BCC basic hotel room is actually not bad when it comes to room size. Its bigger than most hotel room around Batam with the similar almost S$60 a night pricing,hehehe...
I kind of like the see through panel whereby i can look aright into the toilet,hehehe....and if its night time, after turning off the room light, can see the girl in shadow-like figure taking off her clothes for shower. A good turn on,hehehe...
At 17th floor, its really almost a bird's eye view when looking out of the window. See, Grand Batam Mall is so close by to BCC hotel,hehehe...the sad thing is, the windows were sealed. Sealed as in complete sealed to the extend there is no way to open it unless one choose to break the glass.
When a window is completely sealed, and when thats done throughout the whole room, it also means very VERY poor fresh air ventilation. Air-con used in the room was those centralized-type. Psychologically, there is a air con control panel there, but most would know these type of controls dont really work other than just turning the air-con On and Off and increasing the wind power. This is also a smoking room,hehehe...
There was a suggestion form on the table, and when i wish to write my suggestion, i notice it was an "used" suggestion form,hehehe...so end up i become the person to read the suggestion of the last guest staying the room instead of the BCC hotel management.
The suggestion form which was written by a female guest says the hotel's towel has a strong stench of burning smell, the water heater in the toilet wasnt hot enough and the air-conditioner temperature control dont seems to work at all. Its either too cold or too hot.
True enough, i learned that the hard way,hehehe...becos i picked up the used-suggestion form ONLY on my last day of stay in the hotel. I didnt amend the suggestion form (or ask for new one) and left it the way it is when i checked in since the female guest's suggestion is pretty much similar to mine.
Breakfast wise, variety is there. They have as much varieties as in Formosa hotel but taste wise, they definitely cannot beat Formosa, let alone Da Vienna. I would rate BCC breakfast and overall 7.5/10 , if i were to rate Formosa 8.5/10 and Da Vienna a 9/10. I rate Harbour Boutique Hotel a 7/10, a 6.5/10 for both Batam City Hotel and Gideon Hotel tho. And keep in mind, all these mentioned hotels were all categorized under 3 star, hence i didnt include my ratings for other 1 star, 2 stars and 4 stars hotel in Batam.
It would NOT be a fair comparison.
One more good point this hotel that most other hotels in Batam didnt have...hehehe...
...which i believe makes this BCC Hotel more unique than the rest. They were tested and it works,hehehe...
Enjoying Batam....