Portobello Restaurant - Oakland, NJ The Place to Go!

This past Saturday we had plans to go out to dinner with friends of ours from New Jersey and therefore we were dining in a place that was in between our homes. Our husbands had picked a place that they thought would be convenient for us relative to the drive we would have to make. None of us had ever been to this restaurant so we were taking a big risk. LOL We went to a place called PORTOBELLO in Oakland, NJ. All that day it had been raining and by the time it came time to leave it was a virtual monsoon. But we headed out anyway since it was just rain. Our drive took us a little over an hour because of the weather and when we got there it couldn't have been raining any harder. We pulled up to this absolutely beautiful building and the parking lot was packed. Not a spot in the lot. Thank goodness for reservations!

After getting dropped off at the front door, the husbands dropped the cars at an adjacent lot, (thank goodness for umbrellas!) and we were seated after everyone was all in. They don't seat unless your whole party is there. Inside and out the place is absolutely gorgeous. They handed us each 2 full menus (not sure what that was about) and I was so aggravated that I hadn't thought to bring my camera! They had all types of food and we were told that Mediterranean style food was served on the second floor. Very interesting! I had a seafood dish and my husband a chicken dish that was delicious! The whole point of my post is to say that the service was excellent, the food terrific and I would highly recommend the Portobello Restaurant to anyone. It was well worth the long ride and I would do it again! But make reservations because they were packed for every minute of the several hours we were there.