Munro Stuff
We were lucky to be here during the Bite of Burnaby promotion, so were able to try three courses at a special price. Everything we ate was delicious. Burrata salad was tasty with the perfect texture. Short ribs were all that you'd hope for - tender and delish. Spaghetti di Mare was perfection, pretty much the best pasta/seafood I've had. Finished off with a yummy molten chocolate cake, rich and not too sweet.
Penny Rusty Sophie
Portobello has always been a favorite restaurant for us and we've visited their West Broadway locations many times over the years. Recently, they moved onto the old Pear Tree location on Hastings in Burnaby Heights.
They start you off with some really great complimentary crusty warm bread. And then we moved onto the garlicky Caesar salad and juicy mussels.
For my main, I picked the braised prime rib short ribs. Super fork-tender. The Petti di pollo con carciofini (thin slices of chicken breast, sautéed with butter, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, white wine sauce) was good too.
Service is attentive and friendly. Make sure to get the tiramisu for dessert.
Yoshi Yellow
I think Ive found my people! Haha, but seriously I love this place and their people. Took my Mom for dinner here tonight, and as we walked in the door another couple of customers said " you are going to have a happy belly". We were greeted by a friendly woman (one of the owners?) and shown to a cozy corner table. Walking through the dining area, other diners looked to be enjoying themselves, lots of smiles and visiting happening. We had plexiglass between the tables which was comforting. We ended up ordering two kinds of white wine, both imports from Italy and described to us by our friendly server (nice Aussie young man). For dinner we had the spaghetti di mare and the braised shortribs. Amazing! Bursting with flavor, piping hot, and generous portions. The seafood in the pasta was fresh and delicate, the shortrib tender and slow cooked. We ended with the homemade lemon ricotta cheesecake (wow) that had berry coulis, fresh berry, and an slight almond flavored whipped cream for garnish. Also ordered the lemon sorbetto served in a lemon shell. So refreshing and beautiful to look at. Even the coffee was stellar.
The owner came over several times to see if we were happy, which we really appreciated. We also appreciated the white linen tablecloths, heavy cutlery, and pretty wine glasses and dishes, it really does add to the experience. Oh and the homemade bread with oil ...yummm. When we left the owners, chef and servers all wished us a good night, waved from the kitchen and thanked us for coming. I cannot wait to go back and already planning my next visit.
Daryl Smith
Instead of waiting in line for Anton’s come to Portobello’s. Such a great experience, food was amazing, service was top notch and there was a steady stream of regulars coming in so this place must be good. A fantastic Italian restaurant in Burnaby heights.
Elsie Sands
It was great to be back at Portobello restaurant for the first time since their move from West Broadway. Their new Hastings Street location in Burnaby is comfortable and chic, and the food, as always, is wonderful. My husband had the seafood pasta and I had the braised short ribs. Both were excellent. We both started with the very flavourful roasted red pepper and tomato soup, a perfect blending of those classic flavors. The service was excellent. We were happy to see that our favourite waiter, Randy, is back. We very much enjoyed our evening at Portobello. Highly recommend it.
Amaluddin JR
Myself and 3 others came here to try this new restaurant. The intimate ambiance and décor was lovely. We ordered the fungo portobello gratinato and italian burrata as our appetizers - we all agreed it was so tasty. For our main meal, we ordered risotto and gnocchi - which was even better than anticipated. There was just enough flavour but not too much where it ruined the dish. The service was above and beyond as our server checked in on us and refilled our water often. We learned that their desserts were hand made so we had to give that a try -- the crème brûlée was SO delicious. The restrooms were clean along with hand sanitizing stations. What we would have preferred was our bill to be split however they were unable to do that. This restaurant definitely exceed our expectations and would come here again!
Arin Zandbergen
I had an extremely pleasant experience here for dinner. It's a small but cozy spot, despite it being a bit too warm inside for my liking, it was a nice place to relax and chat. All of the staff that we interacted with were very nice and happy to have us there. We had the braised ribs and the seafood risotto and both were delicious. Creme Brulee for dessert was very nice as well, some of the best I've had.
Highly recommend this place if you're looking for a great date spot or just a nice dinner in general.
chucky “Google man” begg
Warm and cozy the minute you walk in to Portobello. Fantastic food, truly the best outside of Italy. Serving staff welcoming taking care of all needs. Save room for dessert, Lemon ricotta cake my favorite Yummy!!! Will be back soon.
Ryan Horne
Food was good, atmosphere was nice, staff were friendly. Giving this place 1 star because they screwed up our meal and handled it very poorly. <br/><br/>We were brought the wrong food, we agreed to eat it out of convenience, waiter thanks us and says "I'll take care of it" multiple times. We finish and say we're not interested in dessert, but the waiter brings us a tiny lemon meringue tartlets anyway and insists we eat it. Bill comes and we're charged full price for everything. I ask the waiter what he meant by "he'll take care of it" and he said "Oh I meant like a dessert or something" even though we told him many times we did not want a dessert. I pay the bill (by VISA) and the second I hand the machine back to him he says "I spoke with my manager, we'll comp your meal". "Oh you finished paying already? Come back next time and we'll do something special for you."<br/><br/>We will not be taking them up on that offer.
Penny And Rusty
Portobello Ristorante is a tiny Italian restaurant located on West Broadway that we’ve often frequented in the past.<br/><br/>We started out with the Fungo Portobello Gratinato ($12) – portobello mushrooms stuffed with crispy garlic croutons, fresh herbs, and served with a roasted red pepper sauce.<br/><br/>That was followed up with the Ossobuco Classico ($28) – generous serving of fork-tender veal shank braised with red wine rosemary, carrots, celery, and served with risotto.<br/><br/>All of the food was great… including the Chocolate Pistachio Torte dessert made with pecans from Sicily.
Marv Wang
Dine out 2014. Went to a dine out, I didn't expect much due to the reduced price set menu, my group pretty much ordered all the possible variation of the set menu, so pretty much we tried it all, this is my rating:<br/><br/>food: it was good, but nothing was really out of the extra ordinary. 3.5/5<br/><br/>portion: the portion is good, i was very very satisfied at the amount of food given, despite my thoughts of typical dining experience 4/5<br/><br/>liquor: i didn't drink this time, but was looking at the liquor collection, pretty good, 20 bottles min - 30 bottles max collection ready, I didn't notice anything special or that can't be bought in canada or the states typical liquor store. not rating it, because I didn't try any of the drinks.<br/><br/>ambience: ambience is a romantic, rather small, calm with many repeat customers. 4.5/5<br/><br/>service: service was great, nothing to complain about. 4/5<br/><br/>overall i would say it's a 3.5 base on the food itself, hmmm i would recommend the place, however it's not going to at top of my mind during my recommendation during most of the time.
Yogafire6
Good food poor service. The Waiter doesnt know how to treat customer
Calgary11
Great Resto. Excellent food and services. They did a really good job even if it was very busy for Valentine's day
Btaylor
Veal Marsala. They miss named this dish. It should be named veal Carmala. The Caesar salad was also terrible
Amlasuta
Never disappointed. We went to Portobello for dinner last night. It had been awhile since we were last there but when we talked about Italian earlier in the day I started dreaming Portbello and we were not disappointed. The food is always delicious , the veal tender the vegetables cooked to perfection and the flavours almost make me swoon. <br/>The service is excellent and it is a treat to watch Pino work the kitchen while Rosa tends to the patrons with such style and grace.<br/>Can't wait to go back.
FoodinYVR
Above my expectations. Fungo Portobello Gratinato (Portobello mushroom stuffed with garlic croutons, fresh herbs Served with roasted red pepper sauce) $10 4.5/5 - There was 1.5 portobello. The crushed croutons made it even more filling. The top was baked perfectly to make it crunchy.<br/>Insalata Caesar (Crisp romaine lettuce with our own homemade croutons, grated parmesan cheese) $7 3/5 - fresh but nothing exciting.<br/>Linguine con Gamberi & Rombo (Tiger Prawns, Halibut, sautéed with Vodka Garlic, olive oil, fresh herbs, spicy tomato sauce) 3/5 - good plain simple, just like homemade. The pasta looked dry but it wasn't.<br/>Gamberi Al Cognac (1dozen Tiger prawns pan seared, flambéed with cognac in a light rose sauce. Served with Risotto) $24 4.5/5 - I'm not a big fan of risotto but that was good. It wasn't bland as some of the ones I had. There was more sauce that what I wanted. I put some of it on the risotto which made it even better. I want to order this again.<br/>Tiramisu (Our own made-in the house Savoiardi biscotti soaked with espresso coffee and Rum Italian mascarpone cheese and zabaglione dusted with organic Belgian cacao) 3.5/5 $8 - This was bigger than the creme brulee. I could taste the liquor.<br/>The appetizers were big and they could be the entrees in some restaurants. The restaurant charged our host $120 because she made a date change. She said she emailed the restaurant but they said they never received anything. Our server was nice enough to deduct the $120 off our bill.
Great Food Is Mandatory
Fabulous and finished everything on my plate. If it were not a restaurant, I would have licked the plate.. Great food, wonderful people, should be enough said. That being said , I will expand, cause some people might want to know more. Just a couple of highlights from my recent visits - Cioppino made me want to eat tentacles, and I did. Generous portions of prawns, halibut, squid, clams in a broth that was made for bread dipping. Risotto, creamy delicious. Meringue desert complementary, made me think nothing could taste better in my mouth. Being a diabetic, after one bite, I decided, you only live once, so I finished it. The place is family run and the love for the food and sharing is evident in what comes out on the plate. :)
StarGazer
Great food. Seafood was very fresh. Attentive staff. Highly recommend.
Ck.b.
A true hidden gem!. Absolutely love this restaurant.<br/>This was my second visit to this restaurant, and I have to say I only have good things to say about this restaurant.<br/>Great ambience, dishes with superb quality and very reasonable price, very pleasant service, and kind and sweet owners. Perfect restaurant for romantic dinner.
JoJo Tam
Definitely a hidden neighborhood gem. The first time I went to Portobello was in March 2010 and they didn't impress me back then (i think they were quite new at that point? not sure) as the service was horrible - the server didn't know what he was doing and gave us the wrong order (of something that i don't eat), which in turn left me a bad memory about the food quality (can't help it because i didn't like the particular item).<br/><br/>Revisited this place recently and i kept going back. Service improved majorly, and food quality is awesome, along with reasonable prices. Their pasta are always flavorful, and they have awesome creme brulee :)
Cathy
An Italian Gem. Been there two years in a row for our wedding anniversary. Love the place so much even took our work monthly dineout there even though our rule was to try someplace new so everyone could experience this place. Cute husband/wife (?) run type restaurant with a gourmet flair. Price Fixe dinner is a great deal. LOVE LOVE LOVE the risotto piled with fresh seafood.
Digest
Chic Italian. It's nice to see this sort of quality, traditional italian cuisine being done with such care, and without any pretensions or extravagances, in such stylish surroundings.
Rodney Hanes
Lovely little Italian place. Excellent service- prompt, polite & attentive. Shrimp app w/ garlic, butter @ spice was fine. Linguine al Vongole w/ 2 types of clams in a light white wine sauce was excellent. Ate solo while in YVR on business. With a glass of decent red wine ($12) & tip- $53.
ADash OfChili
Went to Portobello to celebrate my aunt's birthday. The three of us ordered two appetizers, two main courses, and two desserts and we were all stuffed full by the end of the night. As appetizer, we had the Cozze Alla Marinara and Fungo Portobello Gratinato . Both were good choices. As our main course, we had the Linguine Alle Vongole and Vitello Al Marsala Con Funghi. For dessert, we ordered their dessert of the day, ice wine grape cake, and the tiramisu. This is actually the second time I visited Portobello. I enjoyed it so much I returned, so I will definitely recommend.
Maggi Mei
My entertainment book coupons brought us to "Portobello". I had three of them and planned to take up their offer for "one complimentary dinner entree when a second dinner entree of equal or greater value is purchased". We were three women and this would have given us each, one dish to eat in and another to take home. No where was there a limitation posted on the coupon or their website. But upon presentation of them I was told I could only use one at a time. We were then asked to invite another guest to join us to make our three a party of four, so we could use two coupons. I thought to myself what difference would it make if we are willing to pay for it all the same? The owner was unmoving on this, as he communicated through our server. Instead of coming to address us personally, he hid behind his employee. Our middle aged server had to bring our message to him, and his to us; this went on back and forth several times. This was a bad start, and an omen of the worse to come. It was no
Every Day Is A Food Day
Portobello Ristorante is said to be hidden gem in the neighbourhood when you have a look at the reviews online! So of course, I decided to go try it out! I had imagined it to be a very fancy restaurant, but it was actually quite family-oriented. It is apparently an Italian family owned restaurant and therefore, the food is quite authentic. Both the risotto and mussels were very delicious! It had great flavour. The portobello mushroom stuffed with bread crumbs was my favourite. I'm guessing this is their signature dish since the restaurant has the word portobello in its name! It was extremely moist an
Penny And Rusty
Portobello remains one of our favourite Italian restaurants to go to in Vancouver. Their regular menu has a lot of good items like the roast lamb and the chicken parmigiana but they also often have set menus which provide good value too.
Penny And Rusty
Portobello Ristorante is a cozy Italian restaurant run by owner and chef Joe "Pino" Milano located on West Broadway directly across from Joey Broadway .
Gillian Lockitch
Wanting a light pre-show supper, protein-based with flavourful fresh salads or vegetables, we chose Portobello Restaurant before going to see Underneath the Lintel at Pacific Theatre. Our needs were perfectly satisfied though we had to conscientously (and sadly) decline their delicious bread.
Swiss Tiara
...the tiramisu was fabulous!! it was pretty light and truly authentic. the tiramisu practically melts in your mouth, totally dreamy i would say!
FollowMeFoodie
It’s an Italian family owned and operated hidden gem serving Southern Italian style dishes, but there are a lot of Northern style dishes too. The food isn’t quite authentic, but more authentic than most.
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