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DINING Bahrain is no stranger to good food! The range of options available is extensive - from low-end to top-end and from standard cuisines to the downright exotic. All you have to do is FIND it! Here are some popular restaurants in Bahrain.
International Dishes
Upstairs Downstairs
Adliya's popular music venue Upstairs Downstairs has an international restaurant on the first floor and a lounge downstairs. Local jazz musicians perform nightly, and international guest stars regularly take the stage. The varied menu carefully prepared by a team headed by Chef Kavi has the regulars always coming back for more and the newcomers leaving content. Enjoy breakfast in the street with the skylight allowing natural light indoors!

Fusions
An upbeat and trendy modern-style restaurant offering a birds eye view of the city. The cuisine is an exciting melange of world food - creative, modern and imaginative, where Mediterranean, European and Asian style marry in perfect harmony.

Mezzaluna
Set in the glass-domed courtyard of an old Adliya house, Mezzaluna serves up innovative, sophisticated and fun filled food. Low lighting and eclectic furnishings set the stage for dishes like eggplant caviar millefeuille with candied tomatoes, duck-breast hamburger with homemade tomato sauce, and chocolate croquettes. Live jazz on Friday nights makes this an extra special night out.
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Zoe
Combines the best in lounge house music with a fantastic dining.

Al Safir
The restaurant doesn’t have a gimmick, nor is it the fanciest place in town, but it is attractive, pleasantly decorated and beautifully situated, overlooking the hotel swimming pool and beyond, past the palms along the Manama corniche, to the turquoise Gulf waters. The big windows with their gold drapes also provide a view to the west, to the fast-rising Financial Harbor towers, and close by, the World Trade Center.

Jim’s Castle Camelot
Housed in a stand-alone "castle" complete with a moat, this medieval themed restaurant transports diners back to the days of King Arthur serving English cuisine.

Krumz Bistro
With a reputation for excellent food and a friendly warm ambience, Krumz Bistro is among Bahrain’s most popular restaurants.

La Fontaine
Decked out like an Indian bazaar, with entertainment provided by Indian musicians, Lanterns is a feel-good family restaurant, well suited to its suburban location in Budaiya. Mild to very hot curries and excellent tandoori kebabs come with piquant sambals and fresh garlic naan bread on request. The all-you-can-eat buffet brunch on Fridays is great value.

Saby’s
Distinctive fine dining from Chef Nilantha in a cosy atmosphere with private dining areas available.
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Tamarind
Tamarind combines seafood and well balanced dishes creating a unique melding of distinctive flavours. Set overlooking the spa and featuring elegant Arabian Iwans, rich timbers beams and slate. Tamarind is the epitome of calmness. Highlighted by a cascading waterfall as a centre piece.

Teatro Lounge
Probably the most unique restaurant & lounge in the Gulf area, with its lavish interior and superb service, making it the place to be for a mouth watering gourmet experience of its kind.

Zytoun
Mouth-watering Moroccan cuisine at the Novotel Al Dana Resort.

Chinese Dishes
China Garden
Szechwan, Cantonese and Pekinese specialties at the Gulf Hotel.

Soie
A superb dinner venue with an exclusive selection of Chinese dishes, prepared by three Chinese chefs. The restaurant’s vast menu features mouthwatering delights from all over China including the Peking Roast Duck - cooked to perfection, carved at the table and served with a delicious plum and black bean sauce and freshly made pancakes. Situated in the hotel lobby, Soie has an elegant design with a dramatic silk canopy, dark wooden floors, Oriental ornaments and lanterns.

Hong Kong
Great buffets, great service and real value for money.

Indian Dishes

Nirvana
Heavenly Indian cuisine with all the luxury you’d expect from the Ritz.
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Copper Chimney
Almost an island institution, with authentic Indian cooking.

Lanterns
Decked out like an Indian bazaar, with entertainment provided by Indian musicians, Lanterns is a feel-good family restaurant, well suited to its suburban location in Budaiya. Mild to very hot curries and excellent tandoori kebabs come with piquant sambals and fresh garlic naan bread on request. The all-you-can-eat buffet brunch on Fridays is great value.

Italian Dishes
Café Italia
Café Italia serves up gourmet pizzas, pasta and fish in a double-volume space lit by trendy fiberglass chandeliers. Sleek sofas in the bar invite a fashionable Adliya crowd to settle in with cocktails before moving on to modern Italian dishes such as the sublime olive-crusted hammour with Mediterranean vegetable cannelloni and the warm chocolate cake.

Primavera
A sophisticated take on Italian eating at the Ritz.

Oliveto
Modern and stylish from the décor to the cuisine.
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Japanese Dishes
Mirai
Up market regulars sip saketinis as they savor innovative Japanese flare at sophisticated Mirai in Adliya. Everything here is fresh and flavorful from the shrimp popcorn to the new-wave sushi and heartier Korean-influenced slow-braised short ribs. Round things off in the bar-lounge upstairs with music spun by a DJ.s

Sato
The longest established Japanese restaurant in Bahrain, at the Gulf Hotel.

Sushi Ko
For a relaxed and reasonably priced Japanese experience.

Middle Eastern Dishes
Zahle
Zahle Lebanese Restaurant has earned its reputation for serving the best Lebanese food since its inception in 1990. The menu carries extensive selection of hot and cold mezza, grills, and regional dishes for the ultimate Lebanese dining. The restaurant is famous throughout the region not only for the extraordinary cuisine but also for the unmatched entertainment program featuring renowned Lebanese singers and traditional belly dancing. Set menu and minimum charge on weekends.

Gulafshan
Gulafshan serves tasty Iranian food with great views of the Persian Gulf and Manama coastline. The restaurant is in a circular building with ancient Persian decoration to provide seemingly authentic atmosphere and experience. While the decoration is a touch on the tacky side, the food is definitely authentic. Outdoor terrace seating is available for periods with clement weather.
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Isfahani
Designed by world-renowned cookbook writer Najmieh Batmanglij, Yas-e Isfahani's menu marries authentic Persian recipes with contemporary, healthy eating styles. Enjoy delicious mezze, grills and khoreshes (stews) flavoured with fruit, rose petals and spices in slick interiors with traditional touches like handmade tiles.

Melh Al Zaad
Hidden away in the Diplomatic Area, intimate, art-adorned Melh Al Zaad serves authentic Iraqi cuisine. Meat Ghouzi, combining tender mutton with subtly spiced gravy-soaked rice, is typical of the fare on offer. To finish, there's cardamom-flavoured tea and the exquisite Jordanian dessert Kanafa, a fried-vermicelli cake filled with cream – a must.

Pelynesian Dishes
Kontiki
Tropical Breeze, home of the island smile. Kontiki is a true Polynesian gem of Asia and further afield. The surreal environment both indoors and outdoors makes it difficult to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

Traders Vic’s
For a tropical atmosphere and unique island cooking, Trader Vic's at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Bahrain, is a welcome venue for visitors and residents alike.

Seafood Dishes
Fish Market
Diners at Fish Market Restaurant, overlooking the sea in Sitra, can take their pick from a variety of seafood and have it cooked to their liking, be that fried in olive oil with capers or grilled with oriental spices. Savour the result while watching dhows float by in search of tomorrow's 'catch of the day'.
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Waves
Choose your own seafood and style of cooking.

Steakhouses
The Mean Co.
Does exactly what it says on the tin, steaks and grills galore.

Plums
Incredible steaks, great seafood served with incomparable style at the Ritz.

Thai Dishes
Royal Thai
Upmarket Thai restaurant overlooking the pool and gardens of the Gulf Hotel.

Hash House
Great value Thai food with a really warm welcome.

Monsoon
Inspired by a Balinese Palace with a Thai influence, Monsoon is a true feast for the senses. From its breathtaking interior to its Far Eastern Cuisine, blending Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese dishes, Monsoon is an unforgettable experience.

American Dishes
Ricks Kountry Kitchen
Traditional American flavors and portions, with a warm welcome.
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French Dishes
La Cave
Hard to find but well worth the hunt for the food and atmosphere.

Café Lilou
Café Lilou's chic old-Paris interiors are miles away from typical Bahraini fare. Ex-pats and locals in thobes or designer abbayes return to this Adliya hot-spot time and again to lunch on its excellent French-café fare, including salads that are meals in themselves and deliciously decadent cakes.