants a sit-down brunch without moving into the $28-and-up dinner plates. The standard starters and larger dishes remain on the menu during the brunch window, so agree on breakfast or tacos before ordering. If the table orders from both sides of the menu, the bill will rise quickly.
Children’s meals cost $9.50 to $12.50
Children’s quesadillas are $9.50. Kids’ tacos and shredded chicken are $12.50 each. Those prices make a family estimate straightforward: two $29 adult taco plates, one children’s quesadilla and one children’s taco meal come to $80 before drinks, tax and tip.
Add the $17 Half & Half and the food total becomes $97. For a family of four, that shared starter is a choice rather than an automatic extra.
Happy hour drinks start at $7
Frontera Cocina lists happy hour from 3pm to 6pm, Monday to Thursday. Draft beer and featured agave spirits cost $7, classic margaritas and selected wines by the glass cost $10, and speciality margaritas cost $12.
If you are already planning a Disney Springs afternoon, a reservation inside that window gives you the clearest drinks budget. Two classic margaritas add $20 to the table, so you can price the drinks before you arrive.
Lunch and dinner use one table-service credit
Our menu data lists Frontera Cocina lunch and dinner at one table-service credit for eligible Disney Dining Plan guests. Cash value varies sharply here because one diner may choose a $24 taco plate while another chooses the $62 ribeye.
Run the meal you expect to order through our Disney Dining Plan calculator, then confirm which dishes and drinks are included for your visit. Do not judge the credit against the highest menu price if nobody in your party wants that dish.
Our two-person order comes to $74 before drinks
For two adults, we would order the $17 Half & Half, the $28 grilled chicken al pastor tacos and the $29 carnitas. The food total is $74 before tax and tip. During happy hour, two classic margaritas take that to $94 before tax and tip.
If both diners want larger plates, skip the shared starter first. The $28 chicken enchiladas and $39 snapper total $67. Adding the tlayuda would lift the food bill to $95 and leave a great deal more on the table.
Frontera Cocina takes reservations and is a table-service restaurant. Book it when you want a proper lunch, brunch or dinner at Disney Springs. For the clearest value, choose one item for the table, keep the taco plates in play and decide on the $62 steak before you sit down.
