Brooklyn Trattoria Italian Restaurant - Portland, Oregon

Luis D. M. L.

Excelente comida! Intenta no visitar el lugar un fin de semana porque suele estar lleno... una atención muy especial!! A pesar de ser un restaurante italiano no hablan italiano! ☺

Gloria K.

Had a reservation and were seated immediately. Ambience is nice. There is. Usually but had no trouble with having a conversation. Service was fantastic.
Food was good but I wouldn’t say it was amazing.
Tried the focaccia and a couple of pasta dishes and the tiramisu.

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It's an Italian restaurant near my house, so I've always been curious about it, and today I finally decided to try it for the first time.

It was a Thursday evening, and there were other customers in the restaurant, but it wasn't full, so it didn't seem too busy.

We ordered the shrimp scampi and focaccia as an appetizer, followed by the braised beef pappardelle and lamb dish.

The scampi and focaccia were good, so I was looking forward to the main dishes, but they were just so bland, and I was disappointed. It wasn't worth the money at all.

The biggest disappointment was not the food but the service. Our server was a woman with wavy hair in an updo, and she didn't do anything but take our order. She didn't even come to refill our water, let alone she never asked us how the food tasted.

In between, another young man brought our food, cleared our plates, and gave us things we asked for. He wasn't the one who took our order, and I don't even know if he was a busser or a server, but that was the only service we got.

Don't ask me why we didn't mention this at the restaurant, because no one checked our table or asked how everything was🤣

Hailey L.

We had the opportunity to enjoy the private red room for our party to celebrate a family member's recent milestone. Brooklyn Trattoria has an excellent ambience, delicious food and impressive wine selection. The focaccia and calamari appetizers were amazing. The service was absolutely perfect, truly our server was attentive, professional, considerate and offered great recommendations.

I thoroughly enjoyed the ceasar salad and seafood linguine. We got a few bottles of wine for the table and had an incredible evening. Our large party ranged in age from 2 to 96, each person was happy with their entree and menu options.

Thank you to Dave and his talented crew for their kindness and flawless service. Our glasses stayed full and so did our bellies. I took the tiramisu to go, because I cannot go to an Italian restaurant without trying the dessert. I'm happy to report - the tiramisu is PHENOMENAL. I will absolutely return to dine at this time establishment and highly recommend you do the same.

Sidhtara T.

Highly recommend Brooklyn Trattoria! It’s a neighborhood gem with great food, drinks, and vibe. The staff is super nice and you immediately feel welcome as soon as you come in. There are a lot of food options so there’s truly something for everybody. I personally would recommend the Seafood Linguine and Tiramisu!

Another bonus is that it’s connected to a bar, The RedRoom, so it’s a great way to keep the night going whether you’re on a date night or meeting up with friends.

Shout out to the owner, David, and to Vuthy for making this a great experience!

Jay M.

$85 filet. No seasoning, topped with plain butter. Just extremely underwhelming. Risotto was the same. Rice and cheese. Very bland. Also had the Parpadelle Bolognese. Again, bland. So disappointed.

kathy C.

While everyone was very nice and attentive, knowledge of wine was very lacking. Our server didn't have any win knowledge, stating she was under 21. She brought a few samples of the type we were looking for. Nothing close. Asked her to maybe ask the bartender for some help. I watched the bartender taste every red they had. Yes, he literally tasted all of them..we did like what he suggested...lol, food was less than fair...not a returning customer. To each there own.

Lee A. P.

I made a reservation for Valentine’s Day about a month in advance. We had never been here before. We were seated immediately but we waited 20 minutes before we got any service beyond water. We felt invisible. The table was small and cramped and in the middle of the room very close to the next tables where we could hear everything everyone was saying. Hardly the romantic atmosphere I had envisioned. When we finally got our order taken the first course came out very quickly but it was the worst Caesar salad I’ve ever had. Yellow lettuce, hard pieces, tiny portion. It was a $10 salad. Total rip off. We got meatballs for the second course and they were pretty tasty. We were both satisfied with our entrees as well. But the price was very high for the quality and quantity of the food. I was glad we had placed our entire order when our waitress had finally come to our table because we literally never saw her again. We got our waters refilled regularly. I flagged her down so we could get another round of drinks but then again we never saw her. We had been done eating for about 20 minutes and again totally ignored before we gave up on ordering dessert and asked the hostess if she could bring us our check. She did and I was not happy to see 20% gratuity was already added since our server was so inattentive and deserved less of a percentage. What incentive does she have to give us great service if she knows she’s getting 20%? There isn’t any and it shows. $150 meal that lacked in every way. There are better restaurants with better food and better service for less money. Will not be back.