Woodland's Backyard

Review update alert! I've been here a couple times over the years but it had been ages until this week. I tend to go to their other location for shows. This visit was post-COVID restrictions and I was happy to give them another visit. This Woodlands has a different vibe, but it's fun. They have a long bar, community seating and high tops as well as a lounge-like area. They also have a really big patio with a couple volleyball courts. They have two pool tables, duckpin bowling, shuffleboard, and a handful of other games inside. The jukebox had music flowing all night and the staff was friendly. Oh, and there's also a Late Night Slice kitchen attached to the bar. If you're in the mood for pizza, they have you covered. Overall, I'm happy to update this review with another star.

This was a cool experience. Drinks and pizza what more can you ask for. It was not a lot of people here and it made the experience even better. I will definitely be back again!

Best spot for volleyball. Great people and fun recreational competition. I don't do much with the inside bar, that's really a crap shoot.

First time and I have no complaints. I did not order food while there, just had a "fruity" cut well drink. Service was fast for a bar on a Saturday night, but then again the place wasn't packed. The bowling was fun, it was free so again no complaints. The game did stop half way through and we had to wait for the bar tender to finish up a group of ugly Christmas bar crawlers ( which was about 5/10 mins) again, can't complain because the service was fast and did I mention that the bowling was FREE! I would definitely return.

We watched the OSU football game at this bar and it was perfect! There is not a bad seat in the place because of the numerous televisions though out the spacious bar! I loved the lighting and also the different types of seating which included couches. There was a large crowd in the establishment but I didn't feel it was cramped! Check it out!

Love this place for volleyball and happy hour. I've been playing sand volleyball at woodlands for 2 years now and I love it. The leagues are affordable and the happy hour is always great. They have a burger place inside with a limited menu butt super delicious food. They've also amped up their craft beer game which is amazing! $3 beers on happy hour for ANY beer=win! They also added the outside sand volleyball dome this winter and I just got to try it out. It's pretty cool, but has some downfalls. Your ears pop pretty uncomfortably when you enter and the whole place is sand for volleyball and I know it's winter outside but the sand is a super super cold. It was hard to play because I couldn't feel my feet after 5 min. Overall cool idea and I love this place. Glad they tried the dome, but I'll wait for summer and sun for my beach volleyball.

Went for the first time tonight. Pretty standard place for a local neighborhood pub, with the exception that they had duck pin bowling!!We sat at a table and kept going to the bar to get drinks. About 30min later a server came over..A friend of mine and I got Jameson and Ginger. Ordered from the bar and they came in small plastic cups. Ordered the same drink from our server and she doubled the cup size for the same price!! LOL soooo needless to say we made sure we kept ordering from her. While playing duck pin, we ordered some fries... it took 30minutes for our first server/bartender to tell us that they ran out of the sauce and offered to refund our money or give us something else off the menu. We asked for the fries plain with ketchup. Not a problem.. they came another 30min later. She took them off the bill for us. Thank you!!!!! Not sure if this is normal, but beware. It wasn't too busy in there either.We liked this place better than PINS Mechanical because we were able to play duck pin bowling and hang out without others being lined up. Going to PINS you almost never get to play duckpin. So if you want to play, come to this place...we'll be back for sure

I started playing volleyball at Woodlands about 3 years ago. When I first started playing here, it was just your standard volleyball bar. Okay food, okay drinks and fun spot to play ball. Since then, the owner, Ed, and his team have committed to making this place a premier spot in Grandview. When I worked near Grandview, I would constantly drag my coworkers here for their fantastic happy hour. They have a pretty good draft beer list and they are all half price during happy hour. Match that with $3.50 well drinks and $4.25 doubles, you can have a great time AND a small tab. On top of the great drink specials, Prestons took over the kitchen a few years ago, and they make some pretty amazing burgers. If you're with a group that's not too picky, grab the burger box which includes 10 burgers and fries for $50. For the icing on the cake, they have renovated the entire interior of the bar (the bathrooms could still use some work), added a removable dome over the volleyball courts for sand volleyball all year round, and have been hosting weekly drop in tournaments for a few months now. One of the big reasons that I prefer playing at Woodlands is that your league plays at the same time every week. No 6pm one week then 11pm the next. Oh and their league prices are super competitive. This is the first year they've had the dome, so we can't be too critical, but it would be great to not have to walk all the way inside the bar to use the restroom! I'm sure they'll get that straightened out in years to come!

First time playing here in a volleyball league. Sign ups go quick so make sure you sign up right when the session opens. People in previous leagues get time in advance to sign up, so your time slot that you want might already be full. All in all we got the 9:15 time slot which wasn't that bad at all. I like how it's the same time every week unlike other leagues. The sand is super niceee too!! Not too expensive either. Awesome job and super fun to play with friends!

So glad we stumbled into this gem! Mikey's Late Night is their food now. Good beer. Duck pin bowling, pool, shuffleboard, volleyball... so much to keep you entertained and totally unique!