Portofino Cucina Italiana

Great food, great atmosphere, and surprisingly does gluten free versions of their pasta dishes on request. Never had a bad meal here, seems to attract the well heeled dining clientele.

My favourite restaurant in Auckland hands down. Service is always amazing, the food even more so, have been coming here at least fortnightly for years now and can’t fault it at all, have had amazing dine in and takeaway meals from here.

I used to go to Portofino quite often from the mid 90 es when the original Macedonian family owned the franchise (not sure if new owners now but it all seem to hint towards that). This used to be a great and fine eatery with a lot of authentic Italian and Dalmatian food, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be the case these days. We ordered calamari for myself which were drowning in sauce and no or very little rice added to balance this, sponging up the remaining sauce with a fork is always a challenge so I used some of my son's pizza dough to do so. The size was Mains, 2 x the price of an entree served to the person next to me which was only slightly smaller in size. My son's Calzone pizza came filled with pineapple...to his surprise, as this is normally something linked to the Havaiian pizza, the tomato sauce wasn't a sauce, sorry to state it bluntly but it was a cheap supermarket off the shelf pizza paste. My wife's crumbed veal meal also left some to be desired. I agree with others here who commented the tables are too close to each other, this should be an easy fix. Look, I don't want to sound negative but our latest experience there left us wanting a little more, to say the least. Hope the restaurant picks up on these and addresses them, we all need a good Euro or Italian local eatery in our neighborhood let's make this a success story this place used to be for decades! Cheers.

4.5/5 Taste 4/5 Display 3.5/5 Quantity 4.5/5 Customer Service Amazing Italian Restaurant in Remuera Rd Visited this place with ex and mum few months ago, their food was great, rich and well portioned. Busy eating them couldnt really take clear photo but one of them seems alright. Their rissoto was my personal favourite.

3.5/5 Rating I had no idea there are so many franchises of this restaurant. The food is good. The pasta was cooked well and had enough sauce to coat all the pasta. There was enough flavour and seasoning in the dishes. Service was relatively quick and friendly.