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Originally Posted by blackice
Hey Bro
Any review on Planet Holiday Hotel? Gooding hotel? Usually stay at Swiss Inn and GGi (not recommended).
It been a year ady didn't go batam, will go next weekend.
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Coincidentally, I just had a one-day staycation with my family at Planet Holiday Hotel yesterday, checked out this afternoon.
Room Type: Deluxe Room
Price: S$81 inclusive of 2 breakfast, booked via Hotels.com (Kaha's pricing was 780k, so I went for Hotels.com rate to earn points)
POSITIVE POINTS
1. Room size is fairly big at 36 square meters with a small balcony
2. Bathroom decent-sized with bathtub; water pressure good with abundance of hot water
3. Aircon is strong
4. Pool facilities are good- decent sized pool for adults, small kids' pool, 2 fairly big hot water jacuzzis, plus a sauna, steam room, table tennis room and gym all located within the same area. All these facilities are also available to non-hotel guests, at a rate of RP55k per pax per entry. Those residing in Batam can also sign up for monthly/yearly membership (there's a yoga room next to the pool and when I was there at 6pm, can see some Indo Chinese SYTs coming for their yoga class..
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5. For those cheongsters, u get your fixes right in the same building with Planet KTV at levels 2 & 4, Planet Disco and F1 Pub at Level 1. Plenty of FLs around, but do be wary of any scams etc. However, elevator access to the guestroom floors are all key-controlled, so that is good for security as it helps to minimiser honey-trap schemes (but some cheongsters may not like this cos that means they will have to pick up their girls at the lobby if they ordered for delivery)
6. Close proximity to NED area; hotel is just a 3-5 mins walk to NED, Harmoni Hotel (Noname pub), Kaha, Sport Massage. 10 min walk to Goldbird
7. The Korean restaurant (Arirang) is very good, probably the best in Batam. Pricing not cheap though, but the portion sizes are huge. Ordered 4 dishes (thought the portions will be small) and ended up with half the food unfinished. Cost of dinner was RP900k
8. Offers free scheduled shuttle buses to Nagoya Hill and BCS on Fridays-Sundays.
NEGATIVE POINTS
1. Wifi in room not super strong, but acceptable. Will rate at 6/10
2. Breakfast buffet was so-so only. Decent selection available (6.5/10), but taste-wise, I would rate 5/10.
3. In-room dining menu cost fairly high for batam hotel standards. Expect to pay about 90k for the likes of nasi goreng or 100k for sup buntut. I order tomyum soup, lasagna & club sandwich for lunch yesterday and the bill was 280k
4. The very loud music and the powerful bass from the disco is quite evident even though my room was on the 10th floor. Started at 10pm and went on all the way till 4am. Sure to keep those light sleepers awake, so better ask for higher floors (guest rooms are up till 19th floor I think, then a restaurant and bar at 20th & 21st floor)
Overall, I would rate my stay at 6.8/10 based on a family-trip point of view.