Gilda's Lounge — Restaurant in Portland

We came here for the fried raviolis and were surprised by how great our entire dining experience was! We entered through the main restaurant not exactly knowing the lounge was separate, but the hostess was kind and walked us to where we wanted to go. In the restaurant you can order from the dinner menu whereas in the lounge you get the lounge and dinner menu! It’s definitely more laid back and not as fancy as the restaurant portion which is what we were looking for! The bartender made a GREAT old fashion and was very generous and helpful with the wine selection. She gave me a few recommendations and samples before I committed which was really nice as I’m still learning what I like! The raviolis were a 12/10… I definitely could have gone for a second order. There were lots of options for small plates and dinner portions that sounded really delicious. The staff is amazing! I would highly recommend this place for an outing whether you’re looking for something...

First off me and my fiancé who is 6 months pregnant went here for a night out. The pictures of the place are very misleading to what the restaurant is actually like. The cooks were very generous but the restaurant it self smelt like a retirement home it was very small and compact the menu makes little to no sense at all. The food was absolutely disgusting we got the spaghetti with mamas meatballs the noodles were way overcooked, and the plate I ordered i couldn’t even tell you what was on my plate. But with the first bite I wanted to vomit the person who served us seemed nice but was not so nice when I asked for non alcoholic drinks being as we are both under 21 years of age. Definitely would never go back to this place would have had better food and honestly a better setting going to a Olive Garden rather than this. I don’t ever leave reviews on places but this place left me with no choice...

Definitely a great little neighborhood spot. There's a small bar rail with a couple shelves of medium to higher end liquors as well as several beers on top. The menu was pretty limited despite being attached to a proper restaurant but the food options were much better than standard bar fare. Lots of pasta, lots of wine options. I ordered the tortellini and it was excellent. The staff were very friendly and had an obvious rapport with some of the customers who were very plainly regulars and very quickly built a rapport with me as well. I would define the lounge as a bar, but I didn't feel like I was sitting in a "typical" bar. There was music playing but it wasn't overly loud and there were also 2 television sets tuned to the NFL playoffs game that was on. As it's only a couple blocks from my home I'm sad it took me so long to discover this gem tucked away so close. I'll definitely...