Ristorante & Sushi Lab — Restaurant in La Maddalena

If you do not dine here during your stay in La Maddalena if wanting sushi or fresh seafood, you are making a huge mistake. This is a must, in my book. This fish and seafood tastes of the sea, so fresh and incredible. My husband and I dined here on a Tuesday evening around 8 PM. There were so many take-aways orders from locals and visitors both, you know people enjoy this place.

The calamari appetizer was the best I have ever had in my entire life and this is no joke, it was so tender with just the very lightest of a thin coating of breading, so flavorful. We ordered two sushi rolls and each was incredible. The fish tasted as if it were just out of the sea, so fresh!

Our time on La Madd was limited for vacation and we wanted to try several other restaurants while on the island, but if this restaurant were near my own home, I would dine here constantly.

Prices are very fair for the quality and taste, and portion sizes.

Limited street parking if driving, but a relatively easy walk (steady but slight incline uphill) from the city center. On a one-way street...

You have to see this to believe it. It's like an episode of Kitchen disasters in real life. It is actually so bizarre that I strongly recommend you to visit this place. I bet you've never experienced something like this. Most unbelievable sushi creation served with sweet & sour sauce and limes, wasabi only on request, served in small 1 portion plastic bags from a cheap supermarket. Chop sticks on request. You have a knife and fork :D. Overcooked calamarata with overcooked mussels, one prawn and something that used to be tomatoes before they cooked it for 4 hours. 2 glasses of wine that tastes like Fanta that you let opened in a full sun for a week or two and smells like a thai fish sauce. Gordon Ramsey's nightmare only for 45 EUR! You have to see this to believe it. It is so bizarre, it's a one in a lifetime experience. We had great laughs! Now excuse me, I...

Unfriendly service. We were promised a reserved table outside for dinner. As we arrived at the time of our reservation, they suddenly said they didn't have a place for us anymore. The waiters as well as the manager were not very friendly or helpful. The manager was the only one to at least understand and talk a bit of English. We felt like bloody tourists that came second to their privileged locals. We then took take away pizza which was rather depressing as well. The margarita tasted like too-sweet-and-cheap-tomato-sauce and the 4 cheese pizza wasn't a thrill either. We ended up chopping garlic and using other herbs to pimp our pizzas. If this is how "Italian pizza" tastes...thanks, but then I think...