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Olwen J.
4th May 2012 5 star 

I read some of the reviews for Wellington Portofino and I was a bit nervous about going. I had visited New Plymouth Portofino and loved it.
Tonight 11 of us went for dinner and it was top class. The service , the food and the atmosphere couldn’t be faulted.
I certainly would recommend Portofino in Wellington to anyone and look forward to going again.

Very satisfied customer from Kapiti Coast

Denise
25th April 2012 2 star 

Booked a table for 6 at Portofino in Wellington. When we arrived they had no record of the reservation, okay ……. They quickly pushed some tables together and we were seated quickly, menus arrived etc, we ordered, nice entree of fresh bread, then the mains arrived, well what a disappointment that was, I had the chicken parmajana (spelt wrong I know), it was a slice of chicken breast, not a breast of chicken, hammered so thin, covered in what was supposed to be Palma ham, which it was certainly not! And mozerella, which is normally white and stretches, I am sure this wasn’t , although could have been a Mixture. It had some sauce, the whole thing was bland, it came with 2 carrot stiks, 2 courgette sticks, 2 tiny florets of broccoli and 1.5 tiny baby potatoes, so that was 30 bucks! My husband had eye fillet steak, thin??? Hammered again, it was no more than a centimetre thick, same amount of veg, steak was no more than 4oz, oh and I have no idea howitzer was well done at one end nd raw at the other, that was 36 bucks, our friends meals were about the same. I have been here any times but I shan’t return, have they changed their chef? Italian food is supposed to be rustic, full of flavour, I have no idea what this was, but what a waste of money! Service was good, people were really nice, so I gave them a two for that. Wine was 45 bucks a bottle for the cheapest, I thought a bit over the top for the selection on offer

mac m.
28th March 2012 1 star 

Despite the negative reviews, I still took my mom to Portofino for lunch. It lived up to the reviews of previous diners. We had a horrible horrible lunch. The manager was rude, racist and offensive. The service was absolutely appalling and the chef was so FULL of himself. The pizza we ordered was too salty. We asked whether we can take it back, and she said yes. When I was paying my bill, they had still charged the salty pizza onto my tab. They refused to take the pizza off my bill. The manager was very rude and was interested in offending customers. I said to him ‘If you behave this way, I will never come back for lunch’ and his response was ‘that’s your choice, I don’t give a s**t’. It’s a horrible horrible place. I would advise you to go somewhere else for lunch. Its not worth the risk and diner reviews are an accurate gauge of how bad this restaurant is.

Brendon
23rd March 2012 5 star 

Amazing food and service, this is our fourth time visiting this restaurant cor dinner and as per usual the food was great and the service 2nd to none, we were dining with friends that were put off by the previous reviews but they were happy they gave it a chance on our recommendations, i seriously dont know what the other reviewers saw but you really should try this place, very accomidating and friendly staff with great food makes this one of my favourite places to eat in Wellington

Johan
4th January 2012 1 star 

We had a horrible lunch experience at Portofinos. The food was pretty good and we loved the pasta but the service was appalling and the staff were rude. We discovered a bug in our food halfway through the meal and when we complained we didn’t even get an apology and we were forced to pay for what was supposed to be a vegetarian dish. The manager was very rude and was more interested in offending us than being helpful. I will never go back and would recommend anyone to choose a different restaurant for lunch.

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