MRA Bakery Sweets and Restaurant

Last visits: 6 January 2016, breakfast
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 5/5
Location: Al Ghanim

Second time to MRA chains, this time I visited the branch in Old Doha, their first restaurant in Doha.

I ordered Dosa Plain (QAR 6) and Egg Curry (QAR 8) and my friend ordered Dosa Set (QAR 7).
We ordered also Chai.

Its Dosa Plain was crispier the one in Markiya branch, but the egg curry was good.
Dosa Set's Dosa was not the same as Dosa Plain, was thicker and white. It came with dhall curry.

MRA Restaurant and Sweets

Visit: 2 December 2016, breakfast
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 5/5
Location: Opposite TV Roundabout

A popular Indian restaurant, open long hour, 6AM to 2AM, and there are 4 branches in Doha as per Zomato.
Ordered several types of bread, Paratha, Dosa, and Appam, all were good, especially the Dosa.
Three type of starter gravies, including Dhaal, were provided for free.
We ordered also chicken curry and fish curry. The chicken curry was nice, but the fish was so so and very hot.

Dosa

Paratha

Appam

Panoor, Al Khor

Visit: 17 November 2016, dinner
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 4/5
Location: Al Khor, nearby the commercial center where McDonald's and Hardees are located


This restaurant has grown to become the most popular Indian restaurant in Al Khor.
I made reservation for a colleague birthday, and they did a "Happy Birthday" small decoration for us. I bought a cake from outside and they help keeping the cake in the refrigerator and provided us plates to eat the cake.
Since some other guests were waiting for our seat, they expedited us to leave the venue though...
 
My favorites are still Chicken Lollypop and Goby Manchurian, but my colleagues ordered Okra Curry and Cheese Spinach Curry and I loved them.
Bamboo Biryani was so so. Tandoor Plater was not good, the meat was not soft.

Here was our order:
- Plater, QAR 40
- Prawns Chowmien, QAR 22
- Chicken Chatti Curry, QAR 34 --> came in a hot pot with fire, but I don't like the taste
- Masala Kulcha, QAR 3
- Butter Chicken Masala, QAR 30
- Mutton Kadai, QAR 32
- Plain Nan, QAR 2
- Chicken Bamboo Biryani, QAR 18
- Palak Paneer Half, QAR 20
- Gobi Manchurian Dry, QAR 26
- Chicken Lollypop, QAR 32
- Bindi Masala Fry, QAR 24 --> Okra Curry
- Porata, QAR 1
- Banana Lassi, Mango Lassi, QAR 10
- Mango Milk Shake, QAR 12
- Pomegranate Regular, QAR 10
- Lemon Mint, QAR 8
- Cocktail Milkshake, QAR 12
- Weight Loss, QAR 16

Royal Tandoor at Ezdan Mall

Visit: 4 November 2016
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 3/5
Location: Ezdan Mall

My second visit to the Royal Tandoor chain, my first was in Al Khor branch.
We ordered lamb biryani, butter chicken and fish curry (forgot the name).
Lamb biryani was excellent and both gravy dishes were OK too.
A bit expensive (Indian fine dining) and took a bit waiting time till the food delivered.

Rotana @ Al Khor

Last visits: 3 September 2016
Taste: 3/5
Cost performance: 4/5
Location: Al Khor

It is basically an Indian Restaurant, but like other Indian restaurants, they sell also various food like Chinese and Arabic.
I think the taste was average.
It is not expensive, we were 5 and spent QAR 180, but we added desert then it became QAR 228.
My favourite was Gobi Manchurian Dry.
I think I prefer Panoor and Green Gate better.

Here was our bill:
- Golden Fried Prawn, QAR 21 --> tempura of small shrimp
- Mix Pancit, QAR 15 --> fried noodle
- Butter Chicken Masala, QAR 18
- Gobi Manchurian Dry, QAR 13
- Prawns Curry, QAR 21
- Kerala Paratha, QAR 2 per piece --> better than normal paratha
- Avoli Porichu Varati, QAR 35 --> fried curry fish
- Beef Ularthiyathu, QAR 16 --> like Indonesian rendang
- Butter Naan, QAR 3
- Fish Masala, QAR 17
- Rotana Special, QAR 14 --> desert, mixed juice with vanilla ice
- Thabakath, QAR 14 --> mix of 3 layers of juices
- Thalayani small, QAR 6 --> mix juice

Thabakath, 3 layers of juices

Rotana Special

Beef Ularthiyathu

Mix Pancit

Avoli Porichu Varati

Kerala Paratha

Butter Chicken Masala

Golden Fried Prawn

Gobi Manchurian Dry

Royal Tandoor Al Khor

Last visits: 30 August 2016
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 2/5
Location: Al Khor Mall upper floor

Indian fine dining in Al Khor Mall.
Expensive.
Though the butter naan and the prawn curry were good.
The garlic naan, too much garlic put inside (between the layer).
The photo and the name of the desert "Karak Chai Tiramisu" were so tempting, but it was disappointing, despite the expensive price, it was not freshly made, just taken from refrigerator.
I don't think I will return.

Here is my bill:
- Prawn curry, QAR 70
- Butter naan, QAR 5
- Lasooni naan, QAR 6
- Karak Chai Tiramisu, QAR 35
- Perrier water, QAR 12

Panoor

Visit: 23 July 2016
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 4/5
Location: Al Khor, nearby the commercial center where McDonald's and Hardees are located

Our second visit.
Our team wanted enchore after our last visit early June.
This time we took the upper seating, darker but more comfortable.
Somehow, it tasted better than before, so I have it 4 point, higher than before.
Our order this time was too spicy, made me sweaty and my mouth was like in fire.
My Indian colleague said it was the beef curry.

Here was our order:
- Chicken Lollypop, QAR 32
- Chicken Hot and Sour Soup, QAR 10
- Mineral Water large, QAR 4
- Fish Grill Sherry, QAR 35
- Butter Chicken Masala Full, QAR 30
- Beef Chatti Curry Full, QAR 36
- Prawn Masala Full, QAR 36
- Chicken Schezwan Noodles, QAR 16
- Prawns Biryani, QAR 20
- Kallummakkaya Fry Roast Full, QAR 40
- Plain Nan, QAR 2
- Butter Nan, QAR 3
- Tandoori Rotti, QAR 1
- Garlic Nan, QAR 2.5
- Porata, QAR 1
- Gobi Manchurian Dry, QAR 26
- Glory, QAR 12
- Ice cream small scoop, QAR 5
- Avogado juice, QAR 12
- Pomegranate juice, QAR 10
- Mix Ice Cream Large, QAR 12
 

Chicken Lollypop

Hot and Sour Soup

Goby Manchurian

Beef Chatti Curry

Glory

Green Gate in Al Khor

Last visits: 30 April 2016, dinner
Taste: 4/5
Cost performance: 5/5
Location: Al Khor

One of my favourite Indian restaurant.
Located in Al Khor, in the corner of the street, near commercial area where McDonald's and Hardees are located.
It is one of the old restaurants in Al Khor.
We did several times team building dinner there.
As other Indian restaurant, not only Indian food in their menu, but also Chinese and Arabic.
My favorites are the chicken lollipop and their bread basket. Their butter nan is better than Panoor next door.

Panoor, Indian Restaurant in Al Khor

Phone number for reservation: 4415-4343

Last visits: 5 June 2016, dinner
Taste: 3/5
Cost performance: 4/5
Location: Al Khor, nearby the commercial center where McDonald's and Hardees are located

A new addition to Indian restaurants in Al Khor, located nearby the commercial center where McDonald's and Hardees are located, few metres from its older competitor, Green Gate.
This seems a big chain restaurants, available in Dubai and other cities in UAE.

We did several team building dinners at Green Gate, this time we decided to try the new arrival.
While the first floor was a bit hectic, the second floor was more relaxing and spacious, recommended to sit on the upper floor, the toilets were there too.

The menu was more or less similar with other Indian restaurants in Qatar, not only Indian dishes, there were also Chinese and Arabic meals.
The taste was mixed, I liked Chicken Lollipop and the nan better in Green Gate.
But the beef curry in clay pot was good here. The king fish and the prawn meal were good too.
Others were so so.
We took the ice cream desert, but I didn't like it that much.

These are what we ordered and the price:
- Mixed Tikka Platter, QAR 40
- Chicken Lollypop, QAR 32
- Prawn wns varuval, QAR 36 --> dry, nice
- Beef Chatti Curry, QAR 36 --> yummy, beef curry in a clay pot
- Ayakoora kuttanad, QAR 60 --> kingfish, yummy, with a lot of onion
- Gobi Manchurian gravy, QAR 26 --> cauliflower
- Mixed Schezwan noodles, QAR 20 --> not bad
- Tandoori Rotti, QAR 1
- Butter Nan, QAR 3
- Choconut sundae, QAR 16 --> ice cream dessert
- Glorry, QAR 16 --> ice cream dessert
- Mineral water big, QAR 2