La Banvanera Restaurant & Cantina

Sparta, 4105 Theater Rd, Sparta, WI 54656, United States | ★ 4.5 (493 Review)

📞 +1 608-269-1131

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La Banvanera Restaurant & Cantina is a premier restaurant located in Sparta, WI, and serving the surrounding areas. Our restaurant is a culinary gem specializing in authentic Mexican cuisine, offering a delightful array of tacos, burritos, tamales, fajitas, enchiladas, desserts, and more. Enjoy our refreshing margaritas and expertly crafted mixed drinks alongside your meal. Whether you choose to dine-in, carryout, place a large order, or host a party with us, we are dedicated to providing exceptional service and delicious food. Stop by today!

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bob Joe

★ 5

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Layne Van Overmeer

★ 5

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silas luther

★ 5

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Bill Suttie

★ 5

Great food as usual. Excellent service. Good prices!

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Austin Galante

★ 5

Fajitas were great. Price was good for the lunch fajitas.

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Robert Gronewold

★ 5

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Suzanne Boulerice

★ 5

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Jennifer Brereton

★ 5

Stopped for lunch today. I was so happy to see how clean this place is and nicely decorated...not over the top. Servers in white shirts and black pants. A very nice bar is also inside. They even have a breakfast menu. The food is excellent. Will definitely go back. Easy on easy off the interstate. The shredded beef chimichunga was outstanding.

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Adam Bisek

★ 4

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Alain Lefrancois

★ 5

Nice place to eat and very good food.

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Brandon Karl

★ 5

Hidden gem in a little roadside truck stop.
Food and service are top notch. I had the carnitas Mexicanas and it was absolutely a winner.

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Brian Seman

★ 5

Great tasting food, chimichanga is delicious with big chunks of moist chicken! Nachos were yummy and the steak had amazing flavor. Great place to stop and grab lunch or dinner!!

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Joe Salinas

★ 5

Delicious food with large portions and excellent service

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Glen Morris

★ 5

Great place to eat! Friendly service and good food.

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Marcin Duch

★ 1

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Jan Fink

★ 5

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Georgi Goranov

★ 5

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Chris Burris

★ 5

Food was good

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Chris Stephens

★ 5

Food, customer service and atmosphere does not disappoint. Country Skillet is our favorite for breakfast!

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eddy caverly

★ 5

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Вячеслав Погоров

★ 5

Great place! 😋 I ordered a dish with fish, vegetables, and mashed potatoes — I don’t remember the exact name, but everything was absolutely delicious. The fish was perfectly cooked — juicy with a nice sear. The veggies were fresh and tasty, and the mashed potatoes were smooth and flavorful. 🐟🥦🥔 Big and satisfying portion. Cozy atmosphere and friendly service. Highly recommend! 👍😊

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Natosha Babygirl Kelber

★ 4

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April

★ 5

Breakfast was superb! Excited to try other items on the menu for dinner and supper. We’ll be back!

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Szymon Kula

★ 5

It’s far better Mexican food than one can expect at a rural truck stop. I’ve been here twice, had chorizo and eggs with a bit of jalapeños and some carne asada for dinner, also tried a beef enchilada. Everything besides the enchilada was delicious and plenty “authentic.” I suspect not everything on the menu is great, you won’t go wrong with the chorizo and eggs or carne asada dinner. So I suppose to the naysayers, I say keep it simple, this place is a gem to truck drivers especially off the beaten path. Service is always friendly and attentive.

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Luis Cabrera

★ 5

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Kylee Marie Johnson

★ 5

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Phil Dilcox

★ 4

Now open for breakfast

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Shawn Jensen (comebacktires. com)

★ 5

great place

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Morris Glover

★ 5

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Rabbi Tov Steele

★ 5

Clean. Good food. Mid-price. Friendly.

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Timothy Prince

★ 5

Faster than fast food, courteous service, and fabulous food. I've stopped more than once on my way to/from Lacrosse. Love the molé!

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May Griffin

★ 5

Delighted! Delicious..best Spanish food here

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andy handyman

★ 5

Amazing

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Marcin Krzyzanowski

★ 5

Hidden Gems 💎

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Mike Hagberg

★ 3

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S R

★ 5

The food and service 5*
Staff and atmosphere 5*

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Cee Dubb

★ 4

Pretty good but not mind blowing. Their spicy "salsa" wasn't great; too much chili powder and doesn't really resemble salsa. The food is decent but rather Americanized. The service was fantastic though, A+ for the service!

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Grogg Munster

★ 5

Best Mexican restaurant I've been to, I think ever. Better yet, their right in a nice, clean, little truck stop. Marked as a favorite in my maps.

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Scott Clayton

★ 5

I had enchilada taco and chili relano and asked for whole beans instead of frijoles and they actually had them the food was great and I ate way too much the portions are huge they have a bar as well. I went in again for breakfast and had steak and eggs, which was amazing. It was at least three scrambled eggs they’re home. Fried potatoes were some of the best I’ve ever had. Not sure what they season them with but they had green peppers and onions as well. Big chunks of potatoes. I couldn’t eat it all.

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vernon bogan

★ 3

Food is decent at best, the Mexican food was not hot but luke cold. The service was good but food ruined the occasion. The food normally in a Mexican restuarant is fresh and hot. This restuarant is not typical.

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Ryan

★ 5

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landon hartline

★ 5

Very tasty

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RAMANDEEP BATTH

★ 5

Great place to grab tasty and fresh meal on the go as a truck driver.
Always amazes me with the quality and taste and you can come in and order for a takeout and they’ll get it ready within minutes

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Techy Aguila

★ 3

Es agradable si no fuera por la cajera (Jesica) que es media chistosa por un dolar y 50 centavos no nos quiso dejar ir a traer más dinero para pagar x eso hasta la vista banvanera .....

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Vickie Hanson

★ 5

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Dane Higbee

★ 5

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Ryan Davenport

★ 5

Amazing food and friendliest staff.

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Gregory Boyer

★ 5

Very good food, staff is 100% friendly. Service is laid.back but fast. I had the burrito supremo and couldn't finish it. My wife ordered the empanadas and was thrilled.

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Игорь Батаев

★ 5

Great place, I recommend it

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Nick yeayea

★ 1

Ordered a margarita blended, it looked like foam on top with ginger ale mixed in. Yuck. Food was overly salty, everything seemed to be store bought. Will never go again. El caparal is far superior! Barf 🤮🤮🤮🤮

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Penny Stetzer

★ 5

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Deb Thiel

★ 5

Lovely Mexican restaurant with a nice selection of well prepared, generously served food. Chilli rellenos are very good. Salsa and chips fresh. Great service.

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Ricardo Padron

★ 1

Exajeradamente caro! Te cobran asta por respirar! Solo una persona $50.00 dólares!

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George Crank

★ 4

Great food & Great service. A bit price

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Blake Engle

★ 3

Food was ok. They did forget the shrimp in my combo fajitas. And only 3 corn tortillas. It takes 2 tortillas for one corn taco. Salsa was liquid, not chunky. And more bell pepper and onion than meat. Not the Mexican food I'm use to being from TX. Dos XX chilada was decent (without Mexican candy on raw pasta noodle) nice selection of alcohol. Tequila, especially. I'm an 1800 silver when I do drink it. Corazon silver was very smooth. Was there for a couple hrs. Throat did run dry a few times, but all of staff was friendly. Nice outdoor patio area. Music could've been louder outside. Was like a faint whisper, but I didn't ask to turn it up, either. Very family friendly place. Overall, 6.5/10 for me Personally.. 7/10 for Mexican joint in Wisconsin. Would definitely try again. Maybe on a Fri/Sat

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Norma Zimmerman

★ 5

Great place to eat.
Staff friendly, you get alot for your money.
And the food is great.

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Michael Wilkins

★ 5

Awesome food

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Ryan Bates

★ 5

Best Tacos around for miles!! Fast and friendly service.

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Chris Short

★ 5

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Blanca Cruzmartinez

★ 3

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Edith Williams

★ 5

Súper rico todo.

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Chad Klauer

★ 5

Absolutely DELICIOUS Mexican cuisine! Very convenient if you are staying at the Best Western right behind it! I have never had a burrito with REAL crab meat and NOT IMITATION crab! So so good! Better Mexican food than my hometown in Iowa! We would definitely come back ! The servers were all so friendly and attentive! The prices were great too! $13 for a HUGE seafood burrito is almost unheard of anymore!

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Jim Wildeman

★ 4

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Trinidad Silvestre

★ 5

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Peter Kamau

★ 4

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Matt Sohi

★ 5

The service was outstanding with the nicest server. The salsa was fresh and chunky 😋 delicious. Steak nachos fajitas were fresh down to the veggies. Dessert was a delicious flan with fresh mint, and I wanted to lick the 🍽. Zero complaints. One great experience! 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁

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Ron Hudgens

★ 5

I liked everything about it! Nuff said!

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Roberto Suarez

★ 4

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Steven Johnson

★ 5

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Stacey Bakken

★ 5

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Doc Coleman

★ 4

Great experience,, Pretty much all in all,🌻

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Andrew Plum

★ 5

Best tamales

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kathy baardseth

★ 5

This is now my favorite place for Mexican food. Went with a friend today. The waiter and staff were awesome. The food was wonderful.

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Ryan Schultz

★ 5

Excellent service. Very quick. Very good food.

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Lauren Duncan

★ 4

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Michelle Stehrenberger

★ 4

Friendly staff and great food. Delicious Mexican rice! The chips were tasty, and my meal was on point! I was just visiting the area for work, but I highly recommend this Mexican restaurant.

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Test Pilot

★ 5

Very quick, great food and service, easy to get to from I-90 if you're going through Sparta.

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Bob Frye

★ 5

Truckers! This is a good place for something good to eat!

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Matt Berg

★ 5

Large menu. Delicious, chunky salsa and homemade hot sauce. Very reasonably priced.
This is my new go to when traveling to LaCrosse.

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Scott K

★ 4

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Cortney Baldwin

★ 5

What perfection tastes like!! 💕🔥💯

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Kyle McGuire

★ 5

Stopping through on business and heard that this place has really good food. Food was hot and really good. Loved the salsa! The waitress was very nice and attentive! Better food than I can find back home!

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justin corneau

★ 5

Fantastic breakfast

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James Clemmerson

★ 5

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Grey Nishio

★ 5

Great flavors and Wisconsin cheese!!!

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Troy Hockerman

★ 5

I've been back multiple times, every time the food has been spot on. In an area flooded with Mexican restaurants I'll drive over 30 minutes to eat here. The menu is huge!
Staff are maybe not the greatest English speakers, but they're attentive and eager to make you a happy customer.

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Scott Mayhew

★ 4

I really like the steak seasoning. Nice seating. The staff are great, very attentive, but not intrusive.

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Francisco Hernandez

★ 4

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Freddy Urbina

★ 2

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Scott

★ 5

Vegetarian section on the menu was great.

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Jess Barker

★ 4

I would 100% be back, the food is excellent, no complaints, the drinks could have been better, but over all, an absolutely excellent experience

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Jimmie Wilson (The sober me!!)

★ 1

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Carol Burke

★ 3

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Travis Schulze

★ 5

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Mike Brown

★ 5

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Jewell Reyes

★ 5

I didn't take photos but should have.
The food was great!

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Benito Hidalgo

★ 5

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Bruce M

★ 5

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KrystalFerrara

★ 5

Very friendly staff, fast service, immediate seating, and delicious margaritas! Take ur food outside and sit on their deck and enjoy the sun in summer!

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Tammy B

★ 1

Our server was nice but did not speak or understand English. I ordered a disg with imitation crab and it was bad. Had a sour gross taste. Did not eat my dish but server could not understand it was bad and to not charge me. Won't go back!

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Heather Clark

★ 5

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Julie Cummings

★ 2

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Grashan Starin

★ 4

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PEARLGOD

★ 5

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Michael D

★ 5

Really good. Nice people, great service, food is delicious. 5 star.

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Becky

★ 1

We are not rating the service, since this was a door dash order.
The burger was over-seasoned and over cooked. I had to cook something else for my son (my husband and I tasted it... my son was not being picky.. the burger was not edible). The fries were ok. The chicken in the salad, burrito, and taquitos was dry and did not taste good. We all agreed it was bad. The chips were ok.

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★ 3

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Trevor Mickelson

★ 1

Ordered the fajitas they were not grilled no flavor to them the chicken was white like they boiled it then cut it up do not go to this place if your in town worse fajitas I've ever had beans and rice also have no flavor

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Eileen Martinson

★ 5

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Julio

★ 5

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Jeff E

★ 5

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Robin Warden

★ 3

Pretty good Americanized Mexican food. Music was two separate very loud Mexican music tracks that didn't Synch. Service is adequate.

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Cathy

★ 4

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Tara Novy

★ 1

I ordered shrimp cocktail and there was a finger nail in my food!!! Yes I said a finger nail nd I even saved it nd took it back to them to show them!!!! I wanted my money back!!! It's illegal to have fake nails on when serving food due to bacteria collecting under the nails!!! I have never been so disgusted in my life nd they didn't care!!! I will go elsewhere from now on ppl beware!!!

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Lo D. Thompson

★ 5

The food was really good and there was SO much of it! Literally 2 of us had enough to both take home and split our leftovers as well!

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Bob Pacovsky

★ 5

Being from Texas.
Damn Skippy right.
The best Mexican restaurant I have eaten at above the Red River.
It's got to be good if I do a post like this.
Only disappointed did not have Charo beans.
Other that that fabulous.

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rebecca emerson

★ 5

We love this spot! Delicious food and margaritas. Staff is always friendly.

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Cyndi Bissen

★ 5

It was amazing. Huge portions. The food and drinks were great. Don't worry that it is attached to the gas station. Totally separate and worth the visit.

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Jenny

★ 5

Love Their fried Ice cream

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Mike Z

★ 5

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Laura Studnicka

★ 5

Delicious steak fajitas and their chips, salsa and queso were fantastic!

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Esteban Torres

★ 5

Rica la comida

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Kelly Rhodes

★ 5

Food was amazing! Portions were gigantic so definitely bring your appetite. All the wait staff were super friendly, very attentive, and service was really fast. Looking forward to coming back!

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Mark Patterson

★ 5

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Rebecca Anderson

★ 4

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Juan Ponce

★ 3

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Mastan Singh

★ 5

Love it. Must try 😮‍💨

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Alexander Carrasco

★ 5

The first time eating here I was highly impressed and fully satisfied with my meal, so much so that I had to come back again to make sure, the second time coming the food tasted just as good.

As an out of state traveler, I BEG the owner to open more locations if not already done; the people of WI need to try this food.

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Ru Ben Le

★ 5

I been through many restaurants. Overseas and domestic. This is the good one.

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pat diehlmann

★ 5

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Daniel “Nelo” Acosta

★ 5

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John S

★ 5

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Mollie White

★ 5

The food was fantastic. I've never seen more meet in a fajita.

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Tammy Kenney

★ 5

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Ervin Mulkey

★ 5

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Eva Kline

★ 5

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Kitzie

★ 3

Food is good except the rice. And I'm all about the rice.

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Melissa H

★ 5

Love when we're able to get out of the truck. Found this restaurant off the interstate, and it was semi truck friendly. My husband and I share all our meals, and we'd been having a nacho craving. Best American Mexican nachos in a long time. They used real cheese, and the ground beef was tasty. Definitely would eat there again if ever in Wisconsin again.

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David H

★ 5

Had nachos they were good

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Christi Paulson

★ 5

Very good 👍 I will be back

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Linda

★ 5

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Buttermilk 1

★ 5

Yall this place was great,,not often I post a review, but this is a great place to eat for us truck drivers,,here a pick of my 4 taco and chips had left over,,yummie for lunch tomorrow

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Betsy Clark

★ 4

I like trying new places to eat. Everything was good. We will go back again

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Sharon Monzer

★ 4

Server was very friendly. Food was good, it's your typical Mexican restaurant.

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Joshua Lind

★ 5

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Wanda.watkins1982 Gracielou2012

★ 5

Always great food!

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Joan Roche

★ 5

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Sam Basharat

★ 5

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Jude Singh

★ 5

I had a shrimp diablos It was very good but it needed to be a little bit more spicy hot in flavor I also had a super pia and it was huge Sorry no pictures my phone died

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Laurie Bauer

★ 4

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Marc Torres

★ 5

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Brandy Watson

★ 5

I’m extremely sad we didn’t discover this place sooner. My hair dresser recommended it as we are moving and staying at the best western right beside it. The drinks were great and as a Texas native with high expectations for Mexican food, we enjoyed the food as well. We got a combination plate. It was huge. Great green sauce on my enchilada. The salsa was mild but enjoyable for my kids as well. We’ll be returning back before we leave. The service was fast and great as well too.

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Adam Liebersbach

★ 5

Delicious food! Great portions! And a well priced!

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Eric

★ 3

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Gord Garbutt

★ 5

Great food more than I could eat wonderful stuff good atmosphere.

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Kyle Farley

★ 5

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Leila DH

★ 3

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★ 4

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Mike Burgaz

★ 5

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Vicki Ruegg

★ 5

This was my husband and I first time here. The service was very good, the food was very delicious.

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mitra Bandhu bhattarai

★ 4

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Amber Bryant

★ 5

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Tiana Santana

★ 5

Great food, great service and big portions. Must visit while in Sparta/Fort McCoy area.

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Beverly Bell

★ 4

I was so glad to find the French fries and chicken tenders. Fries done just the way I like them.

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3333pocos pero locos carranza

★ 5

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Scott Sturkol

★ 5

Love it!

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Victoria Watkins

★ 5

Very good food, lots of options on their menu!

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Taylor LaVoy

★ 5

As a truck driver it's awesome! Open late and great food!

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Renee Hernandez

★ 4

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JUSTIN SHIMANDLE

★ 5

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mortell flowers

★ 5

Best food around you will love everything

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Bryon Crawford

★ 5

Great for. Reasonable prices. Excellent Margaritas

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Kurt Boylen

★ 4

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Mark Sornson

★ 5

This place is great! Every plate I've tried has been outstanding! Service is decent

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josh a

★ 5

Food here is always awesome

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Mark McCarty

★ 4

First of all the food was very good. I had the #13 enchilada meal with rice and beans. Very tasty and served hot. The waiter was confusing when he said I could have either the red, green or white sauce as a topping. However, reading the menu it sounded like it came with all three toppings as in the color of the Mexican flag. Presentation was just ok but the taste was very good none the less.

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Shawn “Toast”

★ 4

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Jay Williams

★ 4

One of the best Mexican restaurants around. They also have great margz.

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Smiling John

★ 3

Excellent service, moderate prices, good food.

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Andrew Gouff

★ 4

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Yeiny Hernandez

★ 3

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Sherri Bohl

★ 3

Good drinks & food

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Jessie Skiles

★ 5

Ask for their hot salsa. It will put your mouth on 🔥

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Randy Guyton

★ 5

This place has great salsa. Service is really the food came out hot and delicious. The place is spacious and has room for groups. They also have TVs to watch for the games. I will return

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Louis Fox

★ 5

Truck parking, scales and fuel shipper I would come back here again

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Gail Vorlob

★ 5

My meal was so big that I ate leftovers for the next 2 days. Food and service were great.

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Caroline Hamilton

★ 5

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Leslie Hove

★ 3

Food ok, service could be bettet.

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Marsha Zay

★ 5

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Devin Sachse

★ 5

Awesome

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Gail Vorlob

★ 5

Great food and servers. I will go there again.

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Christopher Townsend

★ 1

Their food was pretty bland. One of the servers started grabbing tableware off of our table to use elsewhere, while we were still eating and using the tableware! We had a larger group (7 people) and were told very clearly and articulately that the check would just be split at the register. Then, when we got to the register, the same person suddenly could understand English well enough to split the bill. It seemed very suspect. If you run across this place... Keep on running.

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Devin Sachse

★ 5

The food was awesome. We received a lot of food for the price, and the taste was amazing.

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Joshua Johnson

★ 5

Great food.

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J A

★ 5

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Valerie Hart

★ 5

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Eric Balzarano

★ 4

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J C

★ 5

Unbelievablely good! The hot sauce is a killer.

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Brian L

★ 5

I live in Texas. Born & raised. This food is better than the Mexican restaurants I eat at.

The steak is great. Shrimp was tasty. The House margarita(on the rocks) was the best I've had & I don't know why. It was strong which is always good but also tasted... Fresh? Like slightly carbonated or something. Staff were respectable. All around great place to eat. Well done being this far north.

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Beverly Krumm

★ 5

Great food and service. Not sure about it as part of a gas station. We were pleasantly surprised.

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