11 restaurants in Cagliari, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Cagliari.

Josto ★ 4.7

Stampace · Via Sassari 25, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon-Sat dinner; lunch also served in winter

Josto in Cagliari is Pierluigi Fais's Via Sassari dining room, an open kitchen working bottarga, mullet and Sardinian meat into minimal modern plates.

Tip: The tasting menu runs 70 euro; Sunday is the one day the room stays dark, and the kitchen works Monday to Saturday.

Luigi Pomata ★ 4.6

Marina · Viale Regina Margherita 18, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon 20:00-23:00; Tue-Sat 13:00-15:00, 20:00-23:00

Luigi Pomata cooks Carloforte tuna in Cagliari, three rooms and a port-facing terrace above Viale Regina Margherita, raw fish to open and red tuna to follow.

Tip: Lunch service runs 13:00 to 15:00 Tuesday to Saturday and is the cheaper way in; tinned house tuna is sold to take home.

Da Marino al St. Remy ★ 4.5

Villanova · Via San Salvatore da Horta 7, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon-Sat 13:00-14:30, 20:00-22:30

Da Marino al St. Remy is Cagliari's small brick-walled seafood room by San Salvatore da Horta, run front of house by Marino Cogoni with Silvana Sardu cooking.

Tip: The wine list leans hard on Sardinian growers; book, because the rooms hold only a few tables and Sunday is closed.

Sa Domu Sarda ★ 4.5

Stampace · Via Sassari 51, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Daily 12:30-15:30, 19:30-23:00

Sa Domu Sarda on Via Sassari is the Cagliari address for cucina regionale di terra, the inland Sardinian side of the island rather than the harbour.

Tip: Book for dinner, the two plain rooms fill with locals; the kitchen runs straight through from 12:30 and again from 19:30, seven days a week.

La Locanda dei Buoni e Cattivi ★ 4.4

Villanova · Via Vittorio Veneto 96, 09123 Cagliari

Hours: Mon-Sun 13:00-15:00; Mon-Sat 20:00-23:00

La Locanda dei Buoni e Cattivi in Cagliari is a villa restaurant and guest house that trains young staff, cooking seasonal organic Sardinian plates.

Tip: Weekday lunch runs a fixed-price menu alongside the carte; the garden and terrace are the reason to book ahead in spring.

Stella Marina di Montecristo ★ 4.4

Marina · Via Sardegna 140, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon-Sat 13:00-15:00, 20:00-23:00

Stella Marina di Montecristo works the far end of Via Sardegna in Cagliari, sixty covers of maritime kit and fish bought fresh that morning.

Tip: It shuts for a variable stretch in August, and the sixty covers go fast in summer, so call the mobile number to hold a table.

Osteria Kobuta ★ 4.3

Marina · Vico Carlo Felice 12, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon 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.

Tip: Closed Tuesday, and the kitchen writes a new menu each season; WhatsApp booking is the fastest way to get a table.

Sa Schironada ★ 4.2

Marina · Via Baylle 39, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Daily 12:30-15:30, 19:00-23:59

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.

Tip: Open every day and late, which makes it the fallback when the smaller trattorias in the Marina have shut their kitchens.

Panefratteria ★ 4.2

Marina · Via Domenico Alberto Azuni 40, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon 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.

Tip: Closed Tuesday; there is a garden at the back and the grappa and Sardinian wine list is longer than the food menu.

Trattoria da Serafino ★ 4.1

Marina · Via Lepanto 6, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Mon-Tue 12:00-15:00, 19:45-22:45; Thu-Sun 12:00-15:00, 19:45-22:45

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.

Tip: Closed Wednesday; the private back room takes the business lunches, so the front fills with regulars.

Su Cumbidu ★ 3.7

Marina · Via Napoli 13, 09124 Cagliari

Hours: Daily 11:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59

Su Cumbidu on Via Napoli feeds the Marina fixed-price Sardinian menus under brick arches, culurgiones and seadas at prices Cagliari students accept.

Tip: The set menus are the value play at around €20 to 30; go early, because groups book out the arched back room.