Restaurants in Central Tunisia
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Planet Food
For homesick Americans, this Planet Hollywood imitator should do the trick. From the movie posters to the headshots of famous actors to the TVs playing movies and videos, Planet Food is all American. However, it's Tunisians who mostly come here, young people on dates and families enjoying the enormous menu at cheaper prices than the tourist traps. Pizzas, hamburgers, fish, chicken, salads, etc are served. Paella for two is delicious.
Until the kinks are worked out don't be surprised if the service is desultory.
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Coffeehouses
There are plenty of outdoor places to enjoy a coffee, soft drink, mint tea or a sheesha (water pipe). Most popular in the evenings are the tables strewn around place des Martyrs in front of the Hôtel Sabra.
Just south of here near the intersection of ave Hamda Laaouani and ave de la République are two good coffeehouses: Café Belhadj and Café Amar.
Just north of the medina in front of Bab Tunis is the Café Les Soirées de L'Orient.
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Caracas
One of the better places to eat in the city centre, frequented by young and hip Tunisians, Caracas is built to resemble some version of the Latin American city. Well, there are faux stone walls and colonial archways but it's a modern restaurant with TVs tuned to Arab language music videos. The eclectic menu has everything from pizza to deli sandwiches and Tunisian and western standards. The enormous chicken omelette is a meal unto itself.
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Segni
Kairouan is famous for a date-filled semolina cake soaked in honey called makhroud, which can be found everywhere. Expect to pay 150 mills a piece. Segni is the best place to sample makhroud and other local specialties. Signed only in Arabic in the middle of the medina, Segni's interior is a wonderful example of a traditional medina shop.
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Albatross
Just past Tip Top is the Albatross, another of the tourist-class restaurants that spend a great deal of attention on translating the menu and dressing the waiters in uniforms, and give at least a few nods in the direction of elegance, but that serve up unspectacular Tunisian and continental fare. Pizzas are good.
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Du Peuple
The owner of this little medina restaurant has the tourist trade cornered and rightly so. Hearty meat and couscous dishes are served off an assembly line, and tea and watermelon come free with desert. It's a bright and pleasant spot just inside the medina walls next to the Hôtel de Paris.
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Saloon Steakhouse Grill & Disco Pub
If you've every wanted to eat on what appears to be the movie set for an American western in Tunisia, then this surreal restaurant around 2km from the Ville Nouvelle should not be missed. Hearty steaks are the deserved specialty though you have to pay extra for the custom sauces.
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Dodo Restaurant
This, the most modern of the medina restaurants, is a bit of a surprise. Surrounded by the clutter of commerce, the Dodo is a little bit of a refuge though it is expensive by medina standards. Pizza and Tunisian meat dishes are on the menu.
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Patisserie Rabaoui Kairouan
Places to try Kairouan's famed date-filled semolina cake soaked in honey (called makhroud) include the outdoor stalls just off the main thoroughfare near the arch, or the brightly lit and modern Patisserie Rabaoui Kairouan.
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Restaurant Marmite
Across from the Hôtel Residence Monia, this posh, at least as far as cost goes, restaurant serves up seafood and other Tunisian fare, plus wine. A marmite, by the way, in Tunisia is a large urn-shaped cooking pot.
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Roi Roi du Couscous
A raucous place by Tunisian standards, this restaurant-bar is filled with men, smoke and beer, even in the middle of the day. It's not exactly the cleanest place in town but big servings of couscous are served.
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Restaurant Tip Top
Tip Top is your standard tourist restaurant though it seems to be more popular than others, possibly because their street-side touting waiters are more vocal. The seafood is good though expensive.
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Restaurant Karawan
A clean, friendly family-run place, the Karanwan serves the usual couscous and meat dishes though the tajines and briqs appetizers are particularly good.
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Restaurant de la Jeunesse
This is the place to get couscous in the heart of the medina. The restaurant is tourist-friendly though it's worth double checking your bill.
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Food Stalls
Lots of fruit is grown around Kairouan; you'll find whatever's in season at the stalls around place de Tunis, just north of the medina.
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Forum Grill
A beachfront tourist restaurant that is nevertheless not a bad option since the service is friendly and it has a large, eclectic menu.
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Patisserie Royal Opera
And next door to the Gelateria is this pastry shop/take out restaurant. Or you can eat in at one of the stand up tables.
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Picolomondo
A short walk from the Aghlabid Basins, Picolomondo is a modern restaurant with pizza and other Tunisian fare.
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Gelateria Italiana
Next door to Picolomondo, this place has a good selection of gelatos.
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