Safir Hotel Doha

Hotel staff service was redculous. They charged me 50QR for the way back to airport and didn't give me any receipt. They just said no problem, no problem. Then they rquested me to get back to the hotel. Breakfast menue is so limited. The only good thing is that the accomodation fee was cheap. Yet it is cheap because the service is cheap.

Okay hotel for stop-over. More tourist hotel than 4 star. A little worn bathroom, but but big and spacious room. Near Souq Waqif. Water in pool is not heated and cold in evening. Service at front desk was a litte odd. During check in they started discussing price with another customer and generally front desk was not friendly. Security staff was great. Make sure you ask for blue taxi for going somewhere, or else they will get you an over twice as expensive driver without a meter but no extra comfort from the taxies. No taxis/shuttles outside hotel as they told us before arriving when asked for an early taxi.

The service seemed average. The experience with the hotel airport shuttle was bad. The room was okay but the AC was not functioning well as it took a long time to reach the desired temperature.

I was not impressed at all with this hotel. These things may seem trivial but I travel alot and comfort is very important. It ruined my experience. I arrived late off of a 17 hour flight and arrived around 1am. I checked in and had no help from anyone to take my luggage or explain where anything was. In fact I was literally pointed to the lift. When I got to the room I discovered the requests I had made (which were confirmed to me by email as ok) were not in this room. I paid for a bath and a 'city view' which it had neither. I went back down to the front desk only to be fobbed off. I also needed a power adaptor which I was told could not be provided (first hotel ever to not lend me one). I asked if one of the staff could possibly lend me one of theirs as I had to call home to let my family know I had arrived ok. Eventually one of the staff obliged. I later discovered that there was a plug in the room under the desk that could take my plug. If they had just showed me it would have saved alot of stress! There was no bath as promised by this hotel ( I would not have booked here is I had know this). Overall I found the staff for the most part disinterested in the comfort or pleasure of my stay and even a little rude. I was to stay up to 7 nights depending on my schedule. I had pre-booked 3 nights and extended but chose to leave to another hotel. The room itself was only ok for the money. The pictures look way better than the actual hotel. Housekeepers were nicer than anyone els