I'll have to agree with others when I say I gave this place 2 stars ONLY because of the location/atmosphere. Being from Florida I love any opportunity I get to sit outside in shade and eat/drink.
Our waitress was attentive and very nice. That is about the last nice thing I have to say about this place.
We happened to walk past The Porch on a Sunday Funday in Oakland and decided to try it out. My boyfriend ordered a mimosa. Mimosas are incredibly simple drinks. Pretty sure what they served him was a glass of just orange juice, though the waitress insisted it was a mimosa. They also served it in a regular glass instead of a champagne flute. Why bother to offer it?
We ordered a margherita pizza to split. It was brought out on a baking pan with piles of red pepper flakes and extra cheese on the side (not in separate containers), which is ridiculously gross. If I was splitting this with friends I wouldn't want everyone dipping their fingers into it. We didn't have spoons so we figured that is what we were supposed to do, though we stopped the waitress and got spoons because that's just gross.
The pizza was probably the second worst margherita pizza I've had in Pittsburgh (Fuel & Fuddle gave me the worst). In fact, to call it a margherita pizza would be an insult to actual margherita pizza. It was more like a cheese pizza - where was the basil? Then I found out it's owned and operated by Eat N' Park. That explains everything.
I also agree that the pricing seems wack for the neighborhood that it is in. We definitely will not be back. Even with their great happy hour it's not worth it.