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.
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Came in on a Saturday night for dinner with a reservation. Immediately seated at our table, swiftly attended to by a friendly, smiling and super-attentive waitress.
Ordered the bruchetta and grilled chicken salad as a starter - yum yum. We polished it off within 5 mins.
For mains, we ordered the spaghetti vongole (as I wanted a clear sauce pasta dish) and smoked salmon cream pasta for the hubby. Both were delish. The portions were generous and tasty.
For desserts, we had a hankering for tiramisu - and being someone who makes her own killer tiramisus - Portofino's version definitely passed the test. Great balance in coffee, liquer and mascarpone cream. However, dessert is pretty pricey (close to $15 per serving), so my only niggle is that I wished it came in a bigger portion (and not in a cocktail glass).
Overall, hard to fault - having been to several Italian eateries in Auckland - you do tend to rate them as as 'samey' - but I reckon this Portofino branch in Parnell stood out a wee bit more.
Came here on Good Friday as a quick dinner b4 heading to Vector Arena with friends. This was my husband and I,s 1st Portofino experience and we were both very satisfied with our meals. I ordered Chicken Fettucine, he ordered Gnocchi, our friends ordered Spag Bol & Ravioli. We were all delighted with our choice, desserts were ok, i ordered Profiteroles as well as my friends husband. My husband ordered Pannacota which was a gr8 size as served in a sundae glass, my friend ordered the chocolate cake. We all left very happy and i would come back again. Service was good, friendly staff.
Excellent service and nice italian food but nothing spectacular. Got a 3 course voucher off grabone, entree and main were nice, although the chicken was a little dry in my pasta. Dessert wasn't anything special just strawberry and chocolate icecream.
We went there with a GrabOne coupon and therefore ordered from the set menu. Entree was the minestrone soup which was nice (though personally I would prefer seashell pasta instead of macaroni in it). Mains was the chicken cacciatora - essentially a chicken breast with pomodoro sauce, 2 spuds, 3 carrots, 1 stems each of broccoli and cauliflower. This normally costs $35 on their standard menu and at that price I would expect some kind of "wow" factor for a dish that cost $5 to make, but alas, it was no better than a home cook dish. Dessert was the gelato which was pretty "meh" - no better than a supermarket bought ice cream. In fact Zuzu's Gelato is much better.
Great ambience and friendly staff at this Italian stalwart of Parnell. Has lasted quite a while (longer than our Herne Bay one at least :-), and this inside is very soothing and comfortable. Great spot to eat with kids, or for takeaways which we like to do. Next time I am eating in, especially having seen their pizzas! We had the veal marsala which was super tasty. You will definitely have a great time here if you like your Italian.
I'm kind a local person and I do like eat in or take away from Portofino restaurant. I don't understand why people do complain about it, but for me can't complain. Even I could say Parnell brunch is the best ever than other Portofinos, believe me.
One of the best Portofino Restaurants, consistently good food, great friendly service, looooooooove their Lasagne. Just been renovated which is very very smart, but I miss the old quaint fitout.
A good consistent spot. Most things on the lunch menu are $20 making it a safe bet for an entertainment lunch. Everything I have tried so far is tasty and well cooked. The black pepper stack is always tender and cooked to your request. Service is always pleasant and attentive.
If you are looking for a fancy or trendy spot, this is not is. If you are after good tasting food and friendly service that is reliable then this is the spot for you.
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.
Yummiest Italian we've had in a long time. The penne puttanesca and gelato were simply heaven on a plate!
Lovely and accommodating people who took great care of our group of girls out on a hen's. Food was so good!
We had a very special, wonderful birthday evening for my girlfriend and I can't recommend Portofino highly enough.
We were a party of 20 and every order was correct and every meal was perfect.
The service was wonderful and very attentive. The manager looked after every detail and nothing was a problem for us.
Overall a perfect birthday function that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. We will be back!
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