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Best Cafés in Qatar (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Qatar

  1. Shay Al Shoomoos Qatari breakfast café, Souq WaqifShay Al Shoomoos is a celebrated Qatari breakfast spot in Souq Waqif, run by Shams Al Qassabi and famous for regag bread, balaleet and milky tea.
  2. Flat White Specialty Coffee (Gate Mall) Specialty coffee, West Bay / DafnaFlat White, founded in 2016 by Nasser Al-Naemi and Maryam Al-Bader, is regarded as Qatar's first third-wave coffee shop, with its own HonoRoast beans and several Doha branches.
  3. Harvest Coffee (The Pearl) Specialty coffee and roaster, Porto Arabia, The PearlHarvest Coffee is an award-winning Doha specialty roaster founded in 2019, and its Pearl café by the marina opens from 6am for seasonal coffee and breakfast.

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4. Desert Rose Café

Museum café, Qatari and international$Corniche / Museum Park

Desert Rose Café on the ground floor of the National Museum of Qatar is a relaxed, Michelin-listed café serving traditional Qatari dishes, date cake and specialty coffee.

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