Where to drink well in Cagliari by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Cagliari. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
INU Sardinian Wine Bar works Via Sassari in Cagliari as an island-only list, boards of pecorino and salumi built to whatever you are drinking.
OrderLardo with myrtle on warm bruschetta.
PourCannonau by the glass
WineSardinian growers only
FoodCheese and salumi boards
TipThe boards are customisable, so ask for Sardinian cheeses only and let them pour a Cannonau or a Vermentino against them.
Sabores is a Marina bottega in Cagliari on Via Baylle, Sardinian cheese and cured meat sold by weight and cut into boards for the aperitivo.
OrderThe large tagliere of Sardinian cheese and salumi.
PourVermentino di Sardegna
WineSardinian bottles from the shop shelves
FoodTaglieri, small and large
TipTwo board sizes, small and large, and both come with wine by the glass; the shop shelves are the souvenir run.
Salsamenteria is a Cagliari bottega with a kitchen on Via Sonnino, cutting Sardinian cheese and cured meat to order for the counter and the tables.
OrderSu Cheese, the sushi-and-cheese play off the counter.
PourCannonau di Sardegna
WineIsland labels beside the cheese counter
FoodCheese and cured meat cut to order
TipThe Gambero Rosso 2026 guide lists it among the city's informal rooms; buy the cheese you liked on the way out.
Babeuf pairs tea, wine and slow reading on Via Giardini in Cagliari, a small Villanova room of cheese boards, tartare and shelves of magazines.
OrderA tartare and a glass off the natural list.
PourA glass off the natural list
WineNatural and low-intervention bottles
FoodBoards and tartare
TipIt works better as a long early evening than a quick drink; the reading material on the shelves is there to be used.
Cronta Enoteca Winebar is a wine shop you can drink in on Viale Diaz in Cagliari, with boards of cheese and cured meat alongside the bottles.
OrderA Cannonau by the glass with a cheese board.
PourVermentino or Cannonau by the glass
WineThousands of labels, Sardinian and Italian
FoodCheese and salumi
TipClosed Sunday and shut by 21:30 even at the weekend, so treat it as an early-evening stop rather than a late one.
CUCINA.eat in Cagliari is shop, kitchen shop and counter in one on Piazza Galilei, cooking Sardinian recipes for communal tables near San Benedetto.
OrderWhatever is chalked up that day at the counter.
PourWine by the glass at the counter
WineSardinian wines by the glass
FoodCounter cooking
TipCounter seats beat the tables for solo lunch; wine by the glass and craft beer make it work as an aperitivo stop too.
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