Hotel Autograph Collection di Al Shahaniya

We were really looking forward to our stay, but two nights were more than enough. I'm not sure how this hotel qualifies as a luxury hotel, never mind a Marriott. The front desk receptionist was lovely, and we did receive an upgrade as Marriott members. The room was very nice and the bed comfortable, but the touchpad light control was really annoying—especially when you need to turn on a light at night and accidentally illuminate the entire room, waking your partner. It doesn't blend well with the fake antique furniture, which frankly looks a bit tacky. The balcony lacking seating was disappointing. The pool area had too many pigeons flying around, leaving droppings everywhere. While I understand this is a farm setting. We were inside during breakfast, and the number of flies in the restaurant, indicated poor hygiene. If the air-conditioned restaurant was this bad, I dread to imagine the state of the kitchen. The food was average, nothing spectacular, even with limited menu had items missing! Hotel is only 30minutes from Doha, this reflects poor management. With my wife’s main course arriving 10minutes after mine! … wouldn’t be so bad if the place was busy, but we were the only customers in the restaurant. Other: Safe needed replaced as it was broken, Iron leaked needed replaced, needed to phone up to ask for Coffee pods for Nespresso machine, never turned up, eventually got fed up waiting and went and saw housekeeping myself. Hotel seems like a training camp for hotel staff, with no trainer. Tips: The museum is closed on Sundays, and we were only shown the stables at the farm. The guide/buggy driver was neither knowledgeable nor particularly helpful.