Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The holiday was Great with a capital g n triple awesome!
We chose to accomodate at Hotel Novotel Batam. According to the site, its stated as a 4 star hotel. But from my own overall personal experience, I'll gladly rate it a 5 star hotel!
At first i was kinda disappointed when i saw the hotel itself. Disappointed that it was along the dusty road, unsightly choke full drains, muddy sidewalks. But after i lay foot at the entrance of it, boy am i awed! The bellboy, concierge was all so friendly. I know they are supposed to be friendly. They really do make me feel at home, u know. All my disappointments was quickly switched to impressed.
The room service we ordered was scrumptious. Even the snacks they had in the mini bar was finger licking gd! And i gotta say their buffet breakfast was really a good start in the morning.
If Sgp hv KFC, fret not, batam have that too n in addition they also hv BFC.
Wondering whats BFC? BFC = Best Fried Chicken. Haha. I wouldnt wanna rave much on BFC thou, and having type that i presume u guys know what point am i trying to get across. To compare, i think Sgp's KFC is of course better den batam's. Oh, we had a BIG, nono.. make it gigantic, heavy, enormous lunch at this restaurant called Golden Prawn Seafood. We're being told by the driver that this is THE place to go for seafood. I somehow beg to differ thou. Not implying that it is not nice, it is actually. Just that, well its not really excellent as per se.
The room we got was abit small to me. i guess it'll be ok for a family of 5 sleeping in that room. It just somehow seems small to me. Yours Truly had to sleep in the extra bed which is not as comfy as the single beds the others are having. Talking about beds, their beds are all so uber comfy, and the extra bed? Just so-so.
The swimming pool they had was only indoor thou. Its not really fun when u cant go swimming n basking in the sun at the same time.
The shopping malls we went to, was also so-so to me.
The much raved about Nagoya Hill was booorrriiiinnnggg.. atleast to me it was. Nothing caught my eye. Absolutely nothing. BCS or better known as Batam City Square was better. Atleast i got myself some stuffs there. And know what did i get? A wireless mouse n a cooling pad with blue LED light. Cool or what? Haa.. After converting to SGD, its freaking cheap. The mouse was less then 10bux! and the cooling pad was about $16+ or so?
Did i mention the hotel we stayed in offer free WiFi?
And silly me, i thought each rooms comes with a laptop or maybe they have a internet room or something like that. But it wasn't, they actually place the internet cable in each room. Had i known that earlier, i would have bought along my laptop.
All in all, i am very happy and satisfied guest of Hotel Novotel Batam.
My only regret was that i didn't bought my laptop along!
My next batam holiday, i intend to stay at this hotel below.
We chose to accomodate at Hotel Novotel Batam. According to the site, its stated as a 4 star hotel. But from my own overall personal experience, I'll gladly rate it a 5 star hotel!
At first i was kinda disappointed when i saw the hotel itself. Disappointed that it was along the dusty road, unsightly choke full drains, muddy sidewalks. But after i lay foot at the entrance of it, boy am i awed! The bellboy, concierge was all so friendly. I know they are supposed to be friendly. They really do make me feel at home, u know. All my disappointments was quickly switched to impressed.
The room service we ordered was scrumptious. Even the snacks they had in the mini bar was finger licking gd! And i gotta say their buffet breakfast was really a good start in the morning.
If Sgp hv KFC, fret not, batam have that too n in addition they also hv BFC.
Wondering whats BFC? BFC = Best Fried Chicken. Haha. I wouldnt wanna rave much on BFC thou, and having type that i presume u guys know what point am i trying to get across. To compare, i think Sgp's KFC is of course better den batam's. Oh, we had a BIG, nono.. make it gigantic, heavy, enormous lunch at this restaurant called Golden Prawn Seafood. We're being told by the driver that this is THE place to go for seafood. I somehow beg to differ thou. Not implying that it is not nice, it is actually. Just that, well its not really excellent as per se.
The room we got was abit small to me. i guess it'll be ok for a family of 5 sleeping in that room. It just somehow seems small to me. Yours Truly had to sleep in the extra bed which is not as comfy as the single beds the others are having. Talking about beds, their beds are all so uber comfy, and the extra bed? Just so-so.
The swimming pool they had was only indoor thou. Its not really fun when u cant go swimming n basking in the sun at the same time.
The shopping malls we went to, was also so-so to me.
The much raved about Nagoya Hill was booorrriiiinnnggg.. atleast to me it was. Nothing caught my eye. Absolutely nothing. BCS or better known as Batam City Square was better. Atleast i got myself some stuffs there. And know what did i get? A wireless mouse n a cooling pad with blue LED light. Cool or what? Haa.. After converting to SGD, its freaking cheap. The mouse was less then 10bux! and the cooling pad was about $16+ or so?
Did i mention the hotel we stayed in offer free WiFi?
And silly me, i thought each rooms comes with a laptop or maybe they have a internet room or something like that. But it wasn't, they actually place the internet cable in each room. Had i known that earlier, i would have bought along my laptop.
All in all, i am very happy and satisfied guest of Hotel Novotel Batam.
My only regret was that i didn't bought my laptop along!
My next batam holiday, i intend to stay at this hotel below.
BTW, I've nailed a job with Keppel Shipyard! Wuhoo! I am one elated girl now!
