With locations dotting the California coastline, Urban Plates is a made-from-scratch eatery with a focus on healthy dishes and great ingredients.
Saad Nadhir and John Zagara opened the first location…
Grass Fed Lamb Osso Bucco was tender and moist. HUGE portion as well. Four Up is always solid when I want a bit of everything. The mushroom stuffing, made with cornbread, was great! Packaged very well and piping hot, even on a busy NYE night where the driver made a couple stops before us.
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Marlo L
Local Expert • 172 contributions
Loved
• 8/13/24
• DoorDash order
Never ordered the Grilled BBQ Pork Ribs before and WOW, was he impressed! He's very snooty about his ribs and usually they are dry and covered with horrible sauce... not from Urban Plates! Massive slab of ribs, tender, and topped with tangy/savory BBQ sauce. They were literally falling off the bone! The Four Up was solid, as always. As a vegetarian living with a carnivore, we appreciate the variety of homecooked deliciousness that U.P. offers. The mashed potatoes remind me of my late grandmother, who grew up on a farm and made everything with love...and lots of butter. I also very much enjoy the beets, they aren't hard or overly seasoned. The mushrooms are fresh, not squishy, and seasoned perfectly. The mac and cheese is divine. Just amazing food, as always. We got lemonades as well, and they came packaged nicely, with no spills. A++!
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Jill R
1 contributions
Loved
• 11/28/25
• DoorDash order
Ordered 3 Thanksgiving dinners and it was fantastic! The turkey was moist and all of the sides (stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberry relish, broccoli) were delicious. The portions were huge and left us with enough for leftovers tomorrow. I would definitely order again next year.
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Jeannie J
Emerging Expert • 38 contributions
Liked
• 7/3/25
• DoorDash order
I was surprised how much I liked the Seabass. It was moist and had really good flavor and the hollandaise sauce was delicious. My husband got the Parmesan shrimp, which was so small. It was about the size of his thumbnail. These were the type of shrimp you would need several skewers for a proper protein amount for a man's entre, so we don't recommend that unless it's a child eating.
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Adam T
Local Expert • 67 contributions
Didn't like
• 8/15/24
• DoorDash order
Terrible Bowl - Chicken Tortilla Soup. No vegetables. It was blood red and thick with chicken that had fat or skin attached. No avocado or any garnish. There were literally 4 tortilla strips provided on the side. 4. Seriously. The bread was good though, but not sure who serves tortilla soup with bread instead of chips.
