I talked about CaZa Cafe before, we were in a quick Mac user group meeting and there was a football game on the screen. We didn’t watch the game but we were charged %30 “tax” for something we never agreed to. Apparently that activity is illegal but no one cares. CaZa Cafe switched their target
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Posts Tagged ‘coffee shops’:
Riyadh Family-only Coffeeshop Says NO To Families
Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robins prepare for IPO in Saudi Arabia
Sha-heiah “شهية” or “appetite” is a name of a Saudi company for food (ltd). I really wanted to link to the official website of Sha-heiah “شهية” but the only thing I found was this email: dunkindonuts.ksa@gmail.com. The link to the company’s site titled: “شركة شهية المحدودة للأطعمة” actually takes you Dunkin’ Donuts’ official website. Again
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Coffee Shops in Riyadh: Java Time
Java Time (Java Time, used to be Coffee Time and Y Cafe) started as a small coffee shop by the owners of Softland computer hardware store. This is supposed to be their homepage but there’s nothing. It used to be a decent coffee shop but lately they opened a branch in every street, the coffee
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Caribou Coffee in Saudi Arabia
I only noticed this coffee shop a few weeks ago but apparently Caribou was open for over 2 months. This is Caribou’s first branch in Saudi Arabia. Caribou is the second largest coffee shop chain the US after Starbucks. I’m not much of a food critic but I enjoyed their brewed coffee. Their lattes and
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Starbucks offer Free Wi-Fi in the US
I would hope that local Starbucks would do the same, 12SR per hour for a crappy Internet connection (the Internet timer doesn’t work on non IE browsers, so if you used Firefox or, like me, a Mac, then you cannot logout to resume it later!). There’s a slight catch to the free WiFi deal: you
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Coffee Shops in Riyadh: CaZa Cafe
This is the first of my “reviews” of Coffee Shops and places to hang out and meet friends in Riyadh. I am rating the Coffee Shops based on a few factors, including: Coffee taste, price, non-smoking (I am a non-Smoker so I will be really biased against places that allow smoking!), extra services (newspapers, Internet
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