The Porch Bar Sacramento

Love this restaurant, they always go above and beyond and follow all instructions. Never had a bad meal here.

Cornbread, butter and jelly was good. Sausage good. Gravy was horrible! It was cold, looked like it came from bottom of pan and had some ingredient in it I didntlike ... either cinnamon or nutmeg something like that

Ive always wanted to try the Porch. Tonight I finally did! I got the buttermilk chicken with two sides and mac and cheese. I spent nearly $50 plus the driver tip. Heres my review. The chicken was a solid 8. Would eat again. It was juicy and tender. It was covered, after cooking, in salt and pepper. If youre on a low salt diet, this is not the food for you. But the S&P after bath makes all the difference. While the chicken is juicy, it lacks the right flavor without it. I got three pieces a leg, a huge thigh, and a huge breast. Excellent portions. My sides were the biscuit and gravy and mashed potatoes. First, the biscuits were good and large. Two large biscuits. A solid 7.5. They could use a butter bath after baking for flavor, but they werent dry. Both jam and butter were included as small extras... not enough for the biscuits as a whole but it added needed flavor for as long as it lasted. Im not a jam person, but I enjoyed this one. The gravy lacked flavor. Maybe a four. Supposedly a sausage gravy, because I did see sausage, but there was no spice palate to it. Since Im at home, I can fix that, but in a restaurant, it would be disappointing. My potatoes were fine but needed both seasonings and mashing. I had two whole potatoes in my container surrounded by other mashed potatoes. All skins left on. Again, easy to season and fix at home, but as is, a 4. Finally, the Mac and Cheese. I was disappointed to get a dish without breadcrumbs, as noted in the description. it would have added needed texture, but also, could have upset the dish by the time it was delivered, so a toss up. Its a five. Again, light on seasoning. an obvious post cooking layer of black pepper, but it lacked the kick I expected. Perhaps it lacked a sharp cheddar to add some tang. If I ordered again, would add bacon and/or the BBQ pork. I added bacon to it at home myself and it improved. If youre reading this, do it. My rankings werent high, but Im giving this place a four overall. I wont eat it all in one sitting, but it will be eaten. They used some environmentally friendly dishes, and it would probably hit differently getting it at a table while hot from the kitchen. I would want to try other things from their menu before I write this restaurant off. As I picked a pretty Southern sounding selection for dinner, be warned that it doesnt have the flavor and kick of traditional Southern dishes. A little cayenne in the chicken, onion and butter in the potatoes, and some extra kick in the gravy would make all the difference. But I wouldnt kick this chicken out of my kitchen if it suddenly showed up.

I didn apos;t receive my mashed potatoes but chicken, Mac cheese biscuit gravy are good.

No utensils. The potato was tasteless and didnt like it presentation. The rest of the order was good