horrible experience! we had visited aryaas restaurant in mansoura (al meera) with family and decided to sit in the outside area. we ordered food and in between one guy started smoking in front of us and i told him if he could move to the next side as my wife is allergic to it and also she is carrying, immediately he asked us to move to the other side as the side where we are sitting is a smoking area (where as public smoking is banned at all areas in qatar), we started an argument as he refused to move or stop smoking . i understand that this guy is not related to aryaas at all but what couldn't be accepted was that the staff in aryaas including mr sangeeth and mr selvam immediately ran out supporting him as he is their friend and argued with me telling this side is smoking and they have permit for the same where as its banned at public places, i requested him for the permit from muncipality which he refused to show me and when my friend tried take photo of the baladiya license which is displayed for the public (we wanted the number to raise a complaint) the same staff came and pushed us out telling you are not allowed to take the photo of this. we had to call police to get it sorted out and the police came and compromised the issue.
we were wondering the reason why aryaas being a vegetarian restaurant promoting smoking and supporting the smokers and going against us, even when the police came the staff was supporting the guy who smoked there and telling this area is smoking area which is impossible as that is on a footpath and public smoking is strictly banned in qatar. i am raising a complaint to the aryaas management and if no action will raise a complaint to muncipality and sch asking for a clarity on this issue. if its a smoking area they could put a barricade or smoking area sticker there which is again illegal. even i hang out with friends who smoke but when someone raise a complaint the restaurant should take it seriously and be neutral, how could they support one person as its illegal to smoke in public places.