Doha Festival City: Shops, Timings, Cinema, Restaurants and Parking

Doha Festival City is a large shopping and leisure destination in Umm Salal Muhammed, north of central Doha, near Al Shamal Road. Under one roof you will find department stores, a Monoprix hypermarket, two food courts, the VOX Cinemas multiplex and indoor attractions including Angry Birds World, Snow Dunes and Virtuocity. IKEA Doha is part of the same development but keeps its own hours.

This guide puts the opening hours first, then explains how to get there, what to shop and eat, how to book the cinema and what the mall publishes about parking and visitor services. Each schedule is listed separately, because the mall, Monoprix, IKEA, VOX and each attraction publish different hours.

QatarVia is an independent guide. We are not Doha Festival City, VOX Cinemas or IKEA, and we do not sell tickets. Details were checked on 16 October 2026 against the mall's contact page, mall trading hours panel, official store directory, entertainment listings and guest services page, the VOX Cinemas Doha Festival City page, the IKEA Doha store page and Visit Qatar. Tenants, hours and prices change, so confirm with the operator before you travel.

Doha Festival City at a glance

Item	Verified visitor information
Location	Umm Salal Muhammed, near Al Shamal Road, north of Doha (Google Maps directions)
Mall retail hours	Sunday to Wednesday 10am to 10pm; Thursday 10am to 11pm (see the Saturday note below)
Friday	10am to 11pm with a midday closure for Friday prayers
Shopping	Fashion, beauty, sports, electronics, homeware, children's stores and department stores such as Harvey Nichols, Marks & Spencer and Centrepoint
Hypermarket	Monoprix, ground floor; its listing shows 8am to midnight daily (Monoprix listing)
Dining	North and South Food Courts plus sit-down restaurants and cafes on the ground and first floors
Cinema	VOX Cinemas, 18 screens, first floor; THEATRE, KIDS, 4DX and MAX experiences
Family entertainment	Angry Birds World, Snow Dunes, Virtuocity, Caboodle, Spark Sense And Play, Outdoor Leisure Trail
IKEA	Separate schedule; check the IKEA Doha store page
Parking	On-site parking; VIP valet at the Main Entrance and West Court 2. Fees are not published
Official contact	+974 4035 4444; DhfcQA.Call@alfuttaim.com
Map and directory	interactive mall map; official store directory; official dining directory

Location and how to get there

The mall gives its address as Umm Salal Muhammed, Doha, and Visit Qatar describes it as near Al Shamal Road. IKEA's store page places it on Al Shamal Road in Zone 70. Use the mall's contact page, which has an embedded directions tool, or these Google Maps directions to the coordinates Visit Qatar publishes.

Do not confuse it with Dubai Festival City in the UAE or Cairo Festival City in Egypt. Those are separate malls in other countries, with their own tenants and hours. Search results, maps and reviews sometimes mix them up.

By car

The mall sits beside Al Shamal Road, the main road north from Doha, and most visitors arrive by car. Set your navigation to "Doha Festival City" and check whether it is routing you to the mall itself or to IKEA, since they appear as separate places on maps. Traffic varies, so no fixed driving time is given here.

By taxi or ride-hailing

Karwa taxis and ride-hailing apps can drop you at the mall. Choose a drop-off at the main mall entrance, or at IKEA if that is your destination, and save the same point for your return pickup.

By public transport

Doha Festival City has no metro station of its own. Visit Qatar and IKEA both name Lusail QNB, the northern end of the Doha Metro Red Line, as the nearest station. IKEA's page says it is about 9 km from the station to the mall, so this is not a walking route. You need a bus, taxi or ride-hailing car for the final stretch.

Several third-party guides, including Property Finder and Wikipedia's Lusail station article, say the free Metrolink M145 feeder bus runs from Lusail QNB to Doha Festival City. When we checked, we could not open Qatar Rail's or Mowasalat's websites to confirm the route, its stop or its hours. Before you travel, check M145 in the Qatar Rail app or the Karwa Journey Planner. If it is not listed, take a taxi from Lusail QNB.

IKEA's page also lists bus route numbers, but at least one of them, route 43, was reported withdrawn in 2022. We have not repeated those routes here. For lines, fares and travel cards, see our Doha Metro map and fares guide.

Doha Festival City opening hours

The mall publishes its hours in three places: the contact page, the trading hours panel on the home page and an open or closed message in the site header. They agree for Sunday to Thursday and on a Friday prayer closure. They differ on Saturday's closing time and on the exact Friday break, so both versions are shown below.

Day	Mall retail hours	Note
Sunday	10am to 10pm	All official versions agree
Monday	10am to 10pm	All official versions agree
Tuesday	10am to 10pm	All official versions agree
Wednesday	10am to 10pm	All official versions agree
Thursday	10am to 11pm	All official versions agree
Friday	10am to 11pm, closed for Friday prayers	Break listed as 11am to 12:30pm (trading hours panel) or 11:30am to 1pm (site header)
Saturday	10am to 10pm	Contact page; the site header shows 10am to 11pm

The mall's trading hours panel applies the same weekday and weekend hours to food and drink outlets and the hypermarket, but individual outlet pages often show their own times. Treat the table as the mall's general retail schedule, not a promise for every store. If you are visiting on a Saturday evening or around Friday prayers, call the mall on +974 4035 4444.

Separate schedules

Venue	Published hours	Source
Monoprix hypermarket	8am to 12am daily (store listing). The mall panel shows standard mall hours for the hypermarket	Monoprix listing
IKEA store	Sunday to Wednesday 10am to 10pm; Thursday 10am to 11pm; Friday 1pm to 11pm; Saturday 9am to 10pm	IKEA Doha store page
IKEA Restaurant	Sunday to Wednesday 9am to 9:30pm; Thursday 9am to 11:30pm; Friday 8am to 10:30pm; Saturday 8am to 9:30pm	IKEA Doha store page
VOX Cinemas	Varies by screening; no single opening time is published. Check showtimes for your date	VOX Cinemas Doha Festival City page
Angry Birds World (indoor)	Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 12pm to 10pm; Monday and Thursday 12pm to 12am; Friday 1pm to 12am. Outdoor area from 6pm	Angry Birds World page
Snow Dunes	Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 12pm to 10pm; Tuesday and Thursday 12pm to 12am; Friday 1pm to 12am	Snow Dunes page
Virtuocity	Saturday to Wednesday 12pm to 10pm; Thursday 12pm to 12am; Friday 1pm to 12am	Virtuocity page

IKEA's own page and the mall's IKEA listing do not fully match on Friday and Saturday mornings, so use IKEA's page. Several attraction pages give different late-closing days, so check the specific attraction rather than assuming they share a schedule.

Ramadan and public holidays: the mall had no Ramadan or holiday timetable posted when we checked. Hours normally change during Ramadan and around Eid, and a few outlet pages note takeaway-only service during fasting hours. Check the mall's mall trading hours panel or call before visiting in those periods.

Shops and store directory

The mall's own site describes more than 400 stores in one place and over 550 in another, and outside directories give other totals. Treat any store count as approximate. The examples below were all listed in the official directory when we checked, with the floor shown on each store's page.

Category	Verified examples (floor)	Full list
Department stores	Harvey Nichols (ground and first), Marks & Spencer (ground and first), Centrepoint (ground and first)	official store directory
Fashion	Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Bershka, BOSS, Aldo (all ground floor)	official store directory
Beauty	Dior, Charlotte Tilbury, Bath & Body Works, Boots pharmacy (all ground floor)	official store directory
Sports	Decathlon, Adidas, Foot Locker (ground floor); Nike (first floor)	official store directory
Electronics and telecom	Fnac, iSpot (first floor); Huawei Experience Store, Ooredoo (ground floor); Vodafone (first floor)	official store directory
Home and furniture	Home Centre, BoConcept (first floor); H&M Home (ground floor); ACE (ground floor); IKEA (separate building schedule)	official store directory
Children and toys	Build-A-Bear Workshop, Carter's, Mamas & Papas (first floor); Early Learning Centre (ground floor)	official store directory
Hypermarket and essentials	Monoprix (ground floor); Daiso (ground floor); banks and exchange houses	official store directory

If you need a phone shop, our Ooredoo branches guide includes the Doha Festival City shop. To find a store's exact position, search the interactive mall map before you go.

IKEA, Monoprix and other anchor stores

IKEA Doha opened before the main mall as the first phase of the Doha Festival City development. It appears in the mall directory, but the mall's hours panel simply says "refer to their website" for IKEA. Use the IKEA Doha store page for store, restaurant, bistro, Smaland and Swedish Food Market times. Neither IKEA nor the mall says which entrance links the two, so check the mall map or ask at a customer service desk if you plan to walk between them.

Monoprix is the mall's hypermarket. Its listing calls it the world's largest Monoprix and places it on the ground floor, with the phone number 4407 8300. Older guides that name another hypermarket brand here are out of date. Our Qatar supermarkets guide explains where Monoprix sits on price compared with other chains.

Harvey Nichols and Marks & Spencer both trade across the ground and first floors. Visit Qatar notes that Doha Festival City brought the first Harvey Nichols and IKEA stores to Qatar.

Restaurants, cafes and food courts

The mall says it has more than 100 places to eat. Fast-food brands are mostly in the two food courts. Sit-down restaurants and cafes are spread across the ground and first floors. The official dining directory has the full list; the selection below is an editorial sample, not a ranking.

North Food Court and South Food Court

• North Food Court (first floor): Burger King, KFC, Jollibee, Subway, Cinnabon and Abajour, with McDonald's also listed here.
• South Food Court: Chili's and Papa John's on the ground floor; Saiyd Afandi, Dunia and TGI Fridays on the first floor. McDonald's also lists a South Food Court ground floor location. Virtuocity is next to the South Food Court on the ground floor.

Outlet	Type or cuisine	Floor (verified)	Useful note
The Cheesecake Factory	American casual dining	Ground	Sit-down
Jamie's Italian	Italian	Ground	On the official breakfast list
Carluccio's	Italian	Ground	On the official breakfast list
Wagamama	Asian noodles and rice	First	Sit-down
Texas Roadhouse	Steakhouse	First	Sit-down
Eataly	Italian market and restaurants	First	Food hall format
Shake Shack	Burgers	Ground	Quick meal
Five Guys	Burgers	First	Quick meal
Nando's	Peri-peri chicken	First	Quick meal
Paul	French bakery and cafe	Ground	On the official breakfast list
Angelina Paris	French cafe and patisserie	Ground	Desserts
Ladurée	Patisserie	First	Desserts
Costa Coffee	Coffee	First	Cafe
Starbucks	Coffee	Ground and first	Four locations listed

Breakfast: the mall's breakfast listing includes Aimee's, Carluccio's, Jamie's Italian, Karafirin, McDonald's, Paul, Saiyd Afandi, Starbucks and Tim Hortons. Only some state an opening time: Karafirin and Saiyd Afandi list 8am. Because the general mall opens at 10am, check how to reach an early-opening outlet before arriving. The IKEA Restaurant also opens early on Fridays and Saturdays (see the hours table).

VOX Cinemas at Doha Festival City

The VOX Cinemas Doha Festival City page describes an 18-screen multiplex, which the mall places on the first floor. It is the only cinema VOX lists in Qatar, so selecting "Festival City - Doha" on the VOX Qatar site or app shows this location.

VOX's location page lists THEATRE (a lounge with a dining menu), KIDS (family cinemas for children's films) and 4DX (motion seats with wind, water, scent and light effects). The mall's VOX listing also names MAX, and MAX sessions appeared in VOX's showtimes for this cinema when we checked. We found no IMAX listing on VOX's Qatar site, so we do not list it.

How to check showtimes and book

1. Open the VOX Qatar website or the VOX Cinemas app and select Festival City - Doha.
2. Pick a date, then a film. Showtimes are grouped by experience (Standard, MAX, THEATRE, 4DX, KIDS).
3. Check the film's age rating before choosing a session.
4. Choose seats and confirm the price shown at checkout, which is the price that applies.
5. Arrive in time to find parking and walk to the first floor.

Ticket type (2D)	Price listed by VOX
Standard	QAR 45
MAX Laser standard	QAR 65
4DX	QAR 130
THEATRE	QAR 175

VOX's FAQ also states that staff may ask for photo ID to prove age, and that under-age entry to restricted films is refused even with a parent. Children under 3 enter free without a seat. VOX asks visitors not to bring young children to THEATRE or 4DX, and outside food is not allowed. Online bookings can be refunded as VOX credit, not cash, up to 30 minutes before the start.

Family entertainment

Attraction	Main activity	Who it may suit	Official details
Angry Birds World	Indoor and outdoor theme park with rides and play areas, lower ground floor, South Court	Families; the operator says its rides suit all ages	Angry Birds World
Snow Dunes	Indoor snow park kept at about -4°C	Visitors wanting a cold-weather activity; bring warm layers	Snow Dunes
Virtuocity	Gaming hub with escape rooms, gaming arena and arcade-style games, ground floor, South Food Court	Teens and adults who like gaming	Virtuocity
Caboodle	Home-grown store aimed at the whole family (mall description), first floor	Families; check the venue for activities	Caboodle
Spark Sense And Play	Listed under entertainment without a description, first floor	Check with the venue	Spark Sense And Play
Outdoor Leisure Trail	Running and cycling trail around the mall	Walkers, runners and cyclists in Qatar's cooler months	Outdoor Leisure Trail

The mall does not publish ticket prices or height and age rules for these attractions, so check with each operator before you book, especially for younger children. The trail is listed as free for mall visitors. KidZania, which some travel sites list here, is not in Doha Festival City's directory.

For more ideas, see our guide to the best places to visit in Qatar, which covers family-friendly attractions across Doha.

Parking at Doha Festival City

VOX's cinema page mentions access to more than 8,000 parking spaces. The mall's own site does not publish a parking count, parking fees, covered and outdoor zones, accessible bays, EV charging or which entrance is best for each destination. We have not assumed any of these.

• General parking: available on site. Fees are not published by the mall, so check the signs at the entrance.
• VIP valet: the mall's VIP valet page lists valet at the Main Entrance and West Court 2, with car wash and tire-pressure checks. No price is published, and valet is a separate service from general parking.
• Accessible parking and EV charging: not described on the official site. Call +974 4035 4444 if you need either.
• Finding your car: note the court or entrance you parked nearest and photograph any zone sign, because the mall is large.

Visitor services and amenities

Service	What the mall says
Customer service	Three customer service desks around the mall
Prayer rooms	Men's and women's prayer rooms on the first floor; Friday prayers with an imam on the lower ground floor near the Main Entrance
Wheelchairs and strollers	Available from the customer service desks; any fee is not stated
Wi-Fi	Free, on the network "Doha Festival City Free WIFI"
Lost and found	Through customer service
Other services	In-mall taxi, ATMs, babysitting and porter services listed; ask customer service for details
Toilets and baby changing	Not detailed on the official site; check the mall map

Two simple visit plans

These are suggested outlines, not timed walking routes. Check each tenant's hours and book tickets before you go.

Plan 1: shopping and dinner

1. Arrive after the 10am opening and park near the entrance closest to the stores you need, using the mall map.
2. Shop the ground-floor department stores and fashion brands, then the first-floor home and electronics stores.
3. Pick up groceries at Monoprix last so chilled items go straight to the car.
4. Finish with dinner at a first-floor restaurant or a food court, keeping in mind Sunday to Wednesday retail closes at 10pm.

Plan 2: family activity and cinema

1. Book a VOX session and check the attraction's hours first. Most attractions open at 12pm, or 1pm on Friday.
2. Spend the afternoon at Angry Birds World, Snow Dunes or Virtuocity. Bring warm clothes for Snow Dunes.
3. Eat at the South Food Court, near Virtuocity, or the North Food Court on the first floor.
4. Go up to VOX on the first floor for your film, and choose a KIDS session for younger children.

Before you go

• Confirm hours for the specific store, restaurant or attraction, not just the mall.
• On Fridays, plan around the midday prayer closure.
• Book VOX tickets and check attraction details through the VOX Cinemas Doha Festival City page and the mall's entertainment listings.
• Save the interactive mall map and note where you parked.
• During Ramadan, Eid and public holidays, check for changed hours.
• If you plan to use public transport, check Metrolink M145 in the Qatar Rail app or Karwa Journey Planner before leaving.

Hours, tenants, services and attraction details were checked on the official Doha Festival City website, the VOX Cinemas Qatar website and IKEA Qatar on 16 October 2026. Transport information comes from Visit Qatar, IKEA Qatar and third-party sources, as described above. QatarVia is independent and is not affiliated with Doha Festival City, Al-Futtaim, VOX Cinemas, IKEA or any tenant. Feature image: interior of Doha Festival City, showing a cafe seating area and the Marks & Spencer frontage, photographed in September 2017 by Preacher lad via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized and brightened by QatarVia; the edited image is shared under the same license. Store frontages may have changed since the photo was taken. Inline photos are credited in each caption; the CC BY-SA images are shared under the same license after cropping. None was supplied by Doha Festival City or IKEA.