"1"^^ . "0"^^ . . "0"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "2017-11-13T00:00:00"^^ . "As a big fan of the groups other restaurants and a few recommendations I was extremely excited to try The Porter's House. I don't know if it was the fact that we dined on a Sunday, but the restaurant was dead maybe 4 other diners...I thought that might have been a sign and unfortunately it was. Our waitress was very unsure of everything and could have passed for a temp. Didn't bring bread, kept telling us our food was coming and it never did, very slow on filing up drinks etc...I will start with the drinks- In my opinion when a $14+ cocktail is served in a nice steakhouse/restaurant/bar it should come out served with a large block of ice. Here the cocktail was served with regular ice chips overflowing from the glass and was already watering down my cocktail when it arrived. We ordered crab hushpuppies as an appetizer and when they finally arrived they were extremely burnt tasting/smelling. I would guess the oil was way too hot considering the outsides tasted like burn and the insides were not quite done. The wedge salads were next and were fine...nothing spectacular. The steaks were very well prepared, but again very underwhelming at this price point. The cut seemed like something I could have gotten at the local grocery story. The strip steak was over the top fatty throughout the whole steak. I understand there should be marbling/fat in this steak, but this was hard to cut and chew fatty. The filet was again prepared well. If also felt that the steaks were very hard to eat and cut easily due to the weird bowl shape of the plates. I have never been served a steak in something that might be able to pass as a bowl. We skipped desert. Overall I was hoping for something a little more from The Porter's House...everything just seemed lazy or just going through the motions. If you are looking for a nice steak at this price point to continue driving to South Park."^^ .