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Best Cafés in Tunis (2026)

Café culture in Tunis is about tea, conversation and time rather than speciality coffee. The most historic stop is Café M'Rabet in the medina souks, founded in the early seventeenth century and regarded as the oldest coffee house in Tunisia, with its central bench and columns still in place. Order tea with pine nuts, the local ritual. Nearby, El Ali combines a cultural café, a reading room and a roof terrace looking over the medina's mosques, and it makes a good first stop for getting your bearings.

In Sidi Bou Said, two cafés are part of every visit. The Café des Nattes, at the top of the village, has served the public since the eighteenth century and keeps the traditional layout of benches and columns; it closed for a time in 2023, so check locally that it is open. The Café des Délices spreads across the cliffside facing the sea and is the place to watch the bay. Both are busiest at weekends and around sunset, so come in the morning or on a weekday afternoon for a quieter seat. Carry cash, as smaller cafés may not take cards.

4 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Tunis

  1. Café M’Rabet Historic coffee house, MedinaFounded in the early seventeenth century and considered the oldest coffee house in Tunisia, a medina café with columns, benches and tea with pine nuts.
  2. El Ali Cultural café and restaurant, MedinaA cultural café and restaurant near the Zitouna Mosque with a covered courtyard, a reading room and a roof terrace looking over the medina.
  3. Café des Délices Clifftop café, Sidi Bou SaidA terraced café on the cliffside of Sidi Bou Said facing the sea, built around the tomb of a local saint and famous for its views over the bay.

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1. Café M’Rabet

Historic coffee house$Medina

Founded in the early seventeenth century and considered the oldest coffee house in Tunisia, a medina café with columns, benches and tea with pine nuts.

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2. El Ali

Cultural café and restaurant$Medina

A cultural café and restaurant near the Zitouna Mosque with a covered courtyard, a reading room and a roof terrace looking over the medina.

View details — El Ali