Harris Resort (Batam)

i went to harris resort in batam with my boyfriend after being introduced by my friend.

we were being welcomed by about 3 or 4 of their staff singing songs to welcome us at the lobby and they really created the very happy kinda atmosphere.

the hotel is not fantastic and i was rather disappointed with my room initially. but it was cosy enough and the thoughtful staff had nice aromatherapy and pralines prepared in the room.

we went for their 2.5hr spa which includes indonesian massage, body scrub and foot massage, all in a nice little hut on top of a building beside the pool.

afterwhich, we went for a fine dining candlelight dinner, with a table specially prepared for us by the pool. when we were seated, their live band came just to us and sang some nice and romantic songs. (but there were some japanese tourist standing beside our table enjoying the band's performance and taking pictures, which made me and my boyfriend rather awkward :P)

we had a smiley and polite waitress stand by near our table to satisfy whatever requests we had. she even had the whole menu changed for me within like 30minutes when i told her i couldnt take seafood.

after the dinner, they gave us a nice little photo frame and a specially made heart shaped fried ice cream FOC. when we mentioned we were too full to finish the ice cream, they even offered to deliver it to our room while we were heading to the bar. i tiped the waitress $2 thanking her for her nice gesture, but deep down inside with the fear that she'll think im a cheapskate for tipping only 2bucks.

but she was soooo happy and so thankful it made me feel that my worry was redundant.

for 170dollars spent per person, id say i really enjoyed my stay there.