Portofinos Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Always delivers on quality and price. Lovely meal in a place with unusual decor. Was initially a bank I think and all the traditional tiles still cover the walls. Staff efficient and friendly. Well worth a visit at any time of the day

Absolute 5 star service, we arrived early for our reservation, not a problem. We were seated & served with spectacular food & drinks. Staff couldn't do enough for us, food was outstanding, reasonable price & home cooked. Fantastic time

We've been here a few times, we love coming here. The mussels starter is big enough to share between 2-3 people, and both the red and white creamy sauces are very tasty, although bare in mind the red sauce can be quite spicy. We've had the sirloin steaks, one with Diane sauce and the other with a red, anchovy sauce. They were cooked exactly as we asked them to be (medium, medium to rare) and they were perfect. The Inglese pizza is delicious, it's so flavourful and love the thin crust and egg on top! Once the egg was fried, but preferably the egg would be best cooked on top of the pizza. The salmon is a delight every time! Would recommend a glass of the Italian red wine, Barbera d'Asti, to go with the steak. The homemade chips on our first visit were a little undercooked and we mentioned it, and since then they've been delicious and crispy every single time. The herb potatoes are pleasant too. We shared a homemade cheesecake of the day (caramel cheesecake), it tasted like heaven! We would go back there just for the cheesecake alone! Tried the chocolate fudge cake with pouring cream, it was delightful! The liquor coffee was lovely too. The service was a bit slow, but it was nice to have long breaks between each dish and not feel rushed to eat like at other restaurants. Also, the first time we came here no one checked throughout our meal if everything was ok with our food, which is custom to do, but that's also been rectified since we mentioned it. We appreciate the fact our feedback has been taken seriously.We would recommend this restaurant 100% for the amazing food and lovely staff, we'll definitely be coming back in the future.

My husband and I had been wanting to go to this restaurant for a long time and finally got the chance this weekend. The service was outstanding. Our waiter was incredibly attentive and always came by to see how we were doing. She was quite informed about the menu and gave excellent recommendations for all courses. As an appetizer, we shared the salad Vert, followed by the special asparagus as a side dish. We had a great time with the food we ordered! Good place.

Lovely setting complimented by good food friendly service at a reasonable price.

Delicious Italian food, garlic bread was a thin base just how I like it. Scallops to start and a Delicious mixed seafood with thin spaghetti. The restaurant is in a Victorian listed building. Booking would be recommended as was very busy although that may be due to the early bird offer.

Love this place and go there every time we visit Newcastle. Beautiful building, superb food & quick service. Couldn't fault it.

Beautiful restaurant, lovely food. Had the 3 course festive meal. Smoked salmon starter, sirloin steak in Madiera sauce and panetone pudding with a glass of prosecco on the side. Everything was delicious apart from the steak which was too thick and slightly tough. Apart from this, it was lovely. Great service too.

Would rate more if I could! Spent my birthday meal here and the staff were absolutely amazing made me feel birthday welcome with little touches and came out singing happy birthday with my cheesecake!! Such a friendly atmosphere with amazing staff, amazing food and just a really cool, relaxed place to eat amazing Italian food- thank you!!

It was good food and value (amount of prawns and pasta). The staff were attentive and polite.