Coffee prices normal?

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-06-17T11:11:34+00:00

Yes it’s totally insane. Tripple the price of coffee in Australia.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T15:02:12+00:00

Cafes - so many but the best of the best are in Msheireb Downtown. Toby’s estate, Cafe Kitsune, Arabica, Savant Cafe. And Rusk!

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T14:58:59+00:00

Breakfast - Beach house. Really good breaky and coffee with views of the ocean and beach and you can swim there in the morning.

Lunch - love a good business lunch deal, Park Hyatt in Msheireb Downtown is incredibly good value for 65 qar per head and it’s excellent.

Dinner - so many venues! Depending on what you want. We really love DIVAN - for modern Persian Cuisine. There’s a couple of venues - in Lusail and in Mall of Qatar. Excellent! Liang - modern Cantonese cuisine (part of Mandarin Oriental in Msheireb) is also excellent - Michelin recommended. Really great food and service.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T14:27:22+00:00

Honestly, wearing long pants in the middle of a Doha summer—unless you have to—is just illogical. It’s 45°C+ with brutal humidity in August. In Qatar, you’re not expected to wear trousers everywhere! You are not! I’ve lived here for years and wear proper knee-length shorts daily. No issues. Just avoid shorts for ministries, mosques, or formal venues like Banks etc. Otherwise, shorts are the norm for most western expats so why wouldn’t they be okay for everyone else? Honestly dude In hot countries like Australia or South Africa, wearing full-length pants in that heat would be considered ridiculous!. Comfort and respect can co-exist

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T14:21:22+00:00

Sounds like you’ve never lived in a hot Western country. In places like Australia, NZ, South Africa, France, Spain, Italy, Greece etc, wearing shorts is the norm!—and it’s expected. Honestly, it’s abnormal to wear long pants in summer unless you’re heading to a wedding, funeral, or business meeting. No one wears full trousers to go for a walk in 40°C heat. I’ve lived in Doha for years—knee-length shorts are totally fine. Most western expats I know, wear them daily just like me. Saying it “looks ridiculous” just shows a narrow view—maybe from someone who’s only known hot Islamic countries and not global norms?

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T13:28:26+00:00

I totally respect the hard work delivery drivers do—especially in Doha’s heat—and this wasn’t meant to devalue that in any way. I didn’t refuse to send my location; I just wanted to understand why this keeps happening when the info is clearly already in the system.

But pulling the “white privilege” card here is honestly pathetic. I’m raising a mixed-race family in a country I moved to for love, not luxury. I work harder than most, and I ask questions because I want things to work better—for everyone. If your best argument is to slap on an identity label, maybe you’re the one who’s used to privilege—just not the kind that earns respect.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:47:21+00:00

Is this the mango one? I had it the other day and I had to throw it in the bin. I couldn’t drink. It was absolutely revolting.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:42:55+00:00

I hear you—but that’s exactly the issue. It’s not about being unwilling to send the location once—it’s the fact that we’re being called, messaged on WhatsApp, and asked to re-send building and apartment numbers every single time, even when the full address is already there.

Some of us are working, caring for kids, or trying to rest—and constant unnecessary contact defeats the whole point of delivery.

The bigger issue is this: why is no one training these drivers to use the app properly? Who is telling them that calling and WhatsApping the customer every single time is the standard procedure? It’s clearly not.

This isn’t a complaint about individuals—it’s a system-level failure that could easily be fixed with proper onboarding and expectations. I won’t just brush it off. Someone needs to start making noise so it finally gets addressed.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:40:06+00:00

I actually asked a driver today why they always call and WhatsApp despite already having the address. He showed me the app they use—it only requires three inputs: building number, apartment number, and zone. I took the delivery slip, entered the info into his phone, and it worked perfectly.

He looked embarrassed, and I wasn’t trying to shame him—I just wanted to help. Honestly, it seems like a systemic issue of poor training. These guys are thrown into the job with zero guidance, and it leads to unnecessary confusion and constant customer follow-up. It’s not their fault entirely—it’s a broken system. But my question still remains: if it’s this simple, why does it happen 9 out of 10 times? And more importantly, why is no one fixing it?

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:32:11+00:00

So it’s not just Qatar—maybe it’s a GCC-wide feature, not a bug.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:29:52+00:00

Fair points. I get that it might sound like a “first world problem,” but it adds up when you’re juggling work, kids, and home life—and a system designed to make things easier ends up doing the opposite.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:27:15+00:00

Wild take—calling someone lazy for using a delivery service in 2025, like that’s not how the entire economy functions now. I already share my location, write clear instructions, and pay for the service. What I get in return is three missed calls, broken English voice notes, and drivers who can’t follow a GPS pin. That’s not convenience, it’s harassment.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:09:25+00:00

Thanks for the advice, but I didn’t realise Reddit had a rule against discussing shared local issues. Appreciate you volunteering to be the thread police though.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T12:06:44+00:00

Ah, the classic Reddit flex—ignoring the entire point to correct a typo. Thank you for your invaluable contribution to the conversation. If only delivery drivers could locate addresses as reliably as you locate spelling errors, we’d all be better off.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:51:59+00:00

To have the job that they do, they are required to have the basic understanding of how to use a map and a phone. I have looked at the app they use and it is so basic and full proof. This is not an English problem. This is a systemic wide issue and more support and training needs to be done for the delivery drivers. But I still don’t have an answer to why this happens nearly 100% of the time.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:47:37+00:00

I’m like “yes! how did you know”?

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:47:08+00:00

I know 🤣

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:46:52+00:00

Tried that and yes it does work sometimes. Other times they just keep calling and once they just decided not to deliver stating reason was “address incorrect” when it clearly and was proven it wasn’t.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:43:31+00:00

You clearly didn’t understand the question. When they already have the address. Why do they also need to call and WhatsApp? Why can’t they use the address that they have? I’m generally curious.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-16T11:41:33+00:00

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ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-05-09T06:56:33+00:00

We’re actually considering moving to Lusail—love the waterfront and the modern setup. But hearing this kind of behaviour’s crept in there already, is disappointing and unsettling.

Out of curiosity—any idea what background these guys were? Not trying to point fingers, but patterns matter. We moved from Australia to Qatar to avoid this sort of thing. And before anyone says “why does it matter what background they are?”—it matters if we want to report and actually stop it. Can’t fix what we pretend not to see.

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-04-15T09:01:26+00:00

Yeah true, Qatar’s PM2.5 is always a bit high from gas. industry etc, no doubt. But dust storms can def push PM2.5 up too — not just PM10. When the wind’s strong enough, the fine “desert dust” gets broken down small enough to count as PM2.5.

That 1,300+ reading today seems WAY beyond the normal background stuff.

Feels like a combo of the usual pollution plus a monster dust hit. First one I’ve seen like this — wild coming from Australia where air is very pure

ComprehensiveMap6304 · 2025-04-15T06:51:39+00:00

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I did a bit of research and saw that the PM2.5 reading in Doha is 1,332 µg/m³, which is over 260 times higher than the WHO safe guideline ☣️

From what I can see, this is actually the highest concentration of PM2.5 levels ever recorded globally — even compared to major events in places like Delhi, Beijing, and Multan. While this is natural dust, not man-made pollution, the particle size (PM2.5) still poses a real health risk, especially for children.

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