Portofino in Harrogate

The restaurant itself is a nice, cosy place, a bit crowded, a bit noisy. All staff members kind and helpful, quick to respond. I recomend it for a quick dinner, families or friend groups, maybe not the best for couples, but this is only my opinion. We were pleased with the tagliatelle carbonara, it was good and tasty. However, the lasagne disappointed us. It should be based on pasta layers, with tomato and meat, covered with cheese. We recieved a huge bowl tomato soup-lookalike thing, with cheese melted on the top of it.The pea leaves an interesting but not authentic extra as vell. Try to fix that,or call it something else please.

A little loud. Needs more soft furnishings to disperse the noise. Other than that great food, fast and good service. Definitely recommend this place for authentic and tasty Italian food.

Attractive and busy Italisn restaurant in the romantic Cathedral district of Ripon. There's clearly a loyal customer base who love this place and use it for get-togethers. The menu has some imaginative dishes, the portions are generous, and the prices are reasonable. We had a great meal here.

Good food, pleasant staff in historic surroundings.

Fabulous meal as usual. Great, friendly service and a great atmosphere. I had the Seabass with Clams and Prawns in a creamy Pernod sauce with new potatoes and a salad. It was delicious. The best Seabass I've ever had.

Absolutely beautiful creamy Mushroom Starter - a meal in itself.

Busy Saturday early evening. Very popular and was obviously going to get busier and noisier! Food was good with a bit of a twist on traditional dishes. Reasonably priced as well.

Excellent service and excellent food.

Great atmosphere, good food, Great value . Definitely recommend a visit 👌

Such a lovely, friendly atmosphere. Gluten Free choices are brilliant and delicious.

Fantastic in every way. Keep it up. We'll be back.

A wonderful evening visiting the folks spoilt by unacceptable service. Our main meals x 4 were totally forgotten about after placing the order. We all Sat there watching others being served their mains after we had arrived well before them. . Eventually when we asked one of the lady waitresses well over 45 minutes after ordering our mains, we were informed they were going to start out mains order as they had misplaced our order. Totally unacceptable. Worst part about our experience was that they were more worried about us paying for our starters and a round of drinks as we said we were leaving. Not even an apology given by the manager.

The best meal ive ever eaten in my life. Amazing food, huge menu, great for kids, exceptional value for money! Highly recommend

Great food, lovely little Italian restaurant

A truly lovely restaurant. The food is amazing and the staff were really friendly and helpful.

We had a family get together for a birthday. I can't speak highly enough about portofino. The food and everything they do is excellent. I can't think of one thing they could improve on. They couldn't do better if they tried.

The food was excellent and very very reasonably priced, service was very friendly and professional, will definitely visit again.

Excellent food, friendly staff, would definitely recommend

Best Italian in Ripon. Value for money & exceptional service

By far one of our favourite places to eat in Ripon. Good value for decent portions and a good Italian style menu and setting.

Excellent all round, from the staff to service and food.

Staff all very cheerful & attentive. Food very tasty and plentiful in a very good atmosphere, so what more could anyone ask.

Great food shame about having to wait a hour for food

Very good bait . Half n half is good and the 3 meats dinner .

Special thanks to Dori and Kriss for making my friend's birthday special. The food was amazing, and the staff very attentive.

Excellent food and great service 😁

Best Italian restaurant I've been to we live in Leeds but have to go to Ripon occasionally..always go to Portofina ...love it

Average food nothing special really over priced

Best restaurant in ripon. 2 course deal is very good price. Fresh food, and very welcome service

Got charged for a Peroni we didn't order, they did not believe us and had to pay

service was great with attentive staff, portions huge!! and super quick to come out after ordering. definitely will be back again in the future to try other things on their menu other than the half pizza half pasta as it all looks delicious. i had the half vegetarian pizza half chicken arrabbiata

Lovley location, great menu choice (steak was tasty). Staff super attentive and friendly.

Visited Portofino as a last minute decision. Impressed by the choice on offer, particularly the seafood which was fantastic quality. Portions are huge so be warned! We both ordered mussels but unfortunately there was only one portion left (so make sure you get in early as they were delicious). The host was apologetic for the lack of availability and offered an alternative not on the menu which was heavenly. Pizza and pasta were amazing! All staff were lovely and accommodating. Will certainly head back next time we’re in Ripon 😁

Superb... Stopped here for our evening meal whilst travelling to the North East. Food was delicious and the portions were enormous!!! The best bit, the Monday to Thursday deal for £14.95 was an absolute steal...!!! Thanks Portofino, we hope to visit again soon..

Took a detour from the A1(M) to come here and it was well worth it. There's a big car park nearby, so it was easy to park. The food was incredible (I had the seafood pasta), very authentic Italian, and the portions were generous. They had a kids menu too, which was very good.

Popped in for lunch and was over impressed. The atmosphere is brilliant, staff are lovely and we loved the fact you could have pizza and pasta!!

This is an exceptional Italian restaurant...beautiful service...and simply stunning food...

Great, super friendly staff. The meal was very good. (But super plentiful if that’s a flaw). Also great with children. The place is super clean, you realize it as soon as you enter the restaurant.

Great food and great service as usual

I decided to visit Ripon, to see this old town. And I walked through a narrow street and saw an Italian Restaurant. I love Italian Pizza, authentic pizzas, as the Italians use premium ingredients and no plastic cheese you find at the local shop or supermarkets. This review is about my love for Italiano Pizza. And I do love premium cheese and I buy only the finest cheese, e.g. Gouda, Edam: these cheeses are from Netherlands. And in Britain, it's Cathedral cheese, Colliers Cheese(Welsh), properly mature for texture and quality taste. And Fevon TAW Valley cheese, so tasty and you know when you taste it in your mouth, it's quality produced. And Somerset cheese, Double Gloucester cheese(Garstang), the name on bracket is where it's made, and look out for that. I know about cheese, cause, I've been eating cheese for so long and I've learned about what cheeses are the finest. Anyway, at Portofino restaurant in Ripon, I ordered a Margherita Pizza(vegan), it eas piping hot and so, so, so delicious. And I enquired, "Hi, Sir, where are you from in Italy?" But, didn't get an answer promptly, I knew there was a lost in translation brewing here. No, not the movie starring Bill Murray. I did my Sherlock investigation and searched on my friend 'Mr Google'. I typed Portofino and it came up, a small fishing port in the North west of Italy, in GENOA. A presto, I said to myself, smiling. And I knew I had to swiftly learn a few lines on how to say, 'It's a beautiful Pizza'. I did and after partially eating and asking for pizza jox to take away my Italian Pizza and so I can eat it the following day, cause, it was true not to eat it another slice or two, the next day. The Italian waiter brought my Pizza in a cardboard pizza box and I paid my bill. And I glanced at the waiter and I said in Italian, "eh-bello Peetsah". And the Italian waiter smiled and he replied, "Ciao!" And I left the restaurant like an Italian Pizza Connoisseur. My love, passion and taste for the best Pizzas in Europe and the world. I'm on an Italian Job, trying various Italian style pizzas, from different Italian makers of pizzas.

Very bad customer service today, x3 men just chatting at the bar, not coming to customers. Race day too obviously didn't want business. Walked out and went elsewhere

Lovely food and service, very very noisy though

Best restaurant in ripon by far got to go there if your over here lovely food and very tasty 😋

Great Restaurant. Amazing menu and great food portions. Staff were friendly and helpful and food came quickly. Food was great and cooked to perfection

My partner complained 3 times about the lack of topping on the pizza , bland and tasteless yet no satisfactory outcome and no discounts, Never coming back .

Possibly Ripon's best Sunday Roast. The hosts were as good as the food. The Italian vibe was there, welcoming, generous and tasty. If the cauliflower cheese is smuthing to go by the traditional dishes will not disappoint.

Food fabulous. Staff friendly and welcoming..thank you. Would highly recommend x

Been back again for lunch fantastic place great service and brilliant food definitely will return

Good pasta dishes but a dessert that is not worthy of an Italian restaurant. Friendly service.

Great place and delicious food, we'll definitely come back for another meal or desserts! But the portions are huge, also wish there was an age relation, no point to serve same size of meal for a 4-year old and say a 10+ year old. I myself had a half parmo and a half pizza, and I felt like a half parmo OR a half pizza would have been enough haha Anyway, you can take any leftover home in a box, a good option. Overall, we had a lovely meal.

The food is delicious, and the staff are friendly.

Great place delicious food good value and enjoyed by the whole group. Visited the Ripon restaurant today and it was great 👍

Wow! Amazing food, service and price. Honestly the best Italian we’ve had in a very very long time. Definitely recommend the half pizza half pasta!!

Very good, nice happy staff enjoyed it .

Refreshing to experience tip-top restaurant management and service. Nice to see a restaurant run properly. The chef's own peppercorn sauce did not disappoint. The steak was top quality, the pasta cooked to perfection, and a generous helping of mussels. Highly recommend.

Lovely lunch with a friend and our grandsons. Staff brilliant, even though it was quite busy they were really attentive and so good with our boys.

1st visit for me, busy and vibrant. Great food and service. Defo return at some point.

My pizza was not prepared has I had requested & they only served 2 x main course's & forgot the 3rd persons food

Visited Bank Holiday Monday with my family,superb service,food top quality....the sirlion steak my son had was as good as Hawksmoors,my daughter has a gluten intolerance and was catered for brilliantly,10/10

Good and quick service, tasty food and a good selection of drinks.

Popped in for lunch yesterday as was in Ripon for the day. Could not fault the service we received, the food was beautiful, portions were huge. Will Definitely return the next time we are in Ripon. Lovely place with great prices.

Great food, big portions, outstanding service, definitely a 5star restaurant!

We’ve visited Portofino, Ripon twice now and both times, it has been lovely. The food is great and staff are friendly. Definitely recommend a visit!

Lasagna and and green eye cocktail were amazing. Very high quality food and tasty food, enjoyed my stay.

Food was amazing and service was faultless. The atmosphere was great , not too loud just fine and the portion sizes were unreal. Must visit !!!

Lovely people and fabulous food. Would definitely recommend.

We are regulars here and it never fails to impress. Excellent service, delicious food and reasonable prices. Very highly recommended!

We rang to make a reservation. Did as instructed to leave a message. Left number for someone to ring or text back. No one bothered so we went elsewhere.

Absolutely superb! Food was as good as when I was in Como. Highly recommended 👌

Lovely restaurant lovely food and lovely service. Very clean establishment. 2 course set menu for just £14,95. Is very fair. My only place to go when I’m in Ripon

We had our late Christmas party there last night and WOW!! The food was incredible, great choice of drinks and the service was great. Lovely atmosphere. Thank you

We came here for the first time tonight and at the start everything was fine, the food the service etc however when it came to mains I ordered a pasta dish and I found a hair in it, which the lady with the ginger hair with a fringe was so lovely about it and made me a new one, and then my boyfriend ordered a calzone which was nice however there was a fly on his plate, picture below, and the italian man who sat us down was so rude he took my plate away whilst I was still eating, seemed like he was rushing us, and could barely hear him. Also sat right in front of the door so on a busy saturday when it’s 1° outside we were freezing and couldn’t enjoy our meal.

We go here every Christmas Eve as a treat, and it's always a treat! Food and the service are both excellent. Highly recommended place to eat anytime of the year!

Really good food reasonably priced

Great place, portions are good. Very tasty

Nice, friendly family restaurant. Also good for couples.

Called in as my partner was on an appointment just for a coffee and snack the waitress who was quite pleasent said yes no prob place was cold was waiting for about 25 mins for just a coffee the waitress was on her own and although there was another member of staff sat down with someone did nothing at all to help her if that's the service for a coffee would hate to think how long a meal would take

Amazing service, amazing food and warming atmosphere! Always 10/10

Called in today whilst in Ripon with my family at lunchtime. Absolutely the best Italian we've been to. Food was amazing, service impeccable. Would go back to Ripon in heartbeat to come back here.

I booked for my daughter’s birthday, they couldn’t have been more accommodating. The food was great, reasonably priced, service brilliant and nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely be going back. Thank you for making my daughter’s birthday such a special evening.

A great place in Ripon for a fabulous meal.

Lovely night out, fab food and wine. Lovely friendly attentive staff. Reasonably priced

Lovely place and food.....the service is sometimes a little rushed tho..... Yesterday the starters arrived before my daughter had finished her starter

Popped in here for a quick meal. What a delight it was. Service was friendly and quick. Food was delicious and piping hot.

Visited Ripon for a few days away. Found this restaurant online via reviews and it did not disappoint. Excellent choice of food and the quality was superb. Service was very good too.

Food and service were excellent. Would definitely go again.

Never fails to impress - fantastic food, great service and value for money. Highly recommended, the best restaurant in Ripon in my opinion. Great cocktails too!!

I recently went to portofino with my family and it was really nice! The atmosphere was cozy and inviting, and the dishes were absolutely delicious and affordable. I highly recommend it.

Had a lovely meal here to celebrate husbands birthday.

So glad we found this restaurant, such good portions for excellent value of money. We did the happy hour deal start and main. £14.95. The staff are so polite and welcoming. Definitely be return when we visit ripon again

Stopped for an impromptu evening meal. The food was excellent, so was the service and staff were super friendly. I'd definitely visit again.

Good food...Italian...we enjoyed the sea bass with chorizo...plenty of food on the plate...including wine and coffee £70 for 3 persons is good in present squeeze. Pleasant service and comfy ambience...

Great place to eat and fantastic meal.

Been twice recently. Excellent food and friendly service. Highly recommended A+++++

I love this place! The food is amazing, the portions are large but yet very reasonably priced, leading to fantastic value for money. The atmosphere is lovely, rustic and cosy (in a good way!), the place is always busy but yet not loud. They do great offers on the food by way of being able to have half of one thing and half of another e.g half a spaghetti and half a pizza or parmo and happy our offers. The staff are friendly and the food arrives in good time even when it's busy. When a place is busy and it's often essential to book even on a Tuesday night, you know they're doing something right! Keep up the amazing work guys. Can't wait to visit again for the lord knows how many'th time! (The picture is of one of their pizzas (the Diavolo) I got as a takeaway during covid. Yes, you can collect food too!)

Our first visit to this lovely restaurant for my birthday. Food was exceptional, portion sizes amazing and served in timely manner. Service excellent

This is fast becoming our favourite place to eat in Ripon. They have an extensive menu choice at very reasonable prices. Great ambience, plenty of table space, and especially friendly staff. The lunchtime special menu is excellent value for money

Best restaurant in Ripon. Lovely and fresh tasty food. Very friendly staff, great atmosphere and cleanest place we ever been. We will return

The other week, Me and my husband went in for a meal. Everything was going rather well and we were enjoying ourselves. I went to the restrooms and to my dismay I witnessed two young staff members kissing each other in the bathroom. Then as me and my husband were leaving, we spotted the same two staff members vaping and using inappropriate language outside the restraunt. Overall i enjoyed my meal but this definitely makes me rethink about coming back.

One of our favourite places to eat in Ripon! The standout feature of this restaurant is undoubtedly the fantastic food. Each dish we have tried is bursting of authentic Italian flavours. From the perfectly pizzas with an array of delectable toppings to the rich and creamy pasta dishes that were cooked to perfection, every bite was a delight for our taste buds. The menu caters for both adults and children, ensuring that everyone in the family finds something they love. What truly elevates our experience is the impeccable service we always receive. The staff are not only attentive but also incredibly knowledgeable about the menu. They are more than happy to offer recommendations based on your preferences, making the decision-making process a breeze. For families, this restaurant really hits the mark effortlessly. The atmosphere is lively and vibrant, perfect for families with kids. The staff go out of their way to accommodate our children. The little ones are genuinely embraced, making our meal truly enjoyable for all members of the family. In a world where finding a restaurant that combines exceptional food, top-notch service, and a family-friendly environment can be challenging, this Italian gem stands out as a beacon of excellence. Our visits here are a memorable, and we are already looking forward to our next dining adventure at this wonderful establishment. If you're in search of a place where delicious food and exceptional service meet family-friendly vibes, this restaurant is an absolute must-visit!