Best Italian food I tried in CBD. Cannelloni was amazingly cooked with delicious rich sauce. Roasted potatoes with garlic and rosemary were perfectly cooked. Highly recommended to try Italian.
As always. Excellent food. Great service. Attentive front of house staff
Busy sat night. Squeezed in
Had the chicken fettuccini. Slightly under seasoned but rich sauce. Great ambient flavors
Hard to fault. Nice dinner
The risotto on lunch special is very tasty. Might be one of the best vegetarian risotto I ever had. Yummy tomato base with perfectly balanced flavor. Not too salty or oily. Very quick and friendly service. However, don’t like the tip option when we pay. I mean this is NZ, there is no tip culture!
Came here for the $20 and under lunch and felt like we got good value for money. The portions were generous and tasty. Not the best Italian food but for the price it's worth it. Staff are friendly and kind.
Amazing food and Ilona was very friendly and offered us outstanding service !
We loved the calamari entree. The chicken pizza was made perfectly and we had the seafood risotto with good amount of seafood and was perfectly cooked .
I loved it better than any of the other portofino restaurants we dined before
We will definitely go back
We went back tried the Fettuccini with chicken and also the lamb chops with risotto. Both were amazing. Loved it !
Went here for lunch the other day - $20 and under lunches are great! It is quite literally under $20 coming in at $19.90 I really felt like i was getting a bargain under $20!
In all seriousness for $19.90 I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and would happily recommend people to stop on by and have lunch here! My meal was the chicken breast served with steamed veges and roast potato
Food was tasty- nothing amazing. Good italian comfort food, and lunch specials are a good value. Had chicken and mushroom rissotto, chicken and roast veges and takeaway italian sausage pizza
Wifey had purchased a grab one voucher and although we have been to Portofino in the viaduct on numerous occasions it was good to go to the Parnell one. Wasn't happy that the timing catching up with friends coincided with the ABs test but Portofino brought their A game with very attentive service and great food. 4 of us were very pleased with everything....and I checked the progress of the ABs over the 3 courses.
Winner Portofino!!!
We hadn't been here before and was using a grab one voucher (that's the good thing about the vouchers - makes us step out and explore).Well... We had a generous set menu to choose from, had fabulous food, wonderful wine, cool company and super efficient service! My hubby wasn't too happy that I had booked on the night the all blacks were playing Welsh - however he forgave me. Whew thanks portifino Parnell! Perfect!!!
Well the food was nicely cooked and presented, the place was clean, the staff were helpful, the prices were acceptable, and they cooked a non-menu order for me.
Food were good. The service was attentive and pleasant.
Absolute exceptional service.
The Manager (Owner?) greeted us on arrival like we were long lost family. So happy we were there. This continued through out our evening. Quick to ask us if we require drink, take order, clear plates without us feeling rushed.
Food was superb as well.
Nice copy atmosphere.
Prices affordable.
Will be back for sure!
Quality and service are amazing. We love Italian food, and they always have great wine. Very clean premises and the staff are great. The owner works in this business and always works up and above. You really notice the difference.
First time trying a Portofino chain and found it to be quite enjoyable for a work leaving dinner. Portions were quite generously sized and the dishes were quite tasty overall. Just a bit hot sitting inside though and couldn’t really feel any air con on a warm summer evening.
An old favourite. All the hearty, honest food of a proper family run restaurant, with a cosy atmosphere that makes you feel like you belong. Food is great, atmosphere is comfortable, and I've never left without feeling slightly guilty about just how much I've managed to eat
Fettuccine con pollo is a staple of portofino, offering fresh fettuccine and chicken in a rich creamy sauce, 5/5 it's a must try.
The Costolette di agnello is a lamb cutlet dish, served with seasonal vegetables and a tomato based sauce. The sauce hits hard with tangy flavours and is definitely the star of the dish. In my opinion, the sauce works great with the seasonable vegetables but overpowered the flavour of the lamb cutlets - which were already a little overcooked. Overall a 4/5.
Service was top notch and staff were extremely friendly and polite, 5/5. Ambience was great, with mood lighting and comfy furniture, the booths are private and make it perfect for date nights, 5/5.
Went here for dinner one time and got a chicken salad, it was super good; I highly reccomend! The service was really nice and the waitress was very friendly. Nice atmosphere as well!
It was a wonderful experience to work here. The staff taught me a lot, with smile and kindness. The food is amazing too : carbonara, fettucine, margarita, gnocchis... Everything I tasted was delicious. The benches are confortable, the atmosphere is great as well... I recommend this place +++
Delicious food. Great service and the waitress that welcomed us had a great sense of humour. For an entree we ordered the chilli pane which I would recommend eating fresh from the kitchen. Was very soft, warm, melt-in-your-mouth bread. Ordered gnocchi and cannelloni for mains which was delicious and was also very impressed by the dessert menu.
Had a lunch catch up with current and ex workmates the other day and I have to say the steak I had was cooked to perfection (for me) and melt in the mouth. The sauce and accompany vegies made the dish most enjoyable. I've eaten here a number of times and the team are most accommodating, the food is consistently good and no doubt we'll be back soon.
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