Portofino Beach Resort-An Authentic Island Escape!

My husband and I spent 10 days here. Beautiful area, very intimate, quiet environment. Wonderful restaurant and great food. The bed was a little soft for our taste, but the separate Casita accommodations are island authentic and amazing. Very romantic. Can’t say enough about the staff. We rename them after Cheers, Sam- Steven Woody- Carlos, and Carla - Ms P were amazing.

We spent 10 days in this resort with an other couple. It was a wonderful place to stay. We loved our room in ‘The Mansion’. The staff was amazing-dealt with a medical event with guest with kindness and grace. Loved the main restaurant and bar-the lunch menu was especially good. Recommend renting a golf cart for fun trips into San Pedro if you are here for a while (but we did not love Secret Beach). The best place to stay on Ambergis Caye!

I will start by saying that the property is beautiful and if you don't mind a very bumpy golf cart ride it's fairly easy to get to from the airport. The staff is friendly and by the end of our stay I was sad that I had to leave them. Marco and Evelyn are gems! The cabanas could use some updates. Not a deal breaker but the site is too nice to not look top notch. We stayed in Cabana 3 and I definitely would NOT recommend this unit. It was nice enough but so LOUD! It's impossible to go to bed before 10 0r 11 because the bar and restaurant (right next door) do not close until 9-ish and the talking is very loud and add to that the kitchen staff washing pots and pans and talking... UGH. Our friends stayed in Cabana 5 and it was much more quiet. Our lovely kitchen staff also is back to work bright and early- like 6ish. Same talking and dishes and moving furniture. It was impossible to sleep in. I'm from California so that was super early. I would love to go back but if I had to stay in Cabana 3 or even 4, I would not stay.

We arrived at Portofino just before a tropical storm. They picked us up in the pouring rain and made the ride to the resort fun. Furthermore my bag didn’t make it on tropic air so they had someone get it for me and deliver it to the room. The ride from town is about 30-40 minutes. The road is paved about 50% of the way and the rest is a dirt road. For us this added to the appeal as it felt remote but still accessible. While the property isn’t a brand new ultra modern hotel, that’s what we loved about it. The rooms have character and are exactly as I would want for a stay at the beach in Belize. The AC was great and kept us cool; bed was comfy. And best of all were the views! But the only thing better than the views was the people who worked there. Every one from the reservation agent to the security guards were awesome. The night before a tropical storm came I had to go to ER. Portofino got someone on site to get out of bed and drive me and my partner to ER. He waited for us there and got us home safely. Restaurant was delicious. Loved our private dinner by the sea. Thanks to everyone at Portofino. We hope to return.

The Portifino is an exceptional value, the service and staff are 5 star caliber. They also feature a fabulous menu that offers a wide range of dining options. Highly recommended for a trip to Ambergris Caye. It is located close enough to get into San Pedro and far enough to offer quiet and solitude.

Just wanted to drop a line about this place, this was our 1st time in Belize, we were celebrating my wifes birthday for the trip. Our 1st few days were not great it wasnt the resorts fault at all, the wind was blowing so hard, the sargassam had blown in, it looked like a big greenish/brown carpet on the beach and ocean, the guys were working extremly hard to get it picked up but its a losing battle until the wind changes. Then I believe its was Monday evening the power went out, again nothing the resort could do, they do have a generator but it will not support the AC units, just the lights and fans, we opened the windows and Ms. P brought us a stand fan and for us it was perfect, so no complaints. Aaron the GM came by the next day and gave us a bottle of wine for our troubles it was appreciated but not expected or needed. We met Sandra and Jan a few times (the owners) really nice people. Our bartender was Mark another extremly talented person and very nice, Wednesday was my wifes bithday and they setup a table out on the beach and had it decorated up really nice and at the end of the meal they brought her an entire chocalate cake everything was perfect for that evening. Now we make it to the restaurant, Ivan took care of us all week,with Kevin, Oz and Jason filling in thoughout the week, my wife is not a big seafood fan and they made suggestions to sub out the protien for her so all was good. I wish the menu was a bit more expansive but everything was top notch and tasted great, but after a week it did start to get old. The drinks I thought needed more kick, then again maybe that was a good thing, we are not huge drinkers, the 1st part of the week is when we drink a lot and come about Wednesday/Thursday our livers are not having anymore of it, Ivan to the rescue, he suggested Rose tea (a brand, not a flovor) so every morning and evening he would a have a pot boiled up and we drank that, they know how to make a good strong tea. The room, we were in Cabana 4 its a nice little room has everything we needed and was able to sleep quite well, its very quiet on the resort so that was perfect for us. We went to Secret Beach, Mistico to be exact, our cart rental ****** pretty bad but we made do, everytime I would let off the gas, the engine died and then backfired sounded like we were popping off a few rounds it was pretty funny. Wednesday, we got another cart from a different place and it ran perfect, we went into San Pedro, for a little shopping and to eat at Elvi's, parking is a nightmare and the traffic OMG!!! so many carts, Elvi's was awesome, I had Pibil tacos (outstanding) and the wife had chicken and rice both were great. I know I forgot some name of some of the employees for that I'm sorry, every person we met, they beyond friendly and want to make your stay as perfect as possible. We saw Aaron walking around doing GM duties thoughout the day, everbody was busy and always had a smile. We will be back sometime.