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CARTHAGECAFÉ & LOUNGE
Warm candlelit interior of Carthage Lounge with blue velvet seating, brass lamps and Tunisian tiles

Tunisian kitchen · coffee · shisha

Life beginsafter coffee.

Brik, ojja and slow-simmered couscous, proper espresso and fresh mint tea — the soul of Tunisia on Cricklewood Broadway, served late into the night.

Brik à l'œuf
Ojja
Couscous tunisien
Lablabi
Mint tea
Shisha
Bambalouni
Speciality coffee
Brik à l'œuf
Ojja
Couscous tunisien
Lablabi
Mint tea
Shisha
Bambalouni
Speciality coffee
The Carthage Lounge storefront on Cricklewood Broadway with its black awning reading life begins after coffee
Traditional Tunisian mint tea with pine nuts at Carthage Lounge

Our story

A little corner of Carthage, in Cricklewood.

Carthage Lounge is a Tunisian kitchen, coffee house and shisha lounge on Cricklewood Broadway. We cook the food we grew up with — eggs poached in spicy ojja, crisp brik broken open at the table, couscous piled high — and serve it with proper espresso, fresh mint tea and a lounge that stays warm long after the kitchen closes.

Whether you are here for a late breakfast, a coffee and a catch-up, or a shisha and a long conversation, there is a table with your name on it.

“Everything we cook is a memory of home — and everyone who walks in is a guest at our table.”
Tunisian kitchenBrik, ojja, couscous and slow-cooked classics.
Speciality coffeeEspresso, capucin and mint tea, served late.
Shisha loungeLow light, fruit heads and slow evenings.
Open until 2amSeven days a week, on Cricklewood Broadway.
Every day
3pm – 2am
Address
NW2
Kitchen
Tunisian

Signature dishes

The dishes people come back for.

See the full menu
Tunisian brik pastry with a runny egg, tuna and capers on a ceramic plate at Carthage Lounge
01The classic

Brik à l'œuf

Crisp malsouka pastry, a runny egg, tuna and capers — the first thing we order, every time.

Tunisian ojja with merguez sausages and poached eggs in a cast-iron skillet at Carthage Lounge
02Most loved

Ojja

Eggs poached in a spicy tomato and pepper sauce with merguez, garlic and bread for dipping.

Tunisian couscous with lamb, chickpeas and vegetables served in a hand-painted bowl
03Friday favourite

Couscous tunisien

Steamed semolina, tender lamb, chickpeas and vegetables, finished with a spoon of harissa.

Ornate shisha pipe on a low table in the dimly lit Carthage Lounge with blue velvet seating
Sunday Smokes · weekends

The lounge

Coffee, shisha and nowhere else to be.

The front of the house is for coffee and catch-ups; the back is for shisha, mint tea and conversations that run past midnight. Blue velvet, brass lamplight and a welcome that lasts until last orders.

The coffee bar

Tunisian espresso, capucin and iced coffee, pulled all day.

Shisha, done properly

Classic blends and fresh fruit heads, prepared at your table.

Mint tea & pastries

Fresh mint, pine nuts, makroudh and baklava — the Tunisian way.

Late, every night

Doors open until 2am, seven days a week. No rush.

Reserve the lounge
Freshly fried Tunisian brik with a runny egg yolk at Carthage Lounge
Brik, broken at the table
Tunisian bambalouni doughnut served with a foamy cappuccino
Coffee & bambalouni
Tunisian breakfast spread with shakshuka, harissa, olives and fresh bread
The Tunisian breakfast
Traditional Tunisian mint tea with pine nuts in an ornate glass
Mint tea, always
Carthage Lounge's black storefront and awning on Cricklewood Broadway at dusk

Painted above our door

“life begins after coffee”

It is on the awning for a reason. Come for the coffee, stay for the shisha, leave when the conversation ends.

Join us tonight

Find us

Come sit with us.

No booking needed for coffee and shisha. For tables of six or more, send us a message on WhatsApp and we will get you sorted.

Address

126 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3EE

Get directions

Opening hours

Monday – Sunday

3:00pm – 2:00am

Kitchen and shisha lounge until late

Call or WhatsApp

020 8438 9777

+44 7824 114233

Carthage Lounge

126 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3EE

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