Cafe Portico in Lincoln

Excellent dinner in this tucked away Italian restaurant. We had the tuna and chicken cacciatore followed by the malteser cheesecake and tiramisu. All excellent. The two waiters were very friendly and helpful- my wife particularly admired one of the waiters nails! Highly recommend.

Been multiple times recently and really rate the lunch menu and the pizza in the evening when we have been recently, they were brilliant! The food is always exceptional without fail, the best Italian food locally for sure. I was just put off unfortunately due to hygiene of the waiters. There was a dog in the restaurant (not my liking but I accept that as it’s my choice to go there) and all three of the waiters that evening went to the dog, gave it treats and stroked it.. then continued to serve drinks, touch cutlery and serve food straight after, all three of them did not wash their hands. BASIC food hygiene when serving food. This has really put me off unfortunately. I watched the dog lick the waiters hand then he went straight to get cutlery and handed it out. This really isn’t ok. Until this I cannot fault anything else as said above food is amazing, just the staff need to brush up massively on their hygiene, especially if it’s a dog friendly restaurant.

We love Caffe Portico, Sim really has this restaurant down to a fine art! Everything is exceptional, we love it here for breakfast, lunch or dinner.. Or even just for coffee and the most delicious cakes you will find in Lincoln. If you’re into pizza then don’t bother with any of the chains head here on a Friday or Saturday evening and expect the most exceptional tasting pizzas ever!!! 10/10

Have been here a couple of times for brekkie, can not fault a thing. Really good all round from the food to the service, would defo recommend and we will be going back for an evening meal sooner rather than later.

Wow! We popped in for a quick bite to eat and were completely blown away by the quality of the food & service in this relaxed and welcoming restaurant.

Great place, delicious food and very friendly service

Great new find today, amazing GF Pizza, lovely menu, staff great and well priced for the food and drinks.

Just off the hustle and bustle of The High St in a calm and relaxed setting. Good selection of food and coffees at very reasonable prices….we’ll definitely come again.

I would recommend Caffè Portico!!! If you are looking for a great Italian restaurant in Lincoln, it’s a very warm, cosy little spot away from the centre. The pizza is made in a pizza oven, and came so close to pizza I’ve had in Naples! Very authentic, and the chef even came out of the kitchen to ask if everything was okay during their busy lunch hour (as-well as 2 other lovely staff members) Really outstanding, personable service. We will be back!

Love love love this place. Amazing pizza, team can’t be more accommodating and always enjoy our experience!!!

Excellent restaurant and still the best pizzas in Lincoln despite there being many other “specialists” in town now. Desserts are always fantastic with a great choice. Very friendly staff too.

Great little cafe hidden from the main drag in lincoln and a gem. Comfortable place good atmospher and service, and good coffee. I will 100% call in again

My favourite place in Lincoln. Lovely lunch and dinner options. Reasonably priced, everything is freshly prepared and service is really friendly and owner often pops around to check everything is to your liking. Bad points: having desserts on display in the fridge at the counter is dangerous, nobody can resist 😂. Also the location is a little hidden from the high street so I guess we must spread the word!

Café Portico is still our favourite! Wonderful ambience, delicious food ( always!) and fabulous personal service. Thank you Sim and the team for such a wonderful evening!

I had forgotten just how nice Portico is. Went there for lunch with a friend. It has such a warm, friendly atmosphere, very Italian! The food is really excellent. It arrives promptly and hot! Prices are reasonable for the quality.

We only had soup & ciabatta for lunch but so, so good. All the other dishes we saw being served up looked delicious. Very friendly staff and the owner made a point of speaking with everyone. We will visit again. Would highly recommend.

A pleasant secluded place with good food and lovely staff.

Second time visiting and can’t fault the service or food. Friendly staff that welcomed us both times. First time with my 2 year old and second with my 2 week old. Food was very good, good selection and portion sizes. We will be visiting again.

Excellent food. Reasonably priced.

Il mio bar di riferimento durante il mio percorso universitario. Miglior bar a Lincoln. Cappuccino uguale a quello che trovo a Roma.

Booked dinner here and was not disappointed - very nice. It is tucked away and not on the beaten track - so didn't appear to have too many tourists. The food was wonderful and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We enjoyed it so much that we booked there and then for our last night in the city.

Loved it here for our Christmas do. Great food and atmosphere.

Wonderful pizzas. We had a lovely evening in this super Italian restaurant. Charming, friendly staff made sure we we were looked after extremely well. We had such a great experience that we returned two days later for breakfast - nonna’s tomatoes being a stand out.

Love this place, lovely food and atmosphere. However, I was disappointed to see a dog in there. I don’t dislike dogs but I don’t want to be forced to put up with them when I’m eating.

Very clean and tidy. Service was great, food was wonderful so was the coffee ☕️. Will definitely visit again.

The quality of the food and service is superb. The menu provides lots of choice and the home made cakes are probably the best in Lincoln.

Great food, friendly attentive service and lovely atmosphere.

Brilliant food and service. And generous portions too.

Excellent cafe, a little expensive but it's top quality ingredients and perfect service, a little off the beaten track but worth searching out.

It was a quick visit for coffees and cakes. Service excellent and coffee just great….it is located in the centre of town so is very convenient to take a break…l

Great coffee with a whole host of snacks to choose from 🤩🤩 Also staff are really helpful and friendly ☺️

We visited just before mid day today. The venue is off the beaten track and was doing a roaring trade which says it all really. Well received and given menus almost instantly. Good selection to choose from. I had poached eggs and they were perfect. Tea and coffee lovely and I'm sure they have heated cups as the drinks stayed hot for the whole visit. Friendly efficient staff, and it didn't cost too much. We will definitely go back.

Nice coffee, friendly staff, my friend had cheesecake to die for…

Delicious lunch for 5 of us with lovely staff and quick service. We had roasted vegetable pasta, lasagne, and pumpkin ravioli and they were all really good. The tiramisu was exceptional. Definitely recommend!

We had the salmone e vodka and the Tortelli al Chingialae for our lunch and found it exceptionally cooked. There was plenty of salmon and not over the top with the cream, and the Tottelli was packed with delicious wild boar and well flavoured tomato sauce. Would recommend both. The staff were accommodating and service was exceptional. Would definitely recommend.

Food great, service second to none and all at affordable prices. This place is a little gem and you will not be disappointed.

I'm not from the area but I have been here a few times. Great service and lovely food. Just s little bit on the pricey side.

Little disappointed had heard good things but sadly wasn’t too impressed. Starters were nice, bruschetta for me pretty basic but tasty. Partners squid rings were lovely and well presented. Partner had boar ravioli which he said was pretty flavourless mainly tasting of Passata. We were asked to use same cutlery for our mains as they were running short, restaurant was half full and was early Saturday evening so was little surprised but not a big deal. I had the salmon vodka pasta for main for which I was expecting a cream sauce as stated on menu but seemed to be a plain tomato sauce which wasn’t mentioned on menu and the salmon was a few flakes when I’d have preferred chunks. Little flavour less really. Sadly no time for dessert as we had a show to goto…just lacked a little something

After my son's beautiful marriage ceremony at The Usher Gallery we celebrated with family and friends at this wonderful restaurant. The food was outstanding and we could not have been made more welcome. Thank you to all the staff for making it a night to remember.

Lovely lunch today. Can definitely recommend the Salmon and Vodka Pasta. Lovely atmosphere and great service.

Found it by accident. Only had coffee and cake, which was great. Will be going back for pizza.

Great place for a casual lunch. Food was excellent, as was the service. There was a good atmosphere with the bustle of a busy venue that I have experienced in a cafe like this in Italy. The meals are very reasonably priced so the only negative comment is that the toilets could do with a bit of attention; my wife said that a bin was overflowing in the Ladies room.

the food that myself and my friends had was not good the bread was cold very little oil and large lumps of salt in it the pizza was burnt on top and was so thin and undercooked on the bottom that the filling fell out there was a large group of us but by the time some meals came out others had finished and the last person to be served was 10 minutes after we had eaten and it was a cold platter

Visited this little gem of a place today, great service, friendly staff, and lovely food. Definitely will go back again.

First visit. Great food and service, reasonably priced. Will definitely go again

Delicious food, could taste the freshness of the ingredients and the chefs know what they're doing. Must mention our waiters Ruby and Brooklyn who were charming and very helpful!

Best homemade traditional pizza, lovely , attentive staff , not expensive , desserts were fabulous, also . My new favourite place .

Lovely lunch. Great coffee and friendly staff.

Frequently come here with friends. Best pizza in town and also best desserts. As well as pizza there’s various pasta and salad options in the evening. Lunch menu has various ciabattas, etc. always good service.

Had an amazing evening at Cafe Portico. Me and my friend went for an evening meal. I required gluten free and Ruby the waitress was fantastic in letting me know what I could have (even double checking in with the kitchen on the specials) The meal was fantastic and service equally as good! At the end of the evening the owner (Italian) came and chatted to us and informed us that the restaurant was AVPN certified- Napoli registered for quality. Couldn’t recommend this place highly enough-a little off the beaten track but so worth the visit!

Met with friends there. Staff were kind and considerate. Lovely food.

Went here for a celebration of son buying a house!! Him & gf had never been so thought we would let him try as loves a pizza!! Food was fab as it has been the last 2 times we have been, mrnu I'd quite limited but what they serve is beautiful the puzzas are rustic, literally what you want chucked in...just how it should be! I had chicken and it was lovely not dry at all, access to the building and seating is fine, I'm sure mobility problems wdnt be an issue, I waliuld say it's quite expensive but a nice treat service was great, young lad on his own (knows what he's doing haha)

Gluten free pizza was undercooked and just generally unpleasant. Staff where lovely though and gave a discount. Was dead quiet when we went but perhaps the atmosphere would be better when busier.

Had the Mediterranean pasta with pesto, it was really fresh and side salad really tasty ,Lovely staff, have been here for sandwiches aswell, the beef ciabatta is to die for, you can tell its been slow cooked and not bought in

Brilliant service lovely cake selection

Great choice of dishes & amazing deserts, reccommended.

I had a great experience throughout my whole time in café portico. My servers were all very polite, well done to them! It was a very clean place and it felt very sanitary, which is something I have struggled a lot with in multiple places, so well done to all of the cleaning team. I really enjoyed the food, me and my partner really enjoyed it. Overall I found it a nice atmosphere though at times it was loud. I really enjoyed my time here I highly recommend.

Normally come for the wonderful pizza but breakfast was exceptional! Thank you as always x

Excellent authentic Italian food.

The best coffee in Lincoln in my experience. Good food with top notch ingredients. I always go out of my way to have brunch here. Nice warm atmosphere but could do with a little soft background music, but that's just my opinion. I love it here.

Lovely place, great food. Pizza was authentic Italian Dessert were tasty too. We didn’t try the rest of the menu but looked great from overlooking the nearby tables

A lovely dog friendly Italian restaurant. We booked here for a Friday night. The restaurant was buzzing with people who are in the know. Caffe Portico is in central Lincoln, but not an obvious place to come across. The food is great and the staff are friendly and helpful. The owner came to to chat to us to check everything was okay. Being dog friendly is important for us. Our rather large dog had plenty of space and was given a bowl of water too. We left very full of delicious food and planning to come back.

This is obviously a favourite place with locals and one can understand why. Although the building which houses it is modern and not particularly attractive, once you step through the door you are in stylish and welcoming surroundings. The staff were charming and happy to...

Don't be fooled by " caffe" the food here is amazing, a truly magnificent place to eat 😋

Excellent food, ravioli, pizzas and sandwiches all top quality. Very reasonably priced, and staff can’t do enough for you.

I visit cafe Portico reasonably regularly. The food is consistently excellent. Not your run of the mill lunch menu with boring sandwich selections but rather a choice of mouth wateringly different fillings. The homemade soup is delicious. Friendly service. Highly recommend.

Excellent! Great food and drinks; polite, prompt service in a clean, comfortable environment...

My favorite place in Lincoln! Excellent cuisine with quality ingredients. Very well balanced wine list👌

Excellent pizzas my favourite in Lincoln !!

Very tasty food, especially the pizza, which is also worthwhile getting as a takeaway to collect. Smaller portion for the caprese salad, but appreciate the circumstances with it being winter and prices being affected by inflation. Well worth going, but book early.

Was in a bit of a rush on a Saturday night and after being turned away from another Italian decided to try my luck. Although they were busy I explained how I wouldn't be long and they were very friendly in squeezing me in. The...

Great little cafe in Lincoln. Little more expensive than other places but the food is excellent and worth paying the extra. The staff are great and do a good job keeping the place clean and tidy. There is always a great atmosphere here too. Definitely worth checking out the pizzas here, they are great. Great for couples wanting some time out. Great for lunch meetings too.

Little Italian gem in Lincoln, this place offers good, tasty and reasonable price food. Staff is very friendly and desserts are delicious. I highly recommend the tarta de la Nona and pistachio cake. Coffee is great quality and capuchino are creamy and delicious. Highly recommend this place if you haven’t been yet. My pictures aren’t the best, as I forgot to take the pic before starting to eat!!

Very good as usual but price for cake seems rather high

Great place for cake and drinks

We called here as we needed to be near the Collection for a talk. It was Wednesday lunch time and there were a lot of customers. We hadn't booked but they found us a table for two pretty quickly. Had my favourite salad and a...

Had supper before we went to the theatre, the food was authentic and delicious definitely recommend, reasonably priced as well

Our first time here and we had two lovely pastas. We will return to try the pizza next time! We are astonished by the variety of Gluten - Free options they have. The service was great and the staff all smile.

Lovely food, friendly staff, very nice restaurant. Will be back. The salmon and pesto mayonnaise salad is fantastic.

We booked online for a pre-theatre dinner, after looking at their menu on-line, but all three of us pick off the specials menu in the end, really tasty lovely food, at arrived in good time, even if the portions were a little small... We found the atmosphere buzzy but relaxed and the waiting staff were smiley and fun, and was good to see the chef out in the dining room asking what people thought to the food.

Highly recommended for pizzas and Italian menu. Situated close to the upper High Street of Lincoln , the evening menu is varied and mouth watering. All the meals we had from pizza to ravioli to pork and chicken were excellent. Service was good and the...

Great place to eat. Food was superb. Will definitely be coming back.

I don’t usually visit Trip Advisor for this restaurant as we always visit when in Lincoln as it’s so good. It’s authentic and they do amazing pizzas (normally Thursday to Sunday), they always have specials which are traditionally prepared Italian dishes and the cakes especially...

Great food, fresh ingredients, great service. Deserving of the awards won. Lovely atmosphere, delicate dough with delicious passata. Authentic pizza in a somewhat hidden area of the Lincoln town centre. Great place to visit while in Lincoln, haven't tried the evening meal menu but presume it's as good as the lunch one. All the desserts I've tried have been delicious - especially the tiramisu.

Never fails to deliver, excellent as always👌

Came across this gem of a restaurant in October 2022 when celebrating my husbands birthday.We dined early evening the food was delicious prepared an served by the owner filling in for the chef.We knew we would be returning at some point and yesterday was our day for breakfast.Absolutely delicious my husband enjoyed the Portico full breakfast and I the poached salmon and avocado served on a bed of perfect scrambled egg on brown toast What a beginning to the day .It was certainly worth the taxi ride from North Hykeham due to health issues and no transport.Will certainly treat ourselves again.Staff are friendly and attentive nothing to much trouble highly recommend. Judith Spark, 30th November 2022

Authentic Italian cuisine, my teenage sons absolutely loved the pizza !! Welcoming and hospitable service Will be back…

Lovely food and friendly polite staff, perfect 👏🏼

Half term - 2 staff, full restaurant. Had to get own menus, waited an hour for food. Coffees long since drunk. Bruschetta delicious apart from large chunks of sea salt. Pasta amatriciana was really really disappointing. Just felt like a load of tinned tomatoes mixed...

It is half term week. It was busier than usual. Waited for 25 mins for my order. The waiter/watitress were very busy. You need to get extra waiting staff for half terms.

Wow what a find. We had a lovely meal here. The ravioli was beautiful, my husband had a picture - also delicious. I had the best Aperol Spritz I've ever been served. Staff were great. Cannot recommend this place highly enough!

Have eaten here on several occasions. Sometimes with friends and sometimes family. I can only say that the food, service and atmosphere is brilliant, and reasonably priced. The ciabatta dishes are superb, and the cakes are delicious. The coffee is likewise of a high standard....

Fantastic food, lovely staff. I eat here a couple of times a month. Love it.

Little gem of a cafe bar tucked away in a good location, nice setting and excellent coffee

Had a lovely meal at Portico, authentic Neapolitan pizza, absolutely delicious. Service, food and drinks all excellent. Must speak to the chef next time for some tips on pizza dough, mine never turns out good as this!

Enjoyed a latte and carrot cake; carrot cake was so beautifully decorated, it truly was irresistible. Will visit again.

Had a lovely authentic Italian meal here before the theatre. Hidden location! Nice outside seating area and clean modern surroundings.

Came for 2 sandwiches for lunch, waited 55 minutes and received the wrong order. I asked for a melted cheese, Parma ham and chutney sandwhich. Received a cold, buttered bread with Parma ham, Cold cheese and pesto. When asked the waiter rather than being apologetic he was rather passive aggressive, and told me I was wrong… Wasted a hour and left still hungry… the San Pellegrino was nice at least.

You feel at home, excellent pizza thanks Simone

Happy with my experience. Quite small but cozy with nice decoration and clean. Good food pizza. There was a mix up with our bill, but it was sorted asap and the chef was very friendly and accommodating. Would recommend.