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Portofino Bistro Italiano

Address: 54 rue Couillard, Upper Town, Québec City, QC | Map It
Phone: 418/692-8888
www.portofino.qc.ca

Price range: $-$$$
Cuisine: Italian
Location: Upper Town

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.1/5

Fodor's Review:

By joining two 18th-century houses, owner James Monti has created an Italian restaurant with a bistro flavor. The room is distinctive: burnt-sienna walls, soccer flags hanging from the ceiling, a wood pizza oven set behind a semicircular bar, and deep-blue tablecloths and chairs. Don't miss the thin-crust pizza and its accompaniment of oils flavored with pepper and oregano. The pennini all'arrabbiata—tubular pasta with a spicy tomato sauce—is also good. Save room for the homemade tiramisu. From 3 PM to 7 PM the restaurant serves a beer-and-pizza meal for less than C$11. Guillermo Saldana performs music to eat to each weeknight.

Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by WineTraveller from Wilmington, DE on 6/19/09
Went here twice during a recent vacation to Quebec City. Their extensive (and delicious) menu is only matched by their MASSIVE wine list (four PAGES of Brunello di Montalcinos, for example!). While this restaurant is right on one of the main tourist streets, it was very obvious that it is a favorite of the locals (be ready to wait for a table). For us, though, it was the perfect passionate blend of food, wine, and friends. If we lived here, we would be back at least once a week!

Member Rating: 5.0
Ratings details: Food: 5.0 Atmosphere: 5.0 Service: 5.0 Value: 5.0

Reviewed by JonNormandin from Vermont on 9/2/07
Music was way too loud. Got into a disagreement with the owner about buying wine I didn't want. Because I wouldn't buy his wine he accused me of not being able to afford to eat in his restaurant. With so many good restaurants in Quebec city I will avoid this one in the future.

Member Rating: 3.2
Ratings details: Food: 4.0 Atmosphere: 3.0 Service: 3.0 Value: 2.0

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