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.