Terry Greatsly

Review of Al Porto Ristorante

Nice Italian restaurant in the touristy part of to...

Nice Italian restaurant in the touristy part of town. The location was an old storage depot for the Hudson's Bay Company half a century ago and was transformed keeping some of the old world charm. The food was very good although on the pricey side, hence the 4 vs 5 stars. The scallops and prawns was nice served with sweet pea and saffron risotto, pernod herb butter. The spaghetti Bolognese was ordered and received plain keeping the ground beef and veal ragu, marinara sauce. The seafood risotto was ordered and received without the mussels, clams but included scallops, salmon, halibut and prawns. The seared Ahi Tuna came with a nice ginger-sesame and ponzu sauce, seared rare to perfection with a small apple fennel salad with citrus dressing. Overall a nice experience and nice to see that a touristy area can have a nice restaurant.