Costa Messa South - McAllen

Great set up... bar seems like it might be fun at nights for some drinks... food was so so... I use to go to the old one on 12 street in mcallen and the food was super good... obviously they don't have the same cooks in this location...

The server was great. She was helpful and very attentive and the food was good.

Our food was great and came out fast after we had waited for 15 mins for our waiter to first ask what we wanted to drink. I appreciated his female coworker get his attention and also asked if we needed anything too. Her and the food saved this review from being lower rated.

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.

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.