Trattoria Del Mare da Lino — Restaurant in La Trinitai e Vignola/Trinità d'Agultu e Vignola

My family dined at Lino's 4 times while on vacation (Apr 2018) in Costa Paradiso. Each dinner was more spectacular than the one before.

Dinner #1: The meal started with a complimentary ANTIPASTI MISTO SALUMI E FORMAGGI (platter of local cured meats, cheeses and bread). All the fish and seafood dishes were fresh and cooked to perfection. SPAGHETTI ALLE VONGOLE (spaghetti w/ sweet little clams); FRITTO MISTO CALAMARI E GAMBERI (calamari & prawns deep fried in light batter); PESCE ALLE GRIGLIA (grilled catch of the day). Meal ended with a delicious Sardinian dolce called SEADAS, a crisp airy pastry filled with sweet soft cheese and drizzled with golden Sardinian honey. A perfect end to the meal and worth ordering even if you're so full you swear you couldn't eat another bite. You can. I promise.

Dinner #2: Fresh caught SPIDER CRAB 2 ways, first course was a simple yet divine crab broth with crab roe and fregola (small pasta similar to couscous) followed by the main course of fresh whole crab. The pure white crab meat was sweet and soft like a salty sea mascarpone cream. As delicious as it was I could have just eaten a whole pot of the crab soup and died happy. Gloriously happy.

Dinner #3: MAIALINO ARROSTO (roasted suckling pig). This was the single most delicious meal of pork I have ever tasted in my entire life. Salty-crisp skin that shatters between your teeth like glass and rich, moist, tender meat that melts like butter. The suckling pig we ate that night fulfilled its life's purpose when it arrived in maestro Lino's kitchen. I cannot over-emphasize how perfect a meal it was, accompanied only by a platter of mixed grilled vegetables. If you eat only 1 meal in Sardegna, let it be the maialino arrosto at Lino's trattoria!!!

Dinner #4: TRUFFLES!! Meal began with ANTIPASTI MISTO (heirloom tomato dressed in olive oil and aged red wine vinegar, assorted cheeses, olives, bread). 1st course was room temp POACHED EGGS with gloriously runny golden yolks and grated black truffles. 2nd course was warm poached eggs with grated white truffles. Most decadent poached eggs of my life. 3rd course was al dente TAGLIATELLE tossed in olive oil, butter, and more grated truffles! The simple pasta seasoned to taste with salt & fresh ground black pepper was a perfect showcase for the rich, earthy flavour of Sardinian truffles from Laconi City Just when I thought I couldn't eat another bite, Lino placed a 4th dish on the table: BRAISED BABY GOAT RIBS.... with shaved truffles! Not only do I adore goat, but this was the most tender, succulent goat meat I've ever tasted. The ribs were plated in a pool of bright red-orange drippings which initially made me a bit apprehensive. By the end, I was using the last crusts of bread to soak up the glorious fat drippings and savour just one last bite before surrendering defeat. We finished our last meal with espressos and an ice cold shot of MIRTO before rolling ourselves up the hill to bed.

Not only is the food delicious but Lino and Marlitha make guests feel as warm and welcome as family. Even their adorable dog Daisy filled the empty spot under the table where our own pups usually sit. Despite speaking limited Italian, we were honoured to share a glass of wine with our hosts and enjoyed several animated evenings of conversation, proving that excellent food can bridge language, culture, and...

The food is on the border of decent, nothing special, but the service is terrible. They have the usual array of seafood pasta that you find evrywhere on the island, the typical seeafood dishes and the local traditional porceto (baby pig slowly roasted - need to order it in advance).

Even though we booked a table and arrived about mid evening service, the establishment was bearly half full. Once we took our seats the battle begin. Excruciating, slow, one quarter inch wont at a time: it was a hassle to get someone to pay attention to you to sumbit your order or even ask for some more watter. The waitress was always around but bussy doing meaningless tasks like arranging chairs or clearing tables. Once you got her to actually come over she payed very little attention to you and would dash off, God forbid you wanted to add something else...

very unfriendly service. We payed separately and they made the last one of us pay 7€ more. we noticed and had a discussion about it for several minutes until they noticed THEY were wrong. During that argument they were ZERO patient not even properly apologising. The owner even threw in from besides ‚you should have checked the menu‘. Unluckily we forgot a shirt at the restaurant and came back within 10 minutes to pick it up. we did not go elsewhere and did not leave the place for anything else to do. The waiter was sure they did not have it and asked the owner who was also cleaning up just after we told him to pls ask. they were absolutely not trying to help and probably pissed off that we argued about the receipt and even turned out to be right about it. don‘t support customer service like this, go somewhere where people pay attention...