Eat

Eat

Qatar has seemingly endless options for food, much of it excellent. If you would like European cuisine in a fancy setting, visit a hotel like the Ramada or the Marriott, both of which also offer excellent sushi and the choice of having drinks with your meal (the only restaurants in town that can do this are in the major hotels), but at a steep price. Authentic and delicious Indian and Pakistani food is found throughout the city, ranging from family-oriented places to very basic eateries catering to the In-dian and Pakistani workers. You may attract some cu-rious stares in the worker eateries, but the management will almost always be extremely welcoming, and the food is very inexpensive.

Middle Eastern cuisine is everywhere as well, and in many forms—kebabs, breads, hummus, the list goes on. It can be purchased on the cheap from a take-out (many of which look quite unimpressive, but serve awesome food) or from a fancier place, like the wonderful Layali (near Chili’s in the 'Cholesterol Corner' area) that serves gourmet Lebanese food and has hookahs with flavored to-bacco. Refined Persian cuisine is available for reasonable prices in the royally appointed Ras Al-Nasa`a Restau-rant on the Corniche (don't miss the cathedral-like rest