It's quite nice to have a Starbucks on the DQ, although it does follow local tradition with a separate men's seating section and separate cashiers for men and women. I had been told by several people that an American women got in trouble with the muttawa (religious police) for sitting there with a friend, but am not sure how that could have happened since they're not supposed to be allowed on the DQ. Nobody could explain that little discrepancy.