Portobello Ristorante Pizzeria

Portobello’s, you have just elevated yourself to my new, WORLDWIDE, favorite Italian restaurant. You are the model for all aspiring Italian restaurant entrepreneurs to follow. Your staff, your food, your establishment, you have shown everyone how to run the best! Bravo!

Great place, food is excellent, team is very attentive. Ideal to go with kids. One of the best pizza in town.

I used to live across the road from Portobello and it was amazing. The service is amazing, the food is amazing and the waiters are really nice. It’s great for a family meal, or just dining by yourself. The Margarita Pizza, the Pasta and the meat are not to be missed. Make a reservation as it is always quite crowded. Portobello is the best Italian in West London.

Great ambiance — nice, casual, but sophisticated. They have outdoor seating, which would be lovely in the summer. Staff is friendly.
Sourdough bread and oil/​vinegar to start. This is a nice touch. The bread is good quality, too. Pretty tasty.
On a Saturday afternoon around 1:30 pm, about half the tables were filled. We debated getting single pizzas or just doing a ½ meter (recommended for two). The ½ meter is the exact same prize as getting two singles of whichever pizzas you want and is about the same size, but slightly bigger than two singles. We opted for the ½ meter only because it’s a more unique experience since you can’t get ½ meters most places and many places offer the standard single size.
It was a mistake to do the half meter because I really think it changed the entire texture of the pizza. The cooking time is of course different for different pizzas (and should be because some have meat, others have cheese, others are only veggies, or no sauce, etc…), but when you combine two pizzas into one, it’s either too much for one of them or too little for the other. Given that cooking pizzas in a wood-​burning oven is very time sensitive because of the extremely high heat, mere seconds make or break the texture and crust of the pizza.
We got a magherita and a marinara — the marinara has no cheese — so the marinara part was pretty fairly burnt by the time the margherita side had cooked. The crust had turned into a cracker-​like form since it didn’t have cheese oils moistening it. The two together didn’t quite work out. Also, the mozzarella on the magherita is definitely not the best quality mozzarella. Not as fresh, texture isn’t as great, and a bit took oily. The tomato sauce also isn’t the most flavorful.
I like the overall atmosphere of the place, so I would be back to try the singles and see if that changes the quality of the pizza, but I’m still skeptical. If it’s better, I will certainly report back.

Very charming restaurant located right near Portobello Market! The greenery covered exterior was promising at first sight. Even at 2:30pm, the restaurant was packed. Luckily we only had to wait a few moments to be seated outside. We ordered simple platters — the Margherita Pizza and the Pomodora Spaghetti. They were both very good, but I preferred the spaghetti dish because the pizza crust was not crisp enough to support the melting cheese on top — the warm cheese tended to slide off the thin crust if you picked it up. It’s fine as long as you eat it with a fork and knife and not with your hands. We had to ask again for our drinks and the complimentary bread was served without any olive oil and balsamic vinegar until we asked for it. Didn’t really mind any of these small mishaps because the food and overall atmosphere made up for it. Highly recommend!

I had a lot of fun for dinner here. Pizza by the metre is great, especially for groups! We ordered a metre (between two of us) with a maximum allowed of two different types of pizze: the prosciutto and truffle combination on a mozzarella base was very generous in its topping servings; then other half was a margherita with sausage, chili, olives and bacon — also delicious, even though I am a traditionalist when it comes to pizza toppings.
The menu boasts a mix of traditional Italian toppings and a more fusion version of pizza toppings. The pizza dough is excellent, left to rise for 72 hours apparently, and as such is quite fluff inside, with crispy edges and base. Delicious.
Very close to Notting Hill Gate tube station which is also convenient.

I love the pizza, probably one of the best I’ve had in a long time… We came at an odd time, only 1 other person here and the full menu wasn’t being served. We had very good table service. My husband and I own a restaurant and we were impressed with the food quality and taste. While the staff wasn’t overly friendly they were cordial and polite. Pizza ingredients were extremely fresh. I will definitely come back again, maybe even by tomorrow. By the time we left the place was filling up. By the way, our tab was a bit high but only because we had several beers each. Actual food coat was quite reasonable.

This is a treasure! A piece of Italy in London. We were served a complimentary plate of sautéed zucchini and carrots in garlic-​chili olive oil with a basket of bread. Then came the warm plate of olives and bruschetta — both excellent! My daughters had the «bambino» pastas — one with meatballs/​tomato sauce and one with pesto. Lovely! Our main courses were amazing. To note was the spaghetti with the clams. The clams were perfectly sized — petite and sources from the southern coast of England. All in all, a fabulous experience. A leisurely lunch and the staff was friendly and accommodating.

The service is so bad that ruins the entire meal. This people behave like they are doing you a favor. Very unpleasant experience. Not coming back.

Bonne pizza mais surévalue. Nous n’avons pas réservé et nous nous sommes sentis poussés a manger rapidement pour libérer la table. L’eau plate en bouteille de 50cl (3x) avec des plats aussi sales est aussi un moyen pas super cool pour augmenter la note.

Wow! I hardly ever order pizza at a nice restaurant, but I was in a hurry after meeting friends and needed something quick.
This is the best pizza I’ve eaten. I’ve tried the great NYC pizza places, and I’d prefer the wood fire pizza here over anywhere.
Wonderful find.

I ate here 3 times in a row last time I was in London. It’s great to find a non-​chain, clean and consistently good restaurant that’s not really expensive in Kensington.
Pizza is really good. My friends loved their calzones, Siciliana pasta was delicious, Broccolini sauteed with some garlic was really good, a friend ordered grilled courgettes (or as we Americans call Zucchini) which were some of the best courgettes I’ve had. I’m not even sure they were on the menu, but he’s a regular. I had the farfalle with Salmon which was good but too heavy/​creamy for my taste. They also ruin their minestrone soup by putting repulsive rosemary in it.
Beware that there are some community tables, so you might be seated next to some randoms. Also get ready to struggle with the 2 ton door that you need to slide to enter.
Besides the minor flaws, it’s a really solid restaurant and a cool atmosphere.

Awesome pizza!
Extremely welcoming and friendly staff.
Did I say, «Awesome pizza?»
Very pleasant surroundings.
Awesome pizza!
This Italian family has done well to reflect the best of Italy in their restaurant. The presentation of other non-​pizza dishes being delivered to other patrons appeared inviting and was certainly mouth-​watering.
And too, awesome pizza! Yum!
The complimentary dish sent by the chef was a new and very nice taste. Don’t know what it was, but we enjoyed the yummy and unexpected surprise.
We also enjoyed the awesome pizza!

Very good pizzeria in the hearth of Notting Hill.
Came here on Sunday night to celebrate the birthday of a friend. We were a big group and had reserved the dining room in the lower ground floor.
We had mixed antipasti and they were really good: fried calamari and shrimps, mixed cured ham and salami and a wonderful parmigiana di melanzane!
They do pizza al metro and we got 2 meters (we where 20) with mixed toppings. I tried the margherita and some pizza with aubergines and both pieces were delicious. We also had some good wines and limoncello to close with.
I am not sure how expensive it is notmally as we had a sort of pre set menu. The service is good, all italian waiters that really pay attention to the customers.
Nice place, I am not giving them the 5^th star just because we had to wait for 20 minutes or so despite the reservation.

Quite nice spot, very loud so don’t expect a intimate setting. But it was lively and service good. Fresh salmon was exceptional, roasted potatoes were ok, I make better, no seasonings? Great wine by the glass, fresh bread. I’d certainly go back. The pizza looked great.

Wow truly one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had. If you ever wondered what true Napolitano pizza tastes like in Italy, then here it is. Run and owned by Italians, English is a 2^nd language here, although the manager seemed to understand me well enough and I him through his thick Italian accent. Listening to all the help as well as a few tables around us speaking Italian, added to the charm of the place.
It’s very rare I see something in a Pizzeria that I’ve never come across before. It’s so simple, I’m not sure why someone hasn’t thought of it until now. Perhaps in Naples it’s very common, but for sure not in the US. It’s a combination of a Calzone and a pizza. They call it the Vesuvio. Basically they take an extra large pizza and fold a 3^rd of it over to create the calzone part, thus leaving the other 3^rd to be a regular pizza. While I’m sure you could add toppings to this, I went with it exactly as is on the menu. The calzone is stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese as well as Napoli salami and roasted ham. The pizza side was tomato sauce, mozzarella, and spicy spianata Calabrese salami. Only tomato sauce is used on the pizza side, so the outside of the calzone stayed nice and crisp. Unlike some calzones, it wasn’t all ricotta. Just enough to make it a nice cheesy blend with the mozzarella. The Napoli salami had a slightly smokey flavor along with the ham.
My wife had a the «Diavola» which is spicy spianata Calabrese salami and mushrooms on top of a tomato sauce and mozzarella pizza. So often we are programed to think pepperoni goes with pizza that we forget there are so many other choices of spicy cold cuts. This one is infused with the flavor of chili peppers to bring some heat but more importantly a unique flavor that releases so well when cooked on the pie. The mushrooms were pre marinated and were very flavorful as well.
Portobello is a family friendly establishment and has a kids menu. They made this cute margherita pizza for my daughter with the dough shaped like a chef’s neckerchief. While she couldn’t finish it all, it did give me a chance to just enjoy the dough. This is what makes a great pizza and where most places fail. It takes hours and hours to work the dough to get it just right.
Their table bread was made from the same dough and was excellent as well. It was hard not to fill up on before the pizzas arrived. We used it to balance some of the complimentary marinated carrots that they brought out.
Next time I’m in London, I will be eating here for sure and I recommend you put it on your to do list if you love great pizza.

Great food! The best Restaurant in Notting Hill Gate!

If you want good Italian food in London, it’s always best to ask an Italian! You see, I absolutely love pizza. It is definitely one of my favorite things to eat. When she said this was her favorite place, I knew it was going to be good.
The place is really cute when you walk in. It isn’t very big so I’d suggest making reservations. It does take a while for the pizzas to come out so allow yourself plenty of time. There was a table in front of us where they had to rush to a show and ended up canceling their order… because they forgot to put it through initially. The service is a bit patchy but you’re not coming here for a Michelin star dining experience — it’s strictly for the food.
They give you the option of getting pizza by the meter or individuals. I love the spectacle of having a meter of pizza but it’s much easier to eat if it’s individual.
They have a great selection of puddings — def try the tiramisu and this molten chocolate cake. If you’re a fan of vin santo as a dessert wine, this is def your place!

Excellent Italian restaurant in Notting Hill, super nice and friendly service, everything is good, including pizza! And a nice terrasse for the summer… Perfect forfriens and family (kids) lunches and dinners.

So I met this guy from Naples at a party, a few months ago, and being a pizza-​addict we naturally ended up talking about this quintessentially Italian food, and where in London one can experience pizza that is as close as possible as the one that people enjoy in Italy.
I was glorifying the «madeinitaly group», whose wonderful pizzas made its various venues my favorite pizzerias until tonight. I actually still love «madeinitaly», with its superb «pizza-​al-​metro» servings and the luscious Chelsea setting, but I must admit that my fondness for the place has always been mitigated by the inexperienced and sloppy waiters, and the fact that the place is often so crowded that you have to ask for a table to a rude slob that more often than not will put you to wait 20 minutes in the basement room.
Enter «Portobello», the pizzeria that my Neapolitan acquaintance was so resolutely praising in that party night months ago. It’s a small restaurant just off Notting Hill Gate, with a tiny underground room where I knew we would be placed given I had tried to book a table 10 minutes after our arrival. Red stucco walls, the obligatory (bad) Italian music airing from upstairs, a couple of very polite young waiters doing their best to serve us and a dozen other people. We asked for the soup of the day, that turned up to be a very tasty cannellini and calamari one, served in a crusty dough bowl.
A delicious antipasto setting nicely the style for a couple of glorious pizzas, huge and crisp, served on a wood plank: quality is not inferior to madeinitaly (neither for the ingredients nor for the cooking), and the quantity is probably 25% bigger. I ended up licking my fingers, pervaded by that sense of pure, simple bliss that only Italian cuisine (and a beer) can give. Five stars, this is as good as a pizzeria can get.

Probably the best Italian restaurant I’ve been to outside of Italy! Truly amazing, yet simple, food. Specialises in fish, and man are they good at that. And someone explain to me how they can make their tomatoes taste that awesome?
Great service in that truly Italian way. They’ll forget you for a while, but then compensate by giving you loads of attention and love when they get round to you. The open kitchen and the long table is an attraction of it’s own.