Italian fine dining at its traditional best at the elegant Il Portico restaurant in Kensington

Il Portico is one of London’s most famous Italian restaurants and is also renowned for being the longest running family restaurant in the capital. Situated along Kensington High Street, this long standing favourite Italian eatery opened its doors back in the 1960’s and has been serving exquisite regional Italian cuisine ever since. Now into the third generation of the Chiavarini family, Il Portico is still going strong and never fails to impress with its elegant dining room and unbelievably good Italian menu. Expect a professional, knowledgeable and very friendly service at this classic Kensington restaurant where Executive Chef Eduardo boasts over 25 years of service in the kitchen. Bare brick walls, deep red banquettes and beautiful displays of fresh flowers set the scene for a mouth-watering affair of Italian delights. Tuck into pasta such as the black squid ink linguine with calamari and Normandy clams followed by mains like veal escalopes with prosciutto and sage in a white wine sauce or shank of Shropshire lamb braised with Barolo and rosemary. This is Italian fine dining at its traditional best, so long may Il Portico retain its crown as London’s oldest family run restaurant.

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Opening times

Mon-Sat 12pm-2.45pm/6pm-11pm Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays

Restaurants Best For

Fine Dining • Good For Vegetarians • Wine List

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