Little Star — Restaurant in Cagliari

Little Star has both an extensive pizza menu as well as Palestinian dishes. They also have a vegan menu. We tried a bit of everything with the falafel and hummus, the vegan kofta with tahini and the pesto pizza. The Palestinian dishes were definitely the more spectacular of the bunch but the pizza wasn’t bad either!

Falafel and hummus: came with 4 falafels, hummus and baba ganoush, and was accompanied by bread and a chilli oil. The falafel was wonderfully light and super crispy, the dips blended well and flavourful. It was a dish recommended by the owner and we were so happy how well it worked out, considering we both love falafel but have had so many disappointing versions! This was delicious, texturally beautiful and the accompaniments also worked super well. The chilli oil was genuinely spicy and deeply aromatic, and the bread was also light and crunchy, and fresh out of the oven and actually hot!

Vegan kofta with tahini: this one also came with the same chilli oil and bread, as well as slices of roast potato on the plate. I’ve never had koftas made out of lentils and this turned me into having to try making them! Very well spiced, super tasty, again a recommendation from the owner where I can see why he’d advertise it! I also haven’t really seen vegan kofta before and this was a nice surprise!

Pesto pizza: this is probably the only dish that left something to be desired. What worked well were the toppings: a juicy tomato taste coming through the sauce, and the star of the show was the homemade pesto which was added plentifully and carried freshness and a good humidity from the oil. Super tasty flavours of garlic and basil especially! The vegan cheese looked a bit sad, jelly-ish and greige, but the flavour was much better and I ended up really enjoying it! The dough was fine - nothing spectacular, you can definitely find much better pizza dough in Cagliari. If I had to compare it to something, it’d be a Roman pizza, but this was thicker and less crispy.

Also - the staff is super friendly, they get full after 8pm or so, which is all testament to their quality of food and personal approach. They are clearly proud and happy to recommend you their best bits and I’d for sure...

We're local and we went there as a mixed group of 4, meat eaters and vegetarians.

Excellent vegan variety of options, possibility of having vegan pizza with vegan cheese or by simply choosing your own ingredients, plus a variety of vegan sweets and dishes.

The potatoes look ugly but taste so good! Don't get discouraged by the look 😉

The place is small and family run, the lady is so nice maybe to make up for her companion 😂

Definitely recommended by both the meat eaters and...

I went here once, one year ago- but I loved it so much I wanted to write a review even now! I’m not vegan, but the hummus and falafel was absolutely delicious. The pizza was good too! It was the atmosphere that really made this shop unmatched, though. It has a very authentic, ‘mom and pop shop’ feel. I was an exchange student at the time, and I relative of the owners of the shopper came to my table and started chatting with me about her experience! Absolutely...