Backyard is a restaurant and bar (you can read the restaurant right up here)

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There are kind of two bar areas at Backyard, one in the main building housing the restaurant and the other is a roofed outdoor bar directly opposite. Smack bang in the middle is a garden of sorts. We say that because it's mainly a sandpit as opposed to grass; there are wooden benches for people to perch on here and fans to try and keep you cool.

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We hate TVs in dining / drinking spots, so as you can imagine, we struggle with a lot of Lagos establishments. The Backyard has a number of screens which makes sense because it feels like it's pitching itself as a bit of an upscale sportsbar. So, we can kind of let it go. In the outdoor bar, they've got a foosball table if you want to get in on some semi sporting action IRL.

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Beer wise, they've got Heineken, star and more. Cocktail wise, they stick to the Naija faves: mojitos, margaritas and other classics. We've only had the marg which wasn't bad for Lagos but it wasn't brilliant either - a touch to sweet which as an enduring problem for most drinking dens in Gidi.

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The service is friendly if a bit overzealous and over familiar at times which might grate some people.

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We are menu and toilet fascists. 

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Menus: laminated. Sigh. Could do with a re-print 

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Toilet: top stuff

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