I was greatly pleased by the Carlton

It offers good value, quality service and a nice breakfast buffet. I would recommend it o any tourist visiting Tunis

Our stay at the Carlton was very nice. They have some new rooms and some old rooms, so try to ask for the new ones, as they've been recently renovated. This hotel was in easy walking distance to all the major sights around Tunis (which you should be able to see everything in 3 days). Wi-Fi was free, fast, and easy to get from our room (on the 1st floor).

The breakfast was a little anemic but not bad: cereal, bread, cheese, salami, olives, etc.

The overall condition of the hotel left some things to be desired but our room was very nice. It's not easy to find hotels in this class in Tunisia- either they're dumps (and cheap) or they're rather pricey 5-star tourist hotels. That middle rung is the missing link. The Carlton is in that middle rung and is therefore recommended.

I enjoyed the hotel immensely. The room was well set up, the breakfast was good, the location was excellent, and the service was sterling.

The breakfast had breads and baked goods (brioche/pain au chocolat) that were very good at the hotel. Also nice that you could order eggs and on some days, crepes, which I did not get to try. The hotel staff were mostly pleasant although slightly impersonal.

The 3 worst things about my stay were 1. the bed - very uncomfortable with the small seedlike "buttons" that were periodically spaced all over the mattress plus the mattress itself was uneven, 2. the toilet kept running water (noisy throughout the day and night) even after I had notified the staff, and the tap was leaking so there was constant dripping, 3. even though the room was "non-smoking", there was a constant presence of smoke in the room and the "air-conditioning" (which was really a non-working fan) did not work.

The room is on the small side but there is a nice balcony overlooking the main Ave Habib Bourguiba if you get one of these rooms. Don't expect too much peace and quiet.