We stopped in here for grand opening at lunch today and to no surprise there were already quite a few people there. We got there right about 11 and there were 83 people in front of us. We know this because they handed out tags for the first 100 people visiting that give them free soft drinks for a year. Fun. It took about an hour to get through the line. Again no surprise since they were handing our prizes and other incentives to get lots of people showing up for grand opening. If you have never been to Costa Vida, it's a similar format to chipotle or any of those other chains except they actually have options. You basically pick your format tacos, nachos, enchiladas, bowl, salad, burrito, etc. Then you combine that with the protein you want including grilled chicken, sweet pork, steak, raspberry chicken, and shrimp. They're reality excited about their shrimp, but I don't eat shrimp in Mansfield. I went with the salad. While the salad was good, if you are trying to avoid excess calories, sugar, and carbs, you need to be careful. I had a chat with a manager and asked him what had sugar in it: the sweet pork, and raspberry chicken absolutely do. I think the green sauce has sugar in it as well. Now with the salad, if you get it as it comes, I can almost assure you it will have more carbs, fat, etc than the burrito would. That's because it comes served upon a burrito sized tortilla. Then they add beans and rice to it. I'm not sure why would want that on a salad to begin with. Then after you get everything on it, they serve it with fried tortilla strips. I passed on the beans and rice and I recommend skipping the tortilla as well. I didn't even try it as it seemed to be a bit hard. That could just be a first day issue. As far as the protein goes, I got the steak and I thought the flavor was good. They gave me a fair amount of it as well. Not sure if that's a normal, or I just didn't get a manager serving it up. The ranch is pretty tasty. I did hear it has MSG in it so be aware of that if you have issues with that. Everything else they do is pretty fresh. In general, I would say their portion sizes are quite large. Many of the entrees have an option of a "small" option. I would definitely do that for the bowl and salad if not some of the other entrees. The default size is way too large. However, if you are looking for an enchilada or taco, you probably want the regular size since they only come with one on the small size. They have some beer options and possibly wine. Apparently they have frozen margaritas but I doubt they are true margaritas with tequila. I'll need to verify that. Be sure and download the app so that you can collect rewards and get discounts on future purchases. I'd definitely go back as there are some options but just be careful if you are looking for healthy options. They have daily specials that come with a drink at $7.99 so that's not a bad deal. read more