Backwoods Bar & Grill

Bryan Wheeler

Decided to try something new when passing through Payson. The service here was great, very friendly staff. There are two sections, one feels more bar like and the other family friendly. We started with fried pickles which were good, crispy with a good flavor and ranch to dip. The burgers, however, were both over done, dry and fell very flat. We asked for them to be cooked medium but well done is all they knew and we didn't have the time to send them back. The bun had a decent flavor but it didn't make up for the rest. Be sure to order the cookie for dessert, it was tasty and well done.

John Keebler

Stopped in for a pepperoni pizza it was delicious. Some of the usual crowd was there at the bar. Nice friendly atmosphere. Bartender was very friendly and quick with drinks. Blessings, John Update 4/6/21 Macie was my bartender and she was fantastic. Also I had a fabulous pepperoni pizza cooked too perfection. Blessings, John 2-8-22 Today I had another 😋 Delicious Pepperoni 🍕 It was soo good. Matt waited on me at the bar, he is very professional and knows his bar patrons and their favorite drinks. Blessings, John

Ryan McCutchan

Not a great place, not a place that I fell in love with and I most likely won’t go back. The service is extremely slow and inefficient. The tables appear to be left dirty until the staff is forced to clean them for new customers…. I would fire the manager and start over. The waitresses wander about, Aimlessly. It’s like nobody really works here…. I had to get my own beer from the bar, our waitress disappeared for quite some time. Food took forever and it was not great. The bread was soggy, my sandwich was obviously sitting under a heat lamp and only had edible meat on one side. Asked for a side of ranch, the table was finished eating by the time it arrived. The waitress went on break in that time. Saw her come back from the outside 10-15 minutes after asking for ranch. She definitely wasn’t getting ranch out there. Everything is an up charge….doused the BBQ burger with sauce perhaps to cover the bland flavorings of dry meat, paid an extra $1.50 per plate for soggy seasoned steak fries. The Poutine was about half edible. Probably a good place to go get drunk just maintain low expectations and you’re gonna be just fine.

Laura “Long Islander” Delaney

Where shall I start. None of the staff were wearing masks. With the COVID-19 numbers rising not a good thing. Went on Saturday, Ordered a cheeseburger and fries. I had asked for my burger to be well done. It took almost an hour to get our food. After I asked how much longer before our food was coming out. Took one bite of my burger and it was quite pink. I told our server and he apologized and sent it back to the kitchen. He even checked our order to make sure that he wrote it down correctly (he did). They brought another burger out and it was way over cooked. Like it was out of spite. I was so hungry at that point that I had choked down the burger with 2 glasses of water. My husband got a cold chicken lime sandwich which he did like. On our next trip to Payson we will not include eating here, that's for sure.