Phone: +393970272132
Address: Viale Elmas, 63, 09122, Cagliari, Italy
City: Cagliari
Dishes: 4
Reviews: 2566
Website: http://ristorante-da-paolo-cucina-tipica-sarda-e-cagliaritana.business.site/
"Like many restaurants in Italy that count on a number of regular customers, this place has fixed price menus and no matter how much you eat, you will end up paying the price you had agreed to begin with. Do not expect to be seated and read a menu. The waiter is going to tell you what is available on that day. We had a greed on a 35€ per person, and that is what we paid, even though 3 of us did not even have fish dishes. As we arrived, we were served the appetizers, which where all quite good (I did not like the squid, but I think it is a matter of personal taste). We had the house white wine to begin with, which was so so, and ended up asking for a bottle of a better wine. Once we were done with the appetizers, we had pasta. I had the spaghetti with mussles, clams, bottarga and saffron and they were truly delicious, my sister and my mom had the ones with tomatoes, shrimps and clams, and my father and my sister 's fiancé had the spaghetti with ricci di mare (a local specialty). First of all, the portions are HUGE. My portion of spaghetti would easily feed 3. EASILY, and it was meant to be for one. Of the other spaghetti, to be honest I have had better spaghetti with ricci di mare. My mom makes it tastier. By then, we were full, so we only ordered a portion of grilled shrimps which passed my father very high standard, and fried calamari. I did not try any of that, I was too full by then. We then had coffee and sweets. And, as I said, even though 3 of us did not have a seafood main course, we paid as if we did. All in all, the food is very good and fresh, but the pasta portions are too good to make sense. My suggestion is, if you are booking for 5, just ask for 3 meals unless you all have a HUGE appetite (many people in there were actually quite fat haha). As for the service, it was ok do not expect a posh restaurant where you can go on a date. This place gets crowded and loud! Service is quite fast, but because tables are a bit tight, waiters do not serve in the proper way ie removing plates from the side but rather from the front."
All prices are estimates.