Al Tuguri works Alghero's Catalan seafood tradition over several levels of a Via Maiorca townhouse, with tasting menus from €40 to €75 a head.
Order: The seasonal tasting menu, seven courses at €75 or the shorter three-course run at €40.
Musciora is a small family room on Via Mazzini in Alghero where a father and son serve tasting menus split between the sea, the land and a full run.
Order: The Vera Esperienza Musciora menu, narrated plate by plate at the table.
La Saletta in Alghero has held its place in the Michelin Guide since 2023, with four tasting menus built on Sardinian produce a block from the sea.
Order: The Radici menu, where Sardinian vegetables lead instead of the fish.
Al Refettorio sits in Vicolo Adami in Alghero, where Cristiano Andreini cooks tagliolini with bottarga and pecorino and runs a gourmet pizza oven.
Order: Tagliolini with bottarga and pecorino, then the suckling pig with potato millefoglie.
Il Pavone has kept its veranda on Piazza Sulis in Alghero since 1979, cooking octopus salad, spaghetti alle vongole veraci and the day's fish four ways.
Order: Spaghetti alle vongole veraci, then the day's fish grilled all'isolana.
Trattoria Lo Romanì takes its name from rosemary in Alguerès and pairs Gigi's daily Alghero fish run with macarrones de busa from his native Tonara.
Order: Macarrones de busa from Tonara, followed by whatever Gigi bought that morning.
La Lepanto on Via Carlo Alberto in Alghero builds its list around lobster, raw seafood platters and fregola with crustaceans for around €45 a head.
Order: Lobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
Trattoria Maristella serves spaghetti all'algherese near the Dante waterfront in Alghero all year round, at about €25 a head with 30 seats outside.
Order: Spaghetti all'algherese, the house plate that keeps the locals coming back.
Trattoria da Mirko cooks only the day's catch on Via Gioberti in Alghero, finishing with seadas in honey and a myrtle and nougat semifreddo.
Order: The mixed grill off the day's catch, then seadas with Sardinian honey.
Borgo Antico sits on the small square off Via della Misericordia in Alghero and cooks monkfish alla catalana and Sardinian gnocchetti with seafood.
Order: Monkfish alla catalana, tomato and sweet onion over white fish.
Alamo on Via Ambrogio Machin in Alghero builds its paella from 21 ingredients, then finishes with crema catalana under a burnt sugar lid. TableJourney pick.
Order: The paella, built from 21 ingredients and worth the wait it takes.
Villa Mosca opens its garden restaurant in Alghero from June to September, cooking Sardinian and Italian plates with vegan and gluten-free versions.
Order: The set menu in the garden, with vegan and gluten-free versions on request.
Trattoria Caragol is Antonio and Maurizia's room on Via Maiorca in Alghero, a stop on the city food tour and closed on Wednesdays all year. TableJourney pick.
Order: Whatever Antonio brings out of the kitchen first, the gluten-free plates included.
Mos Tapas looks over the Alghero bay from Via Carducci with tortilla, polpo alla gallega, fregula valenciana and baccalà in tempura at about €30.
Order: Fregula valenciana and polpo alla gallega, eaten on the terrace at sunset.
Démodé Bistrot on Via Vittorio Veneto is the Alghero address for celiacs, with gluten-free pizza, fregola and meat cooked in a separate line.
Order: The gluten-free pizza, made on a separate line for celiac guests.
Gian Luca Chessa runs La Saletta on Via Fratelli Kennedy in Alghero, where the Radici menu puts vegetables first and Riviera stays with local fish.
Order: The Radici menu, where Sardinian vegetables lead instead of the fish.
Danilo Delrio's Musciora in Alghero opens for dinner only on weekdays, walking guests through each course of its three Sardinian tasting menus.
Order: The Vera Esperienza Musciora menu, narrated plate by plate at the table.
Chef Francesco Pais now leads the kitchen at Al Tuguri in Alghero, running a seasonal tasting menu in three to seven courses, €40 to €75 a head.
Order: The seasonal tasting menu, seven courses at €75 or the shorter three-course run at €40.
Andreini's Al Refettorio in Alghero opens for lunch and dinner off Piazza Civica, with suckling pig, sheep ribs and a heated portico for winter.
Order: Tagliolini with bottarga and pecorino, then the suckling pig with potato millefoglie.
The Michelin Guide lists Il Pavone in Alghero for straightforward seafood cooking and a long wine list, served from a veranda facing the marina.
Order: Spaghetti alle vongole veraci, then the day's fish grilled all'isolana.
The Villa Mosca dining room on Via Gramsci in Alghero serves a la carte and set menus for four months of the year, with a cocktail terrace alongside.
Order: The set menu in the garden, with vegan and gluten-free versions on request.
A 110-seat sea-view dining room near Piazza Sulis, La Lepanto is where Alghero visitors go for aragosta, fregola with crustaceans and a raw fish plate.
Order: Lobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
An 80-seat seafood room in the Alghero old town, Borgo Antico works lunch and dinner at about €40 a head and shuts on Mondays through the winter.
Order: Monkfish alla catalana, tomato and sweet onion over white fish.
Under stone vaults on Via Lazzaretto in Alghero, Lo Romanì is run by Gigi and Vittoria and closes on Mondays, with porceddu on the meat side.
Order: Macarrones de busa from Tonara, followed by whatever Gigi bought that morning.
A family trattoria on Via Fratelli Kennedy in Alghero, Maristella runs all year, closes Sunday evenings and greets guests in Catalan and Spanish.
Order: Spaghetti all'algherese, the house plate that keeps the locals coming back.
A small Alghero seafood room on Via Gioberti, da Mirko sends out mixed grills and fish soups, then house tiramisu. Wednesday is the closing day.
Order: The mixed grill off the day's catch, then seadas with Sardinian honey.
Caragol works Sardinian and Mediterranean plates in the Alghero old town, with gluten-free options and about €40 to €50 for a full sit-down lunch.
Order: Whatever Antonio brings out of the kitchen first, the gluten-free plates included.
Francesco and his family have run Alamo in Alghero since 2012, and linguine with scampi, bottarga and lemon zest is the plate to order first.
Order: The paella, built from 21 ingredients and worth the wait it takes.
The Mos Tapas terrace in Alghero puts Catalan and Spanish small plates next to Sardinian fish, with an open kitchen facing the main square. TableJourney pick.
Order: Fregula valenciana and polpo alla gallega, eaten on the terrace at sunset.
Démodé Bistrot opens for dinner only in Alghero and builds a whole senza glutine menu, from pizza to local plates, six nights of the week. TableJourney pick.
Order: The gluten-free pizza, made on a separate line for celiac guests.
Al Gambero has cut pizza by the slice off Largo San Francesco in Alghero since 1973, and stays open until 04:00 through the summer nights. TableJourney pick.
Order: A slice of the thick pan pizzetta margherita, eaten standing at the counter.
The Focaccia del Milese is a registered Alghero recipe, cut to order opposite the port for about €3.50 and eaten standing on the pavement outside.
Order: The Focaccia del Milese, filled with tomato, tuna, egg, anchovy, rocket and pancetta.
A small Alghero charcuterie counter behind the cathedral, Sant Miquel opens evenings midweek and adds a long lunch service at the weekend. TableJourney pick.
Order: A board of Sardinian cured meat with a glass of Alghero DOC white.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
Order: Fried Sardinian street food on the bastion terrace with a glass of mirto.
Buy pecorino, Sardinian cured meat and Marghine produce to take away at Isola Forma in Alghero, or sit down for a guided tasting board. TableJourney pick.
Order: A tasting board of Marghine pecorino and Sardinian farm cured meat.
A 110-seat sea-view dining room near Piazza Sulis, La Lepanto is where Alghero visitors go for aragosta, fregola with crustaceans and a raw fish plate.
Order: Lobster done the Lepanto way, with a raw seafood plate to open.
An 80-seat seafood room in the Alghero old town, Borgo Antico works lunch and dinner at about €40 a head and shuts on Mondays through the winter.
Order: Monkfish alla catalana, tomato and sweet onion over white fish.
Pasticceria Tarragona bakes custard tarts, brioches and Sardinian sweets on Via Venti Settembre in Alghero from 07:30, six days of the week.
La Golositas churns gelato without preservatives on Via Cagliari in Alghero and stays open until 01:00 through the summer evenings. An editor pick.
Cafè Latino works a terrace on the Bastioni Magellano in Alghero, with zero-kilometre Sardinian fried street food and cocktails until 01:30.
Blau SkyBar sits on the ninth floor of Hotel Catalunya in Alghero, with retractable windows over the Riviera del Corallo and booking required.
Bar Milese has filled Sardinian focaccia on Via Garibaldi in Alghero since 1971, with tomato, tuna, egg, anchovy, rocket, onion and pancetta.
A working Alghero pastry counter rather than a tourist stop, Tarragona shuts on Mondays and sells out of its best trays well before lunch. Our pick.
The Focaccia del Milese is a registered Alghero recipe, cut to order opposite the port for about €3.50 and eaten standing on the pavement outside.
The Alghero gelateria La Golositas makes lactose-free tubs, gelato cakes and semifreddi alongside the standard counter. It shuts every Monday.
L'Altra Vineria is Luca and Sonia's wine room on Via Principe Umberto in Alghero, pouring Sardinian bottles and local beer with tapas until late.
SardOa Aperitivo diVino pours Sardinian wine with pintxos and prosciutto on Piazza Duomo in Alghero, every evening of the week from 19:00. Our pick.
Prosciutteria Sant Miquel slices Sardinian cured meats on Via Misericordia in Alghero and pours local wine alongside them until midnight. An editor pick.
The Mos Tapas terrace in Alghero puts Catalan and Spanish small plates next to Sardinian fish, with an open kitchen facing the main square. TableJourney pick.
The highest terrace in Alghero, Blau SkyBar pours coffee by day and long drinks at sunset, and closes on Mondays through the winter season. Editors' pick.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
One of the few Alghero rooms still pouring wine at 03:00, L'Altra Vineria closes on Thursdays and runs through to 04:00 on Saturday nights. Our pick.
A Basque and Sardinian counter beside the Alghero cathedral, SardOa is the old town's most reliable stop for tapas and a glass of Torbato. TableJourney pick.
The Villa Mosca dining room on Via Gramsci in Alghero serves a la carte and set menus for four months of the year, with a cocktail terrace alongside.
A small Alghero charcuterie counter behind the cathedral, Sant Miquel opens evenings midweek and adds a long lunch service at the weekend. TableJourney pick.
The Focaccia del Milese is a registered Alghero recipe, cut to order opposite the port for about €3.50 and eaten standing on the pavement outside.
Founded by Antonio Carboni in 1973, Al Gambero sells thick, crisp pan pizzette and hot sandwiches for a couple of euros each in Alghero. TableJourney pick.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
The Alghero gelateria La Golositas makes lactose-free tubs, gelato cakes and semifreddi alongside the standard counter. It shuts every Monday.
Buy pecorino, Sardinian cured meat and Marghine produce to take away at Isola Forma in Alghero, or sit down for a guided tasting board. TableJourney pick.
The Mos Tapas terrace in Alghero puts Catalan and Spanish small plates next to Sardinian fish, with an open kitchen facing the main square. TableJourney pick.
A small Alghero charcuterie counter behind the cathedral, Sant Miquel opens evenings midweek and adds a long lunch service at the weekend. TableJourney pick.
The Mercato Civico on Via Sassari is the Alghero food market, with fishmongers, produce, meat and Sardinian cheese, all packed up by 13:00. TableJourney pick.
Isola Forma is the farmhouse cheese and salumi bottega on Piazza della Mercede in Alghero, with tasting boards and Marghine producers. Picked by TableJourney.
Founded by Antonio Carboni in 1973, Al Gambero sells thick, crisp pan pizzette and hot sandwiches for a couple of euros each in Alghero. TableJourney pick.
The Focaccia del Milese is a registered Alghero recipe, cut to order opposite the port for about €3.50 and eaten standing on the pavement outside.
The Alghero gelateria La Golositas makes lactose-free tubs, gelato cakes and semifreddi alongside the standard counter. It shuts every Monday.
Alghero's covered civic market opens at 07:00 every day and is the easiest place in town to see the local catch before it reaches the menus.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
A family trattoria on Via Fratelli Kennedy in Alghero, Maristella runs all year, closes Sunday evenings and greets guests in Catalan and Spanish.
A working Alghero pastry counter rather than a tourist stop, Tarragona shuts on Mondays and sells out of its best trays well before lunch. Our pick.
The Focaccia del Milese is a registered Alghero recipe, cut to order opposite the port for about €3.50 and eaten standing on the pavement outside.
Order: The Focaccia del Milese, filled with tomato, tuna, egg, anchovy, rocket and pancetta.
A working Alghero pastry counter rather than a tourist stop, Tarragona shuts on Mondays and sells out of its best trays well before lunch. Our pick.
Order: A morning brioche and a custard tart from the counter tray.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
Order: Fried Sardinian street food on the bastion terrace with a glass of mirto.
The highest terrace in Alghero, Blau SkyBar pours coffee by day and long drinks at sunset, and closes on Mondays through the winter season. Editors' pick.
Order: A long drink at sunset from the ninth-floor terrace, booked in advance.
Founded by Antonio Carboni in 1973, Al Gambero sells thick, crisp pan pizzette and hot sandwiches for a couple of euros each in Alghero. TableJourney pick.
Order: A slice of the thick pan pizzetta margherita, eaten standing at the counter.
One of the few Alghero rooms still pouring wine at 03:00, L'Altra Vineria closes on Thursdays and runs through to 04:00 on Saturday nights. Our pick.
Order: A glass of Sardinian red from Luca and Sonia, with tapas to follow.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
Order: Fried Sardinian street food on the bastion terrace with a glass of mirto.
The Alghero gelateria La Golositas makes lactose-free tubs, gelato cakes and semifreddi alongside the standard counter. It shuts every Monday.
Order: A cone of the lactose-free gelato, churned on site without preservatives.
The highest terrace in Alghero, Blau SkyBar pours coffee by day and long drinks at sunset, and closes on Mondays through the winter season. Editors' pick.
One of the few Alghero rooms still pouring wine at 03:00, L'Altra Vineria closes on Thursdays and runs through to 04:00 on Saturday nights. Our pick.