Costa Messa South - McAllen

Excellent service, friendly staff, and delicious food. The parrillada is fantastic and includes shrimp, fajitas, ribs, and crispy sweetbreads, all beautifully seasoned. It comes with grilled vegetables, tomatoes, and bell peppers, along with sides of beans, guacamole, and tortillas. It's perfect for families! The menu says it's for two, but it definitely feeds four comfortably. There are plenty of other amazing dishes on the menu as well. This place is a must-try!

The bark fajita here is sooo good! it was very soft and juicy. not dry or chewing. the portions are quite large. I ordered a 3 taco plate and was full with only 2 tacos. the tortillas are handmade.

The atmosphere was pleasant and warm. My wife's favorite was the garlic dip salsa, which was delicious. It reminded us of good Tex-Mex cuisine. We also ordered the Botana Plate, which included chicken and beef.

The food was delicious! However, the booths could use some updating; the cushions are worn and don't provide much support.

My friend and I went to Costa Mesa Restaurant located on the expressway west of Ware Rd. The place has a nice atmosphere which I immediately noticed walking in. I also noticed the nice bar area to the left of the main entrance. We were seated at a booth in the main dining room. Our super friendly server took our usual iced tea order as we scanned the menu. I ended up choosing the chicken fajitas and my friend ordered the caldo de marisco seafood soup). A selection of salsas was given to us, those were a nice tasty starter. Our meals arrived promptly, I was hoping for a bit more of a sizzle coming from the hot skillet. The meals came with tortillas for both of us, they were fresh and just made. The fajitas come with a side plate of rice, beans, guacamole, and lettuce, all the components for some fun taco building. The chicken itself lacked flavor, the peppers and onions gave it flavor but the chicken itself really needed seasoning, however, it was a good sized portion. My friend's soup was loaded with nice sized pieces of fish and shrimp in a tomato based broth, this too had rice on the side. He really enjoyed it, his only complaint was he wished he would have ordered a bigger bowl. We had tres leches cheesecake for dessert, it was more like regular cake with cheesecake. If you are going to use tres leches in the description, the cake part needs to be super moist. Most tres leches cake you can see the moistness coming out of the cake. This didn't have that effect, not even close. Overall it was a very good experience and I do plan on going back.