The Playa Cafe
Finding it
The Playa Cafe is in Departures - Near Gate 221 in Terminal B - West Gates at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
Terminal B - West Gates has 6 places to eat and 11 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 5am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Tucked near Gate 221 in Terminal B's West Gates, this is the only Playa Café at LAX. It sits among a string of full-service names in that concourse, Burger King, Chicken Guy and Navarre, as one of the smaller counter options rather than a sit-down spot. Open from 5am to 11pm, it covers the West Gates' first morning departures and the tail of the evening bank without a walk back toward the Great Hall for coffee. It's the only version of the café anywhere at LAX, so there's nothing to compare its menu against.
Other options in Terminal B - West Gates
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.