Seafood Restaurants in Sassari: Don't be fooled by the tourist menu

Last night, two of our German guests returned to the Villa with long faces. No smiles. The reason? A disappointing dinner at a place that promised to be the best, but turned out to be a trap. They were served two identical, square-shaped sea breams with zero flavor. "Plastic fish", he told me.

They had just encountered the famous "Clone Fish." If you are looking for where to eat well in Sassari, you need to know how to recognize and avoid them.

The difference between Farmed Fish and Wild Catch

Let's be clear. If a menu offers sea bream or sea bass at bargain prices, the math doesn't add up. You are not eating the prized fresh fish from the Gulf of Asinara. You are eating intensively farmed fish, fed with standard feed and bought wholesale for cheap. They all have the same standard size (300g) and the same flat taste.

Villa Malvasio's Selection: Only Tested Restaurants

Here at Villa Malvasio, your strategic base in North Sardinia, we have a strict rule: we are the first customers. My family and I never send a guest to a place where we haven't eaten (and paid) ourselves.

We have selected an exclusive list of restaurants in Sassari where quality is guaranteed. They are not cheap places, but the price aligns with real value:

• The fish has different shapes (because the sea doesn't make photocopies).
• The Raw Seafood smells of the ocean, not the fridge.
• The Sea Urchins (in season) are full and sweet.
  
  

Do you want the "Taste Map" approved by Locals?

Don't rely on anonymous reviews. When you book your Suite with Jacuzzi at Villa Malvasio, ask me for my personal "Taste Map." I will point you to those 2 or 3 secret addresses where, entering in my name, you will be treated like a true local.

Your holiday is too short to eat badly.

🍌 Special thanks to our digital envoy Nano Banana for this cartoon! He understood the trick immediately: better to run away from fish with barcodes and look for the real ones. To find out where, ask Roberto!