Moving to the area and came to Boneyard Cantina today for the first time...great find!! We LOVED the fresh salsa and chips to start ... we shared a combo (boneyard combo?) that included 2 cheese empanadas (yummy!!!), 2 chicken enchiladas (excellent with the verde sauce) and 2 steak tacos. Great mix - we weren't able to finish it all but loved everything we had. We will be back for sure!!! read more

Bone Yard - Sparta - Dining area is so pretty - Mexican Near Me - Sparta Township, New Jersey

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Ok- came here on a whim for a day trip and this place did not disappoint! We were a party of 9 (4 adults and 5 kids) and we sat at the round table that's right by the entrance, which was perfect. We were far away from other patrons as not to disturb them, and the kids were able to chat freely without having to shush them for being too loud. The place was quiet during lunch so they only had about 2 wait staff running the floor. Our server was extremely attentive and was very good at memorizing all our orders without writing it down. I'm a sucker for any type of chips and dip so the complimentary chip and salsa was my favorite part of the meal. Food came out quickly and it was delicious! I ordered a shrimp rice bowl and the portions were a good amount with leftovers for another meal! I highly recommend this place if you're in town- maybe make reservations too because it's not a big place. Also if you have strollers, there's no ramp to go up, but it's only a few steps to the door. I recommend leaving the stroller in the car because if you're not lucky to get the big table by the door or you're a small family, there's not much space for you to park the stroller! read more

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We made a dinner reservation to celebrate my niece's birthday at Bone Yard as she has been wanting to try it for a while. The restaurant itself and the ambiance is really festive and cute with lots of areas for photo opportunities. Our non-alcoholic drinks (it's a byob ... which isn't my favorite and especially for a Mexican restaurant bc who drinks a mocktail margarita lol) were yummy and the chips and also were fresh. Our appetizers of the tortilla soup and empanadas (not pictured) were also really tasty. But our dinner on the other hand was pretty bland ... especially the fajitas. Even the rice and beans were pretty tasteless. Overall service was solid ... but the clearing of our table wasn't consistent and made for tight eating conditions. My niece was happy to have finally visited but we more than likely won't be back. read more

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If you're looking for a consistent and newly updated menu, stop in at the bone yard for some amazing birria options. I ended up getting the birria bowl per the waitresses suggestion and it did not disappoint. Not to mention while you're eating, with BYOB that can be mixed in mocktails, you are surrounded by lots of Spanish decor. Overall, give it a shot if you want to leave full and happy! read more

Bone Yard - Sparta - Birria Bowl - Mexican Near Me - Sparta Township, New Jersey

Nothing says a great me like long wait times and long black hair in your fajitas. Top it off when we brought it to our server Anna's attention she laughed it off with a comment like "well I won't say any names but we know who's hair that is from". No apologies or anything. First and last time eating here. Wouldn't recommend. read more

Bone Yard - Sparta - Hair in my Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Sparta Township, New Jersey

Fantastic food and atmosphere. My wife had the taco trio and one was better than the last. Ground beef tacos for me and they had FLAVOR! Highly recommend the guacamole because it was stellar. We will be back! Our waiter was awesome. Service was spectacular read more

Perfectly decorated BYOB restaurant with a nice atmosphere. Staff is very helpful & friendly. The food however isn't great. Our table got 6 different entrees & all were lacking flavor. We got empanadas as an appetizer & while they were the best thing we had, they definitely weren't worth the price tag (2 for $12). read more

Great Mexican food! BYOB and very reasonable. Have been there many times and never disappointed.

Went on Father's Day. Made reservations earlier in the day. Food was not great and service was not acceptable. I got the shrimp portion of the fajitas but never got the tortillas, sour cream, guacamole etc. my daughter never got her quesadilla. We were in the place for a long time. I will not be going back. It's too bad. I like to support local restaurants but they need to be decent. There is a really good Mexican places within a ten minute drive. Should have gone there. read more

great service and Food definitely will be coming back Beautiful inside great appetizers great food selection read more

We have come in twice now and really like it here. The ambiance is very cute. The food is great. My only small thing is the service was really slow. They were very busy though and our waiter was super nice. We were there on a Tuesday so it was taco Tuesday and they have good specials on tacos. I always forget it's byob which is good although I do think the mocktails are a little expensive. We will definitely be back again. read more

I went here for lunch 9/12/25. My daughter and granddaughter treated me to lunch for my birthday. Our waitress Anna was terrific. Since it is a BYOB restaurant, we brought a margarita cocktail with us. Anna provided margarita glasses with ice. Tortilla chips and salsa were brought to the table while we decided on our entrees. All items were tasty and plentiful. This was my second dining experience and I am looking forward to eating here again. read more

Pitiful. Overly salty! So bad I had to cook extra rice to cut the salt. I had done take out and ordered a bowl but I got a burrito. Will never go again. Disgusting for the price. read more

We waited for half an hour before asking for someone to take our order, and another half hour to 45 minutes for our waiter to bring drinks out. When our drinks were brought out some had been made wrong, ignoring specifications we asked for. The food itself was brought out in a reasonable amount of time I think, given we were a party of 9. Everyone's food tasted excellent read more

I recently dined at this restaurant and had the pleasure of being served by Lina. From the moment we were seated, her warm and attentive demeanor stood out. She was knowledgeable about the menu, made thoughtful recommendations, and ensured we had everything we needed without ever being overbearing. What impressed me most was her genuine hospitality. she treated us like regulars even though it was our first visit. If I were to open a restaurant, she is someone I would hire immediately. Lina elevated the entire experience, and thanks to her, I'll definitely be coming back. Service like hers is rare professional, and effortless. Highly recommend asking for her if you visit! read more

First of all Location is Fantastic in the Beautiful town of Lake Mohawk!! This Cute Cantina Style Hacienda is nestled in the corner of the Town of LM and the inspiringly Mexican Interior makes you enjoy the experience and Delicious Menu Delights! Our first time and the Salsa and Chips are so fresh and tasty and pared with the House prepared Guacamole is perfect topper to the crunchy triangular hand shovels We both had the Shrimp Tacos Bone Yard Style 1 corn for my Gluten Free Wife and 1 flour taco for me! They more than exceeded our expectations!!!! Fully Loaded with plenty of the grilled shrimps along with the Bone Yard Toppings!! Excellent Service and Atmosphere! Can't wait to return to enjoy more of their amazing menu's selections !! read more

I'm writing this to give a shout-out to Bone Yard, a Mexican restaurant here in Sparta. I was organizing a birthday party for my six-year old, and decided to have it in the restaurant instead of a kid's place. We've become the restaurant's regulars. We love their food, atmosphere, and service. Our favorite dishes are carne asada, tortas, fish tacos and others. My husband and I both love their margaritas. We weren't sure about doing a kid's party at any restaurant as we didn't know how it could really be done. I spoke with the restaurant manager, Kevin, and we created a plan. We purchased lunch for about 18 children and roughly 20 adults. The restaurant provided fantastic drinks as well. We also spent there more than 3 hours, and most kid places allow you 2 hours for food and activities. What is even more impressive is that they accommodated us with the activities we planned for the kids. We had two characters (Moana and Jesmin) who did canvas painting and face painting for the children. We provided our own cake, but Kevin made it extra special. They cut the cake and decorated each slice with whipped cream and purple sugar sparkles. The kids were thrilled. They even gave a gift to my daughter and us. Overall, we were very happy with the cost, food, service and manager's involvement in the party. There's no doubt that our next party will be in Bone Yard again. read more

Have had this place now multiple times and majority of the time they mess your order up. Over priced for low food quality and poor service.

food is NOT authentic Mexican! Beware of what you order. The food at qdoba is more flavorful than this! Truly disappointed

it was a very beautifull when it came to the decor and murals . The lighting was nice aswell . our server had been very polite and helpful! The food was quick partly due to the time we were there . Food was well seasoned and nice . read more

One of our favorite new restaurants in the area, nice Atmosphere, probably one of the funner fancier places you could take a family with young kids. Good quality food, solid texmex menu, really like their selection of hot sauces. The staff are nice and friendly but seem a little like they're still learning the ropes. Great frozen margaritas, wish they had alcohol. But very chill byo policy help. read more

Excellent food and excellent service. Highly recommend Diego was our waiter he was wonderful read more

Bone Yard is a great place to eat either as a couple or with your children. Fun atmosphere and great food. Separately, Kevin was an excellent partner to have while organizing, coordinating, and catering my father's 80th birthday. From start to finish, everything was executed well and he really went above and beyond when it came to the details. Highly recommend! read more

Worst experience. Drove from an hour away for dinner on July 4 and they were closed. All other restaurants open. We had a reservation and were told the power had been on for 30 min before we arrived. No call back or notification. Just shuttered and closed not even a sign on the door! Only restaurant who decided to close out of the entire town and leave their customers empty handed. Shame on them. read more

First time here, we were in the neighborhood and wanted to try it. Restaurant 85% empty on a weekday afternoon and yet the host/bartender/waiter still sat us at the table right next to the kitchen doors where they were bleaching something, cutting boards maybe? (At least we knew they were practicing proper Serve Safe procedures.) I had us moved to another table, yaknow because of the bleach. A couple who came in after us were seated in a lovely little balcony area (not sure why we didn't rate?) and I'll be damned, even though we ordered 15 minutes before them, they got served before we did. They were also out of a couple of items I wanted to try. Food not horrible but, not memorable either. Maybe they were having an off afternoon, maybe you'll have better luck than we did, who knows? All in all unpleasant, we won't be returning. I did like the wall art though. read more

I'm so happy to have another Mexican restaurant to enjoy! The servers are bright and friendly, as well as professional. The menu offers plenty of familiar offerings for gringos, but I hope to see some stretching into the culinary adventures that so many Mexican chefs are exploring (Pati Jinich, Enrique Olvera, Gabriel Ca'mara). We started with guacamole, which was well made and generous in proportion. However, I thought the $18 price was a bit much, considering the simplicity of the dish. For my main course, I ordered a standard that I could use as a basis for comparison: enchiladas suisas. They were well prepared and quite good. Unlike so many other restaurants, the stewed chicken was beautifully seasoned and very moist. My husband ordered the ahi tuna tacos, which were absolutely delicious! Perfect sear on the fish, and the fabulous mango pico de gallo was piled high. We ate our meals so enthusiastically I forgot to take food porn pics! Perhaps next time, which will be this coming Sunday. I hope my friend likes it as much as I do! read more

Bone Yard - Sparta - I forgot to photograph our food, so here's what part of the inside looks like. - Mexican Near Me - Sparta Township, New Jersey

I wanted to like this place as it is a local. Ordered takeout 4/27/24. 4pm My burrito was wrong ordered a grande with sauce and cheese and got neither....ok fine. But what I got, was bone dry, no pun intended. My youngest got nachos and they were burnt. My oldest got the empanadas and she really enjoyed them. My wife got the mixed fajitas, they were ok, real bland. Do not order the the $12 side of guacamole, it is about half a cup or 2 of the condiment containers. For $98, I expected a lot better. read more

Great New Mexican restaurant in town! We went to the soft opening and everything is excellent. Super fresh and clean. Definitely worth checking out. read more

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I am struggling to provide a positive review but I will try. The food generally is reasonably good. There are some issues with their chicken tacos, and chicken fajitas being bland and too tough. On a previous taco Tuesday one of the tacos was the chorizo taco. The meat didn't taste fresh at all. The guacamole, chips, salsa, beef tacos, Al Pastor tacos, shrimp, enchiladas are all good. The real issue is the service. I have eaten here now four times. Each time the service has been poor. They are not timely. On my last visit my group of four sat for 10 minutes before being addressed. The one and only server helping 8 tables took a table of two before us when we had been there first. General table cleaning and refilling drinks. It's all slow every time. There must be a standard for service and there must be someone there ensuring the standard is brought to life every night. It's very frustrating. There was a manager / Owner there. He wasn't helpful and didn't acknowledge the slow service and at first wasn't doing anything to help. As things got worse he eventually helped the server but didn't know how the tables were numbered. I hope they can solve this as sparta can use a great Mexican resturant. The place looks great and has the potential to be wonderful. read more

Toby is as a great waiter and the food was delicious- get the Barris tacos! Margaritas are delicious also

Super cute inside, totally get the vibe. Also BYOB with a LS next door. Drinks are huge and they leave you some space for your alcohol of choice if you want. Food was okay, a bit dry but I would return for the ambiance and location. Hoping they get better on the food front with some time. read more

It's Saturday night, we booked a table at 7 pm. Despite our booking we were led to the WORST table in the restaurant which we refused. Another table was offered which was better. We ordered, the starters came immediately shortly followed by two main courses, which were excellent. However by 7:30 pm we were finished with our offerings and asked if we needed anything else.... Having spent $90+ for two people we totally felt 'processed' and unappreciated! New restaurant in Sparta plaza - not seeing us again read more

Food was amazing and the service was even better! This restaurant is so cute and a great place for a night out. Toby was our waiter and made the night so enjoyable. read more

Chips and salsa were good. Everything else wasn't great. Food was cold when it first came out. BYOB.

Good food, good service, good mocktails. The place is beautifully done! We will definitely be back.

First time here. service was great and so was the food. will most definitely be coming back.

While the restaurant has no control over parking, parking is awful in the plaza. The appetizers were delicious the salsa & chips were great as well. Both entrees weren't the best my boyfriends came out cold, my steak for the fajitas was cut up in odd shapes. The dessert was great as well. Our server was attentive enough to not be overbearing. read more

Sparta is in desperate need of a good restaurant, but this one isn't it. The ambiance is beautiful and the waitress helping our table was so nice. She was attentive, kind and personable. Upon arriving and confirming our reservation, the hostess said "just so you know, we have a table coming in right after you at 6:30." It was rude and she was clearly telling us to move our dining experience along. It is not the fault of the customer that the restaurant management can't put together a timely schedule without rushing the paying customers. It was immediately off-putting. Upon receiving our food, the other member of my party enjoyed her dinner. Mine had to be sent back because I ordered the wrong thing. The waitress was more than accommodating and I didn't have to wait too long to receive the correct dish. I ordered enchiladas. The sauce on those enchiladas could cure any sinus infection, it was so hot. So hot, in fact, I could not eat the entire plate. The restaurant was fine. The food was lacking. I'd go back but definitely order something else. If this place has any longevity, hopefully someone talks to the hostess about being welcoming instead of dismissive. read more

The ambiance is beautiful! The service was good, but the food was mediocre. Very basic and not very flavorful. There are other Mexican restaurants with better food. Love the location and decor inside. read more

Wanted to really like this place. The positive is it's absolutely beautiful inside. That's about all that's positive We got there around 4 o'clock on a Friday. We were told that we didn't have reservations so we would have to leave by six. That was not an issue. A woman came in literally two minutes behind us, and the hostess sat her RIGHT next to us - the ENTIRE restaurant open - we were the only ones in the restaurant. Even the woman looked at the hostess and said "you are going to sit my and my party here?" It was ridiculous. Even after this other customer made several more comments no one was paying any attention to her. Was awkward. The entire upstairs has a bench for seating on one side. They have pillows which, while pretty decor, make a complete mess when someone sits next to you. The service was slow as it appears the waitresses also make your drinks. There was a gentleman sitting at the bar who I believe was the manager, but he seemed to be doing a bunch of nothing, but looking at a laptop Ok the food. The combination was completely tasteless. The street tacos were ok at best. Hopefully will improve but won't be back read more