Ristorante Sa Pischedda

A 1974 house beside the old bridge

Ristorante Sa Pischedda is on the left bank of the Temo, beside the Ponte Vecchio, the same bank as the old tanneries, and belongs to the Hotel Palazzo Pischedda, Bosa's historic hotel. It opened in 1974. It has a glass-walled dining room and terraces among trees, and is one of the few places in Bosa that opens every day, at lunchtime and in the evening. The hotel says the house appears in the Michelin, Slow Food and Veronelli guides.

What to order

The cooking is Bosa-style and from the sea. The town's dish is the Bosa lobster, which here is charged by weight: €20 per 100 grams; if you want to try it without ordering a whole one, the linguine all'aragosta cost €30 per person, for a minimum of two. The polpetti affogati alla bosana, little octopus stewed in the town's way, come to €18, and the local fish grilled or in a Mediterranean sauce, at €7.50 per 100 grams.

For first courses, fregula of Sardinian grain with prawns, shellfish and datterino tomatoes (€20), linguine with clams and grey mullet bottarga or linguine with granciporro, a crab from the coast (€25). If you are unsure, the Sardinian sea menu or land menu costs €55. For dessert, the seadas of the Planargia with honey (€7), the fried cheese pastry eaten all over the island.

It is also a pizzeria: pizzas from €8 to €14, from the margherita with Sardinian tomato to the four cheeses with juncu cheese. There is a children's menu, and so it is a good place to go with children. The cellar has a long list of Sardinian wines; ask for a glass of Malvasia di Bosa with dessert.

What it costs

With antipasto, first course, fish main course and dessert, reckon €50–70 per person without wine, more if you order lobster. With a pizza and a drink you eat for under €20.

Getting there and booking

It is at Via Nazionale 2, on the tanneries bank, a couple of minutes' walk from the Ponte Vecchio: from the Corso you only have to cross the bridge. Next to the hotel there is free public parking, according to the Palazzo Pischedda itself. Book by phone, by WhatsApp or on its booking page, especially for dinner in summer. If you are coeliac, say so: they have gluten-free dishes, but the hotel warns that there is no separate kitchen.