Restaurants in Tunis

The Tunis restaurants below have been hand-picked by our guide author and are grouped into three pricing categories:

Expensive (over TND50)
Moderate (TND25 to TND50)
Cheap (up to TND25)

These Tunis restaurant prices are for a three-course meal for one, including half-a-litre of wine or equivalent. Tax and service are included.

Dar el-Jeld

Price: Expensive
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Set in a grand 18th-century mansion in the heart of the medina, Dar el-Jeld quite possibly serves the best Tunisian food in the country. Dress for dinner and eat like a pasha – the traditional seafood and lamb dishes are house highlights.

Address: 5 Rue Dar el Jeld, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 560 916

Le Rest'ô

Price: Expensive
Cuisine: Multi-Cuisine

Dining out in Tunisia has rarely been so fashionable. By some degree, Le Rest'ô is the trendiest restaurant in Tunis, boasting Philippe Starck furnishings, excellent pan-Mediterranean food and magnificent views over the bay and all of Tunis.

Address: Rue Mendes France, Byrsa Hill, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 733 433

Lucullus

Price: Expensive
Cuisine: Multi-Cuisine

The harbourside district of La Goulette has plenty of fishy dining options, but Lucullus is one of the most upmarket seafood restaurants in Tunis. There's a large terrace in the shade of palm trees across from the harbour, close enough to see where your dish of the day was landed.

Address: 1 avenue Habib Bourguiba, La Goulette, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 98 219 403

Le Malouf

Price: Moderate
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

This is a reliable Italian restaurant in Tunis, serving delicious homemade pastas, pizzas and seafood. Dine in the great courtyard, and if you can, grab a table on Friday or Saturday nights when live traditional Tunisian music accompanies your meal.

Address: Rue de Yougoslavie, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 254 246

Le Bambou Cuisine Asiatique

Price: Moderate
Cuisine: Sushi, Asian fusion

Very nice sushi and other Asian fusion meals presented exquisitely with friendly staff. Very popular so it might pay to book in advance.

Address: 2 Avenue Hedi Nouira Ennasr, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 23 690 602

Dar Belhadj

Price: Moderate
Cuisine: Mediterranean

This a grand restaurant in Tunis, in the palace style, and worth winding through medina alleyways to find. The menu doesn't stray too far from classic Tunisian offerings, though the seafood couscous is a nice twist. Alternatively, the set menu is a great introduction to the country's cuisine.

Address: 17 Rue des Thamis, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 200 894

Chez Slah

Price: Moderate
Cuisine: Seafood, Mediterranean

A perennial favourite among city locals (and consequently always full), Chez Slah isn't quite the easiest place to find in Tunis, but worth tracking down for simple yet beautifully cooked seafood and meat dishes. Closed Mondays.

Address: 14 bis rue Pierre de Coubertin, Le Passage, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 258 588

Café de Paris Brasserie

Price: Cheap
Cuisine: French, Mediterranean

There are plenty of brasseries along Avenue Habib Bourguiba, so walk along and take your pick. One of the most popular is Café de Paris Brasserie, a small yet busy restaurant serving traditional Tunisian fare, salads and pasta.

Address: Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 240 583

Restaurant Les Trois Étoiles

Price: Cheap

Cheap and cheerful is definitely the order of the day at this place. Waiters whip away your plates to satisfy the constant demand for tables, all filling up with tasty grilled meat and huge piles of deeply satisfying couscous.

Address: Rue Mustafa M'barek, Tunis, Tunisia

Le Chargui

Price: Cheap
Cuisine: Mediterranean

Eat in the fresh air of this restaurant in Tunis, either in the courtyard or taking in the views from the roof terrace. As it overlooks the sea, fresh fish should really be top of your order, or zing your palate with grilled merguez (spicy lamb and beef sausages).

Address: 39 Rue Habib Thameur, Sidi Bou Said, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 55 355 942
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