Any experience at this hotel recently?

I'm staying in Doha for 4 nights and juggling around the St. Regis and the W. I'll be using SNA's as well.

Any recent experiences with Platinum treatment at this property?

Stayed here last year. You can have breakfast at the lounge or at Market. Other than that, you are entitled to all listed benefits.

Stayed here for 3 nights in November and it is a stunning hotel. The rates can back that up but was not an issue as I was staying for work. Rate included breakfast,wifi and lounge access although I am not sure if there is a lounge or where it would be as it was never mentioned during check-in. I was staying as a Gold and was provided a free drink voucher upon check-in.

Room is clean, small but efficient. Bathroom on the other hand is massive and over the top. Wifi was generally fast but I did have some VPN issues due to slowness.

Food is good and room service was quick. Breakfast downstairs is very good!

Staff were very helpful and made sure to say hello and ask if you needed anything while waiting in the lobby.

Only issue I had was when I was leaving and they scheduled a BMW to take me to the airport. They put me in a nice 5 series and then a gentleman came from the car area and started arguing with my driver. Apparently I was put into the wrong BMW and they wanted to put me in another car but it was not there and I had a flight to catch. I bailed and just took a taxi that was waiting near the entrance. Glad I did not prepay for the service or I still may be there while they argued.

This hotel is making me rethink my allegiance to HGP and is definitely one of the nicest business hotels I have stayed at.

P.S. - When checking out, you may notice a small charge for each night. It was some sort of donation that I was making. It is small but did cause me some headaches with my expenses department so be on the lookout if you need to expense this stay. I would gladly pay it but would prefer it to be separate from my bill.

Stayed there overnight due to connecting QR flights back in July. (On my dime, not QR's, though the airline would have put me up in another hotel.) Very impressed by great suite upgrade and friendly, efficient staff, but the stay was so short I can't comment much beyond that I'll definitely go back if visiting or passing through Doha in the future.

I was upgraded to a Witty Residence on my stay last weekend. I am not sure why I got this rather than one of the hotel rooms. I can only think it was perhaps because I have a preference for a higher floor and these rooms are above the normal hotel?? I was awarded all the other Platinum benefits of the WVIP at the hotel including free breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel.

There are some pictures in my current TR (at the bottom of the post).

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Wiki created.

Guys, any comments on the lounge? What do they offer? Happy Hour? Hors d'oeuvres? Alcohol?

I stayed one night here about a month ago. The lounge was closed (due to Ramadan I think) so the cafe acted as a temporary lounge. But now that Ramadan is over it should be back to the normal lounge again?

I guess I'm not really answering your question Thought I would share my fairly recent experience anyway

Thanks anyways! ^

Can somebody else share any more details on the lounge and its offerings?

So been about 6 months since I've been but in the past they offer a full enough breakfast spread in the morning (with chef for fresh hot eggs / omelettes). In the afternoon there is another wide selection of min sandwiches, cheeses, fruits, desserts, etc - more than enough to make a lunch. During dinner time there are 3 or 4 hot options added in addition to nuts, chips & salsa, cheese, hors d'oeuvres, desserts again, etc - I've had "dinner" there many times. Drinks (non-alcoholic) are free throughout the day and their latest policy was during happy hour (6-7pm I think) drinks are free. ^ Much better than old policy of buy one, get one free during happy hour.

Thanks. ^

Anybody been there most recently? Is the pool renovation coming along and on schedule? Can you still sit outside or is it totally unaccessible?

I usually get Cool Corner Suite upgrades here, but just got a Witty Residence one myself. Fantastic. Also, they're testing a WhatsApp concierge service which is amazing. Set my wakeup call, got help with internet, and a bottle of wine to my room in 10 minutes, all via WhatsApp.

I continue to maintain it's my favourite hotel in SPG....going back to my first stay in approx 2010 where they tracked down my lost wallet in a taxi overnight and had it located for me by morning.

Older posts speak of "the construction site". Is there still construction ongoing nearby, and if so, how disturbing is it?

How do the other properties compare? StR appears to be similarly priced for the dates I'm thinking of.

I just updated the Wiki. Any Western people been here during the holy Ramadan? Is Doha a ghost town during the day? I take it I will only be eating at night. Do all the Western chain hotels close up food service for the day?