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4.0 of 5
44 AvenueHedi Chaker, Tunis 1002, Tunisia
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Le Diplomat
Ranked #7 of 49 hotels in Tunis
3.5 of 5 stars 62 Reviews
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Much better than expected”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 September 2011
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This is a typical 'upmarket' Tunis hotel - with most of the quirks that you'd expect. The location is good - to the northwest of the central downtown area (Centre Ville) and just 15 minutes (colorful) walk to the Place de la Victoire at the entrance to the Medina. It was 10 mins walk to the shops on Ave de Paris and 20 mins to Ave Habib Bourguiba. A taxi from there back to the hotel cost less than 2 dinars. For orientation, it's just east of Parc Belvedere. The hotel opens onto the street (i.e. not inside any grounds or garden) but we found it very quiet - we had a second floor room at the front. The main road (Hedi Chaker) seems to be the "car repair center" for Tunis - but it had a nice, unthreatening feel and there are two superb patisseries about 50 metres from the front door (turn left on exiting).
Hotel lobby is bright and not too large - easy to navigate. Check-in staff helpful, quick and spoke much better English than my French. Room was plain but large enough for two twin beds. The icebox was large enough to keep bottles of water etc (and it's not a mini-bar some comes empty). Beds and bedding of very good quality (considering price). Aircon seemed a little underpowered, but did a perfectly good job of keeping the room cool (we had to switch it off as we became too cold) Bathroom was plenty big enough for the two of us - not palatial, but clean and efficient. There's a mini-safe in one of the wardrobes - it was locked 'open' but when I called reception they sent a man within 5 mins to fix it.
We only had breakfast at the hotel - it was FINE! OK - so there's not 27 different types of egg and 16 different cereals - but for the price, the pastries, cheeses, juices and bread were better than expected. And the coffee is good too.
I got myself a beer from the bar on the the mezzanine floor. It was like walking into a lung. Not the place to stay for a drink, but OK for a take-out. And the Wi-Fi was excellent.
One tip - the power goes off when you remove the keycard from the slot by the door, so use some card to keep perpetual power in the room (for the fridge and the aircon)

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Tunis, Tunisia
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Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Single women, beware!”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 June 2011
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I came to Tunis for work, and spent my first night in Tunisia at this hotel. It was memorable, mostly for the wrong reasons. In fact, it was crazy as hell.

While the hotel was clean, there were some problems with electricity and with the plumbing. I had to change rooms because the toilet was not working. The cleaning staff left the toilet scrubber out in plain view, which was unpleasant.

The worst part of my stay was the extremely unprofessional and creepy male receptionist who apparently took a liking to me and continued to call my room and knock on my door until midnight to "check" on me and offer me cakes. He even knocked on the door to tell me that he would be sleeping across the hall from me in the room that I had vacated. Single women, beware of this place. The fact that he thought he could get away with this implies that he has done it before with impunity. Push a chair against your door and double lock it.

Never again!

  • Stayed March 2011, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 June 2011
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attractuve lobby area and bedroom large and clean although it did smell of smoke.
walls paper thin but we had a god night's sleep.

breakfast was very poor - croissants, cereal or egg but this is standard in tunisia.
impressive bar area on the mezzanine but very smoky!

excellent free wifi.
we will return!

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“Run down with some good points”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2011

Very Run down hotel but clean. Also free and fast wifi. But entire hotel needs a lot of renovation and also to improve food. Ok place for a couple of nights if on business.

  • Stayed March 2011
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“VERY LARGE, NICE, LUXCIEUSE ROOM”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2010

The room is great. Marble floor, nice comfortable bed, and clean.
I will stay in that hotel again with my baby and my husband.
THE BREAKFAST IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE but it is a very poor, cheap boring breakfast. I paid $633 for 2,5 weeks for 2 people regular room.
Watch out for the young arab (35/ 40 year old) who is viciously hitting on woman.
I will not want him to accompany me to my room.
Watch out if you have a baby and are staying in Tunisia because they will rob your baby. It happend to one woman. DO NOT TRUST ANY ONE WITH YOUR BABY OR KIDS.

oUR ROOM was on the street side at RAMADAN times. Not very noisy at all.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 44 AvenueHedi Chaker, Tunis 1002, Tunisia
Price range (per night):* INR3,957 - 6,019

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