Thanks to the heavy downpour,i was nearly late for the ferry ride,but nonetheless, i still go to Horizon ferry counter to push back my ferry timing becos there's also another friend who was also planning to take similar ferry timing as me. He's taking Batamfast and I am on Horizon,and while we still have a few hour to burnt,we decide to check out :
Yes,its Alamanda Spa mins walk from Harbour Bay Ferry terminal. As there are time constraint, and we were just testing water,both of us took up an hour foot reflexology cost us about 130k rupiah each. Notice that photo above that says 25% to 30% off? This is where the "not-so-good" impression comes to play.
We only got 20% off. The counter staffs even have to dial the hotel boss when we mentioned the 25% to 30% on their banners. They tell us the 25% to 30% off were for customers staying in the hotel. I do not know how true that is, BUT I did remember which category of staying guest gets 25% and which category gets the 30%. They cannot tell me.
End of the day,the boss over the phone sounds to the counter staff relatively in a reluctant gesture and gave us a 20% off. And my guess is,if I didn't ask...most likely I wont be getting any discount. Its not exactly the utmost importance for us to save that little amount since our total tips for both the massage ladies and the counter staffs already exceed the amount saved. But that's enough to put us off that day.
As I have often mention in a thread, there will never be all good and no bad OR will there be all bad and no good. The good part was,over my time in the shop, I notice there were SYTs in this place,hehehe...,the foot reflexology was however good and proper done by auntie-level type of ladies. The girls can also be called to the room if we were to be staying there. More importantly, they were all very friendly too,hehehe...and i manage to collect informations that i need.
Below is the cashier counter where we pay....
...and this is the place where we have our foot reflexology.
They do not have individual room for the girls to go massage and the place where the girls will do a massage for walk in customers were those open space shared area divided by a some curtain type. Its also dark,hence my lousy handphone camera couldn't get a clear shot out of it.
In case no one notice, there is also a Telkomel point redemption advert at the cashier counter on the photos. I didnt look at it clearly.
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