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Portobello’s Restaurant

Portobello’s, specializing in casual fine dining is nestled in downtown St. John’s, right on the harbour, overlooking the narrows. Offering a great variety of steaks, seafood and shellfish. All desserts are prepared on site, with a homemade touch. Portobello’s offers private rooms with LCD Big Screen, private catering both onsite and off. Come and try one of St. John’s finest restaurants.

It's a Fact!
  • In 1919 a British aircraft departed from Lester's Field, in what is now the west central part of the city, and landed in Clifden, Ireland, less than 17 hours later, marking the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • There are more than 29 varieties of marine mammals in the water surrounding the island of Newfoundland.
  • The majority of the population in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador descends from both Ireland and England.
  • In 1901, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi set up a listening post on Signal Hill and successfully received the first wireless transmission from Europe.
  • Newfoundland is home to some of the world's largest and most accessible seabird colonies in North America.
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