Reviews for The Porch on the Green in Monticello, FL
Excellent! Had the Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (tip: bring a dinner roll to sop with) and the Caprese Chicken Pesto. Usually, I... avoid chicken in restaurants for being dry, cold, or tough, but this was tender, warm, and full of flavor. Topped it off with agreat cup of coffee and the fried cheesecake (must have). We will be back! Read more
Very happy we saw this place online and went (from Tallahassee)! We had the pork belly and the fish tacos, both delicious. From... the reservation to the bar service, to food and drinks, everything perfectly smooth, and staff were very sweet. Reasonablypriced. Can\'t wait to go back to try more! They do a great job and I wish them more success. Read more
Michele and her staff provided me the Best surprise 70th birthday diner party ever. The food is excellent especially the smoked... pork belly. The drinks flowed full flavored without an empty glass. The service was without a doubt top shelf.\nThank you verymuch.\nBob Patrick Read more
We made reservations for our birthday dinner. We arrived and was seated right away. Our server took our drink order and then... our food order. We did not order any appetizers. There were 4 of us and we waited over 45 minutes for our entrees! The foodwas very good. The wait was not. There was no explanation for why it took so long. We had a very large party come in mid waythrough our meal. The party was so loud that our elderly guests could not even hear what was being said. I was a littledisappointed in the ambience -maybe being outside on the porch would be much better. We will go back one more time and givethem another try, but on the porch the next time. Read more
My husband and I had high hopes for this restaurant. When we were walking in we saw the sign about happy hour between 4 and 6.... What a nice surprise as our plan was to order drinks and have an appetizer before dinner. We asked to sit on the porch as it wasa beautiful sunny day. We were given the menus and water. Actually 2 different servers brought us water. No problem. When ourserver came to take our drink and appetizer orders she asked if we knew what we wanted for dinner and we told her. In a fewminutes our drinks came out. Then soon followed our appetizers with our dinner coming out before we even had a chance to tastethe appetizers. Not exactly what we had planned. My husband\'s dinner looked different that what he ordered. In fact, I said Ididn\'t realize his meat would be fried to which he agreed. He had just cut his meat and taken his first bite when the servercame out apologizing that she had ordered the wrong entree for him. She asked whether he wanted it or wanted her to get thecorrect dish. Since I already had my entree he agreed to keep what they had brought out. The food was very good as were thedrinks. We decided to order dessert and waited, waited, waited for it to be served. Finally I went in, found the server andasked her to package it to go. When we got the bill we were charged for the entree he got but didn\'t order which was moreexpensive. I had thought maybe they would have discounted his meal since it wasn\'t what he ordered or at least charge what hisordered entree cost. Also, to get the happy hour prices you have to go to the bar and get your drinks. Unfortunately no one letus know this. I don\'t think I have ever had this happen without the server letting us know what the rules were beforehand. Allin all, the food was very good so we gave our experience 3 stars. The service brought it down. We will go one more time gettingour drinks from the bar and not ordering our meal until after finishing our drinks and appetizers. Read more
OK ... the food was DELICIOUS. Even tho they didn\'t have the Flatbread I\'d ordered, they came to table and suggested similar... as a wrap, agreeing to add pineapple to it. My friend ordered the salad trio but since she doesn\'t eat egg salad she asked ifthe egg scoop could just be a tuna one. When it arrived and was a bit dry she asked for and got a tiny serving of saladdressing. When the checks arrived, she was charged $2 or $3 for the substitution AND an additional $2 or $3 for the tiny bit ofsalad dressing. All upcharges without any advance info that there was an upcharge. I will say we both thought the food wasgreat. My Lemoncello cake slice was wonderful. But then the bathroom door stuck and I was trapped inside. I struggled trying toget it open and then started pounding on the door and yelling for Help. Zero response. The bathroom super tiny. Trapped. FinallyI slammed the door repeatedly with shoulder and hip and after 2 or 3 times it finally opened. I\'ve got a nice bruise onshoulder and hip. SO, great food but expect an upcharge for any additions and be wary of the first, to left side, littlebathroom. Loved the food. Probably won\'t return. Silent upcharges tend to run off what could be good repeat customers. BTW ...gorgeous chandeliers and nice ambiance otherwise. Read more
Waited over 50 min for food? French fries were cold. Told of onion allergies, soup made with onions and topped with them. ... Other waitress was more attentive than our own. Won?t be back. Read more
Consistently great food and service. Wonderful selection of cocktails. One of my favorite places in the area.