Il Portico

Great fresh pasta, very busy even though a Monday night. Staff really helpful and good service

Best spaghetti vongole I have ever eaten. TPO Cheese grilled and served with honey and balsamic was delicious

This isn't our first trip here and as always we return because the food is not only delicious but the service is impeccable and everyone makes sure you have the best experience possible.

Very attentive service. The food was excellent with lots of more unusual tings to choose from

Loved Il Portico! Delicious food, super friendly staff and a lovely family atmosphere. We will be back!

Classic Italian family restaurant serving classic Italian dishes. A good sign was the large number of locals eating there and the staff seemed to know everyone. If you like authentic Italian food, you won’t be disappointed.

The welcome is warm. the service friendly and efficient. The food is excellent.

As always, James and his staff make Il Portico our “ go to” restaurant. Excellent food, ambiance, service.

Delicious food and excellent friendly service. Very honest feel to the place and very accommodating.

Very friendly place. Jolly atmosphere. Delicious fresh food. Can eat inside or outside. Good location on Kensington High Street. Happy to recommend

We had a lovely meal at Il Portico to celebrate my mother’s birthday. The meal was on a Tuesday evening and the restaurant was very busy which created a nice ambiance.

Food and service were both excellent, I would highly recommend Il Portico!

Outstanding food very well prepared. This is our third time dining here. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Only complaints are tables too close together and high noise level.

Authentic northern Italian food. I will vist regularly

Good food, good value, pleasant ambiance and service.

Everything was excellent: garlic prawns, grilled baby calamari, black pasta with lobster, ossu bucco stuff pasta, etc.

Everything about the restaurant was simply exceptional. The food was delicious, with delicate flavors. The service was fantastic and the owner came and gave us extra attention. It simply was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it!

Simply a wonderful evening at Il Portico. My wife, son and I enjoyed chatting with the owner, taking heed of his suggestions and loved our food.

Service was professional and unhurried. If I was still in London, I would not hesitate to return for an encore.

Beautiful restaurant and excellent service all round. I would recommend this place and will be re booking for sure

Always excellent (fresh and delicious) food and so friendly family-like atmosphere. We always look forward to our trips to London to be able to eat here.

James who manages the place is outstanding. the food is really worth trying with the vibe really original.

Always like the first time - dinning in Il Portico is a great culinary experience even in the 10th visit.

I took my wife out for dinner,to Il Portico and we loved it. The food was perfect and the staff were professional,good team work,magnificent. They were extremely polity,recomended foods and they were very friendly and very attentive and prompt checking if everything was fine if we were happy with the food. They made us feel at home. The ambience,music was perfect. Highly recommended ☆☆☆☆☆ Defeneatly will come back

The food was amazing

A favourite place, deservedly, super friendly and reliably good food and wine

Wonderful staff and great food!
Bit too noisy, but after mentioning this we were offered another quieter spot immediately. Very enjoyable!

This was a great find . I’ll be returning.

Outstanding Italian home cooking

Excellent food and a warm welcome.

The service and food were both outstanding.

Old school Italian. Great food. Good sized portions. Impeccable service.

Delicious, great little restaurant! Loved the selection of wines and the food. Looking forward to coming back!

Wonderful food great service everything one expects & likes about this great family restaurant - thanks for a great meal.

Our favorite family owned Italian in London. Don’t miss it! Only thing missing this trip was James, the owner, who was on a long awaited holiday. Can’t wait to return to London to enjoy the hospitality.

Quick and very friendly service Food was good, well presented and plentiful. Recommended!!!

Lovely Italian restaurant in the heart of Kensington. Our pasta was delicious and the tiramisu divine. The service was faultless. Reasonable prices and delicious Italian home cooking.

Still my favourite restaurant in London and serving delicious food from Emilia-Romagna cuisine. The owner is always striving to improve his food offer and has some exciting plans for the future. The service is always friendly and personal - and the sister restaurant Pizzicotto a few doors down does superb pizzas from an authentic wood-fired oven

We had to eat in a hurry to get to the opera in Holland Park. We arrived a bit before they opened, at 6 pm, and were welcomed into sit comfortably and look at the menu. Our food came in very good time and was delicious. Very friendly.

Delicious warm ciabatta and good oil to dip, perfectly chilled Prosecco , tasty courgette frites, rubbery squid with inedible mushroom concoction. Pasta filled with veal... great pasta shame about the filling, so over seasoned and why was the dish served swimming in oil? Struggled to eat it, left most. Pasta with belly Pork ragout, great pasts but ragout was over seasoned and very dry, couldn’t finish it. Very expensive for what we had.

Excellent food before Holland Park opera. Friendly service. Delicious bread and olive oil.

Delicious food, authentic atmosphere and attentive staff. Loved it!