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Adding new reviews is currently disabled while we work on launching a new website. | 1 of 3 people found this review helpful: | | Value: |  | Service: | | Food: |  | | Ambiance: | | Wine List: | | | | A real Turnoff | | By Eicouple35 on 12/12/2008 | | I finally decided to give this place a second try and boy was I dissapointed yet again. Tables are way too close to one another. You can hear every word your neighbor is saying. (Not Good) The ''new and improved'' lower price menu is ''thin'' to say the least. Not a big selection to choose from. I ordered Chicken Marsala. Only way to describe it is Horrible. The marsala sauce was like jelly on the chicken. Yuck. My wife ordered chicken parmesan with a side of pasta. Pasta sauce tasted like ''Ragu'' from a jar. Just bland. I dont think I have ever had Italian food that tasted anything like this. Not Recommended at all! Drive to Morehead City for Real Italian food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 1 of 1 people found this review helpful: | | Value: |  | Service: | | Food: |  | | Ambiance: | | Wine List: | | | | Second Visit | | By Cookie on 11/15/2008 | | This was our second visit since 8/28/2008. We were the first ones in the restaurant so of course we had great service and wonderful food! The only complaint is that the first visit the lasagna dish filled up the entire dish/crockery, but the second time it was only a small square portion put into the same kind of dish. So we were definetly getting less for our money. It was still delicious but disappointing at the same time. Third times a charm right? | |
| 1 of 1 people found this review helpful: | | Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: |  | Wine List: | | | | A Good First Experience | | By Guest on 8/28/2008 | | We decided to eat at the restaurant the last day of our vacation in July. We've learned the best time to eat anywhere is when they first open the doors...the food is fresher and the employees are friendlier. Well our first impression was that the restaurant was pleasing to the eye. The tables are entirely too close for comfort unless you are lucky enough to get a booth. The lasagna and salad were delicious, but the ice tea was instant, which made it less desirable. The food was very reasonable. We intend on coming back to try another dish and hope the floor plan has changed for the better but all in all the experience was pretty good. | |
| Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | Wine List: | | | | Not worth the wait | | By EI RESIDENT on 8/6/2008 | | My family learned about this place from a friend. The night we were there is was a crazy / mad house. We ended up having to dine at the bar. It was very unplesent trying to eat with everyone reaching over us to get their drinks from the bar. Food tasted like something from a jar and not warmed. Price excessive for what you get. Will not return. Its a pity because the building is really nice. | |
| 2 of 2 people found this review helpful: | | Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | | | Not what we expected | | By Chrissy R on 7/19/2008 | WE stayed in Emerald Isle last week and this was one of the restaurants that we went to. We were not too impressed.
PROS: The restaurant is nice. The bar is nice. Drinks were made well just a little overpriced. Hostess was pleasant. Server was harried but pleasant. I liked the salad dressing.
CONS: The rest of the food. It tasted like it was from a jar of ragu - there was nothing fresh or homemeade about it. My husband had pasta and sauce. Bread was ok. I had shrimp scampi. It was very oily and the pasta was overcooked and very soggy. Part of it was cold, so it seemed like it was microwaved. I don't see how else that it could have been cold in spots. We did not have dessert so I cannot comment on that. Maybe we were there on an off night. I don't know. However, I don't think I will give it another try. | |
| Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | | | Great Meal, Will Return | | By JP on 7/8/2008 | | My boyfriend and I went to dinner at Portofino's this past weekend. Being from the tri-state area, we were impressed. The food was excellent and the prices very reasonable. We enjoyed the decor and atmosphere. Like one reviewer said, the tables were a little close - we could here the two tables' conversations and I'm sure they could hear ours. I had the scallops with mustard cream sauce and broccoli and my boyfriend ordered the shrimp scampi with pasta. Both were delicious. Salad came with the entrees. It comes in a big bowl with their own italian dressing- enough for the both of us to have 2 servings. I can't comment on the entirety of their wine list but I had a glass of Pinot which was good. We didn't have dessert but the woman next to us commented to the waitress that the canoli was good but didn't taste like a real canoli, just like chocolate cream. We both really enjoyed the dinner and will definitely go back. Our waiter seemed a little overwhelmed since he had a larger table of about 10-12 people, but that and the tightness of the tables were our only complaints. Everyone was very friendly and the value itself is worth at least trying out. | |
| Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | Wine List: | | | | Unserved | | By Jeff on 7/7/2008 | | went by earlier in day to ask about take out for family was told no problem. Later that evening called to place order and they said they were to busy and were not doing any take out. If you plan to order take out have backup plan. Poor Business. | |
| 0 of 1 people found this review helpful: | | Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | Wine List: | | | | Absolutely Fantastic | | By Guest on 4/30/2008 | | The long-awaited 2008 reopening of Portofino's has arrived! They are now open year-round with wonderful food, excellent service, and a wine list worthy of a restaurant of this caliber. The prices are VERY reasonable, understating the quality of their fabulous food. They have everything from salads, panini sandwiches, Italian classics, kids items, signature dishes, tiramisu, and my favorite - their canoli. I'm a critical food guy, and we will definitely be back......a lot. Thanks for a really great dining experience. | |
| 1 of 2 people found this review helpful: | | Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | | | Wannabe Italian Bistro. | | By Robert on 12/9/2007 | | When first entering you will find the decor pleasant and the environment friendly. We were placed in extremely close proximity to other diners (close enough to hear their conversations.) We were told about a grouper special with bur blanc sauce over asparagus that sounded amazing, so my wife and I ordered it. The two plates (bowl type things) arrived large enough to feed two per plate. The fish was overcooked and the sauce was separating. It was served on 2 spears of asparagus and nothing had taste. My wife ordered a glass of Pinot Gris which was sour and I ordered a Knob Creek on the rocks. My bourbon arrived and tasted like Jack Daniels. I asked my server to check with the bar keep to make sure it was a Knob. The server returned with the same glass and I was told it was Knob Creek. Funny since I have been drinking Knob on the rocks for about ten years and I've never had one taste like that, tasted more like cheap bourbon to me. So we get the check and our mush in a bowl special was at a cost of $32 a plate. Grouper for $32? Don't go here if you enjoy the finer things in life. | |
| 0 of 1 people found this review helpful: | | Value: | | Service: | | Food: | | | Ambiance: | | | | Average | | By an NCBeaches Guest on 5/1/2007 | | My son and I visited this place last summer. It was crowded and the wait was going to be 45 minutes or we could seat ourselves at the bar and order there. Since we were hungry and we wanted Italian food, we did that. The food was good but not excellent. The atmosphere was busy but we got the impression that others, like us, were just trying the place. It was good enough so that I will try it again this year and see if I can up this rating with something special to say. | |
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