Tunisia
This little bakery sells tasty sweet and savoury pasties if you need a fix between meals. If you're not staying in one of Le Kef's dars but want to sample…
Must-see restaurants in Tunisia
Tunis
Fish dominates the menu at this old-fashioned place (also known as La Victoire), and dishes are tasty if overpriced. The upstairs room here lacks…
Cap Bon
Le Patio is a smart, contemporary-styled little place with seats under a bright atrium or among nooks and crannies for intimate dining. It serves Tunisian…
Tunis
Tasty traditional food is served in a large kitsch-filled ballroom that’s the very definition of faded grandeur, with views over the busy main drag below…
Northern Tunisia
Smart Tunisian restaurant that manages to stretch beyond just couscous, with an interesting selection of stews like kamounia (beef cooked with cumin),…
Southern Tunisia
It’s a bit of a dive but if you want to complement a standard Tunisian meal with a beer or glass of wine (and secondhand smoke), try Restaurant Semiramis,…
Northern Tunisia
This pleasant open-fronted cafe and restaurant overlooking the beach offers up grilled fish along with salads and the occasional couscous and Tunisian…
Southern Tunisia
A cheery hotel with terrace just across the road from the louage station, and the only good eating option outside the hotels. Expect standard Tunisian…
Douz
If you need a break from couscous, this bright and clean fast-food-style place might be an option. As well as some big pizzas, you can get chapatis,…
Tunis
Perched high above the bay, this heavily gilded expense-account haunt has a terrace commanding truly fabulous views. The menu offers seafood, pasta and…
Cap Bon
Cosy L’Olivier has seating across two levels with an easygoing European-Mediterranean bistro menu. The simple seafood, including chargrilled prawns, and…
Tunisia
An average-quality but clean place located behind the El Jem Amphitheatre. Most people order fish or merguez (spicy sausage) grilled over charcoal at a…
Hammamet
One of several ice-cream shops lining the street south of L’Angolo Verde, Mongelli has a large range of flavours but is most notable for its gluten-free…
Tunisia
Grilled seafood and couscous are the in-house specialities at this restaurant just west of the medina on the Corniche. The 2nd-floor terrace has medina…
Southern Tunisia
Across from the local bus station, Essendabad has a range of grilled chicken, couscous and the like, though it’s filled as much with people waiting for…
Tunisia
A short walk from the Aghlabid Basins, this unassuming place serves pizza, pasta and a few meat-based mains. The three-course set lunch (salad, pasta of…
Djerba
Frequented by locals rather than tourists, Sportif is a friendly, no-nonsense eating establishment serving couscous, meat dishes and roast chicken dishes…
Tunis
This buzzing place has plain, no-nonsense decor and is heavily curtained from the street so punters can tuck into the alcohol on offer with impunity. It's…
Tunis
One of a number of popular fast-food stands in this stretch of Rue de la Kasbah selling sandwiches and frites (French fries). There's handy seating in the…
Hammamet
The wide-ranging Italian menu here offers everything from handmade pasta dishes to carpaccio and calamari fritti, which you can enjoy in the much-loved…
Southern Tunisia
A good patisserie to pick up a corne de gazelle pastry filled withchopped nuts soaked in honey and shaped like a gazelle’s horn, Tataouine's signature…
Sidi Bou Saïd
Right by the marina, this upmarket but nicely relaxed place offers seafood and grills with a French slant that can be enjoyed in the candlelit, canopied…
Bizerte
A cheap-and-cheerful corner eatery with a good choice of traditional Tunisian standards. Not gourmet by any standards but offers reliable good value and…
Bizerte
Two blocks west of the port’s southern end is Place Bouchacha, now the centre of a vast outdoor and indoor market where locals come to find both edibles…
Southern Tunisia
Pino is a pleasant and modern canteen restaurant, serving up large portions of the standard meat dishes, plus salads and pizzas. The 2nd-floor dining room…
Southern Tunisia
An unassuming and no-nonsense place, Ben Kachoukha serves a regular clientele but welcomes strangers. It serves standard Tunisian fare and freshly caught…
Southern Tunisia
One of several like-minded restaurants next to the bus station, serving quick, unpretentious servings of grilled chicken, Tunisian salads and the like.
Sousse
Across from Hôtel Residence Monia, this old-fashioned restaurant named after a Tunisian cooking pot serves seafood and other Tunisian fare.
Sousse
Cheap, luridly coloured ice cream is the major drawcard at this bustling place, but it also produces biscuits and gâteaux.
Southern Tunisia
This is a sparkling-clean place with a bright checkerboard floor and high-backed chairs serving Tunisian fare. A popular lunch spot.
Southern Tunisia
If you want to eat in over-the-top kitsch surroundings, try this place in the Jugurtha Palace west of town. Alcohol is served.
Bizerte
Facing the old port and the fake Phoenician warship restaurant, with good coffee and a smattering of tables on the pavement.
Tunisia
A tiny place in the medina serving simple but well-prepared dishes (grilled fish, couscous) at bargain prices. No alcohol.
Southern Tunisia
Like its American namesake, Mac’Dor is usually hopping, though the menu here is mostly hearty shawarma and pizza.
Douz
A lunchtime favourite with locals, all tucking into speedily served dishes of couscous, soups, salads and grills.
Southern Tunisia
Take in the setting over a coffee at the Café de la Corbeille, which has a terrace overlooking La Corbeille.
Southern Tunisia
Basic restaurant offering chapattis, briks (savoury flaky pastry) and so on. Decent but unexciting.
Southern Tunisia
The name says it all at this lively fast-food-style joint – it’s good, tasty and very filling.
Southern Tunisia
Cheap Tunisian standards of soup, chicken, and couscous, in a handy location for the bus station.
Southern Tunisia
Fair and cheap but unsurprising Tunisian standards are served up in this restaurant.
