We study local regularity properties of local minimizer of scalar integral functionals with controlled
(
p
,
q
)
(p,q)
-growth in the two-dimensional plane. We establish Lipschitz continuity for local minimizer under the condition
1
>
p
≤
q
>
∞
1>p\leq q>\infty
with
q
>
3
p
q>3p
which improve upon the classical results valid in the regime
q
>
2
p
q>2p
. Along the way, we establish an
L
∞
L^\infty
-
L
2
L^2
-estimate for solutions of linear uniformly elliptic equations in the plane which is optimal with respect to the ellipticity contrast of the coefficients.