Il Porto
Equestrian Club. Al Hamra Corniche
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This cute little pizzeria has both the location and charm to rival many Italians one might stumble across abroad. From the checkered table cloths to the neatly dressed staff. Of course the most important element here is the food, and the wood fired oven and fresh salad bar provides the perfect ingredients for a little piece of Italy on Jeddah’s Corniche.
I chose an indoor table while I waited for my takeout order. Staff were quick to notice my arrival, provide a menu, and accommodate my request to eat my dessert while the pizza was cooking! An unsual request perhaps, but my chosen dessert (Tiramisu) was unavailable for takeout, so I thought rather than miss out, I would eat my meal backwards.
As for the Pizza here I ordered a plain old pepperoni, and a ‘tropical’ pizza which was a mix of avocado, mango, pineapple and thick slices of turkey breast. While the pepperoni was a little oily for my tastes, it was the sweet ‘Tropical’ pizza which was the real star here.
In contrast to the pepperoni this was far from oily, a thin crust with fresh toppings of avocado, sweet mango and pineapple, all of which complemented the thickly cut turkey breast perfectly. I think I’ve found a new favourite..(Oh and the tiramisu was pretty good too!). Prices are little steeper than elsewhere in town, but this is no fast food, and the quality of the ingredients more than merit the higher prices.
My only gripe here was parking, there doesn’t seem to be enough here at night, and one particular security guard didnt seem to be happy with our parking (in an actual parking space), and was hassling us to move on return to the car with no explanation why we couldn’t park in front of the restaurant we were ordering from, I’m guessing it was reserved..
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Wonderful experience!
Food: We tried Bruschetta, Pizza and its absolutely fantastic specially that it serves with fresh Balsamic vinegar and Olive oil.
Coffee and tea : Excellent, Nothing like the Italian coffee and they make it just like in Italy.
Ambiance : Outdoors, sea view, simple Italian decoration indoors and in the terrace and wonderful classic Italian music.
Shisha: Good.
Service: Excellent.
Price: Quite expensive.
Child friendly :Yes.
Outdoors: available
Located at one of the nicest venues in Jeddah, it was one of the best outdoor places you can really enjoy. What made it even better was their high quality food. We had Pizza, ravioli, and delicious fondue. The price was above average but with the quality of food and location, its well worth it. The only area for development was the service which should step up to the standard.
Very nice spot with excellent food! Suggest everybody who looks for quality “slow food”…
Visited with a guest, Great place! Great service. Keep it up
I went there once late afternoon Great location beside the Marina loved the interior it was surrounded by some interesting paintings
They served fresh salads and i would definately recommmend the Pizza burger it was DELICIOSO! i liked the concept it was filled with minced meat and onion i enjoyed every single bite of it
good food, nice cosy place, lousy bad service
I’ve tried the restaurant on two different occasions the location and view are great restaurant atmosphere is cosy the food is good for a pizzeria
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But the service is “bad” First time i have visited the restaurant I had a guest with me and it was hard to get the waiters attention they were all in side and almost no body was surveying the outer terrace.
Second time was after Eid holidays the service was “bad” food wasn’t served at the same time for all and it took them long time to serve it was hard to get the waiter attention. when first we where seated we were told that there was a minimum charge of 150 SR per person we were a party of three and we had a two course diner and a cup of coffee and it added up to 100 SR per person and the waiter insisted to charge me 150 SR per person, it was a ripoff they could have said at the beginning that we only serve dinner or increase their price list.
Any way that was my last time