Il Porto - Gaithersburg

Was really surprised by the food quality after going because of such high reviews. The bread was served with cold butter (no olive oil? . That was fine but then I ordered the mussels with linguine (white sauce and it was completely tasteless; I’m not a person who needs a lot of sodium, but it tasted like raw noodles it had no taste. I thought fine I’ll try something else. Then I tried my wife’s linguine (red sauce that accompanied her calamari, and it tasted like Ragu which was even worse. On the plus side, the service was phenomenal.

Warning you right now that the food here is terrible. If you go there, just know that I warned u

We had a nice reunion dinner here. My eggplant Parmesan was good, but I have had a lot better. It was nice to have a private room large enough for our group without a $5000 minimum that we ran into at several other places. It was all on one check, though, so be sure you trust your friends if you are going to split the costs.

Got take out for six on New Year's Eve. Food was ready for pickup on time and

Great but pricey food; easy parking. Seemed to have a waiter in training my friend I dined with had particular financial constraints and asked questions about prices of certain items to which the waiter rolled his eyes...how not to make a good tip. This is a service industry; if you can't provide service without eye rolls, go train for some non service position somewhere else.