This was the WORST bar experience I’ve ever had. I was dancing near the bar waiting to order (they were playing old justin bieber songs 😭 like ofc i was signing along) and a bartender told me she wouldn’t serve me bc i was too drunk. I was kinda weirded out cuz I literally was basically dead sober at that point but I said sure, and left my friends at the bar to order and went to the bathroom.
I used the bathroom, got out, and they didn’t have any paper towels, so I was drying my hands on my jeans when she walked into the bathroom. I said hi to her since I recognized her, and she pointed at me and told security to kick me out 😭 she kept talking over me and said she saw me vomit in the trash can and I was trying to tell her i was just drying my hands but these people would not listen😭 i told her that if she could get a single shred of evidence to say i was too drunk (field test, check for vomit, literally anything) i would leave and she js kept insisting. finally i was like fine ill leave and i started to walk but their bouncers literally manhandled me the whole way out AND took photos of me for their friends ??? whoever took the photos was literally laughing with his friends and was like “brooo i didn’t get a good photo, hold her still” which is so dehumanizing. the bouncer would not let go even tho i was walking fine and he was holding so hard it actually hurt
if i had actually been too drunk to remember anything, i would have no idea that they took photos of me and were physically hurting me when i was practically begging them to stop, which is super dangerous. this place has clearly not trained their workers to handle conflicts well at ALL. i understand that backyard is 18+ so they have to be careful of people who don’t know their limits, but I’m 21 years old and was completely fine… The bouncers and bartender were needlessly aggressive, rude, and escalated the situation soooo hard instead of listening to a single thing I said. keep in mind she was doing all this with a long ass line at the bar instead of doing her job 😭
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Joshua Abraham
Very negative experience. Staff was overly aggressive and rude during an interaction, it escalated quickly and ruined the night. Felt unsafe and unwelcomed. Wouldn’t recommend and won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Yumna Mahmood
I graduated from A&M exactly 2 days ago. I went to the backyard today to watch the Aggie volleyball team To win the natty. When I was there, I opened a tab. I close the tab. I went to a different bar. While I was at a different bar, I got racially profiled. For the color of my hair. I came back to the spot to make sure I close out my tab, and while I was closing out my tab, the man who racially pro followed me for the color of my hair and the color of my skin color for that fact was at the bar (after taking Some shots at the spot) Was actually behind the bar and he denied telling me if all my tab was still open. I clearly was distraught and I was walking away as one of the female bartenders asked me what was wrong and I told her that one of the male guys was being rude and she was like no he was not being rude. You need to get the hell out of here so basically I got kicked out because these bartenders did not want to agree that I was being disrespected at. I have never experienced this on Northgate except for this bar. This has happened now multiple times that’s why I’m having the need to write a review because I have been trying to call them and talk to their manager and they keep declining my calls. This is not how a bar should run if I have ever talked to a gentleman which has only been one other time on Northgate for once again a race thing they have immediately kicked out the other person and never have once argued that I have been disrespected. Can I also add that some girl asked me to help her throw up while she was under age because the backyard served her too much alcohol as a 19-year-old that’s actually against the law and if they think that’s OK then that’s on them. Do not go to this bar unless you want to find underage drinking and disrespectful-ness
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mikaela Appin
If you’re looking for a good time, don’t come here. One of the staff took a chair out of my hands as I was carrying it, and the bartenders are rude. Instead of making me a water, they had me get it myself from one of the EMPTY jugs.
Service: 1
Ed Chen
Looking for a place with real atmosphere in College Station? The Backyard should be at the top of your list. Nestled in Northgate at 303 University Drive, this spot blends backyard chill with bar buzz—boasting the largest patio and biggest screen in the district, plus two outdoor bars, shaded picnic seating, string lights, and yard games that invite friendly competition.
On cooler nights or Thursday evenings, you’ll be drawn outside to watch live music—local favorites like Jared Shultz bring heat without the usual DJ playlist distractions. As night deepens, the indoor and upstairs areas crank up with DJ beats and dancing.
When hunger hits, Mighty Slice Pizza delivers big, affordable slices on-site, while drink pricing stays smart and flexible—perfect for groups or budget-minded Aggies. Whether you’re catching a game, chilling with your dog outside, or dancing under neon lights, The Backyard delivers versatility and energy.
Heads-up—ID checks can be strict, and it gets rowdy inside. But if your idea of a great night includes great people, games, live tunes, and an easygoing bar atmosphere, The Backyard is where fun sets in—and stays.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Olivia Cass
came here from out of town for my birthday! walked in and there was throw up just sitting on the bar. the bartenders completely ignored 5+ people who were eager to get drinks. mind you it was just us at the bar at this point it was early in the night. they were just talking amongst themselves. and we had to be like “hello can we get drinks??” they had absolutely no personality and were extremely rude. we had to tell them our 3 drink order multiple times and it was only 10pm! i don’t know if being rude is cute out here or something but not where im from!
Esmerelda Lopez
I ate from the truck. It was good until I threw up after I saw the man making food in black gloves, ostensibly to keep the food clean for the customers, using his cell phone and scratching his face. You know that phone is used in his bathroom. I am physically ill.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
L.L.
It's nice but Northgate was pretty laid back since I'm guessing it's summertime and everybody is gone but that gave us the opportunity to enjoy
The Papi Chulo
This place called me a beaner, charged me top shelf for a lemon drop, and spat on my face
Abigahi Benvenuto
The place seems fun. The reason i have 3 stars because we went to celebrate my daughter 21 birthday, and they had all the place reserved, after my daughter went 3 days before and made sure it was ok for the celebration. They said there were not celebrations on the weekend, so it would be fine. We had to leave with in an hour because they had an event. So that was inconvenient, but the manager Cassidy was very nice about it and tried to accommodate, so that was pleasant. The girl bartender was very nice about it and went their way over for us. We would still like to give it another try because everyone was very nice and it seems fun.
Whoever the DJ is in Saturday night of March 29 sucks so bad he had absolutely no plan of genre and played music nobody was dancing or vibing with. Also only played like 20 seconds of each song and then immediately switched to the next song which yet again no body was dancing too. Been here before and have a lot of fun but this night was really bad, definitely worst DJ i’ve ever experienced, ruined my friend groups whole night.
Brie Granger
So I just moved here from Chicago, the male bartender upstairs cut me off stating I was to drunk and asked a bouncer to escort us out… I only had one drink at this point but I did work a long day and I do have a wondering eye aka lazy eye. So this man cut me off by discriminating against me. It truly broke my heart. The manager downstairs apologized and got my friend and I a drink but that doesn’t make up for someone being so disrespectful. How dare I have a disability and then be judged and prosecuted for it. That is disgraceful and disgusting.
Hailey Alexis
I have to dispute two charges because I paid 13.99 two times and I woke up to a charge for 16.99 and 15.99 that is NOT what I paid and signed for
bj howard
Great place, plenty of Space, pleasant Bar Staff, big Screens 4 the Game 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aaron Knight
Hey I get in free with my I'd I'm 41 Go Aggies let party ?
This was the WORST bar experience I’ve ever had. I was dancing near the bar waiting to order (they were playing old justin bieber songs 😭 like ofc i was signing along) and a bartender told me she wouldn’t serve me bc i was too drunk. I was kinda weirded out cuz I literally was basically dead sober at that point but I said sure, and left my friends at the bar to order and went to the bathroom.
I used the bathroom, got out, and they didn’t have any paper towels, so I was drying my hands on my jeans when she walked into the bathroom. I said hi to her since I recognized her, and she pointed at me and told security to kick me out 😭 she kept talking over me and said she saw me vomit in the trash can and I was trying to tell her i was just drying my hands but these people would not listen😭 i told her that if she could get a single shred of evidence to say i was too drunk (field test, check for vomit, literally anything) i would leave and she js kept insisting. finally i was like fine ill leave and i started to walk but their bouncers literally manhandled me the whole way out AND took photos of me for their friends ??? whoever took the photos was literally laughing with his friends and was like “brooo i didn’t get a good photo, hold her still” which is so dehumanizing. the bouncer would not let go even tho i was walking fine and he was holding so hard it actually hurt
if i had actually been too drunk to remember anything, i would have no idea that they took photos of me and were physically hurting me when i was practically begging them to stop, which is super dangerous. this place has clearly not trained their workers to handle conflicts well at ALL.
i understand that backyard is 18+ so they have to be careful of people who don’t know their limits, but I’m 21 years old and was completely fine… The bouncers and bartender were needlessly aggressive, rude, and escalated the situation soooo hard instead of listening to a single thing I said. keep in mind she was doing all this with a long ass line at the bar instead of doing her job 😭
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Very negative experience. Staff was overly aggressive and rude during an interaction, it escalated quickly and ruined the night. Felt unsafe and unwelcomed. Wouldn’t recommend and won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I graduated from A&M exactly 2 days ago. I went to the backyard today to watch the Aggie volleyball team To win the natty. When I was there, I opened a tab. I close the tab. I went to a different bar. While I was at a different bar, I got racially profiled. For the color of my hair. I came back to the spot to make sure I close out my tab, and while I was closing out my tab, the man who racially pro followed me for the color of my hair and the color of my skin color for that fact was at the bar (after taking Some shots at the spot) Was actually behind the bar and he denied telling me if all my tab was still open. I clearly was distraught and I was walking away as one of the female bartenders asked me what was wrong and I told her that one of the male guys was being rude and she was like no he was not being rude. You need to get the hell out of here so basically I got kicked out because these bartenders did not want to agree that I was being disrespected at. I have never experienced this on Northgate except for this bar. This has happened now multiple times that’s why I’m having the need to write a review because I have been trying to call them and talk to their manager and they keep declining my calls. This is not how a bar should run if I have ever talked to a gentleman which has only been one other time on Northgate for once again a race thing they have immediately kicked out the other person and never have once argued that I have been disrespected. Can I also add that some girl asked me to help her throw up while she was under age because the backyard served her too much alcohol as a 19-year-old that’s actually against the law and if they think that’s OK then that’s on them. Do not go to this bar unless you want to find underage drinking and disrespectful-ness
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If you’re looking for a good time, don’t come here. One of the staff took a chair out of my hands as I was carrying it, and the bartenders are rude. Instead of making me a water, they had me get it myself from one of the EMPTY jugs.
Service: 1
Looking for a place with real atmosphere in College Station? The Backyard should be at the top of your list. Nestled in Northgate at 303 University Drive, this spot blends backyard chill with bar buzz—boasting the largest patio and biggest screen in the district, plus two outdoor bars, shaded picnic seating, string lights, and yard games that invite friendly competition.
On cooler nights or Thursday evenings, you’ll be drawn outside to watch live music—local favorites like Jared Shultz bring heat without the usual DJ playlist distractions. As night deepens, the indoor and upstairs areas crank up with DJ beats and dancing.
When hunger hits, Mighty Slice Pizza delivers big, affordable slices on-site, while drink pricing stays smart and flexible—perfect for groups or budget-minded Aggies. Whether you’re catching a game, chilling with your dog outside, or dancing under neon lights, The Backyard delivers versatility and energy.
Heads-up—ID checks can be strict, and it gets rowdy inside. But if your idea of a great night includes great people, games, live tunes, and an easygoing bar atmosphere, The Backyard is where fun sets in—and stays.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
came here from out of town for my birthday! walked in and there was throw up just sitting on the bar. the bartenders completely ignored 5+ people who were eager to get drinks. mind you it was just us at the bar at this point it was early in the night. they were just talking amongst themselves. and we had to be like “hello can we get drinks??” they had absolutely no personality and were extremely rude. we had to tell them our 3 drink order multiple times and it was only 10pm! i don’t know if being rude is cute out here or something but not where im from!
I ate from the truck. It was good until I threw up after I saw the man making food in black gloves, ostensibly to keep the food clean for the customers, using his cell phone and scratching his face. You know that phone is used in his bathroom. I am physically ill.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
It's nice but Northgate was pretty laid back since I'm guessing it's summertime and everybody is gone but that gave us the opportunity to enjoy
This place called me a beaner, charged me top shelf for a lemon drop, and spat on my face
The place seems fun. The reason i have 3 stars because we went to celebrate my daughter 21 birthday, and they had all the place reserved, after my daughter went 3 days before and made sure it was ok for the celebration. They said there were not celebrations on the weekend, so it would be fine. We had to leave with in an hour because they had an event. So that was inconvenient, but the manager Cassidy was very nice about it and tried to accommodate, so that was pleasant. The girl bartender was very nice about it and went their way over for us. We would still like to give it another try because everyone was very nice and it seems fun.
Restaurantji Recommends
Whoever the DJ is in Saturday night of March 29 sucks so bad he had absolutely no plan of genre and played music nobody was dancing or vibing with. Also only played like 20 seconds of each song and then immediately switched to the next song which yet again no body was dancing too. Been here before and have a lot of fun but this night was really bad, definitely worst DJ i’ve ever experienced, ruined my friend groups whole night.
So I just moved here from Chicago, the male bartender upstairs cut me off stating I was to drunk and asked a bouncer to escort us out… I only had one drink at this point but I did work a long day and I do have a wondering eye aka lazy eye. So this man cut me off by discriminating against me. It truly broke my heart. The manager downstairs apologized and got my friend and I a drink but that doesn’t make up for someone being so disrespectful. How dare I have a disability and then be judged and prosecuted for it. That is disgraceful and disgusting.
I have to dispute two charges because I paid 13.99 two times and I woke up to a charge for 16.99 and 15.99 that is NOT what I paid and signed for
Great place, plenty of Space, pleasant Bar Staff, big Screens 4 the Game 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hey I get in free with my I'd I'm 41 Go Aggies let party ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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