11 editor picks in Cagliari.
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 has fed the Marina from Via Sardegna for generations, marble tables, no printed menu, and whatever the Cagliari boats landed that morning.
OrderSpaghetti with arselle clams and bottarga.
TipDo 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 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.
OrderThe weekly menu, whichever way it runs.
TipOnly 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 on Via Sassari is the Cagliari address for cucina regionale di terra, the inland Sardinian side of the island rather than the harbour.
OrderWhatever the inland menu is running that day.
TipBook 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 in Cagliari is a villa restaurant and guest house that trains young staff, cooking seasonal organic Sardinian plates.
OrderSunday's Sa Picchettada buffet lunch.
TipWeekday lunch runs a fixed-price menu alongside the carte; the garden and terrace are the reason to book ahead in spring.
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.
OrderThe seasonal sharing menu, start to finish.
TipClosed Tuesday, and the kitchen writes a new menu each season; WhatsApp booking is the fastest way to get a table.
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.
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.
OrderThe lunch plate of the day with a glass of Vermentino.
TipSunday is lunch only and Monday the room is dark. The Gambero Rosso 2026 guide lists it among the city's informal rooms.
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.
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.
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.
OrderPane carasau with pecorino and a glass of Cannonau.
TipService windows are tight, one hour at lunch and ninety minutes at dinner, so book; Monday the door stays shut.
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.
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