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Al Tuguri works Alghero's Catalan seafood tradition over several levels of a Via Maiorca townhouse, with tasting menus from €40 to €75 a head.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, seven courses at €75 or the shorter three-course run at €40.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
Il Pavone has kept its veranda on Piazza Sulis in Alghero since 1979, cooking octopus salad, spaghetti alle vongole veraci and the day's fish four ways.
OrderSpaghetti alle vongole veraci, then the day's fish grilled all'isolana.
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Nautilus looks over the Alghero port from the Forte della Maddalenetta, with terrace tables above the marina and spaghetti with clams and bottarga.
OrderSpaghetti with clams and bottarga, eaten on the terrace above the marina.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
La Lepanto on Via Carlo Alberto in Alghero builds its list around lobster, raw seafood platters and fregola with crustaceans for around €45 a head.
OrderLobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
Trattoria da Mirko cooks only the day's catch on Via Gioberti in Alghero, finishing with seadas in honey and a myrtle and nougat semifreddo.
OrderThe mixed grill off the day's catch, then seadas with Sardinian honey.
€€€€SeafoodLido
Rafel sits on the sand at Lido San Giovanni in Alghero and cooks spaghetti ai ricci, lobster alla catalana and a fish soup worth the two-kilometre walk.
OrderSpaghetti ai ricci when the sea urchin season is open, lobster alla catalana when it is not.
€€€€SeafoodPorto
Aquatica sits on the Banchina Sanità between the Alghero yachts and the bastions, and is built around raw tuna, swordfish, prawns and scampi.
OrderThe raw plate of tuna, swordfish, prawn and scampi, cut to order.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
A small Alghero seafood room on Via Gioberti, da Mirko sends out mixed grills and fish soups, then house tiramisu. Wednesday is the closing day.
OrderThe mixed grill off the day's catch, then seadas with Sardinian honey.
€€€€SeafoodLido
Two kilometres from the Alghero old town, Rafel pairs a covered cocktail veranda with a seafood kitchen and beach service with umbrellas after lunch.
OrderSpaghetti ai ricci when the sea urchin season is open, lobster alla catalana when it is not.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
A 110-seat sea-view dining room near Piazza Sulis, La Lepanto is where Alghero visitors go for aragosta, fregola with crustaceans and a raw fish plate.
OrderLobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
€€€€SeafoodPorto
A 60-seat room on the Alghero waterfront between the yachts and the bastions, Aquatica serves weekday dinners except Tuesday and weekend lunch at about €35.
OrderThe raw plate of tuna, swordfish, prawn and scampi, cut to order.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
Chef Francesco Pais now leads the kitchen at Al Tuguri in Alghero, running a seasonal tasting menu in three to seven courses, €40 to €75 a head.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, seven courses at €75 or the shorter three-course run at €40.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
The Michelin Guide lists Il Pavone in Alghero for straightforward seafood cooking and a long wine list, served from a veranda facing the marina.
OrderSpaghetti alle vongole veraci, then the day's fish grilled all'isolana.
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Booking is sensible at Nautilus in Alghero, where the terrace tables over the marina go first and the kitchen runs lunch and dinner every day.
OrderSpaghetti with clams and bottarga, eaten on the terrace above the marina.
€€€€SeafoodCentro Storico
A 110-seat sea-view dining room near Piazza Sulis, La Lepanto is where Alghero visitors go for aragosta, fregola with crustaceans and a raw fish plate.
OrderLobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
€€€€SeafoodPorto
A 60-seat room on the Alghero waterfront between the yachts and the bastions, Aquatica serves weekday dinners except Tuesday and weekend lunch at about €35.
OrderThe raw plate of tuna, swordfish, prawn and scampi, cut to order.
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The Alghero port fish market on the Banchina Rafael Catardi is where restaurant kitchens buy the morning's landings before the town wakes. TableJourney pick.
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The Alghero port fish market on the Banchina Rafael Catardi is where restaurant kitchens buy the morning's landings before the town wakes. TableJourney pick.
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Alghero fishermen sell straight off the Banchina Rafael Catardi at the first-catch market, and the good stuff is gone well before 10:00. TableJourney pick.