Cafe Portofino

Cafe Portofino reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Jeanette VIP

   Orange County41 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Family dinner (6 adults) - we enjoyed thoroughly! Great service and wonderful food. Thank you for taking such good care of our table.
   

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   Gerald VIP

   Hawaii57 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent service and atmosphere Nice View. Food was great
   

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   Catherine VIP

   Tahoe9 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   The restaurant is in a beautiful location with views of the bay. The service was excellent. Unfortunately, those are the only two things the restaurant has going for it. The decor is leftover hotel ballroom - no ambviance. The food was inedible, literally. The salad was so old that the lettuce was almost completely tinged with orange. I could not eat it. The fish was rubbery and old and the sauce really badly done. We could not eat most of the meal. Do not go here.
   

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   Bob

   San Francisco3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 25, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great Food and service. I highly recommend Cafe Portofino for a wonderful dining experience.
   

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   Natasha VIP

   Hawaii3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 22, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   Food lacked flavor, soda refills had additional costs which seems petty for a restaurant
   

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   Bob

   San Francisco3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and great service. We can't wait to dine there again.
   

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   Richard

   San Francisco19 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice view of the water. The staff is friendly and they provide good service. The food was great, we enjoyed everything we ordered. It small and tables are close together, but the place is great for a nice evening dinner. The cocktails were a tab strong. They also had live music the 2 times we were there. The second time we ate there we just had pizza in the back area by the bar.
   

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   Jay VIP

   Seattle15 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Service was great. Chicken Marsala and the Carbonara were wonderful. Lovely setting and and enjoyable time.
   

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   Tina VIP

   Minneapolis9 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 6, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   on a day when it can be open, outside room view is spectacular
   

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    Harrison

    Unspecified1 review

    3.0

    Dined on April 6, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4

    The food was really quite good. The venue also was beautiful. However the restaurant seemed to be suffering from staffing issues which resulted in long wait times. It took us about 25 minutes from being seated to have the opportunity to submit our first part of the order. The cocktails were ok with the exception of the espresso martini which was amazing.
    

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