This weekend I happened to stumble upon a new restaurant/shisha lounge that has just opened in Amwaj's Lagoon on the 1st floor. At first I was hesitant to go to a new place because I was craving a good shisha and quick service. Some how the super friendly manager managed to give me a witty comment back when I told my mom that we aren't going to Lilac and we are going to the shisha place next door. I don't know if it was the ambiance or just the super friendly manager and servers that made me change my mind.
After sitting for a total of 5 seconds we had a server come and ask for our shisha and drink orders. The shisha's were served within 5 minutes and to my surprise the shisha was light, smooth, and most importantly clean. I think far better then the place next door. A few seconds later we got our drink orders.
Shisha: 2.1 BHD Lemon with Mint: 2 BHD
If you do decide to eat while you are relaxing at the lagoon. Lilac provides a large variety of cuisines that are reasonably priced. The servers are still not very familiar with the different types of dishes on the menu. In their defense they did just open I think it will take a bit of time for the servers to adjust.
Shortly after we ordered our main dishes we received a complimentary garlic bread basket with 3 types of dip which consisted of olives, finely chopped seasoned tomatoes, and garlic yogurt.
The food was ready literally 15 minutes after we ordered it. The service was exceptionally good for a restaurant which has just opened.
I was extremely disappointed with the Meat and Cheese dish you'd think you can't go wrong with a dish so basic but it did go wrong really wrong. The beef as you can see from the picture was separated from the pastry the beef was extremely hard and tasted a bit off. The cheese was just flavorless cheese they could've used a cheese that has a bit of a kick to it instead of a very bland cheese for this dish.
The Arayis was average it wasn't bad but it was not the most delicious Arayis I've had in Bahrain. I wasn't disappointed like the Meat&Cheese Pastry dish.
The dish that I was shocked was good and that could have gone really bad was this reasonably priced 3 BHD mixed sea food dish. The sea food was fresh and well seasoned with a lovely Tumric rice. We all picked at my mother's dish it was the riskiest dish but the most delicious one.
Sea Food with Rice: 3BHD
The view of the terrace in the Amwaj Lagoon is beautiful I highly recommend you go during the day around 4:30 because the sun is about to set and the sunlight is not harsh enough to ruin your relaxing stay out on the terrace.
Rating: from a scale of 1 being terrible and 10 being fantastic I would rate Lilac as an 7.5. I would definitely go back the shisha was absolutely amazing.
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