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Review: Harris Hotel - Batam Centre

It's a hotel that PL will love, since the whole theme of the hotel is orange.

Stayed there for 3D2N on a weekday. (24-26 Sep 2013)

Their beds are furnished with orange Harris Big Hugs and it was a godsend because I always need extra pilows and bolsters around. As usual, there was an extra pillow in the cupboard, and I made full use of it.
We had a super interesting encounter with the cockroaches in the room though.
The guys were in our room chit-chatting when one of them spotted a cockroach crawling around the carpeted floor. Asae immediately jumped and demanded him to catch it. Then, another mini cockroach crawled across the wall and almost landed in our bed.The guys mentioned that it was because of the water flood in the bathroom, which probably caused all the cockroaches to come out. Asae couldn't take it and requested the guys to let us stay in their room. So, the four of us squeezed into a room, taking all our belongings and the bed stuff over. We even carried the black couch over. LOL.



The next day, we complained to the hotel staff and requested for a change of room. I was not very happy with their service because initially, they told us that there were people staying in the room, and then the next day, they suddenly were able to give us the room that we requested for on the first day due to the cockroach issue? I wanted them to give some form of compensation, but they were only able to give out complimentary breakfast to the four of us.

The breakfast is not good at all, so I think it's not worth buying the breakfast buffet. The good thing about it is that there is fresh juice, which I love, and that appeased me a little.

We took a lot of photos with the Harris icons!







I would still go back to Harris, but only if there is a promotion. The location and the stuff provided is good, but other than that, there isn't anything to be wow about. FYI, the exchange rate there is not too bad when compared to the Eska spa and wellness.

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