Allora

I love cozy spots, and I stumbled upon this place while walking by. It’s a charming little Italian restaurant with a relaxed vibe and great food. I absolutely loved my Alfredo pasta, while my partner thought the short ribs were just okay. We also tried the potato and leek soup, which was quite nice. I had an Italian 75, and it was wonderful—definitely recommend it!

I will definitely be going back. I went for my birthday and it was perfect!! Our waiter was soooo awesome. He took pictures and my Polaroid pictures and made sure they looked good. It has a nice warm classy atmosphere. The food was delicious! I got the gnocchi and it was amazing. I also got the espresso martini and it was one of the better ones I’ve had! The crème brûlée and tiramisu are super good too. Personally I thought the meat and cheese board was kinda lacking, but truly that was my only picky complaint

I am still thinking about how delicious everything on the menu is. Haven't had everything, but I know its great! My sister and I had a fabulous time in Portlands Pearl District. When im in town next, I WILL be eating here again.

The only place we would trust in Portland metro for carbonara—outside our house. It was a fabulous dinner tonight. But I had the whole house to myself. A tragedy or a delight? This place is usually a bumpin’ joint, but it was nice to sit in solace away from the sun and crowds.

What an incredible meal. I tried the sardines, caprese, and the gamberi e pomodoraccio. I also had espresso martini which was one of the best I’ve had in town, and the aperol spritz. Excellent food I could tell made with love (pasta was incredible) and the service there is impeccable. Truly a wonderful european style experience in portland. Thank you so so much!

My boyfriend and I love this place for date night. Service is fast and friendly and the food is great! The Nutella brownie with gelato for dessert is my favorite dessert dish ever! Definitely recommend.

I have been coming to Allora since 2009. I make it a point to go at least twice a year. Allora is the type of restaurant you bring someone to when you want to impress them. I’ve never had a negative experience and every time I visit it just gets better. The awesome atmosphere, the friendly wait staff, and the amazing food makes this place the perfect Italian restaurant.

This is the place. Local, intimate, with outstanding personal service. The recommendations were spot-on and the ragu is delicious. Give it a try, you will love it.

A friend and I visited Allora when staying in Portland. We found them after searching for something hearty when returning to the city after a long day of hiking up on the coast. Allora is a small and cozy restaurant with a beautiful ambiance. We were seated immediately upon arriving and were taken care of by a friendly and attentive server. We ordered bread, wine, and different pasta dishes. I ordered the rigatoni nico and enjoyed it so much. The pasta was delicious and the flavor of the sauce was wonderful. I'd definitely recommend checking out this Italian spot if ever in the Portland area.

We came to Allora for a saturday night date night. The inside was cute with wine bottles lining the walls. Service was good and efficient. We started with some cocktails that were solid. The bruschetta trio was good, though it needed some salt. We shared 2 pastas (amatriciana and sugo di carne) that were both good. The flavors were solid but nothing to write home about. Overall Allora is a solid italian spot in the pearl district with some basic home style italian food.

We headed to dinner Friday night to @allora_pdx for some of the best Italian With both indoor and outdoor seating, we chose to sit inside to beat the heat. The dining room had an intimate feel, low volume and was very cozy. Everything is made in house, and the flavors are perfect! If you go, you must try the ravioli, calamari, and the Nico pasta. End your night with an espresso martini and crème brulee. Exceptional service from the second you walk through the door.

YUMMY food and drinks at this place. The wait and bar staff are super friendly and always willing to answer any questions or make helpful recommendations. Perfect little spot for a date or simply just to meet up with a friend or loved one. Their prices are also reasonable and seem fair. If you show up early right at their open, you'll find the whole place practically to yourselves while it tends to get busier as it gets later. Definitely worth checking this place out!

This place gets a solid C+. It's ok. Expensive but uninspiring. My opinion is completely subjective because I see a lot of people like this place but for the money there are many far better choices in Portland. Give it a try, you might like it, but I just can't see myself going again. Best part of the meal was the drinks.

Great Italian food and drinks. I had the cioppino. Tons of seafood! Wish it came with bread without being asked for but they brought me some upon request.

Look, clearly a lot of people have had great experiences here, so maybe we were just unlucky, but this was one of the worst dining experiences I've ever had. Long story short, there are at least 3 Italian places within a few blocks of Allora and I would strongly recommend you try a different one. The evening started out promising, at least after the brusque and rude owner left us to our own devices. After that, we were doing fine: nice ambiance, nice server, good mocktails. The antipasti and salads were decent, nothing to write home about but OK. And then the waiting began. We waited over an hour for entrees, except for one of our party who waited another 15 minutes because the kitchen just forgot about the order. And even that would have been okay if the food was good, but it was not. The food was abysmally bad. The ravioli were severely undercooked. Al dente is one thing, crunchy is another. How do you make fresh pasta crunchy? Hmmmm.The gluten-free gnocchi would have been fine except they were swimming in a vile lake of olive oil. And then there was the cioppino...$38, completely inedible. The fish was so overcooked it was impossible to swallow. Scallops that were somehow both freezer-burned and overcooked. I could still taste them hours later and not in a good way. I am not a picky eater in the least, I love cioppino, and I have sent back maybe 3 things in my entire life, but I was done with this after 2 bites. Our apologetic server comped us the gnocchi and the cioppino, which was a nice gesture--and yet the bill still came to $175 with no alcohol. Every restaurant has an occasional bad night but this was really a bummer. Buyer beware.

Amazing Italian restaurant in the pearl district. Food was amazing! A hidden gem. You will not be disappointed! And such nice cozy romantic vibe. A pleasant find!

My husband and I stopped in on a whim the other night and we were blown away! Everything was simply perfect! Service, food, drink & plenty of outdoor seating! What's not to like?! Stop in, you won't be disappointed!

It was day before Mother's Day 2023 and me and my wife celebrating my birthday. This location is cross the street from the hotel we staying in Portland. I walked in and the it's around 7:30. The first thing the guy said was do you have reservations?. I said no and they arranged a table for us. Food was good calamari was even great, but it took more than 15 minutes for someone to come and get out order. They all service the people downstairs. The girl who working there going up and down in a hurry but never bother to ask anything. Anytime we say something or even thank you her reply was ok. No friendly remarks what so ever. All the restaurants in Portland we had great service by every place and we went to many places, but this girl was the only person had a bad service. My wife ordered the sea bass it was over cooked. My food was ok.

We stopped by on Easter Sunday after walking to another Italian restaurant that ended up being closed. Allora welcomed us in and we were seated quickly. It was fairly busy but overly packed. We ordered a Caesar salad, half bottle of wine, spicy spaghetti with pancetta and a creamy read sauce pasta - I think the pomodora. Everything was incredibly delicious! Pasta was done perfectly alla dente and it was well flavored.

Stopped in here with a date recently on a Friday night. We didn't need to wait long for a table but it was busy enough to have good atmosphere. The experience was mixed, with the ambiance standing out as the biggest positive. The food we got was average; not bad, but not outstanding. We got the burrata, house made focaccia, Spaghetti Amatriciana, Spaghetti Basilico, and the tiramisu. Nothing was objectionable but there were truly no standouts. The service was a bit odd. Our server constantly checked in on us and even when not checking in would walk by eyeing us or hovering. For example she asked if she could bring us the check and my date had just ordered another glass of wine. She brought us the check along with our dessert. It felt like we were being rushed the whole time despite there being no line for tables and in fact a few open ones. The space was really cute and I'd happily come back here as a cozy date spot, but would stick to drinks.

Nice and quaint. Good pasta dishes. We had pasta with white clam sauce, Bread and Olives and Spaghetti Carbonara. They were all really good. We would definitely go back and try other dishes on the menu.

This is a family favorite. Erica and Shane are really wonderful, attentive, and welcoming especially in rushes. The food tastes so authentic and fresh-- you must visit here because it is a true taste of Italy. This place serves delicious dishes, good wine, and the ambiance is intimate and warm.

AMAZING food and service. Also, this place is so cute and cozy - would be good for a date night or solo. I'm traveling for work and this is my second time coming for dinner. I'm gluten-free and was thrilled to learn they make the gnocchi and rigatoni fresh every day - it's SO DELICIOUS.

Went here for my birthday, the food was amazing from appetizers to entrees. Great service, the waiter we had was attentive throughout and the atmosphere is chic and warm. From the second I tried the fresh bread and olive oil I knew this was a place I would 100% recommend.

Good quality Italian dishes. Cool vibe with a hipster feel. Place gets kind of cramped on busy nights (not a big place). Would recommend & would go back.

Love this place! I've been a couple of times now. It has a cute, cozy vibe and the food is great! I recommend making a reservation

Outstanding service from the very beginning. Ours was a party of 4 and the seating and ambiance was very comfortable. The server was excellent and paced the meal perfectly...from the appetizer to the desert. Top notch Italian cuisine expertly presented. The antipasto was amazing and the salads were generous (loved Ceasar with extra anchovies). The pasta is freshly made and cooked to al dente so you get a little tooth, we had the pasta with clams and it had a great sauce. Our mates had the gnocchi made from rice flour and the ravioli. The Manhattan and The Old Fashioned are delicious. Desert, if you have room, should be either the Nutella Brownie or the Panna Cotta. Two thumbs up on both.

After a 9 hour drive, we were so relieved to be seated immediately without a reservation. Shay was wonderful, perfectly attentive. The food was incredible and the drinks on point. Loved the ambiance. 10/10 will return

Really good and authentic Italian food. The ambiance was calm and homey as well, since it is a pretty small restaurant. We walked in without a reservation and were sat within a few minutes even though they seemed quite busy, so great service. The food was fresh and the sauces were delicious. I would definitely recommend this place if you're looking for a good Italian dinner.

We went here for our anniversary dinner with our two teenage kids and sat outside in the covered patio area. They do take reservations, but not for the patio. The inside space is on two levels, and great for date night or groups of 4 people. There's also a private dining space next door. Overall, we enjoyed the food and wine. We weren't blown away by anything and some dishes stood out above the others, but it's definitely worth a visit. Polenta Fries - nice and crispy on the outside, served with a spicy dipping sauce (which we think is the same as the calamari sauce). Calamari - my daughter wasn't a fan (and she loves calamari) but I really liked how nicely the calamari was cooked and the slight sweet/salty combo of the seasoning in the breading. Spaghetti Carbonara - my son loves carbonara and the one at Allora got two thumbs up. I had a taste and it was, indeed, delicious! Rigatoni Pomodoro e Prosciutto - my husband ordered this and we loved it. The sauce was just right and while he didn't care for the way the prosciutto was sort of just torn by hand and thrown into the dish, it tasted amazing. Spaghetti al Sugo di Carne - I was sadly disappointed in the dish I ordered. The spaghetti tasted old and stale (totally different than the spaghetti that came with my son's carbonara), and the sauce was very bland. I love sugo di carne at most Italian restaurants; this one was a miss. The wine list is a solid list. My husband had a glass of Chianti and I had a glass of Nebbiolo; both were enjoyable. You'll pay $3 for a half order or $6 for a full order of focaccia bread with olive oil. The bread has some red pepper flakes so some bites have a little kick, but the bread itself was fluffy and tasted fresh. Overall, Allora is still a nice neighborhood Italian eatery and I look forward to visiting again. It's a great spot for a glass of wine with friends!

Shay was AMAZING throughout the night. Ambiance was cute and quiet. The crème brûlée was INCREDIBLE. Weird they didn't have desert menus but overall great experience!

Can't say enough about this meal. Easy 5 star. We tried the beet salad as well as the Caesar. Both light and fresh, letting the natural flavor of the ingredients show. We had the vegetable medley, king salmon and we also had the ravioli. The sage brown butter on the ravioli was to die for. Drinks and desert were amazing as well. Must visit

I give this place 3.5 stars because the food was average. The best part of our meal was the appetizer. We got the Pepata (clams and mussels in a spicy garlic tomato sauce) and the sauce was absolutely delicious! However, our entrees were just okay. We had the spaghetti carbonara and the spaghetti al sugo di carne which were both very average. We also got the Nutella tiramisu for dessert which was fine but I could not taste the Nutella very much at all. We did enjoy the nice ambiance and the server was great! We came here on a Saturday night at 6pm and were able to get a table without a reservation. Overall a nice ambiance for date night with average food.

We had a yummy dinner and a wonderful server, Brianna. She was very attentive and nice. We will be back!!! Karen Hopson

Disappointed. Just walked 20 minutes to have a late dinner here on my birthday, arrived half hour before closing time and turned away. Bummer for my craving!

Great food and vibe. Really like this restaurant. Hidden gem. Great Negroni. We had a very tasty dinner.

Food was outstanding! Great ambience, feels quite quaint ! Cocktails served along with Italian beer and lots of wine offerings. We had the pleasure of having Desi serve us . She was amazing!! Very kind, courteous and attentive . Thank you Desiree! I would definitely recommend!

Quiet suave Italian restaurant with fresh in house made pasta. Great selection of cocktails, great fresh bread. Had the four cheese gnocchi! A must stop, made a reservation but not sure if necessary.

Shay made for an incredible evening! The fried burrata and the crème brûlée was spectacular! Will definitely be back soon.

Food was good overall - we enjoyed the carbonara (much saucier than anticipated, much more like a cream base than egg/cheese, however the taste was still good). Cocktails were great! Do NOT recommend the cannoli's - 2" long with poor flavor/filling. The brownie was decent. Overall? Would go again, but not in a hurry. Note: Prices have increased, not yet reflected on yelp.

Doordash delivery experience: Summer squash lasagna & Prosciutto Rigatoni. I was surprised with how small the portions are. Both were ok. Lasagna was similar to Ratatouille. Rigatoni didn't taste worthy of its price. Not bad but not amazing overall.

This is our third time at Allora. The food never disappoints! We ordered the fresh Sturgeon, and it was wonderfully delicious. The service was very good and friendly. We had never sat in the adjoining room before- great atmosphere! We'll be back!

A real neighborhood gem! Delicious food, great service, and a local fave. Don't miss this low key spot for homemade pasta cooked perfectly al dente with exceptional sauces. Filled with friendly regulars, this tasty spot will sure to please the pickiest of eaters. Support our local small business and your tastebuds will be rewarded.

Came in on Saturday night. They sat us in their extra dining room which was very cute and quieter than the main. The food was good. The service was less than great. Our server seemed very overwhelmed. She had about 3 tables at this point. I asked about the menu items and she acted annoyed by that question. She also forgot one of our items, but we never said anything since she already seemed annoyed with us. Maybe it was her first day serving- I don't know. I don't usually write reviews, but this was such an awkward dinner experience. I definitely will not going back.

Fantastic pasta. The gnocchi is my go-to but I got the lemon ricotta ravioli too- why not? It's worth the price.

Delicious food! Great bread, delicious brownie with ice cream! Great service! Fresh Pasta

Portions were very small. Food tasted great. They do not give you complementary bread. The building was so hot we were all sweating. There was tons of dust under the stairs going up to the bathroom. Service took a while.

Just as good as I remember. A bit too noisy for good conversation. See my review of four years ago.

Was pretty surprised at how good it was. We thought it would be a pretty normal Italian place but the food felt handmade and wondered if we had accidentally walked into a Michelin guide restaurant. Some nicer restaurants have chefs that tend to a specific flavor profile that permeatss every dish. At Allora, they definitely prefer subtle spicy that slowly creeps up on you. Only issue was with a lack of wait staff. Like another comment stated, there was a single girl running around up and down the stairs. Had to wait for a decent amount of time to get started and end the dinner. She had no problem with getting the food to the table though and even though she almost delivered wrong plates to us, she self corrected before it even touched the table.

Northern italian food. Sauce was thin and unflavorful. Bresaola in southern italy is cooked thin meat. Here it was like a thickerprocuitto. Cute intimate spot with outside seating.

Had a really wonderful experience here tonight. Traveling alone on business and was doing some walking around when I saw this spot pop up as a good dinner option. Ordered two vodka martinis, one dirty and one up with a twist, both perfectly balanced, delicious, and made by Erica. Food was absolutely amazing as well...their fresh pasta is unreal. The service and atmosphere were both warm and welcoming. Highly recommend, I'll likely be back before leaving Portland.

shay gave us incredible service! great atmosphere and even better food! will definitely be eating here again.

Our new normal has made eating in not possible, but some restaurants have made the experience the best they possibly can. My wife found this restaurant just a block away from our hotel and we ordered online and picked it up at the door. The staff were very nice and personable and we even made small talk while we waited. Man I miss social interaction with others.... The pasta we got - 1 carbonara and 1 prosciutto dish were excellently prepared. Not over-sauced and full of flavor. We ordered a nice Apple tossed salad and a half baguette as well. Can't wait to try more of their dishes as well as full table service once they are bacon to full operations!

Cute and romantic restaurant. Friendly staff, and amazing food. The beet salad was awesome and fresh, the halibut had an amazing flavor but was a tiny bit dry although the veggies underneath made up for it! The panna cotta was slightly sweet, which I loved! What a nice spot for dinner!

In true Italian fashion, everything is thoughtful and well executed; with not just aesthetics in mind, but flavor, place and season. We had a magical time!

The food was spectacular! Service was grand, we went on a Monday right when they opened. Good time to go!

More than a year ago we happened to be in the neighborhood and dropped in for hors'deuvres and wine. It was so nice and loved the atmosphere.

Make a reservation, it a popular spot because the food it that good! Homemade pasta cooked to perfection. Wait staff and hostess were so nice and efficient. We had the Spaghetti Vongole, fresh and delicious!