In a area the place inns are likely to depend on being the greatest, boldest, and costliest to attract consideration, The Ned Doha has chosen as a substitute to embody supreme stylishness. Housed in a brutalist former authorities ministry, the look inside is utilitarian however sultry: Geometric options and unique waffled concrete ceilings are softened by layered materials, daring patterns, and Murano glass chandeliers. Rooms exude Seventies glamour, with classic references together with Roberts radios, clunky rotary-dial telephones beside the beds, and TVs hidden behind tapestries designed by native artists. The terrazzo balconies look out over the sea, Al Bidda Park, or the Amiri Diwan palace, the place camels patrol all through the day. Walnut-clad partitions double as gallery house for the lodge’s assortment of greater than 350 items, many by Qatar-based artists and most by ladies. As with its big sister in London, which can be a members’ membership, The Ned Doha’s social scene facilities on a round stage with nightly reside music, surrounded by the hubbub of diners in Cecconi’s and Millie’s Grill. Outdoors, sunshine filters by overhead drapes at Malibu Kitchen, which serves colourful Californian delicacies subsequent to a pool flanked by striped daybeds and cabanas. But the greatest spot to mirror on what this atmospheric lodge brings to the metropolis is at a desk loaded with glorious Levantine meze, salads, and grills beneath the frangipani bushes at Hadika. Rooms from $380. —Nicola Chilton