11 restaurants in Cagliari, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Cagliari.
Trattoria Lillicu ★ 4.6
Marina · Via Sardegna 78, 09124 Cagliari
Hours: Tue-Sat 12:30-15:00, 20:00-23:00; Sun 13:00-15:00
Trattoria Lillicu has fed the Marina from Via Sardegna for generations, marble tables, no printed menu, and whatever the Cagliari boats landed that morning.
Tip: Do not ask for a menu, the waiter recites the catch; arrive by 13:00 or after 14:00 to miss the queue. Monday the trattoria stays shut.
Duanima ★ 4.5
San Benedetto · Via Sebastiano Satta 28, 09127 Cagliari
Hours: Tue-Fri 20:00-22:30; Sat 12:00-14:30, 20:00-22:30; Sun 12:00-14:30
Duanima in Cagliari is chef Luca Floris's small contemporary room on Via Satta, a short menu rewritten every week around Sardinian produce and market fish.
Tip: Only Saturday and Sunday have a lunch sitting; the rest of the week it is dinner from 20:00 and the room fills fast.
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.
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.
Bistrot 100 ★ 4.2
Villanova · Via Giovanni Battista Tuveri 100, 09129 Cagliari
Hours: Tue-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.
Tip: Sunday is lunch only and Monday the room is dark. The Gambero Rosso 2026 guide lists it among the city's informal rooms.
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.
Pani e Casu ★ 4.1
Castello · Via Santa Croce 51, 09124 Cagliari
Hours: Tue-Sun 13:00-14:00, 20:30-22:00
Pani e Casu sits on Via Santa Croce inside Cagliari's Castello walls, serving bread, pecorino and Sardinian home cooking a few metres from the ramparts.
Tip: Service windows are tight, one hour at lunch and ninety minutes at dinner, so book; Monday the door stays shut.
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.