Costa Vida Meal Combos

Costa Vida is a fresh Mexican chain built on made-to-order bowls, burritos, and salads. Like Chipotle and Cafe Rio, the format itself determines most of your calorie outcome. Bowl over burrito, and grilled proteins over sauced meats, are the two main decisions that control your macros.

The Grilled Chicken Burrito has a wide calorie range (670 to 1,985 cal) because of how many add-ons are possible. At a base configuration with chicken, beans, rice, and salsa, you're around 670 to 750 calories and 39 to 50g protein. That's a reasonable full meal. The range skyrockets when you add multiple sauces, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.

The Grilled Chicken Bowl at base is lighter than the burrito by the tortilla's calorie count (approximately 250 to 320 calories). A bowl with Grilled Chicken, Black Beans (110 cal, 7g protein), and Cilantro Lime Rice (140 cal) comes in around 550 to 650 calories with 40+ grams of protein before any sauces.

For a 600-calorie meal with 40g protein: a bowl with Grilled Chicken, Black Beans, mild salsa, and minimal other toppings hits the target. Skip sour cream (adds ~100 to 120 cal), skip guacamole (adds ~200 cal), skip extra cheese. Water or unsweetened drink on the side.

Grilled Steak (Grilled Steak Burrito: 1,090 to 2,270 cal range) and Honey Butter Shrimp are also high-protein options. The shrimp preparation adds calories from the butter sauce. Both work well in bowl format where you can control the total calorie count more precisely.

Costa Vida's Sweet Pork is their signature item, but for macro tracking it's the highest-calorie protein choice per gram of protein delivered. It's delicious as an occasional option rather than a daily choice.