Portale

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in:Portale NYC3 pts
“Love that place and the fact that it's a relative sleeper hit and I can usually get a decent Friday res at short notice.”
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in:Best Italian restaurants in Manhattan1 pts
replying to u/Federal-Log176: Ci Ciamo for your location is a no brainer. Will be a nice meal/restaurant. Don’t listen to Carmines - touristy and fatty glutinous oversized portion the style that caters to midwesterners visiting from NYC who want “authentic Italian” (it’s not) - the Ci Ciamos, Il Mulino, and L’artusis of the world are just simply great chefs/reataurant and their menu is Italian….other callouts include… - Palma - a little step below L’Artusi but an easier res in WV - Portale on I believe 28th and 6 or 7th. One of my favorite restaurants in the city
“the food was very good. Precise, elegant, filling. Spot on.”
H3
in:Best service in NYC?11 pts
“I had dinner last night at the bar of Portale and the service was spectacular.”
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in:Restaurants that should have gained a star but didn’t5 pts
“Consistent execution, professional staff, and delicious food.”
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in:Best sit down dinner with the killer cocktails near Hyatt Place Chelsea New York?4 pts
“Portale is great, amazing dinner, awesome cocktails.”
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in:What is your favorite seafood pasta you’ve had in the city?4 pts
“Portale had a special of homemade spaghetti with peekytoe crab, in a light butter sauce topped with oscetra caviar”
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in:Best Pasta in NY?3 pts
“I personally think portale (lumache, best pasta dish in the city imo) and francie (broccoli rabe rigatoni and all other pasta dishes) serve the best pasta in the city, even better than marea.”
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in:What restaurants are clearly trying hard for a Michelin star?3 pts
“Was not expecting to be blown away, and their service from bussers to the maître de was exceptional.”
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in:Who has the best cake in the city?3 pts
replying to u/bigfathooker69: Praline Joconde at La Tete d’or, olive oil cake at St. Anselm, lysee cake at lysee, mozarttorte at Cafe Sabarsky, chocolate cake at Claud, carrot cake at Monkey Bar, Basque cheesecake at Grace Street,
“Try the olive oil cake at Portale.”
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in:Portale NYC3 pts
“Insalata, the pappardelle or the duck breast and olive cake”
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in:Most overrated restaurants in the city by res difficulty2 pts
replying to u/Lyin-Don: Haven’t been to Tatiana but agree that both Torrisi and Sartiano’s were disappointing. Especially Sartiano’s. Even tho my expectations for them were much lower - Sartiano’s still didn’t reach them. Torrisi was decent but certainly not great. Not even sure I’d say good. But def better than Sartiano’s. Which is shit
“I love his eponymous restaurant Portale in Chelsea for the pasta dishes”
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in:Where's "your" spot? 2 pts
“Portale in chelsea is incredible. get the espresso martini (it’s my fav in the city) and for food the malfadine and dry aged duck are insanely good”
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in:I messed up – Need dinner spot recommendations near Chelsea!2 pts
“Portale! Delish Italian in chic nyc atmosphere. Always take visitors and it’s a hit”
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in:Italian below 23rd street with great food, not noisy with round tables2 pts
“I love Portale! Great pasta and a solid wine list. It’s my fav Italian place for big group dinners”
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in:Italian Overkill???2 pts
“Portale has one of the city’s best pasta dishes with its lumache”
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in:What are some NYC restaurants that are criminally underrated?2 pts
replying to u/ddvaldez: Portale in Chelsea!
“Yes, the pork chop is heavenly”
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in:Recommend restaurants with Duck breast/game meats?2 pts
“Portale has my personal fav duck breast”
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in:Staying in Chelsea, looking for a cozy, intimate restaurant for a nice date night.2 pts
replying to u/Appropriate-Art9370: Portale
“This place is SO underrated and delicious”
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in:Anniversary dinner with girlfriend. Should I do Ai Fiori or Portale?2 pts
“Recently went to portale and loved the food! The service was mediocre though. Would recommend the duck, and the special of the day was scallops (?) and those were insanely good”
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in:Da Andrea or Elsewhere?2 pts
“We enjoyed it! Thanks! I did get the octopus, which was yummy.”
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in:A bookable italian restaurant for my anniversary?1 pts
replying to u/Boring-Researcher-88: Thank you!! Made a reservation for here. Looks perfect
“The white lumache was worth the hype IMO”
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in:Best Agnolotti in Manhattan?1 pts
replying to u/Sportchamp1110: Portale!! They change it seasonally. Think right now is a mushroom one, but if you’re not coming for a few weeks it may be a corn preparation that’s amazing.
“Seconding - Portale is so underrated!”
H2
in:What other restaurants have Caesar salads like Cafe Mado's?1 pts
replying to u/Tricky_Job_3425: Portale would never put this much cheese on anything, let alone a salad. And their food are works of art
“But whole leaves individually dressed. It was super delicious.”
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in:What restaurants are having a Thanksgiving dinner?1 pts
replying to u/skimcpip: I’m going to rosemarys this year and I also received an email from portale ($135 pp)
“I love portale. I just had a great ribeye did idk there on Wednesday.”
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in:What are some of your favorite appetizers in the city?1 pts
“Arancini with truffle on the happy hour menu at Portale.”
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in:NYC Traditional Italian Recommendations1 pts
“So good! Get the olive oil cake, you won’t regret it.”
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in:Portale NYC1 pts
“It was excellent, I do want all to know I did get the branzino as an entree, I never had fish that good before.”
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in:Favorite place for casual dinner near 14th and 6th Ave? Chelsea Market is an option but open to any other ideas.1 pts
replying to u/skimcpip: Portale
“Somewhat pricey for the portions but very good”
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in:What’s good for brunch as of recently? Looking for an updated list1 pts
“Portale has been offering it since end of May. I love that place.”
H2
in:Opinion on my 2-day solo eating plan in NYC <30 pts
replying to u/Lost_Indication_7890: So in that case, Torrisi sounds a better choice for me! I’m already late for reservations, but I’m thinking of going around 12 and seeing what happens. Thank you so much for your recs !
“Portale and roscioli are better Manhattan alternatives for Italian compared molatesta and il posto accanto”
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in:Besides Corner Store, what’s the hottest “vibe” places in the city?-1 pts
“Every single pasta dish at Portale is better than Rezdôra.”
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in:Spots where bar seated meal is great67 pts
“I love dining at the bar. My roster: Portale.”
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in:Dinner for 10 — last min, this Saturday night— soho, w village, Chelsea?26 pts
“Try: Morandi, Portale, Shukette. Shuka, Babs”
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in:Solo food spots15 pts
“Balaboosta, Portale”
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in:Good restaurants that are easier to get a table at13 pts
“Portale.”
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in:Your best meals of 2024?8 pts
“Portale”
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in:Best Agnolotti in Manhattan?8 pts
“Think right now is a mushroom one, but if you’re not coming for a few weeks it may be a corn preparation that’s amazing.”
H1
in:Help me pick an Italian restaurant!8 pts
“Portale”
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in:Best Italian in city + best sushi in city - no budget6 pts
“Italian - portale”
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in:The waiting game with Manhattan's Italian restaurants6 pts
“I think Portale is super underrated. Great Italian food. A little more modern and upscale but very good quality.”
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in:I messed up – Need dinner spot recommendations near Chelsea!6 pts
“Cookshop, Bottino, Portale, Maki Kosaka, Barbuto, Pastis, Empire Diner…”
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in:Staying in Chelsea, looking for a cozy, intimate restaurant for a nice date night.6 pts
“Portale”
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in:Anniversary dinner with girlfriend. Should I do Ai Fiori or Portale?6 pts
“Of those two, I’d do Portale.”
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in:Da Andrea or Elsewhere?6 pts
“For Chelsea area Italian I would recommend Portale over Da Andrea personally.”
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in:If you could only eat at 3 restaurants4 pts
“4 Charles Portale The Grill”
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in:Mom’s 50th birthday dinner rec4 pts
“Portale”
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in:Is West Village all 20-30 somethings?4 pts
“Just an FYI, an incredible Chelsea restaurant that you need to try and has an after work crowd and a cool crowd is Portale on 18th between 6th and 7th Ave’.”
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in:Really great restaurants around the highline?4 pts
“Portale (LOVE this place; would be my first choice, a few avenues east of the Highline though)”
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in:Quick dinner near 18th st. and 8th Av Manhattan4 pts
“Portale.”
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in:Best Italian restaurants in Manhattan4 pts
“One of my favorite restaurants in the city”
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