Menu - Le Pinnette

What an experience! The multitude of appetizers blew us away. Then came the snails, two pastas, wild boar (delicious) and suckling pig. There was way too much f... read more What an experience! The multitude of appetizers blew us away. Then came the snails, two pastas, wild boar (delicious) and suckling pig. There was way too much food but we enjoyed every dish. The service was excellent as was the wine. We enjoyed cookies, sorbetto and mirto for dessert.

On the third day of electric mountain biking with Biking Sardinia, our guide, Matteo, arranged for a late lunch break at the Le Pinnette Agriturismo. We had rid... read more On the third day of electric mountain biking with Biking Sardinia, our guide, Matteo, arranged for a late lunch break at the Le Pinnette Agriturismo. We had ridden along the cliffs above the seashore roughly from Capo Caccia and Grotta di Nettuno to Torre del Porticciolo amazing views and through the brambles of Lake Baratz. We were tired, hungry, and dirty. As I said, Matteo had promised lunch at an agriturismo. We didn’t know what to expect. Agriturismi are a sort of Italian version of dude ranches. Farmers who can’t make it on farming alone offer food they produce and lodging. They can vary widely, from quite basic with no A/C and WIFI to very elegant. On this occasion, since the place where we were supposed to go was closed, at the last moment Biking Sardinia arranged for us to have lunch at Le Pinnette. It is one of the most elegant agriturismo we had yet seen. It opened up just for us the large dining room could have easily welcomed over 100 people. The cordial waiter (alas, with apologies I forget his name , brought us more food than we could eat, from a variety of anti pasti (cheeses and affettati and snails and olives and . . . to two Sardinian pasta dishes (one, as I recall with boar ragu , to half a succulent suckling baby pig that melted in our mouths. And local pastries for dessert. And of course bottles of the delicious Sardinian Cannonau red wine and, of course, grappa to finish along with the espresso. At this point, we had forgotten our scratches and, since we were really in no condition to bike, while we chatted with the waiter, Matteo went to get the van and ferried us back to our airbnb. Botton line, excellent. The food was as good as any we had anywhere in ltaly, and the service impeccable. Like every other establishment we visited on this trip to Sardinia, it was spotless. The price, at roughly 30 Euros each, was far cheaper than we would have paid for for a comparable meal in the States here we would have paid more for the two bottles of wine we consumed. Caveat: if you want to have dinner there, as in fact at any of the better restaurants in and around Alghero, you will need a reservation.