Ristorante di Pesce Nautilus — Restaurant in Alghero

When visiting Alghero in Sardinia, be prepared to try a lot of great food, and we have a few recommendations for you and will begin with the first one @nautilusalghero where we went for dinner, enjoying a beautiful sunset. Already for the view is worth the visit. The restaurant is highly recommended on the internet and so we wanted to try it to see for ourselves. It's a little bit fancier, as some would call it and on the menu, it's mostly seafood, but all fresh. We had the tuna covered in sesame seeds (Cubo di tonno rosso in crosta di sesamo, barbabietola, misticanza estiva e salsa agro) with baked potatoes on the side and pasta with smoked fish (Trofie con muggine affumicato, datterino giallo confit, finocchietto e pinoli). The tuna well done and covered in a crust made of sezame. The pasta tasted heavenly and you can't even taste the smoked fish. @nautilusalghero might seem like a so-called tourist trap, but it's not. The food top, as well as the service, but the prices are a little bit higher, be prepared for that. Still worth it. Apart from the great food, it was interesting to see the people around us who ordered a lobster and the waiter brought it for them to access before they agreed. Something one does not see often. Last tip if you are a red wine lover and like the wine dry, get the local wine called Monica from their wine card. Don't forget to reserve a table upfront if you want to have the beautiful sea view. They are very prompt in their...

Italy, in general, has always stood proud in my book of incredible food and dining places and this is unfortunately, NOT one of those places. An over hyped tourist trap that rests heavily on the laurels of their fantastic location (which actually if you read the reviews, will see where the higher rating solely comes from) We paid 32 euros for each fish. One was heavily overcooked and the other was extremely soggy. The snooty, full of himself waiter who claimed he would filet the fish for us (with of course all the show and tell of a tourist trap) seems to have skipped most of his culinary classes and brought back a fish that seemed to be fileted with a LEGO knife. It had almost all the bones in there and seemed like he had sat on it to get the bones out. Everything we ate, except for the wine that didn't come from this kitchen, was absolutely terrible and not worth the money at all. Having eaten in 100s of Italian restaurants and having varied but relatively positive experiences, I give "Ristorante Nautilus" the top spot for worst restaurant for food/service and an average to good for the location and view, IF you get one of their 6 tables on the balcony. Otherwise you're stuck in the poorly acclimatized interior with the full of himself waiter and chef who either clearly needs to go back to cooking school or not depend so much on their reputation for a good location.

NEVER going back here again and sadly, Highly NOT...

Location is nice, however I had quite a bad experience at this restaurant. Initially I wanted to make a reservation for 2 at 7:30 PM. Apparently on the whole island you need to reserve a table anywhere you want to eat, which is good if you know this in advance.

The person in charge with making the reservation told us that all the tables are busy starting with 7:30, suggesting to take the 7:00 PM slot instead. We accepted that, and the next day when we came at 7:00 PM we noticed that almost all tables, except 2 or 3, were empty. Even until 8:00PM we could see empty tables.

I ordered fried fish, hoping that they will serve some fish fried over grill or something similar. Instead, the waiter brought a plate full of crustaceans, deep fried in what seemed to be an oil that was reused plenty of times. There was no mention in the menu that the plate would include crustaceans. In addition to that, everything was sitting on some sort of sheet made out of plastic, to absorb the excess oil.

I am giving 2 stars to this experience because of the location, which is indeed nice, but honestly, it would have been a compliment to give a one star review to the food and to the reservation part, since those parts were awful. It's a shame for a restaurant that pretends to have such an etiquette to serve such...