Portofino — Restaurant in Goa

Ambiance: We visited this place for lunch. At first glance, this place looks normal, with nothing fancy about it, it has semi-open-air seating arrangements too. We took our seats on the first floor, it was quite spacious, with big windows, and we felt the fresh air there, which could also be because it was quite sunny that day. They have big TV installed as well which has music videos running, and I am guessing they live-stream games, etc.

Food: Jeez, we loved Pesto Sauce pasta here, it was just delicious. We have ordered a mix of veg/non-veg items from French Fries, Cheese Stuffed Fried Mushrooms, Fish Fingers, Noodles, and Pesto Sauce Pasta. Overall, all items were decent, but we loved the Pasta. It was a complete value-for-money restaurant.

Staff: The staff here was courteous and helpful in all manners. One thing I liked was that our attendees had good knowledge of each item on the menu and has a clear understanding of ingredients and taste.

Washroom: We have visited both the washroom and handwash area. Both of them are neat and clean, and exactly where I prefer them to be, away from the main dining area.

Verdict: I would recommend visiting this place, and trying their Pesto Sauce Pasta. This is not a premium restaurant but it's quite decent, located on the main street, and has a good variety...

Overpriced is an understatement!

We visited this place on a fine evening; mid January. Ordered; stuffer squids, Pork Ribs and SeaFood Pasta. We got 3 squids for roughly 450 bucks, 2 big and one below average. Taste wise, it wasn't half bad. Pork Ribs, 3 again - It was JUST a boil away from diluting the meat into whatever sauce/gravy that was served - Over cooked (more like the festive/ new year's leftover food) and a cocktail of sauce. For the life of me, I couldn't pinpoint what I was having. We had ordered BBQ'd ribs; it had a zest of honey and some spicy aroma. Which was confusingly annoying; fighting to be sweet, savory, and spicy at the same time. It was so over cooked that a plastic spoon could have separated the meat from the bone. The SeaFood Pasta wasn't disappointing in terms of seafood in it and served with a good enough portion. However, it could have been creamer than what was served. The gentleman serving us was polite and funny. They made the overall experience less painful. The new place is well lit, chic, sharp and has a clean ambiance. They also have upper floor seating. It was dark so, could see much of...

What can I say, visited this place in the afternoon after checking out a few reviews, which were, I must say, mostly positive, and ordered chicken tikka masala, chapati and chicken biryani. Chicken tikka masala was nice, but the biryani was completely soaked in oil, the ladel, the serving bowl all were drenched in oil, taste-wise it was fine, but health-wise a big no no. Still I was kinda okay, but what spoilt the rest of the experience was the chapati, the waiter served us stale and cold chapatis, that had become all soggy, obviously after being stored in a casserole, when I pointed this out he said because much time has passed that's why they have become cold and soggy, he completely overlooked the other still hot chapatis. But, this still wasn't it, when I asked for a replacement he simply asked me not to eat it and said they couldn't cook anymore, yes he had the gumption of not to replace or allow any new orders. Just imagine if this had happened with biryani or tikka masala, he seriously would have shoved us out and not offered a replacement. My two cents, don't visit this place cause I ain't gonna do...