Portofino Takapuna

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156 Hurstmere Road,
Takapuna,
Takapuna
Auckland,
0622

09 488 0077

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2/14/2012
I don’t normally write negative reviews, I just don’t go back to places but the poor service and disappointing food that we had at Portofino Takapuna warrants my time to write one. Five girlfriends and I booked a table here on Valentines night. We arrived at 6.30pm and the restaurant was just starting to fill up. The first hiccup came when I ordered a soda with lime but was delivered a tonic instead, no worries, it was replaced quickly with an apology. I went with the Cannelloni Ricotta E Spinachi as did one of my friends. The food arrived reasonably quickly which was good considering how busy the restaurant was but my dish itself was enormously disappointing. The ricotta, spinach filling was extremely bland and the tomato sauce reminded both me and my friend of a canned soup. Another friend who ordered the Risotto Di Pollo was also disappointed, a lover and someone who frequently orders Risotto in restaurants, she commented that is was one of the worst she had ever had, dry and basic. We were offered dessert menus but no one came back to take an order. None of us decided to have dessert, probably a good decision otherwise we might have still been there at closing time but we eventually hailed down a waitress to order two coffees. A good 20 minutes later there was no sign of the drinks and when we questioned where they were we were told they were very busy and they would be some time yet, that was our cue to cancel the order and proceed to the till to pay the bill. Portofino Takapuna seemed to contain a few disgruntled dinners, in the space of 5 minutes I observed two separate tables send their dishes back to the kitchen, I can only assume they were as dissatisfied with their meals as we were. I understand it was Valentines night and the restaurant was busy but the restaurant floor was vastly understaffed which left the few waitresses stressed and diners waiting far too long for simple things like a coffee. An establishment I won’t be frequenting again,
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