Sheraton Grand Doha Review

I recently travelled to Qatar. Here is this midlifer’s Sheraton Grand Doha Hotel review.

Background
I stayed for four days in Doha, Qatar’s capital, and stayed all the days at the Sheraton Hotel. The hotel has a grand name of Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. This was the first time during my almost-three week-long tour of Egypt, Oman and Qatar that I stayed in just one hotel in a city.
We had booked through Marriott’s Bonvoy Points.
The Sheraton Doha is a five-star hotel that was opened in 1982. It is located in the upscale West Bay area and at one end of the Al Corniche – the seaside promenade. The hotel is massive with 371 rooms and is shaped like triangle/pyramid though for me it also looked like a cruise ship.
There are glass-covered elevators/lifts that are located along the main column so that when they go up and down you can have a look at the different floors as well as the majestic lobby.

The Room
We had a Deluxe room which came with a king-sized bed. There was a table with snacks and a usual mini refrigerator. The room also had a coffee maker which I used liberally.
It is a split-level room with the King-sized bed and the coffee table on the main level, and two sofas, a writing desk and a wall-mounted TV on the second, living-room level. Both levels are connected by a few stairs.
The Bathroom
The bathroom was luxuriant – with towels, and the amenities kits that included toothbrushes/paste, moisturizer, shampoo, conditioner, soap etc. We usually don’t get them clean every day; only when we feel the room needs tidying up or the bathroom needs fresh supplies and they always complied with our requests.
One feature I noticed was the abundance of gold. The faucets, the knobs and even the towel hanger had gold plating.
Another feature I noticed was that there were no robes.
The deluxe room was with a balcony overlooking the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the hotel’s private beach. It was a cozy little place where one could sit and enjoy a drink while enjoying the dhows ploughing through the calm waters, or the distant and not-so-distant skyscrapers.
The room had sufficient power plugs, and even came with an international charger which I found was a neat arrangement. There was the usual safe, iron and the ironing board etc.

Other Facilities
The Pool and the Beach
The Restaurants

Final Comments

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