ramada encore iftar buffet review

 Ramada Encore was built in an old part of Doha on a very small site .The building is high and next to other hotels .When we decided to try their iftar buffet then we wanted to explore something new .

It is a four star hotel . The restaurant with modern design  was so much minimalist that it nearly looked like a school canteen .It was rather small . Mostly families came to break their fast here but there was a large group of males as well .It really disturbed at first .I got used to families only sections .

 The buffet was modest looking . I started with harissa soup . That was the only kind of soup . It was spicy and light .Chickpeas and spices like clove or cinnamon  -  I thought first that it was an Indian soup but it turned out that it is  from  Maghreb area .It was a good start .

 Then I took some salads . The usual Middle Eastern salads : hummus ,tabbouleh ,mutabbal . I do not remember all of them - they were good and simple .

There were four kinds of main course on the buffet table .Lamb ,fish ,chicken  and mutton perhaps .I think Pakistani dishes .I forgot the names . They were good but not special .

On the dessert table there were some French pastry with oriental  sweet treats . I liked their rice pudding - it was a more concentrated one than our rice pudding that we eat in Hungary . The small cakes with silver icing were a visual delight .But they were not as tasty as they looked .

I tried not to eat too much .
The cappuccino was excellent .
And we are very picky when it is about good cappucino .

All in all it was a good but not very special iftar buffet .It was quite eclectic - when it is about Pakistani dishes I never ate better than in the rundown Shezan hotel's restaurant .
The service is excellent .Those waiters are probably the loveliest ones in Doha .

The value for the money : we used Qgrab coupons -so we payed half price  - 40 rials for adults/ 20 rials for kids .It was a real deal this way  but I am not sure that I would take it for the full price ...

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Iftar Dinner with set menus - affordable places

There is life in Qatar even beyond the five star hotels .The proof of that is that some places offer iftar dinner with set menus  and they wont cost you so much .So leave the posh places for the millionaires and for the corporate show-off  and find a place where they are ready to offer a set menu  for ordinary people  when the sun sets .

Royal Tandoor   -  set menu  QR 50   between 5 -8 PM
 reservation : 4444 6151


Applebee's Iftar Buffet - unlimited soups , salads , appetizers with selected main course QR 55


Sukh Sagar , Pure vegetarian restaurant  - Weekend Dinner Buffet  QR 35    Tel : 44319172


Merweb Hotel  -Al  Sadd Doha
Tiffany's restaurant   Iftar Buffet QR 65 Lebanese  dishes
 reservation :4447 1017

Shawarma Grill House(Woqod Station, Al Rayan,) - Ramadan Special all you can eat QR59 including drinks  - children  eat at half price
reservation 4411 9920

in case you got   a  large family and you are minimum 30 people when you dine out then you may also consider Bombay Chowpatty


 for QR 39 you can get traditional Indian  iftar meal 
Tel :55712757


finally if you are a pizza fan then you may have a less traditional iftar meal at Papa Johns where you can have  pizzas ,  cheesesticks , breadsticks , potato wedges ,pepsi -all you can eat style ... for QR19

update : I found a restaurant offering dinner for much more expensive than they advertised ... also I found that all places are very busy with customers so it is better to call them in advance and book a table /ask about the price 

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