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Here are the best restaurants in Bahrain.
Upstairs, Downstairs (see my separate review)
Jim's - this place has had multiple owners. Chef Dominic bought it from the original Jim Lawless (avoid his place Jim's Camelot Castle - not nearly as good) and the quality and range of the menu improved markedly, but recent visits have been disappointing. It's a Bahrain landmark and their English breakfast is one of the best on the island.
Mezzaluna - great quality of food, French/international in style but small portions. They also need to renew their menu. They have a jazz band on Fridays (the same one that plays in Upstairs Downstairs)
All the restaurants in the Gulf hotel are excellent: Fusions, Thai, Chinese, Iranian, Italian. They are best of breed and not too expensive by 5-star standards.
Monsoon - fantastic Thai/Asian food. Beautiful setting and always packed. One of the best.
Bambu - excellent value and quality (see my separate review).
Lanterns - Indian. Best to go on the buffet or all you can eat for BD5 nights. Avoid at other times. Lanterns is just off Burgerland roudabout, on Budaiya Highway. Indian food in Bahrain is generally poor quality so don't expect too much.
Cicos - friendly, cosy and cheap Italian. Does fantastic carbonnara.
Cafe Lilou - better for brunch than dinner. Their food is competitively priced and so tasty you want to order another portion. The shrimp and hammour with garlic pat choy and mashed potatoes is perfection on a plate.
Hong Kong (Umm Al Hassan branch, not Budaiya branch) - the best Chinese on the island. Try their lemon chicken.
Krumz - good food, but trading on its reputation. No atmosphere downstairs
Trader Vics (Ritz Carlton) - great atmosphere and food. For special occasions.
Updated Aug 6, 2007
Address: most restaurants are in Adliya, in central Manama
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Quite simply, this has the best atmosphere of any restaurant in Bahrain. It has live music most nights, with a live jazz band on Thursday; the menu is comprehensive and features something for everyone; the decor and fittings are superb; prices are very reasonable; and the quality of the food is excellent. Don't miss Friday brunch - a superb 3 course menu and unlimited drinks, with JoJo playing jazz piano, for BD9+. Upstairs is a bit more formal; downstairs more casual and better for the music.
Favorite Dish: You really can't go wrong whatever you choose. I love the bacon & leek mornay to start. The hammour pate is a speciality. They have a great choice of mains.
Updated May 24, 2007
Address: Adliya
I visited this place because it's owned by the same pony-tailed guy that owns Bambu, one of my favourite restaurants. But I'll never return. First up, you have to queue for a stale buffet, before the meat comes. The concept here is simple - fixed price BD12.8 and you eat and drink all you can (like Bambu). The waiters pass from table to table with huge skewers of meat, dripping fat and blood onto cold plates that quickly coagulates and forms grease deposits on your plate and cutlery. The meat is blood rare and very unsightly. Needless to say don't even consider it if you're a veggie. I like steak, but not dripping all over the place. All you have to accompany it is chunky fries or the rubbish buffet. If you ask for well done you go to the end of the queue. The concept simply doesn't work. I was sorry on my only visit that I didn't get the chance to tell the owner how god-awful it was.
Favorite Dish: There is nothing good about this place.
Written May 24, 2007
Address: Adliya
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Friday brunch buffet opens at 11:00 to 15:00 where you can eat until you drop for 10 BD (excluding coffee). Free flow water and sparkling wine, with various choice of apetizers, salads, international main course, seafood, and desserts, in a nice and big room with a view to the swimming pool and sea.
Favorite Dish: Grilled pork ribs, free flow sparkling wine.
Written Dec 22, 2004
Address: Crowne Plaza Hotel
Website: http://www.crowneplaza-bahrain.com
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Rik's is run by an American and his Filipina wife. It's basically a series of little interconnected bars, where they serve a great Thursday night buffet with huge pork ribs and steaks.
Favorite Dish: All of the Thursday night buffet is good. Don't eat for a couple of days before you go there, because the portions are massive. I particularly liked the brisket.
Written Oct 21, 2004
Address: Juffair
Phone: 725550
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Despite the pubs, discos and nightlife of Bahrain, nothing presents such a contrast to the "Middle East" as Trader Vic's, the home of the Mai Tai. The food is over-priced and average, but one frequents Trader Vic's for the amazing variety of Hawaian/Tiki-style drinks, not the food. The atmosphere is Bamboo and Easter Island meets Waikiki, the band is Cuban and the crowd is drunkenly friendly. See how far you can work your way through the bar menu, from the Navy Grog to the Suffering Bastard to the Mai Tai to the Planter's Punch to the......
Written Aug 10, 2003
Address: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Manama
Phone: (973)586 555
Website: www.tradervics.com
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Amazing. Best brunch I've ever had!
Favorite Dish: Best brunch in Bahrain every Friday from 12.00 noon - 3.00 p.m.
Written May 30, 2007
Address: The Diplomat Raddisson Hotel Manama
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Krumz Bistro in Adliya, especially Bradley Bigg, the manager!
Favorite Dish: Anything with chicken, or the local seafood, hammour.
Written Aug 24, 2002
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