Gilda's | Italian Restaurant

My wife and I had a wonderful experience here. The owner and staff are pleasant and the food was delicious. You can tell they use family recipes and are each dish is made with love from the kitchen. Prices are all reasonable and they make sure you don’t leave hungry. Dessert was delectable, and the cappuccino was spectacular.

Where to even start?! The owner, Marco, is a piece of work. We went here for a nice evening since we were visiting family, ordered three dishes, and found a cockroach COOKED in one dish and several hairs in the second dish! When we brought it to our server's attention, she took the dishes away and said she would speak to the owner, Marco. She then came back over and said that Marco said he would look into it but we still had to pay for the food. Wait... what? Of course, we would be happy to pay for the food. That was the point of going to a restaurant, after all. We just didn't want a COCKROACH and HAIR in it! So, I asked to speak to the owner directly so we could resolve this quickly and still have a nice evening. After waiting maybe 15 minutes (there were maybe 3 other couples in the whole restaurant) Marco came over and was immediately defensive and started talking about how he would be happy to serve us other meals but we had to pay for the ones we ordered. He was so rude and immed

The food at Gilda’s is authentic and delicious. The homemade Italian bread (the garlic bread in particular) is absolutely amazing. Super friendly service as well. Would definitely recommend this place if your looking for a good Italian restaurant in downtown Portland.