Portofino - New Plymouth

First time visiting New Plymouth with my partner, we are staying right above the restaurant at The Metrotel. Portofino is so close to the motel it’s so easy to get to. We didn’t have a booking when we arrived and we were seated very quickly. We ordered our drinks and they arrived and in the mean time we ordered starters to give us time to look at the menu. The garlic pizza tasted very nice and was nice to see actual garlic pieces on the bread instead of a soggy soaked garlic bread. We ordered our mains and the wait wasn’t too long, we were also offered drinks before our mains came out which is good service and then 5 mins later our mains came. I throughly enjoyed my main, the chicken fettuccine. My partner got the parmigiana and he throughly enjoyed that to. I would definitely come back, or I will definitely visit the other portofino back in auckland. The atmosphere of the restaurant is very nice, music isn’t too loud and the restaurant does seem very Italian which is what the website says it’s meant to be like. Overall we are happy with our visit and there is so many options on the menu to choose from I will have to make several visits over time to try everything I wanted to order. :

Had my first dining experience at Portofino last week, and was really impressed!!! The food was delicious and the staff were friendly. It was also reasonably priced.<br/ <br/ Will definitely dine here again.

5 of us went to Portofino's last night for a meal were delighted with our dining experience.Food was fabulous, the chef obviously is not afraid of big flavours. Italian food should have big flavours this place provided them. Wonderful!Service was very attentive friendly.Menu was good, prices good, the wine list had some great Italian wines as well as others. We'll definitely be going back whenever we can get to New Plymouth. Thank guys.Only wish you guys were in Tauranga.Colleen

We had booked a table and arrived on time. We had another appointment an hour later and we we advised the staff of this (knowing that we were being a bit pushy) they set about preparing our meal. the service was attentive and excellent and the meals were very good. We really appreciated their flexibility and cheerful demeanour. Looking forward to a return visit.

We took friends to dinner here last night I must say I was a little concerned having read the latest reviews no need as our experience was wonderful!!The atmosphere was busy and friendly, I suspect there were many repeat customers.A broad menu offering a huge range of taste experiences with an interesting variety of Italian and other wines meant there was something for everyone.Compliments to the wait staff well groomed and efficient, polite while not being intrusive and they knew their stuff.We will definitely revisit this restaurant :