Hard not to gatekeep this restaurant it is so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spaghetti with Meatballs, Fried Mozzarella
Lyla M
Came in without knowing anything about the place, on recommendations from a friend. Proceeded to have the best Italian American meal of our lives. I’m Italian American. I grew up making and eating this cuisine. We live on the East Coast, more specifically, the mid Atlantic where there is lots, lots, LOTS of great Italian food. This blew it out of the water for us.
Excellent stracciatella, garlicky and smooth. Served with a perfect caponata. I don’t even usually go for capers but it was perfect. The arugula salad was a monstrously large portion for two adults, but we ate every impeccably dressed bite. The Dungeness crab pasta alla vodka was right on the spot. Great crab flavor, perfect pasta shape for the dish, not too heavy but quite hearty and satisfying.
Buon provecho if you come here. Grazi mille if you work here, back or front of house. You made our Portland trip unforgettable. What a great last taste of your city. 😘
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bruschetta, Dungeness Crab Alla Vodka
Geinos
Intimate atmosphere. Gorgeous food. Sweet vibes. Delicious experience. You should go.
Came for my sisters birthday (she’s a regular who’s been coming for years) and were placed on a waitlist which was to be expected. Was told to wait 50 minutes. Came back to check at an hour and 15 minutes later and was told they were almost ready for us. My group became cold waiting outside and wanted to wait inside around the bar area, which the host then kicked us out because there was another large group waiting. We waited outside for another 45 minutes and the table that got there after us was not only seated inside but was seated way before we were. The food is mediocre at best, the shining stars are the foccacia and mozzarella sticks. The white bean tortellini, spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmesan were okay. I probably could have ordered the same thing at a chain restaurant and had better flavor. The waiter was very nice and accommodating and we were grateful for him however he said that the foccacia would be “on the house” from our wait time and it still showed up on the receipt. You can tell this place isn’t owned by Italians because there is no culture or love and flavor in their food. Not to mention one of the selling points is the food and noodles are made fresh, but there was no one making noodles and the only “fresh” part of the restaurant were some random herbs and sprouts toward the back of the restaurant. Probably will never return here unless my sister begs me.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Claire Cushing
Gabbiano’s is so fun! Solid menu with something to please everyone. I crave that arugula salad! The service is great and the vibes are incredible. Fun drinks too! We always bring people from out of town to Gab’s! One out my top faves in Portland!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cait Hilburn
Got the meatballs and spaghetti, overpoweringly garlic taste and the spaghetti was over cooked. Arugula salad was just the greens and cheese, nothing else. Motz sticks were decent. Service was good and atmosphere was nice just wish the food was better
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fried Mozzarella
Zach
I have literally never had a better chicken parm or fried mozzarella in my life. The calamari was perfect as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parm, Fried Mozzarella, Calamari Fritti, Hot Italian Pork Chop
Timothy Foster
First time from east coast with our own Little Italy and this place doesn’t disappoint. It exceeded my expectations. Recommend fried mozzarella, all the pasta especially the Dungeness crab garganelli! Emma, our server, was excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spaghetti with Meatballs, Fried Mozzarella, Dungeness Crab Alla Vodka
Ciara Serapiglia
I ordered the focaccia as a starter, Green Garlic Lumache as my entree, and Tiramisu for dessert. Everything was delicious and my server was extremely friendly and attentive- I ordered a glass of wine and he let me try a few other drinks as well.
Dietary restrictions: They had vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options all labeled clearly.
Went here with a friend and ordered the focaccia bread, cesar salad and calamari to start. The focaccia bread was small but ok. The calamari was actually one of the best we have ever had and we both love calamari. The Cesar was awful and neither of us ate much of it. Be warned. I think a bulk of its grossness was the lettuce, which wasn't romaine. Then we ordered the dungeness crab vodka pasta. It was very delicious, sure. But we took the very polite waitresses advice that everything was sharing size. This was NOT. We both left hungry. 20% gratuity added automatically. Which I really don't like, just add that to the cost and help be rid of tipping. The people next to us had spaghetti and meatballs and chicken Parmesan, both looked huge. So we believed that the vodka pasta would also be sharing. My kid who's 7 could have eaten all of that pasta, and asked for seconds. $35 for that much pasta is INSANE. It did not have much crab in it for the cost either. $5 for the bread too felt petty, it wasn't that great and bread is so cheap to make as it is. Maybe if it had twice the amount, sure, but it wasn't a lot.
I will say we sat out back on a cold rainy night and it was very warm and nice, didn't even feel like we were outside. 5 stars for that. And 5 stars for the service, they were nice. Other than her saying the plates were sharing size and then that being absolutely untrue with the crab dish. They gifted us olives because the pasta was taking a while, which was very nice. Though I don't like olives unfortunately so, once again I was just left hungry.
Recommended dishes: Calamari Fritti
Joe Barron
Came in on my anniversary since this is the place we had our first date. The hostess (a youngish brunette) essentially gave us no option but to sit at the bar. Then after thinking and asking how long for a table, she said we cannot be put on a waitlist since we sat at the bar. It seemed she was only trying to turn tables. And had little regard for customers.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Emily Clark
Great food, beautiful atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shirin Zargar
Such a cute ans fabulous Italian restaurant with large servings and very rich food! It's not a place I would frequent often as a weekly neighborhood spot but I would come here 2-4 times a year when craving rich Italian food. The butternut lasagna was to die for.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Renae Briles
This place is so cozy. This was my first visit and definitely will not be the last. The pasta and meatballs exceeded all expectations. We were guided by our server that the portions are family style. I brought home about half my entree. The cocktails are prepared well. Service was attentive and friendly.
Hard not to gatekeep this restaurant it is so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spaghetti with Meatballs, Fried Mozzarella
Came in without knowing anything about the place, on recommendations from a friend. Proceeded to have the best Italian American meal of our lives. I’m Italian American. I grew up making and eating this cuisine. We live on the East Coast, more specifically, the mid Atlantic where there is lots, lots, LOTS of great Italian food. This blew it out of the water for us.
Excellent stracciatella, garlicky and smooth. Served with a perfect caponata. I don’t even usually go for capers but it was perfect. The arugula salad was a monstrously large portion for two adults, but we ate every impeccably dressed bite. The Dungeness crab pasta alla vodka was right on the spot. Great crab flavor, perfect pasta shape for the dish, not too heavy but quite hearty and satisfying.
Buon provecho if you come here. Grazi mille if you work here, back or front of house. You made our Portland trip unforgettable. What a great last taste of your city. 😘
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bruschetta, Dungeness Crab Alla Vodka
Intimate atmosphere. Gorgeous food. Sweet vibes. Delicious experience. You should go.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great martini. Great calamari. Great pasta.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parm, Spaghetti with Meatballs, Fried Mozzarella, Calamari Fritti
Came for my sisters birthday (she’s a regular who’s been coming for years) and were placed on a waitlist which was to be expected. Was told to wait 50 minutes. Came back to check at an hour and 15 minutes later and was told they were almost ready for us. My group became cold waiting outside and wanted to wait inside around the bar area, which the host then kicked us out because there was another large group waiting. We waited outside for another 45 minutes and the table that got there after us was not only seated inside but was seated way before we were. The food is mediocre at best, the shining stars are the foccacia and mozzarella sticks. The white bean tortellini, spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmesan were okay. I probably could have ordered the same thing at a chain restaurant and had better flavor. The waiter was very nice and accommodating and we were grateful for him however he said that the foccacia would be “on the house” from our wait time and it still showed up on the receipt. You can tell this place isn’t owned by Italians because there is no culture or love and flavor in their food. Not to mention one of the selling points is the food and noodles are made fresh, but there was no one making noodles and the only “fresh” part of the restaurant were some random herbs and sprouts toward the back of the restaurant. Probably will never return here unless my sister begs me.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Gabbiano’s is so fun! Solid menu with something to please everyone. I crave that arugula salad! The service is great and the vibes are incredible. Fun drinks too! We always bring people from out of town to Gab’s! One out my top faves in Portland!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got the meatballs and spaghetti, overpoweringly garlic taste and the spaghetti was over cooked. Arugula salad was just the greens and cheese, nothing else. Motz sticks were decent. Service was good and atmosphere was nice just wish the food was better
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fried Mozzarella
I have literally never had a better chicken parm or fried mozzarella in my life. The calamari was perfect as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parm, Fried Mozzarella, Calamari Fritti, Hot Italian Pork Chop
First time from east coast with our own Little Italy and this place doesn’t disappoint. It exceeded my expectations. Recommend fried mozzarella, all the pasta especially the Dungeness crab garganelli! Emma, our server, was excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spaghetti with Meatballs, Fried Mozzarella, Dungeness Crab Alla Vodka
I ordered the focaccia as a starter, Green Garlic Lumache as my entree, and Tiramisu for dessert. Everything was delicious and my server was extremely friendly and attentive- I ordered a glass of wine and he let me try a few other drinks as well.
Dietary restrictions: They had vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options all labeled clearly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu
Restaurantji Recommends
Went here with a friend and ordered the focaccia bread, cesar salad and calamari to start. The focaccia bread was small but ok. The calamari was actually one of the best we have ever had and we both love calamari. The Cesar was awful and neither of us ate much of it. Be warned. I think a bulk of its grossness was the lettuce, which wasn't romaine. Then we ordered the dungeness crab vodka pasta. It was very delicious, sure. But we took the very polite waitresses advice that everything was sharing size. This was NOT. We both left hungry. 20% gratuity added automatically. Which I really don't like, just add that to the cost and help be rid of tipping. The people next to us had spaghetti and meatballs and chicken Parmesan, both looked huge. So we believed that the vodka pasta would also be sharing. My kid who's 7 could have eaten all of that pasta, and asked for seconds. $35 for that much pasta is INSANE. It did not have much crab in it for the cost either. $5 for the bread too felt petty, it wasn't that great and bread is so cheap to make as it is. Maybe if it had twice the amount, sure, but it wasn't a lot.
I will say we sat out back on a cold rainy night and it was very warm and nice, didn't even feel like we were outside. 5 stars for that. And 5 stars for the service, they were nice. Other than her saying the plates were sharing size and then that being absolutely untrue with the crab dish. They gifted us olives because the pasta was taking a while, which was very nice. Though I don't like olives unfortunately so, once again I was just left hungry.
Recommended dishes: Calamari Fritti
Came in on my anniversary since this is the place we had our first date. The hostess (a youngish brunette) essentially gave us no option but to sit at the bar. Then after thinking and asking how long for a table, she said we cannot be put on a waitlist since we sat at the bar. It seemed she was only trying to turn tables. And had little regard for customers.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Great food, beautiful atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Such a cute ans fabulous Italian restaurant with large servings and very rich food! It's not a place I would frequent often as a weekly neighborhood spot but I would come here 2-4 times a year when craving rich Italian food. The butternut lasagna was to die for.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is so cozy. This was my first visit and definitely will not be the last. The pasta and meatballs exceeded all expectations. We were guided by our server that the portions are family style. I brought home about half my entree. The cocktails are prepared well. Service was attentive and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spaghetti with Meatballs
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