Carthage Cafe - Vancouver

Carhage is a nice, quite, quaint little restaurant on Commercial Drserving French/Tunisian cuisineGreat date spot.

Quaint, rustic, cosy little restaurant serving up French/Tunisian cuisine.

I went there once a little bit more than a year ago, and had a great experience.

Good food! Although the service was a little mixed when I went in, and the portions could serve to be a bit larger. I definitely intend to go back, though.

When I visited: Weekday evening<br/ Booths? No<br/ Noisy? No<br/ Lives up to it’s name? Less of a cafe, more of a restaurant. No alliteration there though I suppose.<br/ Candies with Bill? Yes but boring.<br/ <br/ This is one of those restaurants that provide a little basket of complimentary bread with your meal – though I read somewhere they charge for refills. We tried the Moroccan iced tea which was fine, and my date had the seafood bouillabaise -fish of the day, scallops, tiger prawns and mussels in saffron broth and she said it was decent. I really appreciate restaurants that have ‘sampler’ plates where I can try a bunch of different stuff in one entree, so I chose the Couscous Carthage – steamed couscous, chicken, lamb, merguez and autumn vegetables in tomato sauce. It was pretty good. Service was good. Music was light and jazzy and Frenchy but not offensively so.<br/ <br/ Although this is indeed a unique dining experience, the food won’t knock your socks off. Desserts “all made on site” but still overpriced. I could get that tart in a deli for half the price. I’ve been here twice – I probably won’t go back, I feel like I’ve got the experience and don’t need to spend the money a third time. I would recommend it though if you haven’t been, are looking for something a bit (but not wildly) different, and don’t mind spending some money.<br/ <br/ Biggest Rave: If you’re looking for some fine dining that is open past 9pm this is an option!<br/ <br/ Biggest Rant: Unnecessarily hoity-toity. Also – I don’t understand these thin, dry sausages. Who likes them?<br/ <br/ TRIVIA: Carthage is a seaside suburb of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis…in Africa! It was once the center of the ancient Carthaginian civilization.