Hotel Piccolo Portofino

What a wonderful hotel. Built into the hills of Portofino. The town is walkable easy walking there a little climb on the way back 15 - 20 minutes. The staff in the hotel are attentive, friendly and make your stay seamless. They also organise car parking if needed. Room was very clean. There's room service and the breakfast is excellent.

We visited off season and only for one night, so didn’t experience all that the hotel offers in season, but we still had an excellent stay. The staff were friendly, attentive, and flexible and helped make our 24 hours in Portofino memorable. The hotel itself is in a great location and is very comfortable, though some elements are in need of some sprucing up. Overall a very good experience in a beautiful place in the world.

Room: 2nd floor room with solarium instead of balcony was good but the room itself (sleeping area) is small with odd shape and weird architectural build! Parking: allocated space parking just 50 feet ahead of the hotel entrance, then the bellman/valet will take it somewhere else overnight. Easy. Location: if you get a view of the sea, yes otherwise think trice before booking any room without a view. If you love sunbathing and swimming in the sea, this is a perfect hotel for you. The private section for hotel residents is amazing. Breakfast: small Buffett with good sufficient options. Excellent fresh juices dinner: very good seafood and pasta Sleep. Comfortable bed Bathroom: functional small with excellent shower. Small refrigerator in the room does not cool anything. No coffee maker in the room, only electrical water heater for instant coffee and tea Front desk old gentlemen are not sure how to put it in a nice words…. Let’s see …. Arrogant! Snob! Unfriendly! Tired! Value: 1000 euros per night is way overpriced for the level of this 4 stars hotel, you pay for the town name “Portofino” and the location. This is not a luxury hotel as I thought when I paid the steep price during booking, but comfortable enough that satisfied my stay in Portofino. Rating and recommendations: 3 stars I would not recommend it to my friends. Not worth the money.

The hotel offers a quick walk into downtown Portofino. The outdoor beach area was very nice – it even had a private bar, which was great to sit and watch the large yachts come and go. The breakfast was very nice and the cooked to order food was also very good. Sadly for spending $1100 per night, the rooms were in pretty sad shape and the floor coverings were flat out strange grass cloth. To spend this much on a hotel room, it was disappointing that there were not more amenities such as robes, larger bathroom, a working safe and more modern facilities. We stayed three nights and in hindsight, probably could’ve stayed in Saint Margarita and taken the ferry to Portofino and Ravello …and had a better hotel experience and spent more time in a area with a greater selection of restaurants and activities. Unless you’re in Portofino for a specific event or wedding, you could easily visit this cute village in an afternoon.

We stayed for only one night in room 108 with a stunning view. The carpet was sticky and stained, the decor just bizarre and the lack of motivation from the staff you almost need to witness. Dinner was ok on the terrace which could be fabulous. Breakfast really poor - not offered anything off the menu. All the chairs were grubby. The parking service was good. We swam in the sea opposite which was nice. I personally felt this sad hotel which could be utterly stunning with the right owners putting in the right staff - needs a really big overhaul before we would ever stay there again - because although Portofino is a beautiful place the atmosphere of the hotel means a lot to us. There was one young lad who tried really hard to make us feel welcome

Very friendly boutique hotel, a 5 minute stroll from the Center of Portofino. We had a large room (small bathroom as pointed out by others) with a sliver of a view over the ocean. There is construction going on on one side of the hotel, so I would ask for a room on the other side. Then it is a touch noisy, being right on the road. Service is genuine and warm, our car was whisked away to a parking with no fuss. I would say its on the pricy side, but that's what you pay for the wonderful little town of Portofino. Being right on the water (other side of the road) is a plus which we enjoyed after our hike to Fruttuoso. It needs to be said that the beach is not really private, there is a private area for the guests, but the little beach has a lot of character. Would warmly recommend this hotel for a romantic weekend.