Night life in Doha, Qatar

Hey guys, with my 1 year experience in Doha, you can trust me for this:) . At least to some extent. Night life in Doha is nowhere near Bahrain or Dubai. But there are places which will make you feel relaxed and you can spend time with your buddies. Before I start rating anything, I wanna make one thing clear - Doha is a very costly place. Double to Bahrain at least. You wanna drink a beer in Bahrain in a public place; you can go to a very normal family restaurant and have it there. But not so in Doha. You need to go to a hotel to drink. In a nutshell, you have to shed your pocket if you wanna have a good time in Doha. You will or you will not, I am rating a few places below:

Orian in Ramada Hotel: I am not too sure whether I have spelled it right or not, but I have been there 20 times:). I don't know much it has changed since last month or so. But they had a very good live band who sings 80's and 90's. They have a list of songs and that list does not change too often but do sing those very very well indeed. Very professional band. You cannot miss this place once in Doha. You would not have seen many better bands in the city than them. Band has mostly srilankans with couple of Philippine girls for obvious reasons. You get all kinds of alcohols there and the staff is excellent indeed. Lastly you will be interested to know about the crowd; the crowd is mostly good and mostly its whites and srilankans. Especially in a weekend there are hell lot of white crowd there. If you are working in Doha or there for sometime. You should visit this place a couple of times for sure. Another great thing about the place is that there is no entry fee and stags are allowed in n numbers.

QUBE in Ramada Hotel: Well this was the first place i visited when i was new to Doha. This place is a huuge one. With a couple of DJs and biig dance floor and unlimited alcohol. The Place is crowded most of the times. You will like this place once or twice but not beyong that. Because 3rd time you go there, you will notice same crowd, same songs, nothing different. And the crowd is mostly Philippines, nepalies and a few Indians, Lankans and Whites. But mostly Philippines. You can try it once, but i bet you won’t feel like going that often. Plus to that there is an entry fee of approx. 40 QAR as well. Stags are allowed though. This place runs till 3 am.

Sports Bar in Ramada Hotel: You must be thinking why i am stuck to places in Ramada. I thought lemme finish this place before we go out:) this is an entirely diff place from rest. There is no dance floor, no DJ. Its a simple Sports bar where you can watch all the cricket matches and English football and stuff. Its a nice place when you wanna relax with friends and see sports on gig screen and all. But you wont get the seats easily if there is a big match. And a "caution": if Man U is playing against Arsenal or Chelsea, as an asian be neutral or be ready to get wacked by a drunken white! I am not kidding here. There is no entry fee and all are allowed.

11th Floor, Hotel Rydges: What i have written is not the actuall name of the place, i forgot that. But its in the 11th floor of Rydges Hotel:) This place is one of the most known and happening place in Doha. Small but good. Stags are not allowed until unless you know the manager or reach before 9 pm and try your luck. Stay there even if security says no, after some time, you will be in! Once even, its kinda small, but nice. Its an australian bar. DJ sucks here. If they changed, i can't say. But otherwise its happening. You will find all the rich Lebanese and Egyptians here along with lots of chinese and whites and a few indian groups specially from qatar airways. You wanna see some happening crowd in Doha, this is the place. Especially on weekends.

Cloudnyn: I forgot where is this place, check it out , but this is my fav. Once again stags are not allowed and you need to know the manager or try your luck by going one by one here. Another trick is to be there on the head of sec guy and then tell him that you will buy alcohol inside. Then they will call the sec. manager and he will force you to buy the ticket so that he can be assured that you will buy the alcohol. So its a costly affair but you wont regret once inside. Its small but happening. This place acc to me hosts the Best DJ in the town. I am very serious. It will become very crowded by 10 or 11 and then till 3 pm , it rocks. You cannot afford to miss it. It’s worth spending money over here.

Please leave you comments here. As many as you can. Guys who are in Doha and have been to these places and other, please contribute. Thanks!