The Big Backyard

Great, clean indoor play space with activities for a wide range of ages. Reminded me much of the beloved Sprouts indoor playground in Toronto, minus the free coffee and tea, but plus an impressive, extra large play structure.
Ample (comfortable) seating for adults and huge open space for the kiddos to run around. Definitely very clean as well.
Minus one for not allowing outside food yet not offering any fresh/​unprocessed snack options.

Rude staff. Inconsistent policies. Not temperature controlled. Sick children rampant. Proceed with caution before purchasing membership.

We celebrated our daughter’s birthday in December 2015 at The Big Backyard with 10 children (3 and under) and 7 adults.
From the moment we arrived, we felt that we were in good hands. Our host Kristine was awesome! We were a little late and Kristine was a HUGE help! She came out with a cart right away to help us get our birthday supplies inside and immediately started setting up and organizing.
We love the layout of The Big Backyard (you can see your kids no matter where they are playing) and the fact that food can be purchased on site. My daughter’s daycare friends all had a great time!
Kristine was also great at keeping us on schedule and even helped get coats and shoes on kids as we were headed out the door. She did an amazing job!
The Big Backyard played a big part in creating a very happy memory for my daughter’s birthday!
p. s. Our daycare provider (home daycare) was so impressed, she’s planning on bringing the daycare kids to play there again soon!

I love it fun big building so much for kids to do

Totally enjoyable — my 2 nephews and my niece (ages 3 – 6) and I took advantage of the free second day — a fabulous idea, and it was really great. SUPER CLEAN! Staff was cleaning each ride toy individually while I was there, there was no debris or dirt anywhere, the kids had a really great time riding around, kicking balls, sliding down the super fast slides on their bellies (otherwise their little bodies would shoot like a cannon ball out the end!!)
I brought snacks and we went out to the van, changed diapers, had a little snack, and went back in to enjoy more fun time before nap time! I relaxed in the lawn chairs and read while they wore themselves out!
I would definitely go again to fill a drizzling morning up with fun and energy.

My son loves playing here. I was very disappointed once lunch time came along that they do not allow outside food or offer healthy choices. They have snack foods like chips and candy and hot dogs are the only hot food option. If I would have known this before we came I may have chosen somewhere else. It’s a great concept for an indoor activity place for kids but please let the parents bring their own food they see fit.

I just got back home from my daughter’s 1^st bday party at The Big Backyard. I was very pleased with the space, variety of toys for the infants and older kids, the service.
Lindsey was our assistant. She was super sweet and helpful. She made sure the party room stayed clean. The price was pretty comparable to competitors.
I was very impress as well as my guest. We will be back?

I have been to The Big Backyard many times and I love the concept. It is a great place to let your little ones blow off steam. I think the overall cleanliness of the facility is better than average. The one issue which is a big one that seems to happen almost every time I have been there. No one from the facility itself oversees the play area. I was there today and my 3 year old daughter who is very mellow was really upset since there were children who told her she couldn’t go down the slides because she didn’t have a ticket. There is also a very small track that goes around the larger rainbow play system they have and today like many other times there were a handful of very aggressive boys running into people and running children right off the track. I spoke to one of the owners while I was there today about the ticket thing and she asked if I knew who the children were. I didn’t because I had my 5 month old with me and couldn’t exactly climb with her up to the top of this structure to figure out who the kids were. She then told me she would have the snack bar attendant keep an eye out. Really? That person is suppose to multitask and manage the entire play area plus get people snacks and run them through the register as well. I don;t complain often but if they can’t afford to have a dedicated person there to oversee the safety of children on a full time basis they should consider raising their rates to pay for one. I have never had this issue at Flabbergast which is a competing facility in Sussex. Why? Because they have at least 2 – 3 people constantly walking the play area to make sure things are running smoothly. If this was a situation which happened once I would say it was a fluke but 75% of the time there are a bunch of unruly boys who have nothing better to do but to bother those children who can actually play nice with others. I know parents should be watching there children which I watch mine and have no issues but we all know there are a ton of parents who sit on there buts and let there children go wild. Knowing this the facility should be pro-​active and have a dedicated overseer of the play area. It would be well worth their investment.

This place is great for not only kids but parents. The big backyard is just what it says it is. It has the biggest playground I have ever seen that adults can also go on, it has a toddler area as well for the littler one. It has enough room to ride there big wheels, play basketball or kickball and just be a kid. There is also a deck area equipped with outside table and chairs for the parents to hang out and relax. My kids loved this place and I thought it was cool as well.