Restaurant in Cagliari, Italy
Palazzo terrace, Michelin-noted. Book for occasions.
A Michelin Plate restaurant on the second floor of a nineteenth-century palazzo, Gli Uffici is Cagliari's most credentialled dining option for special occasions. Chef Tommaso Sanguedolce delivers precise Mediterranean cooking with equal confidence across fish and meat. At €€€, the combination of terrace views over the Bastioni di Saint Remy, consistent service (5.0 Google, 102 reviews), and 2025 Michelin recognition makes the price defensible.
Gli Uffici is the right booking for a special occasion dinner in Cagliari when you want a setting that does real work — a nineteenth-century palazzo, terrace views framed by statues of the four seasons, and a Michelin Plate chef applying Mediterranean technique with genuine precision. At €€€ pricing, it sits above most of the city's mid-market options, and the service philosophy needs to deliver at that level. Based on 102 Google reviews averaging a perfect 5.0, it mostly does.
Book Gli Uffici for a date night, a small celebration, or any occasion where the setting has to carry weight alongside the food. The terrace on the second floor of Palazzo Boyl, overlooking the Bastioni di Saint Remy, is one of the more composed dining backdrops available in Cagliari. If you are after a casual weeknight meal or want the flexibility of walk-in bistro dining, this is the wrong call — try ChiaroScuro or CUCINA.eat instead.
The restaurant occupies the second floor of a nineteenth-century palazzo, and the outdoor terrace is the headline. It is long and narrow, facing the Bastioni di Saint Remy, with statues marking the four seasons at the edges of the view. The energy here is composed rather than buzzy , this is not a loud room. Conversation carries easily. The indoor space carries the period architecture of the building, which gives evenings a sense of occasion without theatrical staging. For a celebration dinner, the terrace is the seat to request; for quieter business meals, the interior works well.
Chef Tommaso Sanguedolce is from Puglia, and his cooking shows the influence of a structured training background. The Michelin Guide, awarding a Plate in 2025, notes his ability to work equally across fish and meat , a meaningful credential in a coastal city where many restaurants lean too hard on one or the other. His Mediterranean recipes draw on traditional Italian technique, and the Guide's description of his Italian-style brioche (a sourdough maritozzo served warm, with creamy pistachio ice cream, saffron ricotta, and red berry salad) suggests a kitchen that thinks carefully about flavour balance and temperature contrast rather than defaulting to simpler plating choices. This is the kind of cooking you find in restaurants training toward Michelin star territory, placing Gli Uffici in a different competitive tier from Cagliari's broader dining field. For comparable ambition in Italian fine dining elsewhere in the country, the benchmark is set by restaurants like Osteria Francescana in Modena or Le Calandre in Rubano , Gli Uffici is not at that tier, but the Michelin Plate recognition signals a kitchen working with genuine seriousness.
At €€€, a restaurant in Cagliari is asking diners to make a real commitment. The question is whether the service delivers proportionate care. The 5.0 Google average across 102 reviews is a strong signal that front-of-house performs consistently , a perfect score across that volume of responses typically reflects attentive, unhurried service rather than occasional brilliance. The palazzo setting and the Michelin recognition frame expectations correctly: this is not a room where rushed or perfunctory service would pass unnoticed, and the reviews suggest it does not. Compared to the city's €€ options , Amanõ, Da Marino al St Remy , the Gli Uffici price premium is asking you to pay for the full package: setting, technical cooking, and service quality combined. If any one of those three falls short on a given evening, the value case weakens. The evidence currently suggests it holds.
Gli Uffici is at Via Mario De Candia 3/5 in the Castello district of Cagliari, on the second floor of Palazzo Boyl facing the Bastioni di Saint Remy. Booking is rated Easy, which is unusual for a Michelin-recognised restaurant , you are unlikely to need more than a few days' notice for most nights, though for weekend dinners or peak summer evenings on the terrace, booking earlier is sensible. Specific hours and booking contact are not confirmed in our data; check directly with the venue. The cuisine is Mediterranean, with a strong traditional Italian thread. Price range is €€€. For the broader Cagliari dining picture, see our full Cagliari restaurants guide. If you are planning a full trip, our Cagliari hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide cover the rest of the city.
Quick reference: Michelin Plate 2025 | €€€ | Mediterranean | Castello district | Booking difficulty: Easy | Terrace available | 5.0 Google (102 reviews)
The Michelin Plate places Gli Uffici in the same quality tier as a small number of other recognised Mediterranean-focused restaurants across the region. For comparison, La Brezza in Ascona and Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton in Saint-Tropez represent the upper end of Mediterranean recognition. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico, Dal Pescatore in Runate, and Enrico Bartolini in Milan sit at multi-star level. Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence and Duanima in Cagliari offer additional points of comparison for diners calibrating their expectations. Gli Uffici is not competing at the top tier of Italian fine dining, but within Cagliari it represents the most formally recognised kitchen currently operating.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gli Uffici | Mediterranean Cuisine | Situated on the second floor of the 19C Palazzo Boyl facing the Bastioni di Saint Remy, this restaurant is home to chef Tommaso Sanguedolce from Puglia, who demonstrates techniques acquired throughout his period of training with skill and precision. Equally at ease with fish and meat, the chef creates recipes inspired by the Mediterranean and delicious traditional Italian cuisine, as demonstrated in his Italian-style brioche – a kind of sourdough maritozzo which is served warm with a creamy pistachio ice-cream, intensely flavoured saffron ricotta and red berry salad. There’s a delightful long and narrow outdoor dining area on the terrace with stunning views of the city framed by statues symbolising the four seasons.; Michelin Plate (2025) | Easy | — |
| ChiaroScuro | Sardinian | Unknown | — | |
| CUCINA.eat | Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| Old Friend | Farm to table | Unknown | — | |
| Amanõ | Contemporary | Unknown | — | |
| Da Marino al St Remy | Mediterranean Cuisine | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
The Michelin Guide singles out a specific dish — an Italian-style brioche served warm with pistachio ice cream, saffron ricotta, and red berry salad — as evidence of what the kitchen does well at this level. That precision and cross-technique confidence (fish and meat both) suggests a tasting format rewards the visit more than ordering selectively. At €€€ in Cagliari, the tasting menu is the format that justifies the price.
At €€€, Gli Uffici is priced at the top of Cagliari's restaurant market, and the setting earns a meaningful share of that cost: a second-floor terrace on a nineteenth-century palazzo overlooking the Bastioni di Saint Remy is not replicable elsewhere in the city. The Michelin Plate (2025) confirms the kitchen operates at a credible level. For a special occasion where setting and food both have to perform, it holds the price. For a casual dinner, the premium is harder to justify.
The Michelin Guide highlights chef Tommaso Sanguedolce's Italian-style brioche — a sourdough maritozzo served warm with pistachio ice cream, saffron ricotta, and red berry salad — as the clearest expression of his technique. Beyond that signature, the kitchen is noted for equal confidence across fish and meat dishes rooted in Mediterranean and southern Italian tradition. Order the tasting menu if available; it gives the most complete picture of what Sanguedolce is doing.
Yes. The combination of a Michelin Plate kitchen, a nineteenth-century palazzo address, and a terrace facing the Bastioni di Saint Remy makes Gli Uffici a practical choice for a date night or small celebration in Cagliari. The outdoor terrace — long, narrow, framed by statues of the four seasons — provides a setting that does real work for the occasion. Groups looking for a private dining room should confirm availability directly with the restaurant.
Book at least two weeks ahead for weekday dinners; allow three or more weeks for weekend evenings and high season (summer, public holidays). The terrace is the most requested seating and will fill first. Gli Uffici is at Via Mario De Candia 3/5 in the Castello district — check the venue's official channels to confirm availability and secure a terrace table.
Keep this venue in your Pearl passport, rate it after you visit, and track it alongside every other place you collect.
