Restaurant L'OLIVIER — Restaurant in Sousse

2 visits to this restaurant 1st visit great, 3 of us shared a piella, very nice, bottle of Chardonay 54 dinar on menu. All OK, service very good, so much so we visited a 2nd time, we all had different food from menu, again all good, we had the same bottle of wine, in fact 2 of them. Turns out this time it was 98 dinar, bit of a surprise when we came to pay. We agreed to spilt the difference, assuming it was a genuine error, although still have doubts. Be careful to check what you are getting is indeed what you think it is to avoid the surprise and envitable argument to at the end, which spoiled a good experience otherwise,...

Forced to Leave Because of Unreasonable Policy**

We arrived hoping to enjoy a bottle of wine, but were immediately told we had to order a full meal just to sit down. Since we weren’t hungry enough for a full meal, we refused—and were essentially kicked out for not spending extra.

This kind of forced upsell ("vente forcée") is predatory and absurd. A restaurant that prioritizes squeezing customers over hospitality doesn’t deserve their business. Plenty of cafés manage table turnover fairly (e.g., time limits) without resorting to bullying.

We left and spent our money elsewhere—gladly....

Initially it looked great, the food was okay. Nothing out of the ordinary but not bad either. First issue that came up was that an item in the menu was translated wrongly so we got shrimps instead of the supposed goat cheese. When we pointed that out to the older waiter who served us he got defensive and kinda rude.

The biggest issue was the bill though. We got charged 80 DINAR too much and only noticed because we re-calculated after we left and stood I front of the restaurant. We then told the waiter and he looked over the bill and gave us our...