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Portofino's Italian Restaurant & Pizza in Ankeny, Iowa features classic Italian dishes including pizza, appetizers, salads, and a wide variety of entrées from traditional pasta dishes to seafood and steak. The restaurant also offers a selection of Italian wines and full bar service, as well as catering for events and special occasions. All dishes are prepared using the finest Italian ingredients, and guests will enjoy traditional Italian flavors with every bite.
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Update... We decided to give them another try and we are glad we did. My wife ordered the Lobster Ravioli and she is ready to come back and get it again. It was very flavorful with large chunks of Lobster. I once again ordered the Pasta Combo and it was fantastic! I can now report the Mozzerella Sticks were good but will pass on them next time. Also, before you leave you must order a piece of Lemoncello Marscapone Cake! ABSOLUTE MUST! Food was fantastic! A different pace from other Italian restaurants nearby. The bread was fresh, hot and deliciously plentiful. I ordered the Pasta Combo and my wife had the Fetrucini Carbonara. The pasta was a very good consistency and my wife really liked the flavor of her pasta. Each dinner comes with a soup or salad and the salad was nice an crisp and a good portion. I would like to tell you how the Mozzerela Sticks were, but even though we ordered them we never got them. I would have given them more stars but the service was lacking. We waited quite
First time here and I could tell (or should I say smell) as soon as I walked in, it was going to be delish. Bruschetta to start, the Lasagna and Chicken Parmigiana for entrees and cannolis for dessert.
Went to Portofino's for the 1st time and came away with VERY mixed feelings. I ordered the Sausage Pizzaola, which is served in a bowl (pic) and is sliced Italian sausage sauteed with mushrooms, onions, basil & bell peppers in a sherry wine with marinara sauce over spaghetti pasta. (I copied that from their website.) I thought it was the very best meal I had had in a restaurant since moving to the Ankeny area from Florida nearly 3 years ago. It came with garlic bread, and we ordered more garlic bread as a side and took some home ... yeah. it's that good. My wife ordered the Pasta combo, which is a sampling of lasagna, manicotti, cannelloni, ziti & tortellini baked with marinara sauce & mozzarella cheese. Here's the deal, when they brought her dish to the table, we both wondered where the rest of it was. In the pic of my dish, you can see that her samples were baked together in a single baking dish, and then served. We both thought the samples should have been cooked with their
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