Picked this place for dinner at random, and oh-my, one of the best choices I made in a long while!…read more Service is pleasant, helpful, efficient and not pushy. You get the choice out of about 5 starters and 5 mains, all local products and dishes, or interpretations of local dishes. There's clearly a lot of skill and creativity in the menu. Wine selection is equally creative and excellent. The produce used in the dishes are incredibly fresh and flavourful while the presentation and experience is at the same high level. Portion size is just right and the dishes are well prepared and perfectly come together. The chef clearly knows what he's doing. And then the price: I advise you to go eat here soon, because this place is seriously underpriced right now for the quality of the food. I had 1 starter, 2 mains, 1 dessert and 2 glasses of excellent wine which came to about 90 euros. All in all a very pleasant, enjoyable and extremely flavourful dinner. 10/10, would eat here again in a heartbeat.

This is absolutely a wonderful place to go.The combinaison of the sea, the sun and this amazing…read morecliffs make this place exceptional. I recomend you to take the boat in order to visit the caves. You could take nice pictures of the cliffs and the village. You can't miss it!

Les falaises de Bonifacio sont magnifiques et surprenante avec des habitations a flan de falaise…read moresurplombant les bouches. This is à magnificant city and an experience fabulous to see this rocks with houses on.

Anyone reading my Yelp reviews may wonder why I often give so many stars. That is most easily…read moreexplained by looking at how I found the restaurant to begin with- Yelp. This happened again last night after arriving in Corsica - and feeling hungry for one of my favourite foods- Mussels! Or, as the French call them- moules frites. We ended up at Chez Alain just as a magnificent sunset was being painted on the horizon. The menu had two pages of Mussels- my son and I went for plates of Indienne and Corsoise. I usually dislike hyperbole, and I would not blame you, reading this review, for raising your eyebrows now. But these mussels at Chez Alain are to die for- because when you eat them you will think you had died and gone to heaven. And that is all I have to say about Chez Alain in Corsica.

What a lunch. We ended up here after a drive around Northern Sardinia. I was a bit skeptical of…read morethe marina atmosphere but once stepping in, we were brought into a homey and cozy space. The menu featured a variety of local seafood and house made pasta. For me, the standout was the local specialty of fregola made with saffron and the local thin bread baked with rosemary (carasau). My husband's appetizer portion of seafood stew had oysters, clams, langoustines...so good. Our host picked out a nice bottle of local Vermintino that complimented our lunch well. We were finished off with house pours of mirto, the local liquer made from the myrtle plant.

From the charming set up, and beautiful sparkling wine selection, to the wonderful dinner service…read moreand expert menu recommendations, and the perfect food, we couldn't have asked for more. I would have gone back there many, many nights if we hadn't found the restaurant on our last. I love when we sent our compliments to the chef, our waiter said, I will be happy to let my mom know. A couple of recommendations on food were the Mussels as a starter, Ravioli with a sweet Onion Sauce (I dream about this one - but it was a special of the day and sadly not on the menu), and the John Dory for our main. Really ridiculously wonderful place from top to bottom. Our hotel had a habit of liking to send us to their brother's, cousin's and sister's restaurants and always deterred us from going anywhere they didn't want us to by complaining about how far it was. On a map, Porto Rotondo said it was about 40-45 mins from Porto Cervo where we stayed but it was really a quick and beautiful 20-25 minute drive. Don't be dissuaded - it's worth the drive from anywhere in Costa Smeralda.