If you are talking about pool AND beer, then options are limited to hotels, expat bars, or apartment clubhouses. I'm not aware of any hotels that have pool tables, but that doesn't mean that there isn't one somewhere. Garvey's has a pool table. There are pool halls along Al Matar (airport road), but there is heavy construction over there right now AND the aforementioned lack of beer.

My wife went to the DJ party at Diplomatic Club a few weeks ago, and had a good time. They should be having more of those coming up. It's not really my scene though.

I'm off to count the beer to photo ratio on my blog... :)

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