PortaBella Restaurant

Centrally located on Ocean Ave, Porta Bella is both fine and casual dining. Helpful, friendly wait staff, covered outdoor patio if you are toting along your dog, and a quiet elegance that's restful at the end of the day. A lovely curated menu with selections for everyone. Lunch is reasonable. Dinner prices can be much higher if you try a wine selection and extras. However, what ever you do, DON'T skip the Mushroom soup! It's... legendary!

Great atmosphere, live music and delicious food. Awesome service. Loved the scallops the grilled octopus appetizer!

This was an excellent dining experience. Our waiter was the absolute best!! We not only enjoyed the food, but we had great conversations with all of the tables around us!! This light supper with dessert was the best way to end a day of shopping in Carmel!!

This is always our dine in restaurant when we go to Carmel, CA. The food is presentable and delicious. Service is amazing, attentive, organized and respectfully polite. It can be quite expensive but over all its worth it without a doubt. The Guitarist is a plus. Loved seeing him again. Beautiful voice and extremely talented. He walks and stops around every guest table while he sings. Way to make your visit alot more special. Thank you PortaBella. Can't wait to see u again in July.

The food was pretty good! Make sure you make a reservation before you go. The reservation can be done online pretty easily. And staff are all very welcoming and friendly. Sitting outside by the heater and the flowers is quite amazing too!