The best restaurants Northwest

Located on the ramparts, facing the ocean, this restaurant offers a magical view (especially during the sunset). The management motto: be the ambassador of the perfumes and flavours of Sardinia. Fresh products, seafood trays, fish carpaccio, tuna to pistachios. The kitchen is tasty and refined. Light music of atmosphere in the lounge, romantic atmosphere, here is a place to go to the end of the night. Attention: reservation almost mandatory.

On one of the small squares in the old town, a typical restaurant specialized in fish and seafood. 

The restaurant at the Riviera Hotel. This restaurant has written the most beautiful pages of Sardinian gastronomy with its famous lobster and other dishes of regional culture. For fish lovers the choice is great: absolute freshness! With a large bay overlooking the sea, the atmosphere is summer. Attentive service.

This is THE restaurant in Porto Torres, the one everyone in town knows and has tried at least once. Set back from the street, well hidden behind a hedge of trees, it's located just opposite the San Gavino basilica. On the menu, good pizzas in a friendly, chic atmosphere, with pretty white tablecloths covering the tables. The seafood pizza topped with mussels and the Neapolitan pizza are a treat. This is authentic, popular and fresh seafood cuisine: it's worth the detour and the prices are low.

A sunny terrace at the foot of the castle, an inviting setting for mouth-watering cuisine - that's what awaits you once you've climbed to the top of Castello! Lobster from the Gulf of Asinara cooked Catalan-style, smoked langoustines with basil sauce, fish antipasti based on the catch of the day, orange crème caramel, cannolo with ricotta - these are just some of the tempting proposals concocted by the chef. We can't say it enough: this is our favorite address in Castelsardo, not just for the food, but also for the warm welcome and customer care. Bravo!

Welcome to Vito's, the very family restaurant located at the entrance of Sennori. It is an institution, not to be missed. Vito welcomes you in his beautiful house with a large dining room opening onto the terrace. The view is exceptional: you can see the island of Asinara in front of you and the tip of Stintino. It serves traditional Sardinian and home-made cuisine. The menu is made according to the availability of the food: oysters, octopus, sardines, spaghetti with cockles, fresh vegetables... Trust Vito, you will not be disappointed and the bill is not expensive.

Let's get the suspense out of the way right away: Gianluca is a couturier of taste buds, and an evening at Liberty is a fabulous gastronomic voyage. He's equally at home with seafood and mountain produce: the octopus is to die for, and the meats are perfectly cooked. The finesse of the dishes reflects the setting - Liberty means Art Nouveau - and the staff. The wines are delicious, and you'll be advised by a real sommelier. Everything is beautiful and elegant! We spent a wonderful evening in a truly atypical and enchanting place.

This restaurant at the foot of the citadel has a beautiful shaded terrace and a quiet atmosphere quite engaging. The warm and discreet setting accompanies a harmoniously presented cuisine d'auteur. The chef Diana Serra finds her inspiration in the local products with a strong orientation towards the sea which spreads out before your eyes. Her speciality is fried tuna with poppy seeds and courgettes, black olives and tomatoes. The service is rather slow, but the cooking is worth it. Alas, the prices are not too high.

A pretty terrace and a room with a Sardinian decor and warm colours make you want to go through the door of this trattoria right away. The restaurant Le 2 Lanterne offers all the best specialities of the region, perfectly cooked. In particular, you will find the snails that the inhabitants of Sassari love, a food tradition that dates back to the Romans, it seems. The à la carte menu is complete and the menus are very interesting. The ravioli alla Gallurese and the fregolas con arselle are the specialities of the house not to be missed.

Opposite the Sulis Tower, just at the entrance to the old town, you can see the sea from the long bay window of this restaurant. This is where the inhabitants of Alghero come when a craving for lobster seizes them. This is the speciality of the establishment and you can see them splashing around in the aquarium at the entrance. The menu, which is entirely sea-facing, offers the great classics: grilled or fried fish, pasta with bottarga, etc. The setting has the look of a chic brasserie with its whitewashed stone walls, vaults and verandah.

Here, only one option, the lazy (pronounced fa-i-né)! The various toppings will inevitably make you find something to your taste. This Sassari speciality is close to the socca niçoise and is only eaten during the winter season according to purists. It was formerly served in the streets of the city, where the lazy man pushed his cart equipped with a brazier. The carts have disappeared and you now have to sit down at the Fainé Sassu to crunch this delicious cake of chickpea flour, served hot.

Al Tuguri is not only among the good tables of Alghero, it is probably one of the best tables in Sardinia. The chef, Benito Carbonella, a native of Nuoro, offers refined and original Catalan cuisine, combining spices, perfumes, aromatic herbs and seafood. The establishment, opened in 1973, consists of two small rooms with a rustic and intimate decor. We recommend the seafood tasting menu, a real marvel. The prices are not excessive for a restaurant of this kind.

Rocca 'Ja is located a few steps from Castelsardo and offers a breathtaking view of the town and the Asinara bay. The cuisine is based on the Sardinian repertoire. Of course, there are also the pizzas that tourists like so much and that allow you to keep your budget. But it would be a shame to miss out on the chef's beautiful specialities: tuna marinated in moscato, sardines marinated in myrtle, gattuccio in agliatail or the famous risotto del timoniere... Of course the prices are quite high, but the panoramic table will make you forget them.

A small room with a refined decoration is hidden in an alleyway in the old town. The owner promises a real cuisine made with fresh ingredients and small local production. The delicatessen or cheese tasting platters are very popular with the regulars and accompany a glass of wine at aperitif time. In the evening, generous 50 cm pizzas come out of the oven over a wood fire. The menu changes regularly and the suggestions of the day are posted on the slate. The real plus of this little star is its upstairs terrace. This is a good address!

This is THE restaurant for traditional Sardinian cuisine: we couldn't pass up this city institution. It's fresh, it's hearty, it's full of sauce and, above all, it's very good! We come here to eat lumachelles (snails), porchetto (suckling pig), rosemary potatoes, and all that is traditional and enchanting about Sardinia. The service is efficient, the staff are really friendly and the terrace in the garden is a real treat. No cheating, this is authentic.

Among all the restaurants that have a terrace on the ramparts facing the setting sun, we had a crush on Il Macchiavello. The reception is irreproachable, it is the great Italian class, the interior room is superb, and as for the terrace, one cannot make more romantic when the light goes down and the last rays of sun illuminate the ramparts. Alghero is a Catalan land, so we recommend you to taste the paella. Lovers of pasta, you will not be disappointed either. In short, we enjoyed ourselves!

Here's a nice little address just the way we like it! In this quiet alley, a couple passionate about good things has settled down. In their typical vaulted stone trattoria and in a long room, they offer fresh, homemade pasta. You will also find a land and sea menu on which you can select fresh fish as well as one of their specialities based on lamb or wild boar. This charming and greedy trattoria, for once, has no terrace.

La Calanca is a good place to try the local specialities cooked according to the seasons and at low prices. The cuisine is simple and appetizing, marine and summery. The menu offers good grilled fish, tasty ravioli, pasta with poutargue, Sardinian desserts... The restaurant has been recently renovated and offers a very pleasant setting, both indoors and on the terraces. And for the terraces, you have a wide choice! Either the one on the other side of the street with only a few tables or the one upstairs, covered.

A relaxed atmosphere and typical cuisine of Alghero.

IF you spend your holidays in Alghero, do not hesitate to visit at least one agriturismo. There you will taste the authentic Sardinian cuisine, tasty and generous. Its Mandra is no exception to the rule and offers a rich local cuisine: home-made hams, ravioli with ricotta cheese and herbs, roast suckling pig. They also offer a vegetarian menu and another for celiacs. The farm offers 5 charming rooms for those who would like to spend the night, but they are at the end of the runway of Fertilia airport.