Taste Sardinia

Sardinian cookery is bursting with intense, fruity and aromatic flavours and offers a rich repertoire of dishes for a memorable culinary experience.

For more inspiration watch our Essence Sardinia film

Traditional Sardinian cuisine has the taste of the island itself, with fish from the sea, herbs from the mountains and fruit and vegetables ripened in the warm Mediterranean sunshine. Seafood and wild game give strength and distinction to meals with different breads and local wines being the essential basics.

Dining Out

In Sardinia there are a wide range of dining options for you to enjoy during your stay on the island. For eating out, there is a huge choice from cheap and cheerful pizzerias to sophisticated restaurants for fine dining, with excellent local cuisine often featuring fresh fish and seafood as a speciality.
There are many Agriturismo (farm) restaurants that usually serve a set menu of local Sardinian dishes including pane carasau (paper thin bread baked with olive oil and rosemary) Sardo ham, sausage and Pecorino cheese, home made pasta such as ricotta and spinach ravioli, farm reared suckling pig (porcheddu) roasted with garlic and rosemary potatoes and followed by traditional seadas (pancake) with orange flavoured honey accompanied, of course, by a jug of local wine. Make sure you try a glass of Mirto or Limoncello – the local digestivo!

Dining Out With Children

Sardinia is very family orientated and children are welcome in most restaurants. Although they rarely have a children’s menu, they will adapt portions and there is usually something that suits everyone. Please bear in mind that like the rest of Italy most restaurants make a cover charge and generally open at 7pm.

Hotel Dining

Our customers frequently ask us about flexibility within half board and full board options offered by our featured hotels. We can now offer the following alternatives to add value and variety to your holiday.

Lunch and Dine Around Option

(Full Board only)
Cervo Hotel Costa Smeralda Resort, Hotel Pitrizza, Hotel Romazzino and Hotel Cala di Volpe:

Guests with full board accommodation at these 5 star hotels in the beautiful Costa Smeralda, will be entitled to the ‘Lunch & Dine Around’ option whereby guests can enjoy lunch or dinner at any time during their stay, at no extra cost, at any of the other listed 5 star hotels and the Porto Cervo restaurants including Il Pescatore, The Grill and Il Pomodoro.

Brunch Around Option

(Full Board only)
Hotel Marinedda, Hotel Relax Torreruja, Resort Le Dune, Cala di Lepre Park Hotel, Resort Valle dell’Erica and Resort Cala di Falco:
Guests with full board (half board and brunch) accommodation at any of these hotels are invited to eat brunch at any of the other hotels listed above, at no extra cost, as many times as they wish during their stay.

Dinner for Lunch Exchange

Hotel Relais Villa del Golfo, Cervo Hotel, Hotel L'ea Bianca, Club Hotel Baia Sardinia, Hotel Abi d’Oru, Su Gologone Country Resort, Hotel Costa Dorada, Hotel Villas Resort, Hotel Stella Maris, Hotel Baia di Nora, Hotel La Playa, Hotel El Faro and Villa Las Tronas Hotel:

Just Sardinia has collaborated with the above hotels to arrange a ‘Dinner for Lunch’ exchange. This enables guests with half board accommodation at any of the above hotels to have lunch instead of dinner as many times as they wish during their stay. This offers guests greater flexibility and the opportunity to sample the local restaurants and Sardinian cuisine.

Please note: The options on this page are subject to availability and any changes are made at the discretion of the management at the time of booking your meal exchange.

Car hire is required (extra cost).

With so many wonderful gastronomic delights available on this beautiful island, we hope that these arrangements will enable our guests to really savour the flavour of Sardinia!