Page 2 | Have you had a good meal at Il Portico Kensington?

IAmMerfacus · 2023-08-09T18:59:46+00:00

I shall be visiting next month and hope it will be as enjoyable as I expect. If you have been and enjoyed the restaurant it would be nice if you could leave a 5 star review so that people like me who haven't been before can get an accurate idea of the quality of the food and the restaurant.

JellySaurus · 09/08/2023 22:41

'Cry bullies' - perfect description.

LizzieSiddal · 09/08/2023 22:38

I ate there a few years ago, amazing, authentic food and full of very interesting characters!
I’m up in Notting Hill for a few days at the beginning of next month so will be sure to book a table.

IcakethereforeIam · 09/08/2023 21:31

Recent review from the Times

https://archive.ph/Sq1ZP

IcakethereforeIam · 09/08/2023 21:30

Just read a Giles Coren review from 23rd June in the Times. After much wittering he actually reviews his meal. It sounds amazing. I could cry. I'll post an archive of it next. It'll probably be hidden but it might be restored once MN have looked at it.

nepeta · 09/08/2023 21:03

It look like many five-star reviews have recently appeared. Given that the overall picture the reviews give (over years) is highly positive, the politically motivated reviews do stand out. I'm pretty sure that anyone can flag inappropriate reviews
here
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IcakethereforeIam · 09/08/2023 20:54

I was hoping to have a meal there at the end of August. However, seems to be closed 13th to 28th. Gutted.

ACatCalledPushka · 09/08/2023 20:37

Leaving fake negative reviews has become a new ‘weapon of war’ it seems.

Have you had a good meal at Il Portico Kensington?

StoatofDisarray · 09/08/2023 20:26

1stWorldProblems · 09/08/2023 20:24

Hardens Guide (where you have to join up & supply a minimum of five reviews a year & they only issue the info once a year - so unaffected by Tw#tter fiends) rates it
"This “old favourite” opposite the Design Museum, now in its sixth decade, is “always buzzing, with great Italian food and a sense that every patron is ‘family’”. It’s family-run, too, with James Chiavarini having taken over from his father, Pino. “James has introduced some modernising touches but I love the feeling that you’re in Italy when you walk in the door – there’s nothing minimal or characterless about it”.

It's been in Guide for a while I think. Both the Times reviewers also like it. Have had it on my list of 'places I need to eat at up London' before he came out as a JKR et al supporter.

Which immediately makes me want to eat there!

1stWorldProblems · 09/08/2023 20:24

Hardens Guide (where you have to join up & supply a minimum of five reviews a year & they only issue the info once a year - so unaffected by Tw#tter fiends) rates it
"This “old favourite” opposite the Design Museum, now in its sixth decade, is “always buzzing, with great Italian food and a sense that every patron is ‘family’”. It’s family-run, too, with James Chiavarini having taken over from his father, Pino. “James has introduced some modernising touches but I love the feeling that you’re in Italy when you walk in the door – there’s nothing minimal or characterless about it”.

It's been in Guide for a while I think. Both the Times reviewers also like it. Have had it on my list of 'places I need to eat at up London' before he came out as a JKR et al supporter.