The Porch at Nogans — Restaurant in Montana

Update: Food and service is getting better for sure! I so wanted to love this place because I know Tell, and he is a super sweet guy, but we tried it twice and left both times disappointed. Our first visit, we went for lunch. I had a taco salad it was similar to school cafeteria salad. Not terrible, just not special. My daughter had a French dip. The edges of the roast beef were burnt. She said the flavor was good except for that part. My husband had the Danhof burger. It was cooked to the point that the flavor and juices of the meat were gone. It wasn't burnt, just very much overcooked. I thick patty with no flavor whatsoever and very dry. Definitely needed lots of water to get it down. He also had tator tots. I don't know if the frying oil needs to be changed or what, but that's all we could taste was oil. Which was odd because the French fries were good. I would imagine they are fried in the same oil, but maybe not. We went back today because we were told breakfast is better. When we left I ordered a breve it too was not good. We ended up going to another place in town, and the breve was much better. My husband had the classic. The eggs were hot, no flavor, the hashbrown casserole, it was cold and undercooked but nice flavor. No crispness. I had the Blueberry French toast bake. It was beautiful, but the middle had the texture of tofu or mud. The texture ruined it, plus the flavor was sadly lacking. I don't know if it's the younger staff that was there or not. Will try one more time but visit during the middle of the week to see if that makes a difference. This is just our opinion. You should go try it for yourself and decide...

Heading West from Belgrade, the Porch came highly recommended to us for a nice sit down breakfast…. We were not disappointed! I had a one-of-a-kind “baked oatmeal” that was so original, and satisfying, I can’t quit thinking about it. My husband had sausage & eggs with a cream gravy for his hash browns that they should market & sell by the jar… So flavorful with tiny bits of bacon added, tempting one to use it as a dunker for your toast as well. Our server was friendly & accommodating…. Found out where we were from & razzed us a tiny bit with kids sports & such. We liked her! The only drawback we encountered was minor… The place itself could’ve been a bit cleaner, but one could tell they’d been busy. Appearance-wise, it seemed a little ‘makeshift’ but, for the food they cranked out, we like to call it “Atmosphere, baby!” As the saying goes: “If you can’t run with the big dogs, why get off the porch?” We’re coming back...

Food overall was very good, however, it took about an hour to get our food. One server, who was very efficient, but took awhile at times to get to other tables. The food coming out was super slow. Like they weren't making batches of anything. Just as orders came, that's when they would start to make it.

I had the eggs benedict. Eggs were cooked perfectly, hollandaise was well seasoned, and a good amount of ham. Could have been hotter (especially for what I mentioned above). The hashbrown "casserole" was more like a cheesy potato pancake. Casserole is a very loose term as I figured it would be something more like what Cracker Barrel serves, not a griddled flat potato.

I would return as prices were great and food was good. Just wish they had a few more options for breakfast and that there was a different potato option.

**EDIT - Time stamp from Google...