La Costa Restaurant

Have dined here since they opened several years ago. Always pleasant experience. Food is good and servixe is excellent. Very reasonable prices and great house margaritas.

If I could give 10 stars, I would. I eat here atleast once a week and it’s always consistent. Great, friendly staff, great food, and always clean. So lucky to have this close to my house!

Very nice and especially sweet staff. I can’t speak to the other locations but this one is awesome.

Tasty and authentic. Service was slow despite not being very busy. But the food was hot and good quality. Portions were huge. The Mexican pizza is listed as an appetizer but try it as an entrée. It’s delicious!

One of my favorites. Always dine here at least once when I’m in town. Friendly service, great shrimp dishes.

Every time we go it’s always terrific… fast seating… generous portions and the food excellent… they go out of their way dealing with my onion allergy… and nothing is ever amiss!!!
Great sangrias… great prices… wonderful staff!!!

Yea moved right up the street and had a craving, went back 2 days in a row
Sangria, Corona and the Margaritas keep me very happy on a budget

This might be the worst food I have ever eaten. On the recommendation of some friends we decided to check it out. I should have know from the smell of the fajitas this place was terrible. Smelled like dirty food on fire. We shared the fish tacos, one of my favorite dishes. No cheese, no love. Bland. We also had the enchiladas which were also no good. It was filled with dark green frozen spinach that reminded me of 1982. Blech. We also had both refried and black beans. Obviously straight out of a can. No seasoning. I understand that this is generic Americanized Mexican but this place has no love, no soul. And no, you are not my amigo.

I love this place. The best Mexican food in town. The Sangria is to die for. Homemade Chips & salsa wonderful. The combination plates fresh, tasty & delicious. The staff is friendly and it doesn’t take long to get your food. There are 3 locations but I like this one the best.

Finally! We found really, really, really GOOD Mexican food in Wilmington! And the margaritas?!? Forgetaboutit!

I Love this place the staff is super friendly and their service is usually fast. The food is not totally authentic but a lot better than other Mexican restaurants in Wilmington. My Favs: Carne Asada and Enchiladas Suizas.

My sister and I have been jonesing for some mexican since moving to nc, and on a whim we went there. I’m not going to bore you with details like I tend to do in these reviews. I’m just going to say go there if you want great authentic mexican food, and great service. I’ll be back for sure.

I feel compelled to write a review of La Costa (Porters Neck) because the other reviewers are completely missing the mark with this hidden gem. I always start with a full carafe of Sangria — perfect blend of rose, citrus and brandy each time. I’ve never been disappointed with: Carnitas, Pollo Vera Cruz (chicken with zucchini in cilantro cream sauce), chipotle chicken or shrimp and the best mole in Wilmington! The only dish that left me unsatisfied was the Menudo although the stew was delicious the tripe was really thin and not nearly enough. It may just be me but I like nice big chunky pieces of tripe in my stew. I’ve been a regular there for 5 yrs. so I may be biased since I’ve come to know the wait staff well but they’re service is always excellent.

Our waiter was terribly negligent when it came to the safety of our 2 year old daughter. If the food hadn’t been fairly good and cheap, they’d be getting a 1 star. I really want to stress that we’re not uptight parents. And I know things happen and if you’re not used to kids, sometimes you just don’t think. But that said, I feel our waiter was just exceptionally dense.
First questionable decision, he placed an incredibly hot plate in front of my two year old. Yes, it was her plate of food, but if he needed a pot holder to carry it, does placing it where a toddler that could grab it or brush up against it seem like a reasonable thing to do? I quickly grabbed it away from her and in the process burned my fingers. Not just «Ouch that is hot!» — my hand has a blister two days later.
Second questionable decision, because my daughters food was moved closer to me, he placed my SIZZLING fajitas in a smoking cast iron skillet in front of her, rather than let us situate our plates. What the heck is that?! At least the skillet had potholder on the handle. I was honestly shocked.
Third, he passed her old tiny, wrapped piece of candy — like hardtack but very chewy. I don’t know what the name of it is, but I typically see them given away at Italian places. Of course I had to take that off of her, as it would have been way too difficult for her to actually try to eat. Obviously, this caused her to scream and be upset. This was midway though our meal. Needless to say, we got up and left so those our us weren’t completely miserable listening to her disappointed cry.
The food you ask, this is Unilocal after all. It was fine. Nothing was terrible, nothing was amazing. 4 of us at for 45 dollars — so it was pretty inexpensive. Food came out fast.
*****Another user was kind enough to message me and tell me to keep my «brat» at home. I really appreciate that, Tom J. I hope it made you feel like a man.

Less expensive than K38 and better portions. Never been disappointed by the fajitas or the tacos. The Chipotle beef is really good too.