Originally Posted by jimlad48

I've just spent 7 months in Bahrain and frankly its okay, but nothing particularly to write home about.

Food and beer is extremely expensive in high end restaurants (£13 for bottle of peroni is norm in a lot of places now). I personally loved the Iskenderun Grill for its amazing grilled meat and middle eastern bread, but it does look rather unpreoposseing from the outside...

Diplomat is pretty good and depending on your status, can do free shuttle to the airport.

In terms of what to do, I would say the Dilmun fort is worth a visit, the museum is okay, but beyond that its a bit empty and devoid of much of interest. Think of it as a 2nd tier UAE or Doha. Personally I'd go to Muscat instead.