I've been coming here for years as I have a house in Carloforte. I am never disappointed although I've learnt what to choose and what to avoid from the menu. Last week I eat a mixed starter of seafood including smoked tuna and swordfish, octopus carpaccio, and a tuna and tomato salad, all excellent. I avoid the fried fishballs which... More

Back to Galaia after a year. Still top of the list but nothing like the one we remembered. Being completely full-up didn't help, the welcoming family atmosphere is gone but most important the food has badly suffered! We were served very overcooked  spaghetti, tasty sauce but the pasta was so limp, acceptable maybe only to northern europeans! We don't like... More

We've been in Carloforte several times, discovered Galaia today thanks to Tripadvisor. It deserves to be n.1 The "spaghetti Galaia" were superb, nicely balanced and cooked to perfection, the "grigliata mista" was excellent and the lemon sorbet with mirto was a first. Large portions (we took some home), friendly service and good house wine. We paid 55 euro for the... More

We were looking forward to trying this restaurant after reading reviews, but were disappointed. When we asked for a table we were seated in the farthest corner of an empty room, despite there appearing to be lots of empty tables in other rooms. Consequently, we had to go looking for waiters rather than them finding us. The food when it... More