The Al Bandar fish market is located in Souq Waqif and is, in our opinion, one of the better restaurants in the Souq. Attentive waiters wait outside the restaurant, ready to guide you either towards one of the tables in the sun or to the pleasant upstairs dining area.
The menu is extensive but not overly expensive for seafood. We found the set menus provided particularly good value, with a four course meal starting at under QAR 100. Both our set menus option started with a refreshingly sharp Tom Yang Kung soup, which was followed by the most amazing "mixed appetizer", which is pictured above.
I then had the Al Bandar mixed seafood: a combination of delicious tender hamour, shrimps, squid and lobster, while my wife had prawns cooked in a lemon-garlic butter sauce.
If I have any criticism it is that the food could have been a little hotter - although that could have been our fault as we did dawdle over the starter. The desert could have also have been more appetizing, and the ice-cream that had been promised in the menu was not available - but by this point we were so sated that even the children were beyond caring.
During the meal the service was excellent, and the food arrived promptly as each course was finished. Coffee was included in the set meal price, and was also given to the one member of our party who did not have a set meal without any extra charge.
Details:
Tel: 4311818
Fax: 4311919
Also see:
Eating out in Doha
Qatar Food
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