Editor Pick
Doha City Center Mall
- September 19, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
baroudeur2004 from Liege, Belgium
The biggest mall in Doha and one of the biggest in the Middle East. You can expect to find all the brands you would expect to find in the USA or in Europe. There are five levels in the mall which houses 350 shopping outlets including hundreds of world-class brand names, including the famous supermarket Carrefour (Carrefour is well known in France and Belgium, among other European countries).
There are also several good restaurants and fast foods in a huge food court (Burger King, KFC, etc.). Try the Portuguese restaurant, which is only Portuguese by its name but the food served is more American food adapted to Arabic palates than anything else.
On the lower floor there is an ice skating rink, something you would not expect to see in such a hot country (but what is it compared to Dubai's famous ski slope in one of its malls?).
Also the mall houses a 14-screen multiplex cinema, and there might be someone to ask you to wash your car in the car park below the mall while you are doing your shopping.
You can expect to spend several hours there or even a full day if you are a fan of shopping. Nobody will ever force you to buy something, the retailers all speak good English and all the prices are non-negotiable (except maybe the jewellery). The mall is very crowded during weekends (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) and more than 50,000 people visit it everyday.
Overall a very good experience if you want to escape the drenchy heat of the Qatari desert and have a glance at what Qatar has to offer to the American and European expatriates.
From journal Doha, a Paradise for Expatriates?