Originally Posted by
TabTraveller
Small piece of advice: don't head to the airport early to spend time at Al Sawfa. If you have a connection in DOH then sure, it's more comfortable than the terminal.
Once you get over the architectural scale of the place, the food is mediocre, the drink selection very business class, the spa pay-only (and not cheap) and there is little else to do. Except look at some old arab pottery. Even watching aircraft movements is impossible as the windows are mostly covered by curtains.
It is not up there in the world's best F lounges by any stetch.
It kind of *is* a business class lounge in some senses, given most customers in there are flying short-haul in what would probably be branded as a business class product in Europe. Partly explains why the spa is paid, little effort is put into the food, etc, as there are a relatively small number of 'proper' F passengers going through each day.
OP, note that the champagne is definitely not 'very business class', so if you're looking to indulge in a few glasses of that then it might be worth turning up early.