Fiona Gao

Review of The Porch at Schenley

0 stars for the mess and lack of system of their s...

0 stars for the mess and lack of system of their service. 3 stars for the taste of their dished. 5 stars for the waiter I don't know his name who did excellent job

In all,
1. It is NOT a pet friendly restaurant (google map was wrong)
2. Don't go there on a busy Friday night
3. If you want the salad that has the same name with the bread, make sure you repeat 3 times so they fully understand
4. If you are taking out, make sure to check what is in there 3 times

Last Friday night me and my friend wanted to take her little puppy out to dine so we searched "Pet Friendly Restaurant" on google map. The Porch was one of those so we went. After we arrived they girl in the front told us "there is no pet allowed at our property" (even they have a huge patio) "but you can take out and sit at those green chairs outside". Works for us.

So we waited 20 minutes to pick-up. While we opened the box, we found the salad we ordered turned out to be bread, and we did not get our iced tea at all. I went back in, told them so. They said they had 2 dished called the same name, ("some grilled bread") one is salad the other is bread (why????) . They waitress who ordered for me must took the wrong one. (whom I paid $5 for tips for a take out) . Fortunately they believed in me and gave me two cups of iced tea.

There was a handsome waiter who said he would just ordered the salad for me free of charge because it was their mistake. He went to the kitchen and told me it would take only several minutes. I waited 10 minutes and there is still no salad. He came back to the front and saw me still standing there, so he went back to the kitchen and came back to me said he was sorry but the kitchen forgot about it again (what>??) Maybe I could come back after another 20 minutes. I was starving and kinda not happy. So I joined my friend and her dog outside. After 15 minutes when we all did not hope to get any salad, the waiter showed up (don't know how he found us) and brought us the salad. He kept apologizing for which was not his fault. He should be rewarded bonus.