Best Italian Restaurants in Tunis

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Throw back the turquoise shutters in Tunis and the smell of blistered dough rolls toward you from the gleaming copper pizza ovens. The margherita arrives with a crust that snaps like thin Tunisian tiles, sun-warmed tomatoes, and basil that scents the room. Show up before 20:00 or you’ll be waiting on the jasmine-scented sidewalk.

Les Jardins d'El Menzah 1, Tunis, Tunisia

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Whitewashed arches in Sidi Bou Saïd frame the Gulf of Tunis; inside, sea breeze mixes with olive-wood smoke. Wood-fired pies land leopard-spotted, mozzarella foaming like morning surf - request the anchovy-caper twist. Book a balcony table and watch sunset gild the village’s blue doors while you eat.

V89V+H6V, Rue de la Méditerranée, Site archéologique de Carthage 2026, Tunisia

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FEDERICO’s glass-front kitchen in Tunis lets you watch chefs sling dough against crumbling medina stone. Their white pizza, slick with garlic oil and rosemary, crackles like a campfire; close with lemon-zest tiramisu that tastes of cool night air. Come at lunch when locals pack the patio and the call to prayer drifts overhead.

immeuble el majd, 1 Rue du Lac de Constance, Tunis 1053, Tunisia

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Step under the studded cedar door; lantern light skips across ochre walls while harissa-spiked tomato sauce simmers. Bab Tounès marries Tunisian heat with Italian comfort - order the merguez-laden pie whose smoky juices soak the airy crust. Bring cash; the card reader sulks more often than not.

3 Rue de l’ancienne douane, Tunis 1000, Tunisia

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Panzerotti’s open hatch in Tunis exhales a puff of frying dough that smells like carnival nights. Bite the half-moon pocket: crust shatters, molten cheese strings stretch, and a blast of tomato steams your face. Order two; the first will scorch your tongue and the second vanishes before you reach Avenue Habib Bourguiba.

01 Rue du 13 Août 1956, tunis 2078, Tunisia

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Push open the glass door and Tunis room crackles into focus: wine glasses knocking, garlic steam billowing off the open kitchen. The wood-fired oven throws out leopard-spotted pizzas with charred, chewy crusts; beside them, aubergine parmigiana glints under a bronze lid of melted cheese. By 8 p.m. every one of the 24 seats is taken by locals who treat the dining room like an extension of their own living room, so be on the doorstep before seven if you want to claim a chair in this Tunis favorite.

19 Av. Fattouma Bourguiba, 2036, Tunisia

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