Reviews for Porter Mountain Western Grill & Saloon

02/16/2014 - Candace
My husband and I wanted to like this place. We went for Sunday brunch recently and the selection of dishes was rather slim, although the omelet bar was pretty good. Worse was the fact that all the prepared food (eggs, potatoes, etc.) were so over-salted as to be almost inedible and the waffles (Eggos?) were cold.

Our second trip was for an early Valentine's Day dinner. The host got the experience off on the wrong foot by canceling our reservation because we were late - although we arrived on time, we had to stand in line for 10 minutes while he seated walk-in guests and flipped back and forth through his reservation book. He accused of us being 30 minutes late after having just checked the time on his phone. I felt as if I were being called a liar.

We did get seated right away, fortunately, but it all got worse after that. Although most of the dining area is quite nice, we were seated in an area outside the bus station that looked more like a cafeteria, with chairs that reminded me of church and a view of a picture of a big spider in a web (not appetizing).

Our server, Gabe, was the only bright spot. He did a good job for as busy as the place was but he couldn't control the fact that my husband was served a rotten baked potato and curdled milk so thick it was more of a solid than a liquid. I don't care how busy the place is, there is simply no excuse for serving rotten food. The meal itself was just ok. The prime rib was good but the lobster tail was smothered in a sweet, icky sauce that I just couldn't stomach (especially after seeing my husband's potato and milk) - ruined a perfectly good piece of seafood! The salad, described as mixed greens/iceberg, was actually a bagged iceberg "salad" with scant slivers of carrot and red cabbage and three slices of cucumber. That's a salad?

Be forewarned...