Costa Delray Beach Contemporary American, Coastal Steak and Seafood — Restaurant in Delray Beach

Arguably the worst dining experience I’ve had at a relatively expensive restaurant, other than our servers who tried their best. Simply put they overcooked our friends Salmon and then served them cold flatbread and cold salmon. Our friends sent their food back after tasting it, and then the kitchen reheated the same food and tried to serve it again, which is possibly a violation of code, but certainly effortless and lame. Furthermore, they took the flat bread and stacked them on top of each other, as opposed to the original presentation, which gave us the vibe they were mad at us! Then they told us they’d remove those dishes from the menu as if they were doing us a favor. After we asked for the check our server offered us free wine, which we didn’t want since our friends wanted to leave, as opposed to comping previous drinks.

The shared plates were pretty good but this is a restaurant you goto if you can’t go anywhere else. So disappointed and Insulted.

Edit: to Owner's Reply

Your response is exactly the reply of an owner who will go out of business, as we're still waiting for you to come over to the table.

I didn't touch their food, nor did I eat it. But they both said "we've never returned food in our lives..." until your restaurant. "Half eaten?" THEY TOOK ONE BITE! You're a joke. Realize, once we sent the food back we didn't even want the free wine offered! We just wanted to leave.

Your servers were late all night. There were open tables outside. It was not packed. The servers kept complaining they were short-staffed. My lamb chops were like the kind you get at a wedding cocktail hour. We knew more about the wines than your staff.

As for multi-bookings, we had cancelled flights, etc. But don't worry, we won't be booking again, you clown. No one should for...

I’ve lived in Delray Beach for 6 years now and Costa is my top favorite place and restaurant to go anytime breakfast, lunch, brunch or dinner.

There are many great places that have good food but not all places like Costa that have it all.

Great quality delicious healthy food with variety of options and flexibility, top notch service (its lacking in so many places or it’s not consistent) Costa have been consistent since the first days they have opened and keep on evolving, improving consistently getting better and better!

For me, it’s not just a restaurant, it’s a whole experience, the vibe, the music, the energy, the feeling, the atmosphere all together. It’s so peaceful and relaxing whether I want to come and unwind or I come there to do my remote work or go out with my friends who all fell in love with this place as much as I did.

You can feel a soul and the heart, it is vibrant and alive!

I believe any business or restaurant starts with the creators and the owners and everything else is the extension and reflection of their energy, intentions and values, their story. The owners of Costa are amazing and so their entire team who work there.

Erik, Alex, Frankie always make me feel welcome and provide truly a VIP service whether I just come to get a smoothie or a whole meal, they go above and beyond of your expectations, very attentive, fun and we always having great conversations ! :)

I love absolutely everything about Costa!

I travel a lot and I can definitely say it’s one of the best places not just in Delray Beach but in Florida and USA and at top of the list my most favorite places I’ve been around the world!

P.S. Oh and a huge plus they are super dog friendly!! They love my dog GiGi and she loves coming...

I was anxious to try this restaurant with my spouse and friend a couple of weeks back. We were greeted as we walked in with an unfriendly bartender who acted as if we were a bother to her. She kinda looked like she was hungover. There were four other tables seated in the entire restaurant and nobody outside. We wanted to order their special, which was the 2 for 1 mimosa’s, but they didn’t have it. So we ordered Bloody Mary’s….It took 2O mins for our drinks to come because the bartender was was sitting outside on her cell phone 80 percent of the time so she didn’t know she had a drink order. We also waited patiently for our food to come. Which took about 30 min. Meanwhile, the waiter forgot to put my friend’s first drink in for order….Crazy!! . I got the gluten free French toast with caramelized bananas. However, they were not caramelized. Just regular cut bananas! I waited so long for my food that I didn’t bother to send it back. My son ate there with his aunt about a month ago. He came home and said….” I got a curry chicken quinoa bowl but there was no quinoa”. The waiter told him that it will take 30 min to make quinoa. The funny thing is the waiter didn’t even say anything…My son had to ask! 😆 He ended up eating it with rice instead. You would think being a new restaurant that they would be bending over backwards with stellar service. But this is like a restaurant that has been around for years and really cares less about their patrons experience. On another note the food was good but the service is what just blew it! Oh one other thing, they overcharged us on the bill and my spouse had to ask the waiter to remove it from the charge...