I agree with bouncers, as I posted earlier. If there's a problem with the male/female ratio, i dont think banning types of women (Russian, Muslim, Black, whichever type of racism you're trying to advocate...) is the answer.
Especially not the Russians, though, they're gorgeous! (And so friendly...)
I just typed a super long story and it got deleted.
So in short:
Music - Keep it more loungy until 11/12. After that you can turn up the beats more. No live bands. One thing you could go for is the combination Hed kandi and others usually do. A dj and a sax or another instrument. Keep it a mix. Pearl has the tendency to swap to arab music which makes everyone but the lebanese leave after a while. (And most don't want to come back).
Dress code - Pearl was stupid to ban jeans, they have changed it now. Keep it decent though. There is skimpy and skimpy. People should dress up a bit.
Smoking - I don't smoke. So i would prefer non smoking. But if you allow smoking make sure the ventilation is working very well. Otherwise go for an outside-inside area.
Policy - No booking tables etc way in advance to be able to get in. Full is full and that way people will just show up in time in stead of booking a table and showing up late with a club half empty half the time.
Guests- Make sure you maintain a good mixture. As soon as one nationality takes over thats it... Your done. Labled. Very hard to turn that around.
No VIP area's. Something i saw someone say earlier. Very good point. Creates a division that doesn't need to be there. Only annoys others. Will come back and bite you in the &^%.
May i ask why you are asking this?? Kind of curious now.
Actually, the more I think about it the more amazing I find it that there really isn't a decent club in Doha. Maybe it's because most of them are in hotels, or perhaps it because of the punters. I can't work it out, but I wish someone would and get it right for once.
The Pearl is stuck up, and the bouncer makes you feel like shyte, the music is pretty poor, and as Irishtinker said, it doesn't know what it wants to be.
Atmosphere was ruined from the second you got there by the guy on the door.
I also think The Pearl didnt know whether it was a restaurant/bar/nightclub.
The clientele were good fun but it sometimes felt like 'look at me I have lots of money and I will stand around and look unimpressed'. Obviously I was on the dancefloor drunk and dancing like a twat!!
Do you think a non-smoking club would have less patrons because of the smokers who wouldn't go, or more patrons because of the non-smokers who would go?
Olive - with the gender demographic as it is you're never going to get the balance of men and woman right.
If I was a woman... hmmm... yes, I think bouncers would make me feel safe. Yep, thats it. What about girls only nights, so they get used to the place? What about a giant tele to watch the footy in the afternoon, you could open up early for me and Baldrick? We'd buy a lot of beer!
Doha has Globals and Ministry which cater to the masses.
When The Pearl Lounge opened I thought brilliant a more intimate club but unfortunately it was all about trousers and shirts and not about the atmosphere. I remember going on a Tuesday evening and being asked for 200QAR to enter. My wife and friend went in and there was 1 person in there!
My wife is a DJ and we had a great time in the UK over the summer being able to dress funky casual and go out for a good dance.
Doha needs somewhere that will hold 2-300 people. On wknds it should be a bar/club, opening til late. For me I love vocal funky house. Stuff that makes people want to dance. Too many times in Doha the music doesnt suit the crowd. As the night goes on then the music can get harder moving on to electro etc.
During the wk it should be open as a bar with live dj playing live music possibly lounge/chilled or even have a full on night. I managed to club in the wk in the UK and still go to work the next day!
Well rant over. Here for 2 yrs now and there has been progress but not enough!
Personally in Qatar, we ( wife and myself) luved Paloma’s. Didn’t like the fact that they cut of dance floor completely and have dj sam play right up on his “turntables”. Salsa bands is sizzling and plays good music
Bubbles is very nice when one needs to have a conversation. Used to like Orion when we had the “machas” playing.
Qatar needs the following in terms of nightclubs
Themed clubs (based on music) –
hip hop and R & B – hey Ryan & Co miss you guys from the base to teach everybody a thing or 2
House/trance/dance – ohh to have another MOS concert…
’80 music – some plain old ’80 stuff on the nights you just gotta chillax
lounge music/live music – you gotta have some good live music bands – I hate qube as a place so I don’t know anything about the band scene out here.
Very good ventilation – to smoke out the smoke. There is too much of smoke out here in the clubs – you feel like an ashtray at the end of every clubbing night.
If possible – no single guys on the floor, no cigarettes and drinks – I’ve seen this rule in quite a lot of clubs. I don’t have a issue with the guys but last weekend a bunch of dudes tried to mess around – it is good that I had my group else I’d be in trouble.
Drinks + Hornyness = Crazy dudes on the dance floor. If this goes outta control you’ll have only guys in the clubs.
Good sound quality – sound in the ridges – aussie bar is pathetic. Again stress needs to be made on the type of music to be played in order to determine the sound quality. More high for live music, more woofers (base) for hip/hop, trance.
Good lighting system – less strobs : Strobs cause headaches to customers so should be used to a min. Strobs are cheap though
Min 2 bar counters – to reduce the stress on one bar and keep customers happy. Preferably one on the other side of the club.
VIP area – overlooking the dance floor and for those very crowded nights.
I could go on and on but I wanna finish my work and getta outta this office. I’d like to set up a club out here. Did help out a client to set up one back home – although his budget was unlimited so we had the best of the best. Was fun.
The worst is Qube it sucks big time ... music too loud, no proper ventilation filled with smoke and the worst service one can ever find they short charge if not careful
they are from UK, i know them personally, they are our friends.. By the IH policy, they have to bring a new band every year..Thier 1-year contract has finished 4-5 month ago, but administration of IH desided to leave them till Ramadan... they hope to be back in 1 year, when the next group/singer will finish their/his contract..Insha'allah!
I thought that duo in the Irish Harp was excellent and they played really good songs that fit the mood of the Irish Harp. I hope they come back again. Does anyone know where they were from?
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tallg, actually the couple from Irish was quite professional, and their repertuar was great too
tallg, actually the couple from Irish was quite professional, and they plaid great songs too..too bad they had left :(
Olive, you cannot please everybody anyway.. you have to think what kind of people do you want to attract to your bar.. would it be teenagers punks, so you have to choose appropriate music and ambience.. would it be people who likes wild dancing.. would it be senior stuff, who likes quite and elegant places, on high level with the corresponding music.. YOU have to decide what do YOU like, YOU have to fit this place.. otherwise people still wouldn’t go.. if your personality/style doesn’t match your place, it will be confusing, and hard for you as well..
in a nice ambience, then come 10 or 11, turn down the house lights and crank up the volume for the younger crowd who have the energy to last till the wee hours!
Get on a plane Olive and go to B52s in Ibiza. Then come back here and replicate it.
Loud dance music please. No crappy 80s romantic music and no habibi Arab music. Just good loud dance music.You can have Trance sessions for the chill out phases. Also. have real big bathrooms for the ladies so they don't have to stand in line half the night when they need to powder their noses.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Bear in mind that the expat community ain't kids. Most of us can't do rave, techno, deep house etc and prefer good old rock.
Would love to bring my old pub's jukebox out here - Deep Purple, Led Zep, and Nazareth were going nonstop on the damned thing. It was loud, but it was clear.
I have no problem with Lebanese at all. Just not a club that is a "Lebanese" club. Its great to have a good mix of nationalities but not to let any one nationality become too dominant.
Like I said before, B52s in Ibiza. They have got it right.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Dress codes are so 20th Century. The best clubs have flair that comes from the people that visit them. You can't impose flair through a dress code in a night club.
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As to dress code ... I stayed at Marriott when I first arrived, as was my boss, and went to Pearl. My boss wanted to finish some work and was following on later. I was the ONLY customer in there and they turned my boss away as he was wearing jeans!
is B52s in Ibiza. Its great inside and they have a roof deck too. No dress code either. That's what I call a real club.
Go easy on me labda. My wrist is still broken from last time and why are you using that picture of you humiliating me as your Facebook cover page? Huh?
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you have nothing to contribute since you are such a good girl and never go out. The last three times I didn't see you was not in a bar, not at a party and I have never seen you post on QL.
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it was on a weekday so it was not crowded. We were able to sit by the bar, had a chat with a nice old guy drinking along side of us and it was nice a nice chit chat.
I'd like that in a bar/night club wherein you could just sit, unwind and enjoy your drink, be able to talk with people around you...
I dont go to nightclubs, or parties. NEVER I never listen to music and I think people who go for movies are setting themselves up to be brainwashed by the wicked waste.
So I have nothing of substance to add to this thread.
Dress codes are ridiculous. They serve no purpose except for alienating people. Why wearing chinos is considered smarter than a nice pair of jeans I have no idea. Pearl is terrible. best clubs in London have no dress code.
What is the clearest benefit of living in the desert? The weather is predictable and dry. SO can someone please tell me why there is not a single place to go out where you can sit outside and drink (pokey pretentious bar on roof of millenium excepted)?
What this place needs is a barasti bar. It is in Dubai Meridien Mina Seyahi. Rocking beach bar, no dress code, outdoor areas, big sofas and chill out zones.
One last thing, please have ample bar service areas. Spending the entire night queueing at the bar at rydges and palomas just isn't worth the effort.
It depends who is in them. Now if I was opening a night club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for example, I would certainly ban shorts, mini skirts etc on account of the average weight of the clubber being in excess of 100kg andreally there would be sights I would rather not see. But here? No. Bring it on I say.
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Yeah baldrick the outside areas at Aussie legends the rugby club and the ramada are really nice places!! Sorry to have brought it up, silly me.
It would be great to have a lounge here.
There's no need :)
no, you didnt, Alexa, wasnt 4u :)
I worked as a bouncer outside the Arsenal Tavern at Finsbury park, London, one Saturday - that went down well ;)
I agree with bouncers, as I posted earlier. If there's a problem with the male/female ratio, i dont think banning types of women (Russian, Muslim, Black, whichever type of racism you're trying to advocate...) is the answer.
Especially not the Russians, though, they're gorgeous! (And so friendly...)
plzzzz no russian prostitutes in the bar! it should be written in a large bold font: NO WOMEN FROM RUSSIA ARE ALLOWED! and ask for the ID...
also women from Russia must be banned from qatar completely... they already over flooded dubai.. it's not enough.. they are coming here as well..
And we need outside so everyone can smoke...
You can't teach experience...
Well, the sports bar was a joke...and the girls only night? Well, that would be perfect, no? away from the attention of the evil ones?
I just typed a super long story and it got deleted.
So in short:
Music - Keep it more loungy until 11/12. After that you can turn up the beats more. No live bands. One thing you could go for is the combination Hed kandi and others usually do. A dj and a sax or another instrument. Keep it a mix. Pearl has the tendency to swap to arab music which makes everyone but the lebanese leave after a while. (And most don't want to come back).
Dress code - Pearl was stupid to ban jeans, they have changed it now. Keep it decent though. There is skimpy and skimpy. People should dress up a bit.
Smoking - I don't smoke. So i would prefer non smoking. But if you allow smoking make sure the ventilation is working very well. Otherwise go for an outside-inside area.
Policy - No booking tables etc way in advance to be able to get in. Full is full and that way people will just show up in time in stead of booking a table and showing up late with a club half empty half the time.
Guests- Make sure you maintain a good mixture. As soon as one nationality takes over thats it... Your done. Labled. Very hard to turn that around.
No VIP area's. Something i saw someone say earlier. Very good point. Creates a division that doesn't need to be there. Only annoys others. Will come back and bite you in the &^%.
May i ask why you are asking this?? Kind of curious now.
at times I think they are worse!
lol Oryx...English women aren't much better!!! ;)
Actually, the more I think about it the more amazing I find it that there really isn't a decent club in Doha. Maybe it's because most of them are in hotels, or perhaps it because of the punters. I can't work it out, but I wish someone would and get it right for once.
Actually apart from fighting..English men cant dance... you want men who can dance in a club too.
Girls love men who can dance...
Actually I think design is key...
I like the design of the Pearl a lot....just not the atmosphere.... some right bling wearing twats in there.
I like Admirals with the sea view terrace but too overwhelmingly Lebanese
ditto La Cigale terrace..
you may want some sort of dress code ie no hair gel!
toilets should be inconvenient... people like to walk around to check whats happening
no live bands
dont try and please everyone with the music it gets all mixed up and the atmosphere goes.
you dont want loads of rig pigs...and be careful English men are more likely to fight than any other race.
tell the waiters that they may NOT act as messengers and bring over some pathetic tossers phone number written on a tissue.
Waiters are waiters -thats it.
I hate Palomas...its scary and sleazy
The Pearl is stuck up, and the bouncer makes you feel like shyte, the music is pretty poor, and as Irishtinker said, it doesn't know what it wants to be.
Atmosphere was ruined from the second you got there by the guy on the door.
I also think The Pearl didnt know whether it was a restaurant/bar/nightclub.
The clientele were good fun but it sometimes felt like 'look at me I have lots of money and I will stand around and look unimpressed'. Obviously I was on the dancefloor drunk and dancing like a twat!!
Do you think a non-smoking club would have less patrons because of the smokers who wouldn't go, or more patrons because of the non-smokers who would go?
Olive - with the gender demographic as it is you're never going to get the balance of men and woman right.
If I was a woman... hmmm... yes, I think bouncers would make me feel safe. Yep, thats it. What about girls only nights, so they get used to the place? What about a giant tele to watch the footy in the afternoon, you could open up early for me and Baldrick? We'd buy a lot of beer!
That's a great idea Alexa. :)
brutus, I mean non-working girls, which is why I thought a dress code would help to separate them from other girls.
Olive.. An increase in single women... It means more working girls.. (I think...hhhmmmm)
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How upset you must be.
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She moved in with me.
No dress codes, especially not "cover-up" ones. Give us a break from it. Can't it be a little island of fun? :)
Does anybody have any ideas for how to cut down on the number of single men and increase the number of women?
This is really great feedback guys, thanks and keep it coming.
Irishtinker, what particularly about the atmosphere at the Pearl didn't you like?
d place shudnt be depressing... and d music shud be gud.. and the crowd shud be awesome.. thats all i ask for.. :P
I thikn they're all pretty standard.
Thats why I have a dream to open up my own club one day :D
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I think the most important thing is the music.
Doha has Globals and Ministry which cater to the masses.
When The Pearl Lounge opened I thought brilliant a more intimate club but unfortunately it was all about trousers and shirts and not about the atmosphere. I remember going on a Tuesday evening and being asked for 200QAR to enter. My wife and friend went in and there was 1 person in there!
My wife is a DJ and we had a great time in the UK over the summer being able to dress funky casual and go out for a good dance.
Doha needs somewhere that will hold 2-300 people. On wknds it should be a bar/club, opening til late. For me I love vocal funky house. Stuff that makes people want to dance. Too many times in Doha the music doesnt suit the crowd. As the night goes on then the music can get harder moving on to electro etc.
During the wk it should be open as a bar with live dj playing live music possibly lounge/chilled or even have a full on night. I managed to club in the wk in the UK and still go to work the next day!
Well rant over. Here for 2 yrs now and there has been progress but not enough!
Good luck with your plans. Keep me posted!
Personally in Qatar, we ( wife and myself) luved Paloma’s. Didn’t like the fact that they cut of dance floor completely and have dj sam play right up on his “turntables”. Salsa bands is sizzling and plays good music
Bubbles is very nice when one needs to have a conversation. Used to like Orion when we had the “machas” playing.
Qatar needs the following in terms of nightclubs
Themed clubs (based on music) –
hip hop and R & B – hey Ryan & Co miss you guys from the base to teach everybody a thing or 2
House/trance/dance – ohh to have another MOS concert…
’80 music – some plain old ’80 stuff on the nights you just gotta chillax
lounge music/live music – you gotta have some good live music bands – I hate qube as a place so I don’t know anything about the band scene out here.
Very good ventilation – to smoke out the smoke. There is too much of smoke out here in the clubs – you feel like an ashtray at the end of every clubbing night.
If possible – no single guys on the floor, no cigarettes and drinks – I’ve seen this rule in quite a lot of clubs. I don’t have a issue with the guys but last weekend a bunch of dudes tried to mess around – it is good that I had my group else I’d be in trouble.
Drinks + Hornyness = Crazy dudes on the dance floor. If this goes outta control you’ll have only guys in the clubs.
Good sound quality – sound in the ridges – aussie bar is pathetic. Again stress needs to be made on the type of music to be played in order to determine the sound quality. More high for live music, more woofers (base) for hip/hop, trance.
Good lighting system – less strobs : Strobs cause headaches to customers so should be used to a min. Strobs are cheap though
Min 2 bar counters – to reduce the stress on one bar and keep customers happy. Preferably one on the other side of the club.
VIP area – overlooking the dance floor and for those very crowded nights.
I could go on and on but I wanna finish my work and getta outta this office. I’d like to set up a club out here. Did help out a client to set up one back home – although his budget was unlimited so we had the best of the best. Was fun.
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we wish to see/experience something else...
Oh no, we are NOT making another waterhole!
or is it WATERING HOLE??? (whatever)...
Three filipinas and two guys...
sexy clothes...
You can't teach experience...
You can't teach experience...
I agree with T about Qube.. I sucks bigtime with to much working ladies..
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How upset you must be.
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She moved in with me.
The worst is Qube it sucks big time ... music too loud, no proper ventilation filled with smoke and the worst service one can ever find they short charge if not careful
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Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Fabric is just like any other (good) nightclub really brutus.
they are from UK, i know them personally, they are our friends.. By the IH policy, they have to bring a new band every year..Thier 1-year contract has finished 4-5 month ago, but administration of IH desided to leave them till Ramadan... they hope to be back in 1 year, when the next group/singer will finish their/his contract..Insha'allah!
a good ventilation wherein the smoke won't get to anyone's eyes...
I agree, Irish harp is COOl...but the smoke is awful.
HHmmm..... interesting..
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
i definitely agree with the not so loud area...
I thought that duo in the Irish Harp was excellent and they played really good songs that fit the mood of the Irish Harp. I hope they come back again. Does anyone know where they were from?
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
I can do this... (hhhmm... very interesting concept..) I have not been in this kind of bar before.
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
And dance area thats louder...
Cube on DJ night I can't take that kind of loud...
The people working there must be deaf...
You can't teach experience...
I think of Latinos - Shirt open to the waist, black greased back hair, et voila, you've just created an all Lebanese club :o(
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I know QS, but the benefit of a place like QL is I can hit some of my focus group with these questions and pick their brains a little.
tallg, actually the couple from Irish was quite professional, and their repertuar was great too
tallg, actually the couple from Irish was quite professional, and they plaid great songs too..too bad they had left :(
Olive, you cannot please everybody anyway.. you have to think what kind of people do you want to attract to your bar.. would it be teenagers punks, so you have to choose appropriate music and ambience.. would it be people who likes wild dancing.. would it be senior stuff, who likes quite and elegant places, on high level with the corresponding music.. YOU have to decide what do YOU like, YOU have to fit this place.. otherwise people still wouldn’t go.. if your personality/style doesn’t match your place, it will be confusing, and hard for you as well..
in a nice ambience, then come 10 or 11, turn down the house lights and crank up the volume for the younger crowd who have the energy to last till the wee hours!
Twice the customer base for one club.
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Great Idea Olive...
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
When I say Latin club, what do you guys think? (Sorry if this totally sounds cheezy!)
Get on a plane Olive and go to B52s in Ibiza. Then come back here and replicate it.
Loud dance music please. No crappy 80s romantic music and no habibi Arab music. Just good loud dance music.You can have Trance sessions for the chill out phases. Also. have real big bathrooms for the ladies so they don't have to stand in line half the night when they need to powder their noses.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
brutus: http://www.fabriclondon.com/
So you think switching into a nightclub a little later is a good idea?
Chill our lounge and chilled music if you have a lady friend with you.
Full nightclub is you want some fun.
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
I'd prefer
A) chill out lounge, where you can sit and chat with friends after work and later (By 11) in the evening dance
AND
B) Full on nightclub, which nobody gets to until 11 at night?
Do you prefer
A) chilled music by a DJ
AND (By 11)
B) loud music by a DJ or band
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I know I know I read.. i'd already answered LOL.. but its ok.. ;-)
WYSIWYG
God only knows what girls want!
LOL, no tallg I really can't. What we're really interested in is a place to get the girls to go to.
You can't teach experience...
Fabric/Fabriclive..hhhmmm.... tallg what does it look like?? or feels like??
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
Sometimes A, sometimes B. Depends on your mood. Can you make both?
You can't teach experience...
that's A,A for me.. ;)
Bear in mind that the expat community ain't kids. Most of us can't do rave, techno, deep house etc and prefer good old rock.
Would love to bring my old pub's jukebox out here - Deep Purple, Led Zep, and Nazareth were going nonstop on the damned thing. It was loud, but it was clear.
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I'd prefer ToTo live!!
Read my post girl! I like Lebanese, especially the ladies yanni.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
That's why I'm on here tallg, I'm trying to make one. :)
Ok, so let's see; do people prefer:
A) chill out lounge, where you can sit and chat with friends after work and later in the evening dance
or
B) Full on nightclub, which nobody gets to until 11 at night?
Do you prefer
A) chilled music by a DJ
or
B) loud music by a DJ or band
Loulsy...well it's only Indians & Arabs who have grabbed me and my gf!!!!!!!
I wouldn't ban them though, too much fun watching them trying to dance!!! lol
Good live music. Can't beat it. Even if it's just good rockin' covers.
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good music, excellent drinks.....not too much smoke...
I think I can safely say there isn't one bar or club in Doha that has decent music or a decent ambience. In my opinion, of course.
Hmmmm, what about DJ music?
I don't like about the Irish bar:
1. the exorbitant prices
2. The "Authentic" Irish food - since when is Croque Monsuier Irish!?!?
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i want a good (and I mean G-O-O-D!) live music in the bars.. with the PROFESSIONAL musicians!!
..when you listen to someone like in the Fish Market in Intercon, you are in risk to get an ear cancer, man...
You can't teach experience...
HHHmmm...... can we have more of that?? that.. bar thing... with a lot of pretty girls.. in a skimpy outfit..
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
Something along the lines of Fabric/FabricLive. Probably wouldn't appeal to your average joe in Doha, but I'd definitely go.
What do you like about the Irish bar Qatarisun?
So its only the Indians and the ARabs who are sexually frustrated?!
I believe i've been grabbed by every nationality but those two!! do not generalize pls when u speak!
WYSIWYG
are you playing on my nerves??
"the best is at Sofitel
and the Worst is at Sheraton" ???
..i think you are fasting too much man...:)
guys, agree about La Cigal.. i don't like their skyview bar either.. no any sky view anyway, and it's so boring there..
the only place i like in La Cigal is their sushi bar..
but the best so far in Doha anyway is Irish... music was great.. but the present band has left :(:(.. let's see who is coming instead...
Genesis, nope not crystal. This will be a new place and we want to make sure we get it right. :)
Hmmm, I googled B52s Ibiza but all I get is the band. Can you explain a little more what it's like?
crystal lounge at the W ? ;)
too early to advertise i say
U have been to Ibiza too! OMG u r sooooooo international. Have u been to TOSSER del Mar too? Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I have hic!
U'd better have no problem with Lebanese or else u will not find me there!!!
WYSIWYG
All I want is a club that me and my gf don't grabbed by sexually frustrated Indians & Arabs!!!!!!!
i want all sexy man, cold room, flowing champagne or coctails and good damn music for dance.
Everybody is right everybody is wrong, it depend where you stand
I have no problem with Lebanese at all. Just not a club that is a "Lebanese" club. Its great to have a good mix of nationalities but not to let any one nationality become too dominant.
Like I said before, B52s in Ibiza. They have got it right.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
lol,,, good music with Beautiful Drunk chick,,,,
mY nEPAL
mY pRIDE
You can't teach experience...
So, so far you guys want a club that:
A) has women
B) Has an outdoor terrace
C) Has No Lebanese
D) has no dress code...
Am I right?
But how do you keep "undesirables" out.
Dress codes are so 20th Century. The best clubs have flair that comes from the people that visit them. You can't impose flair through a dress code in a night club.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Not forgotten, just haven't been yet!
As to dress code ... I stayed at Marriott when I first arrived, as was my boss, and went to Pearl. My boss wanted to finish some work and was following on later. I was the ONLY customer in there and they turned my boss away as he was wearing jeans!
How much does that suck!?!?!?
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You forgot the open air lounge at La Cigale and the terrace at Habanos at The Ritz.
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it's a LEBANESE haven after all...
No outside drinking ...
Except, Golf Club, Rugby Club, Garveys, Balcony at Sheherazad, Aussie Legends.
I do agree though that we need a Barasti lookalike - shisha and a beer on the beach :o)
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I think it sucks. Here's why:
1. Too many cool Lebanese guys with slicked back hair and shirts open to their waists at the bar.
2. Too many of the same Lebanese guys admiring themselves in the mirror of the men's bathroom.
3. The service is crap and slow and they always get your order wrong.
4. Its too small.
5. You have to book 5 years ahead of when you want to attend.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Because I get plenty satisfaction in knowing that your defeat is seen by all...muahahahahaha!
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I saw the Piano bar and looked at the outside (open-air) lounge but never got to try their service.
what say you? :-)
is B52s in Ibiza. Its great inside and they have a roof deck too. No dress code either. That's what I call a real club.
Go easy on me labda. My wrist is still broken from last time and why are you using that picture of you humiliating me as your Facebook cover page? Huh?
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Music not so loud your fillings vibrate out...
Sexy women...
Booze...
AND NO SMOKE...:)
You can't teach experience...
hahahahaha...Tiggy, you want your arm broken next time? Huh? Thought not.
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is at Sofitel
and the Worst is at Sheraton
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you have nothing to contribute since you are such a good girl and never go out. The last three times I didn't see you was not in a bar, not at a party and I have never seen you post on QL.
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Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
it was on a weekday so it was not crowded. We were able to sit by the bar, had a chat with a nice old guy drinking along side of us and it was nice a nice chit chat.
I'd like that in a bar/night club wherein you could just sit, unwind and enjoy your drink, be able to talk with people around you...
The only downside is..the drink was expensive....
since you insist mjamille :)
I dont go to nightclubs, or parties. NEVER I never listen to music and I think people who go for movies are setting themselves up to be brainwashed by the wicked waste.
So I have nothing of substance to add to this thread.
Oh, and I also dont use computers.
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Dress codes are ridiculous. They serve no purpose except for alienating people. Why wearing chinos is considered smarter than a nice pair of jeans I have no idea. Pearl is terrible. best clubs in London have no dress code.
What is the clearest benefit of living in the desert? The weather is predictable and dry. SO can someone please tell me why there is not a single place to go out where you can sit outside and drink (pokey pretentious bar on roof of millenium excepted)?
What this place needs is a barasti bar. It is in Dubai Meridien Mina Seyahi. Rocking beach bar, no dress code, outdoor areas, big sofas and chill out zones.
One last thing, please have ample bar service areas. Spending the entire night queueing at the bar at rydges and palomas just isn't worth the effort.
yeah labda, it is...... so lets hear what you got to say then... ;)
Is this an interview?
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It depends who is in them. Now if I was opening a night club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for example, I would certainly ban shorts, mini skirts etc on account of the average weight of the clubber being in excess of 100kg andreally there would be sights I would rather not see. But here? No. Bring it on I say.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
What if the dress code said no shorts, no t-shirts, no strappy tank tops and no mini skirts?
Dress codes just turn into greasy hair gel and bling contests. No dress code is best. In some cases, less is more yanni.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Are you opposed to dress codes?
I am an old fart but I like good dance music. You know, a little Timberlake, Timberland,Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nape Dogg, Warren G etc.
Also, for a night club, I like good ambience but nothing too flashy or bling. I mean we already have Admirals and the Pearl for that.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
your air condition is off man
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It is.
What do you guys think of clubs like
The Pearl,
Madison
Habano's
Bubbles and Palomas?
Is the air conditioning too cold for you?
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
lol Tig.. anything else, besides that?
Haram this is Ramadan damn you pervert
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LOL, well get some pretty sexy women to say what they're looking for in a nightclub and maybe we could get one. :D
Lots of sexy pretty women.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about