The Alghero List
Five editorial picks, ranked by the only filter that matters: why you are dining.
Musciora
Andrea Andreini's father-and-son Michelin Guide-listed Centro Storico kitchen. Alghero's most reliable serious-Sardinian dining room.
Al Tuguri
The Centro Storico's longest-running Catalan-Sardinian institution. Three intimate floors of medieval rooms and the village's most distinctive cuisine.
Santa Marì
The contemporary Catalan-Sardinian bistrot. Alghero's most reliable modern Catalan-fusion dining and the village's best aperitif programme.
La Saletta
The residential-street family trattoria. Alghero's most reliable modern-Sardinian budget-aware dining and the room locals push first-time visitors to.
Enhorabona
The lungomare seafront fine dining. Alghero's most photographed sunset terrace, with the Catalan-Aragonese sea-walls and the western Mediterranean spread below.
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Intimate, conversation-friendly rooms. Impressive without being intimidating. The tables where first impressions are made.
Al Tuguri
The Centro Storico's longest-running Catalan-Sardinian institution. Three intimate floors of medieval rooms and the village's most distinctive cuisine.
Santa Marì
The contemporary Catalan-Sardinian bistrot. Alghero's most reliable modern Catalan-fusion dining and the village's best aperitif programme.
Best for Business Dinner in Alghero
Power tables, private rooms, considered wine lists. Where the deal gets done.
Musciora
Andrea Andreini's father-and-son Michelin Guide-listed Centro Storico kitchen. Alghero's most reliable serious-Sardinian dining room.
Santa Marì
The contemporary Catalan-Sardinian bistrot. Alghero's most reliable modern Catalan-fusion dining and the village's best aperitif programme.
The Top Five in Alghero
Ranked against a single question: if you had one night in Alghero, where would you go?
Musciora
Andrea Andreini's father-and-son Michelin Guide-listed Centro Storico kitchen. Alghero's most reliable serious-Sardinian dining room.
Al Tuguri
The Centro Storico's longest-running Catalan-Sardinian institution. Three intimate floors of medieval rooms and the village's most distinctive cuisine.
Santa Marì
The contemporary Catalan-Sardinian bistrot. Alghero's most reliable modern Catalan-fusion dining and the village's best aperitif programme.
La Saletta
The residential-street family trattoria. Alghero's most reliable modern-Sardinian budget-aware dining and the room locals push first-time visitors to.
Enhorabona
The lungomare seafront fine dining. Alghero's most photographed sunset terrace, with the Catalan-Aragonese sea-walls and the western Mediterranean spread below.
The Alghero Dining Guide
Alghero sits on the northwestern coast of Sardinia and is the most architecturally distinctive medieval seaport on the island. A 14th-century walled city built and inhabited by Catalan colonists from Barcelona during the Aragonese-Catalan conquest of Sardinia, and the only town in Italy where Catalan is still officially co-spoken alongside Italian. The Centro Storico inside the original 16th-century Aragonese walls holds 14th-century palazzi with Catalan-Gothic facades, a 16th-century cathedral with original Catalan-Gothic vaulting, and a 4-kilometre stretch of sea-walls that no other Italian medieval town can match.
The dining is correspondingly distinctive. Musciora. Chef Andrea Andreini's father-and-son Michelin Guide-listed kitchen on Via Mazzini in the Centro Storico. Is the village's most reliable serious dining room. Santa Marì Catalan Bistrot runs the village's most distinctive Catalan-Italian menu. Al Tuguri runs the village's longest-running Catalan-Sardinian cooking. La Saletta runs the modern Sardinian programme. Enhorabona runs the canonical seafront-view dining.
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Reservations & Practical Notes
Musciora and Al Tuguri must be booked three to four weeks ahead in summer (June to September); one to two weeks shoulder. Most Centro Storico trattorias take walk-ins early but reserve aggressively after 21:00 in summer. Dress is southern-Italian relaxed. Linen rather than tailored, sandals are acceptable everywhere. Tipping is not expected in Italy; a 5 to 10 per cent round-up is polite for exceptional service.
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