📍 2 Clive Square East, Napier South, Napier
📍 Address: 2 Clive Square East, Napier South, Napier 4110, New Zealand
📞 Phone: +64 6 835 8821
🌐 Website: portofino.co.nz
On the plate at Portofino Restaurant, the idea is grill-focused and well executed. Sides support without crowding the star. Team members keep things friendly and on task. Good value shows in the serve sizes. Pricing lines up with the offer.
Friendly, family-oriented place with spacious seating, a nice location and friendly service. Sadly the kitchen drops the ball and the food isn’t up to snuff. A Quattro station pizza is a melange (no four seasons anyway) and beware the risotto ingredients in case the scallops are still raw!
Portofino in Napier is a delightful dining experience that captures the essence of Italian cuisine! The atmosphere is warm and inviting, perfect for a romantic dinner or a family gathering. The menu features a fantastic selection of classic Italian dishes, all made with fresh, high-quality ingredients. The pasta is cooked to perfection, and the sauces are rich and flavorful. The service is attentive and friendly, making you feel right at home. If you're looking for an authentic Italian meal in a charming setting, Portofino is a must-visit. Highly recommend it for its delicious food and cozy atmosphere!
The carbonara noodles were a little too soft, but the flavour was delicious.
Our second time dining at this Portofino branch. When we booked, we were told they're "full", but could accommodate us at 19:30 on a Friday night. Arrived at 19:25 to find an almost empty restaurant. Odd. Pizzas are not wood fired. Pasta dishes are good, but portions are small for the price. Service was "barely there". Strangely, such a completely different experience to Portofino at the Viaduct, Auckland, where the meals and service is always top notch.
What a great dinning experience, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed eating here. The steak was cooked perfectly and super tender. I did not care much for the toilet facilities unfortunately.
The food are wonderful, the staff are very friendly, definitely recommended.
Overall the food is nice but the service is extremely bad. It’s not recommended to visit here. Waitress (Angela) treated us in a very rude way. We tend to order kids meal as we had heavy breakfast in the morning and we solely want to take some light food for brunch before heading to the next destination.The waitress showed her grumpy face and asked us “if you are not hungry, why do you come to dine in?”. Since we are not allowed to order kids’ meal, our friends ordered a main course for sharing and the said waitress did not allow us to do so. I made payment and requested for a receipt, the waitress seemed to be reluctant to provide the receipt thereafter. I would like to highlight that we should be treated fairly and not to be discriminated.
Had a really awesome experience here. The waitress was really polite and helpful, the only suggestion I'd make is letting people know they have to pay for the bottle of water at their table. Majority of restaurants give a chilled bottle of water for the table so it was very sneaky of them to charge us $10 for the water. The food was absolutely delicious though, cooked perfectly. Overall a pleasing environment, maybe a tad dark. I'd definitely eat here again.
So went in not really expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised! I enjoyed there seafood and pasta dishes that absolutely blew me away with the different contrast of flavors from the tomato based seafood platter dish to the light garlic clam dish that was full of fresh seafood that decorated my plate. Hands down the best Italian restaurant I've tried so far. I give it a solid 8/10 would easily get a 9 if it had fresh handmade pasta. Three course meal for two at about $140 is very reasonable for the quality of the dishes. Highly recommended!
Great food and awesome experience. Seafood platter dish was about $45ish with decent amounts of fish, scallops, clams, squid rings, mussels and prawns which I thought was good value. Other dish was chicken risotto. Cocktails were reasonably priced and service was good (even for lockdown rules). Restaurant was very clean and the environment had a great feel to it. All in all a very positive experience. The only constructive criticism I would suggest is to print out the customers receipt before they pay but I had the price pre-worked out in my head. Will definitely be back.
Portofino Restaurant is located at 2 Clive Square East, Napier South, Napier 4110, New Zealand
You can contact Portofino Restaurant at +64 6 835 8821
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