12 upscale places in Cagliari, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Cagliari: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Cagliari food.
Josto ★ 4.7
Stampace · Via Sassari 25, 09124 Cagliari
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.
Josto ★ 4.7
Stampace · Via Sassari 25, 09124 Cagliari
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
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.
Luigi Pomata ★ 4.6
Marina · Viale Regina Margherita 18, 09124 Cagliari
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
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.
Duanima ★ 4.5
San Benedetto · Via Sebastiano Satta 28, 09127 Cagliari
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.
Da Marino al St. Remy ★ 4.5
Villanova · Via San Salvatore da Horta 7, 09124 Cagliari
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.
Duanima ★ 4.5
San Benedetto · Via Sebastiano Satta 28, 09127 Cagliari
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.
Old Friend ★ 4.4
Villanova · Via Giuseppe Abba 51, 09124 Cagliari
Old Friend in Cagliari is Dario Torabi's Villanova bistrot, where offal, spice and BBQ oysters are plated for people who came out to be surprised.
Tip: Torabi opened the place in 2016 and moved it to Via Abba; dinner only, and the menu changes with what the boats and gardens bring.
Old Friend ★ 4.4
Villanova · Via Giuseppe Abba 51, 09124 Cagliari
Old Friend in Cagliari is Dario Torabi's Villanova bistrot, where offal, spice and BBQ oysters are plated for people who came out to be surprised.
Tip: Torabi opened the place in 2016 and moved it to Via Abba; dinner only, and the menu changes with what the boats and gardens bring.
Antica Hostaria ★ 4.1
Marina · Via Cavour 60, 09124 Cagliari
Antica Hostaria on Via Cavour is the old-school Cagliari osteria of the Marina, dark wood and a fish-led list of Sardinian classics under Antonio Mura.
Tip: Closed Sunday. The room started as a mid-nineteenth-century inn and the kitchen still leans on the fish list rather than the printed classics.
Antica Hostaria ★ 4.1
Marina · Via Cavour 60, 09124 Cagliari
Antica Hostaria on Via Cavour is the old-school Cagliari osteria of the Marina, dark wood and a fish-led list of Sardinian classics under Antonio Mura.
Tip: Closed Sunday. The room started as a mid-nineteenth-century inn and the kitchen still leans on the fish list rather than the printed classics.