Qatar » Going Out
Food and Drink
Things to know: Alcohol is widely available in most top-end restaurants and hotel bars in Doha although it is officially reserved for hotel guests or ’club members’. Drinking alcohol in public outside these establishments is prohibited.
National specialities:
• Traditional Levantine shawarma (spit-roasted meat shavings, served in pitta bread).
• Egyptian foul and taamiyeh (deep-fried balls of mashed chickpeas).
Legal drinking age: 21.
Tipping: A service charge is often added to bills in hotels and most restaurants, otherwise 10% is appropriate. However in smaller establishments, tipping is not the custom, and over-generous tips from tourists often backfire through the subsequent cutting of wages.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Generally Sat-Thurs 0800-1200 and 1600-1900 or later, with the malls open until 2100 or 2200. Many shops are open on Friday evenings as well.
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