Italo Bassi Confusion Restaurant

This restaurant has brought a breath of fresh air to the area around the port thanks to its enchanting and distinctive decor. With its mirrors, gold-coloured features, glass and open-view kitchen, ConFusion demonstrates its owners’ real attention to detail, which is even more evident in the creative and technically astute dishes prepared by its chef Italo Bassi, making this a truly memorable dining experience. The clean flavours in this chef’s cuisine are the result of precise cooking methods and skill in combining different ingredients to create balanced and elegant dishes. Sardinian ingredients are to the fore here, with raw fish, top-quality meat, oysters and caviar all featuring on the menu, accompanied by excellent wines and a good selection of renowned champagnes.

Eno-Gastro-Edonism: the restaurant’s guiding philosophy

• Confusion represents the philosophy of Eno-Gastro-Edonism, a fusion of wine, cuisine, and hedonism as the core concept behind Italo Bassi Confusion Restaurant.

Sardinian seafood-forward menu with exotic fragrances

• The menu places strong emphasis on typical Sardinian products with a notable focus on seafood crudités, enriched by exotic fragrances and precious ingredients.

A design-forward luxury experience (Bubble Bar & Bistrot) and MICHELIN Guide Italia 2025 recognition

• The concept pairs culinary excellence with luxury design, featuring elements like the Bubble Bar & Bistrot and the option to Gift the Experience; the restaurant is listed in the MICHELIN Guide Italia 2025.

Signature Ingredients

• Oysters: A cornerstone of Confusion Restaurant's tasting experiences, oysters are showcased as a refined centerpiece alongside other luxury elements. Sourced as premium, fresh specimens, they are prepared to preserve their briny, oceanic character and are often featured in dedicated oyster tastings or paired with caviar. This ingredient embodies the restaurant's seafood-forward philosophy and aligns with its ethos of opulent Italian gastronomy.
• Caviar: A haute, luxurious component regularly included in gourmet menus and tasting experiences. Caviar is presented to complement oysters and other seafood courses, highlighting a refined balance of texture and saline depth. Its inclusion underscores the restaurant's emphasis on precious ingredients and elevated, classical prestige within a contemporary Italian framework.
• Seafood crudités: Central to the kitchen’s approach to seafood, the seafood crudités showcase pristine, raw or lightly prepared seafood items to emphasize freshness, texture, and the pure flavors of the sea. This preparation reinforces the chef’s focus on seafood as the defining element of the menu and reflects a meticulous attention to provenance and quality.
• Typical Sardinian products: A distinctive signature reflecting the restaurant's Sardinian location and philosophy. Local Sardinian ingredients are highlighted to honor Italian regional heritage and terroir, providing a strong sense of place within the dining experience. They are incorporated across courses to fuse traditional Sardinian flavors with the restaurant's modern, extravagant style.