BAHRAIN
Food & Wine:
If you are one of those people who enjoys a good cup of coffee, then you have come to the right place. Cafés - both traditional Arabic and Western - are scattered all over the island and the choices are fabulous.
Arabic coffee has been part of the culture here for centuries. When Arabic coffee is offered to a guest, it is considered a gesture of friendship.
 Traditionally, ghahwas (coffee houses) were found in the souk and were designed with a very simple style: high wooden benches arranged in a square to give customers the opportunity to chat. Ghahwas served the urban population at a time when communication systems were rudimentary. Without telephones, telegraph or even a fully functioning post office, person-to-person contact was the only effective way of getting news or spreading gossip. Not only did the coffee houses disseminate news, they also manufactured it.
However, today Bahrain has taken this tradition to another level, mixing local and international customs and introducing a whole new coffee house culture. The traditional ghahwas developed into luxuriously decorated places where music, chess and shisha (hookah or hubble bubble) can be enjoyed.
At every table you will find men and women puffing on the shisha pipe and blowing through their half-closed lips long jets of aromatic smoke that fills the air with its distinctive scent. Some will be playing cards, some backgammon and some talking eagerly among themselves.
 Apart from the traditional coffee shops, there has been an explosion of sorts of the Western-style cafés. The district of Adliya is lined with many cafés that have opened up in recent years, offering not just coffee concoctions of every type, but also excellent salads, light meals and desserts served up in homey surrounds.
Restaurants:
The region has an eclectic mix of cultures and can offer a wide variety of restaurants to choose from.
Arabic I International I Chinese I Seafood I Italian I Fusion
Arabic:
Al Dar Restaurant Manama Tower Hotel
Tel: 1729 5111
Hours 17:00-05:00
Al Ferouz
Adhari Hotel
Tel: 1722 4242
Hours 20:00-02:00
Atlantis
Ramada Hotel
Tel: 17742 000
Hours 21:00-02:00
Khan Al Marjan
Al Safir Hotel
Tel: 17827999
Hours 09:00-03:00
International cuisine:
Abunawas Lounge
Aradous Hotel
Tel: 17224343
Hours 12:00-24:00
Al Abraaj
Sehla, Adliya, Riffa, Al A'ali Mall, Seef Mall
Tels: 17590123, 17714191, 17624666, 17580707, 17582266,
17556161
Hours 12:00-24:00
Al Bindaira Cafe
Al A'ali Mall
Tel: 17587587
Hours 09:30-01:00
Al Dallah
Atals Hotel
Tel: 1727 5500
24 hours
Al Daniah
Gudaibiya Avenue
Tel: 17252316
Hours 09:00-05:00
Al Dar Coffee Shop
Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Tel: 17531122
24 hours
Al Fanar
Diplomat Hotel
Tel: 17531666
Hours 20:30-02:00
Al Jabal
Best Western Baisan Hotel
Tel: 17290555
Hours 19:00-02:00
Al Nakeel
Palace Inn Hotel
Tel: 1772 5000
24 hours
Al Pasha
Bahrain International Hotel
Tel: 17211313
24 hours
Al Qahawah
Gulf Gate Hotel
Tel: 17210210
24 hours
Al Safir
Sheraton Bahrain
Tel: 17533533
Hours 06:30-11:30 / 12:30-24:00
Al Waha Cafe
Gulf Hotel
Tel: 17713000
Hours 12:00-15:30 / 19:00-23:00
Al Wasmeyyah
Bahrain Hilton
Tel: 17535000
24 hours
Alosra
Manama
Tel: 17240098
07:00-01:00
Amigos,
Dilmun Club, Saar
Tel: 17690926
Hours 10:00-22:30
Anchor
Baisan Int'l Hotel
Tel: 17290600
24 hours
Applebee's
Bahrain Mall Car Park
Tel: 1755 5834
Hours 11:00-24:00
Bapco Club Restaurant
Bapco Club, Awali
Tel: 17753666
Hours 17:00-23:00
Bistro
Dilmun Club
Tel: 17690926
Hours 12:00-22:30
Bourbon Street
Adhari Hotel
Tel: 17224242
24 hours
Caesar's
Adliya
Tel: 17716955
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:45
Cafe delle Palme
Adliya
Tel: 17725414
Hours 10:00-24:00
Cafe Marisol
Al Bander Hotel and Resorts
Tel: 17701201
Hours 07:00-24:00
Candles
Dilmun Club
Tel: 17690926
Hours 19:00-23:00
Century International
Adliya
Tel: 17710100
Hours 07:30-02:00
Chaq's-Grill Room
Best Western Baisan Tower
Tel: 17290555
24 hours
Charcoal Grill
Bab Al Bahrain, Um Al Hassam & Riffa
Tels: 17213410, 17729115, 17775119
Hours 10:00-03:00 (Bab Al Bahrain), 11:30-14:30, 17:00-24:00 (Um al Hassam & Riffa)
Club F1
Metropolitan Hotel
Tel: 1729 6464
Hours 12:00-16:00 / 19:00-02:00
Coconut Grove
Adliya
Tel: 17710910
Hours 11:00-15:00 / 18:00-02:00
Concorde
The British Club
Tel: 17728245
Hours 12:00-15:30 / 19:00-22:00
Dhow Restaurant
Bahrain Carlton Hotel
Tel: 17715999
Hours 07:00-02:00
Good Fellas
Grand Hotel
Tel: 17290100
Hours 16:00-02:00
Hot City
Palace Inn Hotel
Tel: 17725000
Hours 18:00-02:00
Hunter's Lodge
Adhari Hotel
Tel: 17224242
Hours 11:00-24:00
Jala Restaurant
Juffair
Tel: 17728500
Hours 11:00-15:00 / 18:00-24:00
Kwality
Manama
Tel: 17210413
Hours 11:30-16:00 / 18:00-23:30
La Brasserie
Grand Hotel
Tel: 17290100
24 hours
La Mosaique
Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Tel: 17531122
Hours 07:30-22:30
La Veranda
Aradous Hotel
Tel: 17224343
24 hours
Le Bistro Brasserie
The Regency Inter-Continental
Tel: 17227777
Hours 06:30-02:00
Mediterranee
Ritz Carlton Bahrain
Tel: 17580000
Hours 06:30-23:30
Mezzaluna
Adliya
Tel: 17742999
Hours 18:00-24:00
Mughal Mahal
Gulf Pearl Hotel
Tel: 17217333
Hours 11:30-15:30 / 19:00-24:00
Olive Garden
Elite Hotel
Tel: 17827600
24 hours
Olivo's Brassiere
The Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel
Tel: 17531666
24 hours
Opera Cafe
across from Mansouri Mansions
Tel: 17710988
Hours 12:00-01:00
Paradise Cafe & Restaurant
Govt. Avenue, Manama
Tel: 17535306
Hours 09:00-01:00
Pearl Restaurant
Marina Club
Tel: 17291527
Hours 13:00-16:00 / 19:00-24:00
Peppers
Adliya
Tel: 17717808
Hours 11:30-15:00 / 18:00-00:30
Plums
Ritz Carlton Bahrain
Tel: 17580000
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:30
Ramee Cafe
Windsor Tower Hotel
Tel: 17297000
24 hours
Ramee Corner
Metropolitan Hotel
Tel:17296464
24 hours
Rock Bottom Cafe
Ramee Int'l Hotel
Tel: 17727230
Hours 12:00-02:00
Rock Village
Best Western Baisan Tower
Tel: 17290555
Hours 12:00-02:00
Chinese:
Beijing Chinese
Adliya
tel: 1771 7969
Hours 11:30-15:00 / 18:30-24:00
China Express
Adliya
Tel: 1771 7598
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:00-24:00
China Garden
Tel: 1771 3000
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:00
First Chinese Restaurant
Adliya
Tel: 1771 3603
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:00-24:00
Foli
Umm Al Hassam
Tel: 1772 2199
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:30-23:30
Gulf Royal Chinese
Manama & Budaiya
Tel: 1722 4271
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:30
Hong Kong Restaurant
Budaiya & Um al Hassam
Tel: 1772 8700
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:30-23:30
Jade Garden
Adliya
Tel: 1782 6100
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:30-23:30
Magic Wok
Jawad Food Centre, Barbar
Tel: 1769 4105
Hours 10:00-23:00
Mandarin Restaurant
Gudaibiya
Tel: 1725 9775
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:30
Shanghai Hut
Exhibitions Avenue
Tel: 1729 2988
Hours 12:00-02:00
Seafood:
Far East
Ramee Int'l Hotel
Tel: 17727230
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-24:00
Fishmarket Restaurant
Al Bander Resort
Tel: 17701201
Hours 13:00-23:00
Hungry Fisherman
Adliya
Tel: 17715573
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:00-24:00
La Perle
Novotel Al Dana Resort
Tel: 17298008
Hours 12:30-15:30 / 19:00-22:30
Sea Chef
Exhibitions Avenue
Tel: 17292911
Hours 11:30-01:00
Seafood Market
Sheza Tower Hotel
Tel: 17533336
Hours 12:30-22:45
Waves
Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Tel: 17531122
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:00
Italian:
Cico's
Adliya
Tel: 17713710
Hours 12:30-14:30 / 19:30-22:30
Ciro's Promodoro
Hyatt Palace
Tel: 17714001
Hours 12:00-01:00
La Pergola
Tel: 17713000
Hours 12:00-14:45 / 19:00-22:45
La Taverna
City Centre Hotel
Tel: 17229979
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-24:00
Mammamia
Riffa
Tel: 17772321
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:30-24:00
Oliveto
Adliya
Tel: 17716747
Hours 12:00-14:30 / 19:00-23:30
Pizzabella
Al Hamala
Tel: 17611751
Hours 10:00-24:00
Primavera
Ritz Carlton Bahrain
Tel: 17580000
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:30
Roma Restaurant
Um al Hassam
Tel: 17725885
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 19:00-24:00
Veneziano
Diplomat Hotel
Tel: 17531666
Hours 11:00-15:00 / 19:00-23:00
Fusion:
Trader Vic's
Ritz Carlton Bahrain
Tel: 17589589
Hours 12:00-15:00 / 18:00-01:30
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