Arcada Wine & Restaurant — Restaurant in Crabonaxa/Villasimius

Arcade is set on two floors with the first floor, overlooking the church and a pedestrian street decorated with colourful bunting. The terrace offers 5 side tables with lovely views outside with a few more centre tables with some view but not direct.

Inside, the ceiling is decorated with rattan bowls and soft lighting, giving a warm, stylish atmosphere.

Drinks: • Bread basket included both crispy and white bread, though olive oil would have been a nice addition. • The wine list is well priced and varied: • Terre Bianche Uve Torbato DOC 13.5% – €5.50 (crisp and refreshing). • I Selis Uve Vermentino & Nasco IGT 15% Cantina Argiolas – €5.50 (excellent value). • Cagnulari Red – €6.00 (full-bodied and very enjoyable). • Mamuthone – €6.50 served in a distinctive goblet-like glass, very characterful and memorable.

Food: • Is Simius cun Allegusta (€28.00): Handmade long pasta with lobster and tomato sauce. The dish included half a lobster and an intense, flavourful tomato base. Excellent overall. • Lorigrìttas a S’Arcada (€18.00): Handmade pasta from Morgongiori with saffron, mussels, and mullet roe. A very interesting dish, with a rich sauce and generous mussels. • Tuna slices (medium rare): Served with rocket salad and tempura vegetables. Cooked beautifully, though slightly on the salty side. • Stuffed squid: Breadcrumb-stuffed squid, crispy on the outside with a well-seasoned filling. The sauce complemented it well, but again slightly salty. • Side dish – Verdure arrosto (€6.00): Roast vegetables (aubergine, courgettes, celery, onion, red peppers). A bit too oily, which left us feeling overly full.

Service & Atmosphere: Service was good and efficient. The terrace filled up quickly, and the ground floor indoor area (air-conditioned with attractive interiors) also became busy as the evening went on.

Overall: A beautiful setting with creative, well-executed Sardinian dishes and excellent wines at fair prices. Some dishes leaned a little salty or oily, but the quality of ingredients and ambience made for a memorable...

The restaurant gives the impression of being upmarket and does have some good features, however, we felt disappointed particularly considering the price. We dined inside and not on the roof terrace. Initially it feels amazing to be dining amongst the wine bottles, until you discover most of them are empty, not even filled with any liquid to give the impression of being full. However, the staff are wonderful, very friendly and professional! We had 3 courses, the starter and the dessert were lovely, however, the main was very bad. The sauce was disappointing in both dishes. The lobster could have been prepared better. This overall let the whole meal down. We had a nice bottle of wine, however, compared to other restaurants around the wine options are...

Tried for a walk-in here, they couldn’t seat us immediately but gave us a table for a few hours’ time.

Really worth the wait. Service was impeccable and very friendly. Wait staff were extremely knowledgable and their food and wine recommendations landed perfectly. The atmosphere was lovely, we got a table upstairs on the balcony and got a lovely balance of the nice ambience from the street, but weren’t so close to it that it was disruptive. We had a seafood antipasti and the octopus was done perfectly (I’m very picky with it). I had a sausage meat pasta dish and it was one of the best I’ve ever eaten, really recommend it. On the pricier side and portions aren’t huge, but it’s a qualityquantity situation. One of our favourite meals had...