Ristorante La Tavernetta — Restaurant in Loiri-Poltu Santu Paolu/Loiri Porto San Paolo

We found this place online after searching for a date night spot during our holiday. It did not disappoint! Upon arrival, we were met with a gorgeous sunset view across a very still ocean, hues of orange and blue in the sky, making it a picture perfect setting! We were warmly greeted and shown to our table, we were told what the specials and recommendations were and went for a sharing starter, Mediterranean style Bass and for desert we had a brownie with ice cream and a tart topped with merengue. The fish was presented to the table, then taken away to debone. Every bite was full of flavour, the whole experience was divine and the staff very attentive. We highly recommend a visit to this restaurant if you are holidaying in Sardinia. Make sure you book ahead to not be disappointed. Huge thank you to all the staff, we will be returning if we visit...

I have mixed feelings about this place. The location is beautiful and the atmosphere great. You have an awesome view on the Tavolara island. The service is friendly but lacks a bit for being such an expensive and also want to be fancy place. For example our wine was spilled while pouring and it was not even cleaned up. Oh well, that I can still live with. What really broke the deal for me was the food. The main portions were small. What you see on the photo here is one of the two vegetarian main dishes, a version of a parmigiana a melanzane for 18€. It was so small that I ended up ordering another main. All in all, I recommend this place if you are willing to pay for the view and ambience and can afford to get a 3 course dinner in order not to leave hungry. If not, maybe try their bar for a drink and have dinner...

Very very disappointing - what a beautiful place, but a complete desaster on the table. The food was not even close to justify the price. If you serve fried fish „fish and chips style“ name it and don’t offer a grilled fish platter on the menue. Honestly the only thing that kept me somehow calm was the nice lady serving us. This was not the two people obviously running the place - but couldn’t be bothered to work or at least also give people who are not frequent guest a welcoming feeling. Even if the food would have been great this would take the fun out of enjoying it. Please find someone who can fill this wonderful place with equally warm hosts...