Il Portale - Parghelia

I am writing this note in good faith not to harm. I hope this restaurant consider this as help and change some things. The restaurant has nice place. It looks very expensive so we had good feelings. They gave us very soon foccacia- it wasn’t so bad. After this starter finally they gave us our beers- little bit too late After that we get big salad for 14€ in this price we expected something magical but it was few ingredients mix in one big bowl and nothing more, no flavour, no taste, nothing. And then we get our pasta. Mine wasn’t that bad, it was pasta with creme and fish. But my girlfriend ordered gnocchi and that was a catastrophe. They put cold gnocchi on a plate, then tomato sauce and on the top mozzarella (but it supposte to be parmesan) and put this 3 ingredients to the microwave. Hot on the sides and completely cold inside. No taste at all, completely nothing and this cold. We politely report this to the stuff and we’re hoping for at least apologize or maybe small discount but again nothing. We just want to pay and live but we had to ask 2 other waiters for check and after 20 min of wait we could finally leave. 2 guests, money 60€, 6 waiters, few guests but a lot of problems though.

Wonderful place. Perfect tasting food. The menu is also suitable for children. Thank you for a great experience in the cozy little town of Parghelia. Greetings from lithuanians.

When we entered the premises, a lady was sitting at the entrance who was walking between the cash register and the table with a face after the title what are you doing here, I felt uncomfortable only after some time I thought that it could be a person managing in one word, embarrassment. We didn't have a reservation so my husband asked the waiter if there were free tables, he replied to ask the next person, and the next one to the next person from the service. Wooow! The third waiter in turn said we could sit inside. After giving the card, you could hear only dead silence and the sound of the bell for the waiters very annoying. The dishes did not impress us, the pasta with shrimps was unremarkable, and the shrimps themselves were already peeled and cut into pieces, the first time I encountered such a thing. Huge rubbery octopus with a terrible tasting sauce. For such a price in Tropea we have delicious dishes with a typical Italian atmosphere, music and great service. Too high thresholds, not worth spending money on.

I wanted to try this place and I was really satisfied. very courteous and fast staff, the place looks elegant and despite it was Tuesday, very popular. we took a risotto, a first and a portion of tuna, honestly all very good. I'll be right back.

4 stars for the quality of fish and service, portions disappoint a little