portofino cucina italiana

portofino is one of those memorable restaurants for putting a smile on customer’s faces. thestaffare friendly, approachable and able to advise on the best options from the menu. the menu makes choice of food difficult because everything sounds mouthwatering! but the good news is that once you’re served, the food satisfies just as you had expected it would. perfect place to go to if you want a happy stomach and enjoy spending time with special others. this place is just right! :)

my wife and i were out on a date night on friday and i decided to surprise her with some italian cuisine, our reservation was for 8:30pm but we were running a little early, we were greeted and asked if we could wait for a couple minutes while they get a table ready, the restaurant was jam packed. we waited approx. 3-5min before we were led to our table, great service. we were given our menus and left in peace, the food was not only delicious but very very quick considering how busy they were i was very impressed!!! the waitstaffwere very attentive to all our requests! dinner for 2 for under $80 incl. entree and a desert you can not beat that!!!

if there were bonus stars i would add them, we most definitely will be back

food was average, waited over 20min for the main with no explanation or apology, no smile from thestaff- she kept wanting to take our plates away when we were clearly still eating and the final straw was being served a dirty beer glass.
a big disappointment it used to be so good.

am always satisfied with the food i order every time i go there! if you want perfect italian food, portofino is the way to go. also,staffare always friendly and helpful and the restaurant itself is quite nice. would definitely visit over and over again :) highly recommend

lovely authentic italian cuisine! they're much better than their neighbour italian venue- the pasta was delicious and the pizza was exactly like the pizza i had in italy- will be back!staffwere lovely too- it was pricey though but well worth it

we dined here to celebrate a special occasion. great ambiance, child-friendly,staffwere friendly and helpful with some menu inquiries, although we waited a fair amount of time to get our desserts and charged us twice on the last dessert they served. however, this was promptly corrected when informed. had the garlic pizza pane, cheese pizza pane, spaghetti alla bolognese, scalopine al marsala, filleto al vino rosso, panna cota, afogato with liquer and gelato - vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours. both veal and beef were very tender and well-seasoned. the kid’s spaghetti bolognese tasted rich and flavourful and i believe one that i would remember. the vanilla with raspberries panna cota was smooth and has the melt-in-the mouth texture. out of the 3 flavours of gelato i have tried, i prefer the strawberry flavour. generally, a great dining experience with the family.

great food, decent ambience.. it could have been more quieter i think... great place for a romantic dinner with your bae... food portions were quite big, and worth the money...stafftoo was very friendly. great experience overall!!

having had both takeaway and dine in from this restaurant it's a definite favourite.
the meals are delicious (could be bigger for the mr who could easily have eaten more).
a little pricey but for the experience we didn't even mind. lovelystaffwho do all they can to make it a lovely evening.

we celebrated my birthday and it was fantastic! thestaffand food were excellent. the atmosphere was good. my sister brought a cake and my family and portofinostaffsang a song together. we are going to come here again. thank you

food is absolutely amazing. great fan of portofino new plymouth so as soon as we heard hamilton was getting portofino we knew we were going. again, the food is amazing. thestaffare great at what they do, attentive, friendly. am pretty much going every chance we have an excuse to