Porterhouse Music bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in Sunny Isles Beach

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Where do I start!?! We came here for Valentines Day and we were extremely disappointed. Their excuse was that a cook was burned and the kitchen collapsed. While we were there, almost 4 hours, more than 6 couples got up and left. Another couple warned us as they waited for more than 2 hours and “good luck”. Because it was Valentines we opted to stay since we weren’t sure what was available for a party of 6. Seems there were only 2 waiters and one was pulling more the weight but he was probably also working in the kitchen at this point.

Food: was really good and tasteful… thank goodness! Soup, shrimp, filet mignon w/mash potatoes and asparagus.

Service: while the waiter was nice and doing his best, it took about an hour after we ordered to get the soup, another hour to receive the shrimp and what felt like another hour for the shared entree. They brought out the wrong dessert. Which was chocolate mousse and I didn’t like. As we were walking out the crème brûlée came out to which we had to reject.

Music: there was live band which sounded good.

IMO this restaurant makes the $$$ in alcohol and club like after hours because while we were still there the dj had music so loud we were holding our ears.

20% Gratuity was mandatory and unfortunately the waiter shouldn’t have gotten that much. We kept seeing the owner or manager going to each table to explain and provide discounts

They discounted our wine as compensation. Do we recommend?...

Miami Spice should be ashamed for recommending and partnering with this place.

First of they hide the bad reviews- check Porthouse Bar & Restaurant without the word "Music".

Second the food was simply terrible. Bread for the table that was hard as a rock with no butter or olive oil. The oysters tasted fresh but were shuckled wrong so the shell pieces were mixed with the oyster. The tuna tartare was ok, nothing special. The chicken tasted dry, flavorless and overcooked. Came with potatoes and random pieces of corn. The fettuccine alfredo with beef tenderloin tasted worst then hamber helper. The noodles were hard and the beef was tough to chew. The food was so bad we didn't even get the dessert that came with the Miami Spice menu.

Third the service was also bad, the food didn't come out at the same time, had to wait an additional 20 minutes for the fettuccine alfredo with beef tenderloin, I should have use that time to cancel my order. I feel bad for the wait staff, you can tell they know the food is going to be bad, they seem lifeless and over it.

Forth they attempted to over charge us for the Miami Spice menu then got annoyed when I called them out for it. They also charge hidden fees, $45 for dinner per person, plus 2x drinks at $11 each, the total should have been $112 plus tax but it came out to $142, that's 27% extra in taxes and fees.

I hope my waiter finds a better job, he was a good dude stuck...