Costa Messa Restaurant South

So I’ve been here a couple of times, we had my nieces graduation party here and met up with my brother and my sister in law for happy hour and both times have been great. They had a simple menu for the graduation party and happy hour appetizers for 1/2 price which I thought was awesome, no complaints here. 👍🏽

Decent spot with good service. I was impressed to see them juice the limes for their house made margarita mix. My first couple margaritas were good but then I noticed they completely stopped putting triple sec in them making them taste watered down and too citrusy. Flautas were average, tacos were good and I wouldn’t get their queso dip again. Solid HH.

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.

Great service, friendly staff, and good food. The parrillada if great and features chicken, fajitas, ribs, mollejas (nice and crispy), sausage an a bed of grilled onion, tomatoes and peppers. Served with rice, beans, pity, guacamole and tortillas. This is a family favorite. Menu says for two, but easily feeds four. Menu full of other great dishes. A must try!❤️.

Food was delicious! The booths however need some updating, the cushions are flat and do not hold well.