Pizzeria€€StampaceDaily 20:00-23:00
Locanda Sa Matracca bakes light-dough pizza on Via Ospedale in the Stampace quarter of Cagliari, with Sardinian toppings and a short island wine list.
Order: A pizza built on Sardinian cured meat and pecorino.
Tip: Dinner only from 20:00, seven days a week, and 50 Top Pizza has put it on the Pizzerie Eccellenti list twice, in 2024 and again in 2026.
Italian€€MarinaMon 12:30-15:00, 19:30-23:00; Wed-Sun 12:30-15:00, 19:30-23:00
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.
Order: Pane frattau, tomato, pecorino and a poached egg.
Tip: Closed Tuesday; there is a garden at the back and the grappa and Sardinian wine list is longer than the food menu.
Bistro€€VillanovaTue-Sat 12:00-15:30, 19:00-23:30; Sun 12:00-15:30
Bistrot 100 on Via Tuveri is the Villanova bistrot Cagliari uses for a proper weekday lunch, short menu, wine by the glass, service both sittings.
Order: The lunch plate of the day with a glass of Vermentino.
Tip: Sunday is lunch only and Monday the room is dark. The Gambero Rosso 2026 guide lists it among the city's informal rooms.
Japanese izakaya€€San BenedettoWed-Sat 12:30-15:00, 20:00-23:00
Gaijin Izakaya brings small Japanese plates to Cagliari on Via Giacomo Puccini, a narrow room of skewers and donburi that the Gambero Rosso guide rates.
Order: A run of skewers off the charcoal counter.
Tip: Only four days a week, Wednesday to Saturday, and both sittings are small, so book ahead rather than walking up.
Japanese€€MarinaMon 12:30-14:30, 19:30-22:30; Wed-Thu 12:30-14:30, 19:30-22:30; Fri-Sat 12:30-15:00, 19:30-23:00; Sun 12:30-15:00, 19:30-22:30
Osteria Kobuta cooks Japanese-Sardinian plates in Cagliari off Largo Carlo Felice, a seasonal menu built for sharing in a room of maybe ten tables.
Order: The seasonal sharing menu, start to finish.
Tip: Closed Tuesday, and the kitchen writes a new menu each season; WhatsApp booking is the fastest way to get a table.
Vegan€€Stampace
Gintilla cooks a certified-organic, entirely plant-based menu in Cagliari on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, where raw plates share the daily list.
Order: The raw plate of the day with local vegetables.
Tip: It is fully vegan and Bioagricert-certified organic, run by Paolo and Giulio with Vladimir Gregorean in the kitchen.