The best restaurants Sardinia

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.

At the corner of the Santa Croce, at the foot of the ramparts, is probably the most beautiful terrace in the city. The Libarium is the chic address where you can meet for a cocktail in front of the sublime panorama on the marina. Cosy outdoor lounge, high tables or bar stools, this restaurant takes advantage of its setting with a continuous service from breakfast until the middle of the night. There is something for every palate, from croque-monsieur to caviar. A beautiful Italian wine list and a very nice champagne list. Service a bit snobbish.

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.

This excellent trattoria is located a little way from the historic center, some 50 meters from the Mariano II tower. At lunchtime, the tables are packed, and with good reason: the house offers superb fish dishes and other Sardinian specialties in a very pleasant setting. Reasonable prices also attract regular customers. Pasta, fried, grilled or cooked al forno fish are all on the menu. For dessert, take the opportunity to try the typical warm seadas covered in honey. A real delicacy at an affordable price.

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.

Sa Buttega is both a restaurant that makes the best spaghetti alle vongole in town and an excellent pizzeria. All budgets are catered for. The dining room is comforting, with its exposed stonework and combed plaster in shades of natural tones. We found a good balance between land and sea dishes. The plates are copious and the staff really attentive. The pizzas are very tasty and rather large. At the end of the meal, you spin a wheel like in "Millionaire" and win every time!

This restaurant is located in a small alleyway leading down to the beach, a little hidden, and specializes in fish and shellfish. There is a large terrace at the front, but it is not enough to accommodate all the customers. At lunch: crabs, lobsters, crayfish, lobsters, sole, mullet, tuna... arrive on your table still quivering. Local recipes to be tasted on the terrace or in the vaulted room, accompanied by a regional wine. Direct sale of fish in the nearby shop. Good value for money.

Nuoro has some very fine restaurants and Ciusa is one of them. Its refined atmosphere does not prevent you from enjoying simple dishes, such as a plate of fine cured meats or a beef carpaccio with pecorino. But it would be a shame to miss the chef's creative cuisine, which follows the seasons. He proposes inspired dishes sprinkled with a touch of fantasy, such as the supions with fresh beans or the fried octopus presented in a very original way. Don't miss the filindeu, a very fine homemade pasta served with fish sauce.

Here it is the owner who is at the stove to concoct for you specialities based on meat and fish, all washed down with the best wines of the region. She spends all her evenings over a barbecue to bring out marinated and grilled meats and fish that will delight your taste buds. The terrace, which fills up quickly in summer, is right on the street. Here, no tricks, the very complete and varied menu is displayed at the entrance of the restaurant.

The owner of this address is really the king of Tavolara. His ancestor Giuseppe Berteleoni came from Genoa at the end of the 18th century and proclaimed himself king of the island. In 1836, King Carlo Alberto of Savoy officially recognized this strange royalty. Even today, at Buckingham Palace, a photo of the Bertoleoni family can be seen among the photos of the royal families. A copy of this photo can be found in Tonino's beautiful restaurant. Typical sea food.

One of the best hotels in town can't do without a good table. This is the place to come to learn about Sardinian cuisine in a cosy setting. The chef takes over some of the great regional specialities, which he modernizes and lightens. The products are carefully selected from the best farmers on the island and skilfully enhanced by the talents of the sommelier who draws from his collection of prestigious bottles. You can choose between the bourgeois Art Deco style dining room or the adorable winter garden enclosed within four walls.

This is one of Carloforte's most traditional and renowned restaurants, recognizable by its pretty, tree-lined wooden storefront as you enter the harbor. On the menu: fresh cuisine and Sardinian dishes in this Pomata family-run establishment, considered one of the best in Carloforte. They also own the nearby Pomata bistro, offering modern cuisine and good pizzas for those looking for a trendy rather than traditional venue. House specialties: tuna trippa and tuna alla carlofortina.

This gastronomic address opened its doors about ten years ago, and since then its success has not wavered. So much so that the Antica Cagliari has expanded to include a bistro, a pizzeria and a sea view restaurant. The chef works with the most noble products brought up from the nets by local fishermen: sea bream, sea bass, lobster... We can't recommend you enough to try the fregula with shellfish, the Sardinian pasta shaped like semolina, or the spaghetti with clams and bottarga, another local specialty.

Even on the very touristy and ultimately undeveloped island of La Maddalena, you can get away from the city and find a small country inn. In the middle of the scrubland and overlooked by imposing granite rocks, this restaurant has a veranda in front of the house and tables in the garden. Suckling pigs are roasted on a spit in the large fireplace, pasta is blackened with squid ink, antipasti are brought in from the sea every day. We love the rural and authentic setting and the informal atmosphere.

The picturesque terrace of this restaurant overlooks the nearby Mount St. Helens. Here you can enjoy Sardinian specialities prepared with local products. Vegetables and herbs come from the house's own organic garden. The owners have a "0 km" policy. They also take care to treat vegetarians and vegans, as well as people on a gluten-free diet, with special preparations. The cuisine brings out the flavours of fresh local produce. The meal ends with the unmissable mirto.

Elisa and Renato welcome you in their restaurant with a lot of attention. The setting is simple and pleasant, the tables are made of wood, square and painted with fresh colors, the chairs with straw cushions are covered with a cushion. The proposed dishes draw from the traditional repertoire of Sardinia. Do not hesitate to ask for the menu in your language. Several thematic menus have been elaborated to meet the different desires: menu of the land, menu of the sea and the Sardinian dinner, on reservation.

Pasqualino has a certain idea of elegance that is expressed in the dining room of this traditional trattoria. The curtains on the windows are pleated, the tablecloths on the tables are lined, the floor tiles are checkered. The whole thing is a bit sad, reinforced by the bric-a-brac at the back of the room. Fortunately, the chef's talent saves the content of the plates. He mixes Sardinian and Ligurian influences and perpetuates the tradition of the cascà (couscous) brought back from Tunisia, while sublimating the products of the sea.

The restaurant La Gritta has lost its Michelin star, but not its clientele. The adventure began in 2007 and the inhabitants of Palau were immediately seduced by the inventive and sober cuisine, spiced up with new condiments straight from the chef's head. The dishes are based on the local Gallura repertoire, especially for the preparation of fish. The sommelier has also gone fishing for the best local wine producers who work their land with passion. The menu is completed by a fine selection of Italian and French wines.

This friendly pizzeria is one of the good addresses that the inhabitants of Tempio Pausania all know. It is located on the outskirts of the old town, not far from the landmark building of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. Don't let its unpretentious appearance fool you, the pizzas are excellent. The choice is varied, with also some Sardinian specialities, likethe seadas with honey. The queue that forms at dinner time is a good sign.

Lost between Arzachena and Cannigione, a little off the main road, you sit on wooden benches in a farmyard. La Colti welcomes you with its mid-twentieth century atmosphere, its authentic ambiance and its rustic regional cuisine. You will love the warm welcome, the cold cuts served on boards, the suckling pig roasting on the fire, the mazza frissa with a taste of home, the Gallura wine that flows in a moderate stream... Here the country tradition is elevated to the level of art, both serious and light, lively and invigorating.

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 fine downtown restaurant offers a wide range of fresh fish specialties, including a sushi lab, homemade pasta, wood-fired pizzas and other surprises. The owner regularly participates in Master Chefs around the world and brings back original recipe ideas. If you have a special craving, she can create a custom-made feast to order. The wine list selects the best regional vineyards. A stone's throw from Piazza Umberto I, a charming place with good value for money.

The gastronomic restaurant of the Hotel Gabbiano Azzuro puts the small dishes in the big ones to make you discover, and reinvent, the Sardinian specialities. The products are carefully selected like this fregula blackened with coal according to a very old and artisanal process. The menu is essentially seafood, and the fish comes from the Neapolitan community that has been living in Golfo Aranci for over a century. The chef offers a delicate and delicious cuisine that is well worth a stop.

Between two ice-cream parlours, a gym and the cafés of the busy Monsignor Virgilio street, this address is not so obvious. Six rows of tables are set up in front of the restaurant, sheltered under white parasols. Once inside, one realizes the success of this unpretentious and soulless address. A large tent has been set up in the courtyard of the house to serve as a dining room. And it is often full. A wooden structure and tables covered with tablecloths make you forget the prefabricated character of the setting. The long menu of soft pizzas too.

If you don't plan to sleep in this albergo diffuso, you can enjoy its authentic and charming setting for dinner. It is served in the garden in spring and summer and in front of the fireplace in the beautiful vaulted room in winter. The baskets of fruit and vegetables at the entrance to the tree-lined courtyard ring a warning: fresh produce only. The menu features Sardinian flavours and products flirting with modern cuisine. Delicious.

In the small artists' square, Piazza Savoia, in the shade of the trees, the terrace of this restaurant and literary café has been set up. Far from the hustle and bustle of the terraces of the surrounding alleys, it radiates a certain romantic charm. The couple of restaurateurs work around good home-made dishes and desserts. The place is a pleasant and cheap spot for lunch and a romantic haven of peace in the evening. Also inside there is a beautiful atmosphere and an arty decoration. A recommendation for about ten euros: the Trofiette a la Manàmanà.

Bithia is a chic restaurant nestled in an enchanting setting. Away from the road and the hustle and bustle of the beaches, the beautiful round room and its large veranda look out onto a spotless garden framed by hills. In addition to a typical Sardinian menu combining products from the land and the sea, the restaurant also offers pizzas. The limited selection of products is fresh and of high quality. The pizzas are available in "red" or "white" versions, with or without tomato sauce. Don't forget to book if you want to enjoy a table on the terrace.

The best of Barbagia's gastronomic tradition can be found in this fabulous restaurant. Here, the women cook like in the past and bake bread on a wood fire. You must try the very copious and succulent buffet of Sardinian antipasti , the ricotta ravioli or the local cheese(sa casizolu). Every evening, the suckling pig is roasted on the spit in the large fireplace. The meal ends with the traditional seadas covered with honey. The prices remain reasonable. An obligatory stopover when visiting the region.

This is the restaurant that the locals recommended to us. And for good reason, the prices are more than reasonable, a rare thing in La Maddalena. The food is quite good, and the whole thing is quite correct. Like many restaurants in the area, it has made a specialty of fish and seafood. The classic menu is as long as the arm and there is a large choice of pasta, pizzas, fried fish and shellfish, and grilled lobster... of course. The restaurant is located on the edge of the marina.

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.

Here you are in one of the oldest restaurants in the Sardinian capital, opened in 1852. At that time it was an inn equipped with stables where the Sardinians came down from the mountains on horseback. The current owners have gentrified the setting with tablecloths, red taffeta chairs and solid parquet flooring. The menu reveals a selection of classic, well-toned dishes (chateaubriand, Milanese escalope), some Sardinian specialities, including malloreddus, or exceptional products such as sea urchins, white truffle or lobster.

This good restaurant between Arzachena and Porto Cervo offers both land and sea food. Often copied but never equalled, its great speciality is suckling pig roasted on a spit. In the summer, meals are served on a magnificent garden terrace. Compositions of driftwood, olive trees, stone paving, the natural setting is enhanced and the view extends to the Gulf of Porto Cervo. Fresh home-made pasta, antipasti... everything is delicious. An interesting alternative to the restaurants of the expensive and noisy Costa Smeralda.

Located in a former warehouse built some 250 years ago on the port, this restaurant has established itself over the seasons as the best table in the city. Nicolo Pomata, the chef, can be recognized by the bandana tied on his head, which never leaves his head. So much so that the locals have nicknamed him "the pirate". Nicolo takes pleasure in promoting the bluefin tuna, unfortunately in danger of extinction. So he skillfully tastes swordfish cooked with aubergines alla parmigiana and mozzarella or carlofortais maccheroni with pesto, tomato and pecorino.

The Mirage is the good little tavern where you can taste the great classics of Sardinian cuisine, from fregula to clams, spaghetti with seafood or burrida cagliaritana. In a pleasant rustic setting you can also enjoy a pizza baked in a traditional wood-burning oven, such as the speciality with vongole e bottarga(clams andbottarga). As often in Sardinia, pizzas are served only in the evening: it is too hot during the day to light the oven. Lively atmosphere in summer.

From outside you can see the large and beautiful terrace which is quickly taken over in the evening. Inside, the atmosphere of this neighbourhood canteen is provided by a regular clientele. The tempting smell of its semi-open kitchen and the small, simple, long and unadorned room make this trattoria one of the institutions of the lower town. If the weather is nice, take advantage of the terrace and you will be a little more quiet. Good Sardinian specialities based on whole fish or meat, homemade lasagne, pasta and seafood.

You have to come to this 4-star hotel for its restaurant, which is considered one of the best in Arbatax. It is located overlooking the harbour, in a street without charm. The restaurant, a bit chic, deserves a mention for its neat setting, its diligent service and its pleasant outdoor terrace overlooking the pool. The chef concocts an original Mediterranean cuisine. The yellowtail carpaccio is accompanied by strawberries, the tuna carpaccio is spiced up with spring onions. Grilled shrimps or crème brûlée are much more classic.

Sardinian and Italian cuisine in this restaurant with an air-conditioned room and a terrace with sea views. The menu offers all but the specialities are the fish, seafood spaghetti fregolla or in the antipasti, including octopus salad, marinated salmon or half-cooked tuna… the service is fast.

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!

The hotel's restaurant of the same name can serve up to 400 covers in August, and guests flock to its trellis of flowers to enjoy delicious cuisine at very affordable prices. Black and white tagliatelle with seafood, Sardinian ravioli with tomato and basil or scorpion fish served in a basil sauce are a delight for gourmets. Out of season, the large design room dressed all in white and with soft lighting is also very pleasant for a dinner with friends or lovers.

This V.I.P. address has a very refined rustic atmosphere. Old tiled floors, old enamelled stove, waxed wooden tables, all the codes of the old bourgeois dining room have been taken up. For once, the dining room is more pleasant than the terrace, which is very much covered to guarantee maximum privacy for the guests. The menu proposes the best and most beautiful noble products: risotto with wild asparagus and scampi, fregola soup with tomatoes, spaghetti with bottarga... Very good wine list with the best vintages.

The restaurant offers fish and shellfish cuisine in an alleyway in the historic centre, right next to the port of Cala Gavetta. Straw chairs, white tablecloths and beautiful presentations... all the details are there to enjoy a pleasant meal, but it is certainly the fish cooler that catches the eye. The fish antipasto with several small seafood starters, the spaghetti with clams and the homemade myrtle liqueur win the first prize among the dishes offered. The only regret is that the prices are decidedly high.

At the foot of the church of Sant'Efisio, this restaurant offers traditional and creative cuisine. Fresh fish is a must on the menu, and the recipes change according to the daily arrivals: spaghetti with scampi, fried fish, hot and cold antipasti from the sea, tuna and swordfish carpaccio or pure grilled meats are perfectly cooked and nicely presented. The attentive and warm service makes for a pleasant moment. The "little brigand", quite harmless, does not even aim at robbing you: the prices are studied.

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.

It's impossible to be more typical than this little restaurant. First of all, its name, which promises a simple but tasty meal. Then its setting. The tables are set up under the old trees that cast their shadow on a small square. They are covered with checkered tablecloths to complete the postcard setting. The Taverna offers typical Sardinian dishes or fresh homemade pasta. You can also watch your figure with a grilled fish served with fresh vegetables. A real delight.

In the hospital area and the park of Monte Claro.

This restaurant on the port of Capo D'Orso offers all traditional fish specialities. There is also the possibility to book meals in a shepherd house 2 km from Palau.

A relaxed atmosphere and typical cuisine of Alghero.

One of the most pleasant restaurants in the city. Very good kitchen.

Seafood specialities in a decor of local football team supporters.