The Backyard of Kalamazoo

What an amazing place run by an amazing couple. This is exactly the kind of business we need in Kalamazoo and I hope they stay for generations to come ❤️

Best pizza I've ever had. Service was great and atmosphere was amazing. Tons of games including tennis, corn hole, etc. lively music, feels like a family reunion. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place reminded me of a country club for kids, super cute idea!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The food-could be so much better! There’s so much potential here!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

I would rate them 10 stars if I could! The food was great. The staff was amazing! They were so helpful, friendly and patient! The staff made our experience here so wonderful. They provided us with assistance in everything during my brother’s birthday party. I would 100% recommend to anyone planning an event looking for good food and many fun activities for children. My brothers and their friends had so much fun they did not want to leave!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Looking for an outdoor venue to have Sunday lunch and I stumbled upon this place. I decided to dine outside. The area was nice. I ordered the Angus burger. It was just a regular round frozen patty with cheese and toppings. No flavor but edible. The fries were just OK too,, along with the smoked wings,, which had good flavor, but were dried out…I ordered two drinks both were watered down and flavorless. I sent them both back but still ended up paying for them both. I decided to try and order a soda which also was flat. The waitress informed me that their machine wasn’t working after bringing me the drinks. Great concept,,service just OK and the food and drinks need some work.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

I came her for a friend's birthday party and brought my two year old who is currently disabled. It was very difficult for us to push his chair around the yard with no paved paths, not even to the back pavilion where the party was being held. There was also no toys or play areas geared for children with disabilities. The toys/play areas they did have were old, dirty, and run down. They had blow up water slides but there was a leak in the hose so half the yard was also flooded. The food was decent but definitely not good enough to go back. No thank you.

This is the place to go if you want to relax and have a great time. Couldnt get any closer to being at home in your own backyard.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place was great! Only bummer was they were short staffed bc few people called out but the food was amazing and the service we did was great, just required a little extra patience but 1000% worth it! We will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Great experience and great help! Thanks for the fun!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I was very disappointed on our visit. My daughter and I thought it would be fun to take my 2 year old grandson for lunch and for a solo trip without his brother. First let’s start with the food. She got a Cobb Salad. A Cobb Salad is supposed to come with Chicken. Nope, have to pay extra for that. I ordered a Gluten Free pickle pizza. While the crust was actually decent, I would have thought for $18 it would be full of toppings. Nope. Maybe a few pickle slices in each piece and I think there was bacon somewhere. Totally not worth it. Now let’s talk about the play yard. We went to the area for younger kids. You know with the plastic climbing toys and slides etc….. they were all bunched together so he couldn’t even play and there were signs that said you couldn’t move anything. Also, let’s talk about condition…. I have seen equipment in better condition at garage sales. Everything was in terrible shape. This place is an example of a great idea with poor execution. I have no intentions of going back.

Starting with the positives: very cute location. The inside is done well and the outside is very fun looking. On to the negatives: service was atrocious. There were 3 “hostesses” to seat tables and clear tables but no servers. We were sat almost immediately but then sat. And sat. And sat. Lots of tables were cleaned but we were never acknowledged. We finally got a very sweet server’s attention and she apologized and explained that the communication from the hostess to the servers was not good. Additionally, they were out of ice. She very honestly told us she was surprised we didn’t just leave because she couldn’t promise the quality of the dining would be worthwhile that day. Another mention of poor management. We appreciated her honesty and left so we never did get to taste the food but observing what few plates came out - it was a toss up if it would have tasted good. Thus, lot of potential but totally missed the mark.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 1

The place is great in terms of atmosphere. We really enjoyed it. The food and service were okay. Burgers are great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

I’ll start with the positives. Fun atmosphere with plenty of games and lots of stuff for kids to do. And that’s about all the positives I can think of. I walked in the place, was sat down but a waiter never came. Mind you the place is empty. What was the most frustrating thing is there were probably 4 or 5 staff just walking around cleaning up tables while I’m waiting to just place a drink order. Finally after pulling a waiter over to place my order and get drinks I was pleasantly surprised when I was told their ice machine was broken. At that point I got up and left so I can’t say anything about the food. It’s super aggravating to see a place so well staffed but the staff do nothing but clean tables and talk amongst themselves.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1