thanks to everyone (except 120kpm@roundabout) for your answers. this is my second trip to doha and normally i'm in dubai when in the middle east, where they are still serving alcohol in restaurants from 19.30.

last time i was in doha quite a lot of people told me how doha is as liberal as dubai, because of the amount of expats there, so i did think that the hotels where tourists and business expats would be would make exceptions as they do in dubai. i have no problem not drinking, i am not much of a drinker anyway. just sometimes is nice to have a bottle of wine over dinner.

120kph, i don't appreciate being called an idiot. i wasn't asking for drugs or prostitutes or anything morally or legally wrong. i asked an innocent question about a city that i've only been to once before and your comment was uncalled for.