La Paillote — Restaurant in Cagliari

I've been hesitant to post this review as it was a very traumatic experience for me and I didn't want to relive it but finally decided that I had to share this experience so that maybe a lesson can be learned and what happened to me doesn't happen to someone else.

I was in cagliari with my boyfriend this summer and while hiking on the hills and exploring the beautiful beaches we decided to stop in here for lunch. We had been hiking and were a bit sweaty but went to the bathroom and cleaned up, he was in shorts and a T-shirt and I was in a floor length high waisted skirt and a modest tankini top (no triangles here). I am also adding this information because it is relevant but I am a healthy weight but do not look like a model, I am a swimmer and have a broad back and shoulders and very small chest (again, this is relevant!).

As we approached the restaurant the manager stopped us and very rudely said I had to cover up, this is no problem and I pulled on a shirt, apologized for the inconvenience and made up my mind to give them a big tip. It was a beach club and I hadn't checked the rules beforehand so this was entirely my fault. We sat down to eat our meal and while our waiter was lovely and apologized for what had happened the manager kept walking up and explaining the rules and making me very uncomfortable. About halfway through our meal a group of very attractive women walked up in nothing but bikinis (triangles here!) They looked fantastic but the manager immediately hugged them and gave them a table in the middle of the restaurant, not a single one of them had to cover up despite the rules.

Now this might not seem like a big deal to anyone else but I lost a significant amount of weight in my youth and suffer from body dismorphia, the rudeness and double standards had me literally holding back tears at our table. It was our last day in Sardinia and all I remember thinking was 'wow, I must be absolutely disgusting '.

We paid and left and I spent the entire rest of the day feeling horrible about myself. The food was good and the cocktails were lovely but that's one day I will never get back and I haven't felt that bad about myself in years.

Please speak to your staff and either have the same rules for everyone or don't have them, this is completely unacceptable for a high end establishment and the service I expect from such a place.

I cannot in good conscience recommend this place to anyone as I've never experienced such bad treatment in my life and...

I've reserved 3 sunbeds on their beach and i was told they have showers and we can also have lunch in their restaurant. This place was recommended by so many locals so i had very high expectations. Arrived on Monday, around 12, the place was pretty empty. Ive paid for sunbeds upfront 40 euro for 3 beds and umbrella. We went downstairs and apparently we found out there is no changing room or closed showers, only 1 on the beach where water goes straight to the Sea, with all your sunscreen etc, which is awful and against the environment. You can change only in mixed sex toilets, which i found very uncomfortable. At the beach we were told that we can order lunch with a beach attendant and once food is ready we can go upstairs and have lunch there. There are no even small tables on the beach, so we had to put drinks on the floor, which was very awkward. Once food was ready we went upstairs to meet a very rude waiter, saying our food is for take away only. When we said we want to eat the restaurant, that what we had been told downstairs, he said we were given wrong information and it would cost us more. We insisted so they served our 18 euro salads in take away tiny cardboard bowls. We couldn't order any desserts too, as apparently it was already after 3pm and they finished for lunch service and havent started evening service yet which we were not aware of, so we left hAngry to say the least. One good thing about this place is its natural beauty and good cocktails. It definitely cannot be counted as a beach club or even close to it. Definitely not...

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I give 1 star because it is impossible to rate lower on google. We came to this restaurant by car on purpose - the road to it is all holes, but I am skipping it. The restaurant has a great view and beach but the service is terrible. As we entered, the waiter seated us at a set table. When we said we would like to have a drink and we hadn't come for dinner, he told us to get up from the table and go to the second zone. For 30 minutes no one was interested in us, didn't come and didn't even look in our direction. We left disgusted and no one paid any attention to us then as well. I would like to add there was maybe 8 clients at the time.

Daję 1 gwiazdkę, bo nie da się ocenić na google niżej. Specjalnie przyjechaliśmy do tej restauracji samochodem - droga do niej to same dziury, ale to już pomijam. Restauracja ma świetny widok i plażę, ale obsługa jest okropna. Gdy weszliśmy, kelner usadził nas przy nakrytym stole. Gdy powiedzieliśmy, że chcielibyśmy napić się drinka, a nie przyszliśmy na obiad, kazał nam wstać od stołu i przejść do drugiej strefy. Przez 30 minut nikt się nami nie zainteresował, nie podszedł i nawet nie spojrzał się w naszą stronę. Wyszliśmy zniesmaczeni i wtedy również nikt nie zwrócił na nas uwagi. Warto również napisać, że oprócz nas w restauracji było jakieś 8...