The Gate

Luxury shopping mall, and one of old shopping malls, located near City Center.
Recently more and more people are coming than before, after the opening of popular restaurants and cafes.

Canon official service center is inside Salam Electronic section.

I like the interior design of the mall, especially the toilet.

Royal Plaza

One of the oldest shopping mall in Doha.
Compared to other old shopping mall City Center and Villaggio, it was not that popular and less people.

For Japanese, it is famous for the restaurant Oishi Sushi.

Visited after years on 11 August 2016, since I had dinner at nearby Max's.
Then I watched movie at the cinema in this shopping mall.
An old cinema, surprised there was no drink holder at the chair, but the chair is quite comfortable and spacious.

I smiled when I see "Roti Mum", an competitor or copier ?  of Papa Rotti.

Dragon Mart

This is a Chinese shopping mall, located in Industrial Area in Doha, opened in 2015.
I read the same malls are already in UAE.
Visited just after Chinese New Year 2016, when they conducted Food Festival, which was not that cool, the price was not cheap and not well prepared, though there were free tea tasting and music performance.

The mall has lots of tenants, many Chinese, majority selling electronics like mobile phone accessories, some sells clothes.
Few cafes and a Taiwanese tea shop Cha Time.
I noticed the price between tenants were quite different, you need to bargain hard. Also I notice the tenants owned by Chinese set the price higher than tenants from other countries.

There were still many empty spaces on the upper floor, overall the mall looks shabby and cheaply built. The items are not cheap unless you bargain hard. Another Chinese typical?!

Tea Ceremony during the Festival

Still many empty spaces on the upper floor

the smallest supermarket in Qatar :)

Taiwanese Tea Shop

City Center

Though it is old, and one of the first malls in Qatar, it is still the most popular mall in Doha.
With Cinema, Carrefour and many fashion shops and restaurants.
There are also skate ring and bowling alleys (small).

Fashion shops (in order of my favourite):
- Max, a cheap but good retails originally from India. Located on the same floor with Cinema (3rd floor).
- Colombia, a famous international sport brand. Located on the same floor with Cinema (3rd floor).

Dining:
- Noodle House, good taste but quiet expensive Asian food. Located just in the main gate. My favorite is Laksa.
- Shanghai Garden, there is hotpot here. Just behind the Cinema.
- Chilli, a popular chain restaurant.
- Applebee, same as above, more or less.
- Nando, chicken peri peri chain restaurant from South Africa. Quite popular, located at the same floor with the Cinema.
- Shatter Abbas, popular kebab shop located in the food court near the Cinema.

Cafe:
- Caribou, just next to the Cinema
- Starbucks, there are two, the one on the 2nd floor is quieter.
- Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, opposite Starbucks on the 1st floor.
- Costa, relatively newly opened, just one floor under the Carrefour.

Sweets:
- Patchi, expensive chocolates brand from Lebanon. Japanese colleagues love it.
- Bateel, high class dates.

Max, a popular fashion brand from India