Ernesto's Italian Restaurant

Portland, OR

Top Picks

Al Marsala

Medallions sautéed in Marsala wine with fresh mushrooms, garlic, and parsley. Option to add eggplant, chicken, or veal.

Spaghetti with Marinara

Ribbons of pasta topped with our marinara sauce. Option to substitute meat sauce or Alfredo.

Gnocchi with Marinara

Potato pasta topped with our marinara sauce.

Grilled Gardena

Vegan. Eggplant and Portabella mushroom brushed with olive oil, garlic, and Italian spice.

Our Roman Garden

Vegetarian. Grilled eggplant and portabella mushrooms with roasted red peppers, provolone cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Served on toasted French bread with your choice of marinara or pesto aioli dressing.

Full Menu

House Favorites

Served with unlimited focaccia bread. Choice of minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Choose a pasta: spaghetti, angel hair, penne, or fettuccine. Choose a sauce: meat sauce, marinara, alfredo, pesto, or sautéed seasonal vegetables.

Al Marsala

Medallions sautéed in Marsala wine with fresh mushrooms, garlic, and parsley. Option to add eggplant, chicken, or veal.

Piccata

Floured medallions sautéed in lemon, garlic, herbs, capers, artichoke hearts, and white wine. Served on a bed of capellini pasta. Option to add eggplant, chicken, veal, or seafood (shrimp, scallops, and cod).

Kids Menu

Smaller plates for our friends 10 and under.

Spaghetti with Marinara

Ribbons of pasta topped with our marinara sauce. Option to substitute meat sauce or Alfredo.

Gnocchi with Marinara

Potato pasta topped with our marinara sauce.

Small Plates and Side Dishes

Served ala carte.

Side of Spaghetti with Marinara

Option to substitute meat sauce.

Side of Vegetables

Sautéed, steamed, or raw.

Side of Eggplant or Portabella Mushroom

Sautéed, grilled, or fried.

Anti-Pasto

Olive Tapenade with Crostini

Kalamata and black olives marinated with capers, sun-dried tomato, fresh garlic, oregano, basil, lemon, black pepper, and olive oil. Garnished with fresh parsley.

Basket of French Fries

Deep-fried French fries with your choice of sauce.

Zuppa and Insalata

Served with endless focaccia bread. Option to add fresh prawns, chicken, top sirloin steak, or salmon to any salad.

Greek Gardens of Heaven

Vegetarian. Fresh cut iceberg lettuce with Roma tomato, red onion, cucumber, kalamata olive, pepperoncini, feta cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, and oregano. Dressed in red wine vinegar and olive oil.

Side Salad

Choose from garden salad with romaine, shredded carrots, red cabbage, grape tomato, croutons, and choice of dressing or our signature Caesar salad with romaine, parmesan, croutons, and Caesar dressing. Upgrade to a spinach salad for an additional charge. Spinach salad has spinach, crisp bacon, mushroom, boiled egg, and spinach dressing.

Sandwiches

Served with choice of French fries, potato salad, pasta salad, garden salad, caesar salad, minestrone, daily zuppa, or spinach insalata.

Our Roman Garden

Vegetarian. Grilled eggplant and portabella mushrooms with roasted red peppers, provolone cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Served on toasted French bread with your choice of marinara or pesto aioli dressing.

Classic Italian Dishes

Choose one of the following: primo minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Option to substitute one trip through our salad bar (dine-in only). Option to add a hand-rolled meatball or Italian sausage. Option to substitute alfredo or pesto.

Marco's Mediterranean Pasta

Alcune or Regolare size options. Kalamata olives, zucchini, green onion, and Roma tomato sautéed together with white wine, olive oil, and fresh garlic over angel hair pasta. Garnished with parsley and feta cheese.

Favorite Dinners

Served with unlimited focaccia bread, sautéed vegetables, and choice. Primo options are minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Secondo options are spaghetti, angel hair, penne, or fettuccine with meat sauce, marinara, alfredo, or pesto, or french fries, onion rings, pasta salad, potato salad, coleslaw, or cottage cheese.

Grilled Gardena

Vegan. Eggplant and Portabella mushroom brushed with olive oil, garlic, and Italian spice.

Pasta Di Pesce

Served with unlimited focaccia bread. Choose one: primo minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata.

No vegan options.

Perfectione Al Forno

Served with endless focaccia bread. Option to add a hand-rolled meatball or Italian sausage. Choose one primo: minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Option to add spinach insalata. Choose one entrée.

No vegan options.

Dessert

Our in-house desserts to celebrate the end of your meal or served alone.

No vegan options.

Calzone

Served ala-carte. Option to add a cup of soup or salad.

No vegan options.

Pizza

Our handcrafted pizzas are from the recipes of the first family restaurant, the Monte Carlo. We traditionally square cut our pizza, but if you want us to pie cut, we will do that too. Choose from our original crust or rolled thin. Create your own or go with our creations. A gluten-free crust is available in the small size. Our Piccolo is a 12" and feeds 1-2, our Medio is a 14" and feeds 3-4, and our Grande is a 16" and feeds 5-6.

No vegan options.

Pasta Your Way

Choose a Pasta

Spaghetti, angel hair, penne, fettuccine, or rigatoni. Option to upgrade to gluten-free penne.