Qatari sweets at Souq Waqif

American Informal fish market along the Corniche


Most major American fast food chains have multiple branches here, including McDonald’s, KFC, Hardee’s,

Arby’s, Burger King, Subway, and Dairy Queen.


Pizza places include Pizza Hut, Little Caesar’s, Pizza Inn, and Papa John’s. Many of these are located in the


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major shopping centres, and at Ramada Junction (the in-tersection of C-Ring and Salwa Rds).

There are also a number of more upscale American chains, including TGI Fridays (in the Landmark, Vil-laggio shopping malls, Bin Omran Opposite the Civil Defense and Suheem Bin Hamad Street, Al-Sadd), Ap-plebee’s, Chili’s, Fuddruckers, Bennigan’s, and Pon-derosa Steakhouse.

Ric’s Kountry Kitchen, Sana Complex, Ras Abu Abboud St (southeast corner of Ras Abu Abboud St and D Ring Rd), ☎ +974 4443 7846. Serves up large classic American breakfasts, and one of the few places in Doha with real bacon and pork sausages.

Yellow Cab Pizza, several branches, ☎ +974 4488 8310. 11AM-1AM daily. This is undisputedly the most popular pizza in Doha, surprisingly offered by a well-established and efficient Filipino operation. The barbequed chicken pizza is particularly tasty. Delivery and pick-up available.
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Noodle House, three locations, ☎ +974 4411 5063 (City Center Mall), +974 4417 5682 (Landmark Mall), +974 4495 3876 x2531 (The Pearl-Qatar, Porto Arabia), e-mail: info@thenoodlehouse.com. noon-11PM. Offers a number of southeast Asian-style dishes. Their portions are not very large, but the taste makes up for that. Their prawn crackers are particularly good. Delivery available.

Oishi Sushi, Al Sadd St (Royal Plaza Mall), ☎ +974 442 8989. Decent sushi, with sushi train. On Monday and Tuesday evenings they offer an all-you-can-eat for QR 135 (reservations recommended).

Royal Bafilyon, Salwa Rd (behind the Al Jazeera petrol station, across from Quality Hypermarket), ☎ +974 7721 9865. This Cantonese restaurant is a fa-vorite of the Chinese and Singaporean expat com-munities.

Shanghai Garden, City Centre Mall (West Bay), ☎ +974 4493 3188. 11AM-11:30PM. Favored by local Chinese expats.

Sri Kebaya, Souq Waqif, ☎ +974 4434 0838. 11AM-11:30PM daily. Good Malaysian food.

Thai Corner, The Centre, Salwa Rd (adjacent to MegaMart), ☎ +974 6640 7858. Sa-Th 10:30AM-10PM, F 1:30PM-10PM. Tiny place with two ta-bles, with fantastic Thai food. In nice weather you can eat in the courtyard.


Thai Smile, Al Corniche (Rumaila Park), ☎ +976 4431 6466. Su-Th 11.30am-10.30pm, F-Sa noon-10.30pm. Casual and delicious Thai street food, with outdoor seating.

Thai Snack, Al-Mirqab St (near Doha Clinic, adja-cent to a Thai massage parlor), ☎ +974 4432 9704. Daily 10AM-2:30PM, 5PM-10:30PM. A Doha in-stitution, offers authentic Thai street food for very reasonable prices.

Yee Hwa Restaurant, Al-Kinana St (in the Doha Downtown Hotel), ☎ +974 4441 9898, e-mail: YeeHwaDoha@gmail.com. Daily 12PM-11PM. This restaurant specialises in both Korean barbecue and Japanese cuisine, and is one of the better places in Doha for sushi.