Francis Drake is a pizzeria budget eat in Villanova, Cagliari.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Embark on a Cagliari guided food tour and savor local charcuterie, pizza, handmade pastas and Sardinian sweets, while discovering the city’s rich culinary traditions.
3 hours
Learn to make pasta and tiramisù, the most iconic and traditional Italian recipes. Enjoy an authentic family experience, then savor your dishes tasted with a local wine
Address: Via Oristano 8, 09127 Cagliari
Sa Schironada on Via Baylle runs long hours for the Marina in Cagliari, Sardinian fish and roast plates and a crisp fritto misto from the Gulf.
OrderZuppa di cozze with pane carasau, then seadas.
TipOpen every day and late, which makes it the fallback when the smaller trattorias in the Marina have shut their kitchens.
Trattoria da Serafino works a corner of Via Lepanto in Cagliari, an air-conditioned room of local fish plates and a back room for long lunches.
OrderWhatever local fish is on the board that day.
TipClosed Wednesday; the private back room takes the business lunches, so the front fills with regulars.
Mercato di Santa Chiara is the oldest civic market in Cagliari, 300 square metres above Piazza Yenne on the site of a convent bombed during the war.
TryMarket food court plates
TipRenovation turned part of the hall into a food court, so the stalls now run from breakfast into the evening above Piazza Yenne.
Su Cumbidu on Via Napoli feeds the Marina fixed-price Sardinian menus under brick arches, culurgiones and seadas at prices Cagliari students accept.
OrderCulurgiones, potato and mint, in tomato sauce.
TipThe set menus are the value play at around €20 to 30; go early, because groups book out the arched back room.
Impasto works Piazzetta Savoia in Cagliari's Marina as pasta laboratory, pizzeria and bakery at once, rolling fresh pasta and baking bread daily.
OrderFresh pasta from the counter, then a slice of the day's bread.
TipNamed a Pizzeria Eccellente by 50 Top Pizza in 2026; the tables on the piazzetta are first come, first served in summer.
Panefratteria builds its Cagliari menu on pane carasau, the sheet bread softened into pane frattau and zuppa gallurese in a modern room on Via Azuni.
OrderPane frattau, tomato, pecorino and a poached egg.
TipClosed Tuesday; there is a garden at the back and the grappa and Sardinian wine list is longer than the food menu.
