After reading the mixed reviews of this hotel I stayed in this hotel for two nights with a bit of apprehension but have to report that from what I saw it was fine.
I made the hotel booking on the Ramee website and it was a lot cheaper than the usual hotel websites so its worth going there first.
I drove to the hotel and was glad to see plenty of room in the car park opposite, as parking in the centre of town can be difficult, its a bit potholed but very useful to have.
Check in was easy enough and we were in the room within 5 minutes, we had a room on the sixth floor which was clean, looked liked it had been refusbished recently and was ok, the TV has a selection of 10+ english tv channels, the bed was very comfy and the shower good with a nice selection of toiletries. There was some minor noise from cars beeping their horns, but in the centre of bahrain I guess thats unavoidable, didnt hear any nightclub noise & the AC was nice & quiet.
One disappointment was the health club/pool as it closes after 1PM on a Friday ( seems a bit weird ) and this policy should be reviewed as its obviously inconvenient for the guests.
As for food theres a great western bar downstairs called warbles which has excellant food ( including pork products ), drinks ( which are a bit expensive but this is Bahrain ) and a great male / female band from canada. The only other place I tried the food in the hotel was the room service which was average ( it would have been nice to be able to choose some food from the warblers menu downstairs, not sure why they dont do this )
Checkout was a bit slow ( 10 mins ) as we had to wait for the room to be inspected..something that needs looking at.
Overall no complaints, maybe I was lucky in the room I was given but will definitiely be going there again so lets see...
- Best Western Manama
- Manama Best Western
