Portola Kitchen - Ladera

Wife disliked it, I loved it. Her spaghetti bolognese wasn't as good as that from Wine Cellar in LG; my beef tortellini was absolutely delicious, had some kale to take the oil off; she thought it was salty; and 5 minutes after we left, I had a crazy thirst which was quenched with water from Bianchini Market next door. I love the location. It was just too crowded tonight; she complained about slow service. True they were short staffed but all restaurants are doing this now :

I’ll start with the good: it’s very convenient for us and a nice place to sit, inside or outside even on a cold February night we were still warm enough. Our server was very nice and the food was good. Now the bad: our drinks took >30 minutes to come and that’s the main reason we went there, we only ordered soup which came quickly afterwards but 30 mins for drinks is kind of ridiculous.