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[Black Page]

Originally Posted by localbest

The owner/developer of the new building is the owner of Formosa hotel who is a Taiwanese.

Oh yes. Do you know what "Alishan" is?

Originally Posted by localbest

Therefore I guess unlikely Formosa hotel will be closed in the near future as the hotel have already spent some money on the repainting as well as upgraded some of its hotel rooms, toilets, VIP massage room,restaurant.

I was thinking the same.

Originally Posted by localbest

As for centrepoint, there is a high chance that it will be bought over by new developers since it has been vacant.

The good thing is that the ugly bar with bad loud live music at night, which was in front of the ojek stand, has closed.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Da Vienna Boutique Hotel
Address: Jl. Pembangunan Blok H No. 01. Lubuk Baja Kota, 29444 Nagoya, Indonesia
Phone: +62 778 422300
Fax: +62 778 431900
Website: http://www.davienna.com/
For Reservation Please Email to :
[email protected]

I remember you did stay in this hotel last year around Sept 2015. How was the feel like? I mean as in comparing the 2 types of room of the same hotel you were staying in? (what i mean is ,you stayed in Deluxe before,now you stay at Junior suite,so how was the comparison between the 2 room types?)

In case you need to flip back,here's the link of your FR on Da Vienna hotel some time ago :

https://sammy.services/showpo...ostcount=32304

And in case you ask me similar question/s between Da Vienna Hotel deluxe room versus the junior suite room,i would say for 150k extra on junior suite more than the Deluxe one (comparing on Kaha pricing),i get a bath tub,bigger room space,i also get a pair of Bath Robe (i called it Dove suite,hehehe..)...and with more space and better comfortability,the girl in my room could feel more at ease. The girl can be almost nude at all time and always ready for bonking,hehehe...i mean there's a bath robe afterall (the girl/s have no reason to wear anything underneath,be it having an in-room meal,watching TV talking over the phone or anything which can at times be a turn on). There's also 2 TVs too,so we can both watch 2 different TV channels. Not forgetting the TV has HDMi connection,which means....hehehe...well...you know,porn shows etc etc.

Talk about TV channels,i also find Da Vienna Hotel's satelite TV program has lesser disruption too (applies for Nagoya Hill Hotel too but cant be said the same for Formosa and Biz Hotel). Its more stable. Maybe due to it being a taller building.

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Room type
These are the various room type available at the hotel. You may go to the web to take a look and decide what you want.
+Superior
+Junior Suite
+Exective Suite
+President Suite
+Deluxe
+Grand Deluxe

If you are into those kind of Luxury room,yes...both the junior suite (600k) and executive suite (700k) suits you most (me too). As for Presidential suite,which will take up at least 50% of the the top floor space,its not as value for money (becos it cost about S$530+ per night stay,base on Kaha price).

Anyway,just look at the bloody walk-in rate for Da Vienna Hotel :

...and here's the Kaha rate in case one day you planned to stay in their one and only Presidential Suite,hehehe...

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=1445

...and dont ever go pay the walk-in price.

All other pricing details can be found on my 27th Batam Trip summary.

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Hotel Facilities
24hrs Room Service
Meeting room and Ball room
Business Centre
Concierge
Fitness Centre
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Swimming Pool
Gymnasium
Wifi & Cabled Internet
Spa

Most of their facilities,we dont really use them (except the internet part).

Maybe next time can try go swimming there,hehehe...with the girl. But i prefer to that in a resort type of places.

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Prices
Cost varies to the type of room you want. I took the Junior suite room that that me about SGD$60 per night, that come with free buffet style breakfast. I book the hotel via Kaha. You may or may not get a cheaper price from 3rd party apps like agoda, hotel quickly or trivago. I am not sure, can try.

How was the Da Vienna hotel breakfast compared to that of Nagoya Hill Hotel? Which one is better?

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Junior Suite Room

This is what i get for my junior suite room
Available in King Size, King Koi Bed. Unique modern decoration.
Rooms available on Smoking and Non Smoking Floors
Amenities included :
+ Individually Controlled Air Conditioning System
+ Personal High-Speed Internet Access
+ Coffee/Tea – making facility
+ Minibar and Mineral Water
+ Safe Deposit Box
+ Luggage Rack
+ Slippers
+ Shaver outlets, Toiletries
+ Hair Dryer
+ Cold And Hot Water
+ IDD Telephone Line

Something not every room has, the Dove suit aka Bath robe,hehehe...not forgetting the "Aladdin's Magic table lamp" which most hotel room dont have,hehehe...No,no magic genie coming out to grant me a wish if you rub on the lamp,but the light do get brighter and brighter (and eventually off),hehehe...

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Overview on room
I feel like a home staying in this room. The room is cosy, big and clean. Air-con and wifi is very strong and comfortable. No uncessary log off. Beside standing shower, there is also a bathtub that is jacuzzi like.Look very nice. There is 2 big LCD TV inside the room and also a small soft and. There are also sufficeient socket for you to charege your phone. A small make up area. Everything is nice and cool. Lighting gave you a very nice ambience.

Now,this is the key question here.

How was the room compared to the one at Nagoya Hill Hotel? I mean since they are nearing the same size. Does it have at least have a bath robe?

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Overview on the internal look of hotel

This hotel is about one year old. It is very new and have alot of storey too. It is very near to nagoya mall and citi walk. The external of the hotel look very cool, posh, trendy and elegant.There is also street makan and convenience shop opposite the hotel. The chinese temple "Tua Peh kong" is also very near. This hotel was given high rating in batam and price varies according to the room type.The lift was also nice, cool and style.

This hotel has all the good ,like its near to Formosa Hotel,even nearer to Permata Indah booking joint blah blah blah...but i am not an all-good-things believer,so you know whats not-so-good about the hotel? That would be 80% of their guests were from Sillypore,so there is a very very high chance that i will see my relatives and friends there,hehehe...the in-house massage was one of the MOST expensive in Batam. Which means to me,if there is an in-case-all-else-fail situation on girls,my choices become limited...hehehe...i always imagine myself walking out of the hotel to look for girls during a bad not-so-good situation. I then ask myself,how long and quickly will i need to walk/travel to find a replacement/alternative?

Understanding the good and not-so-good about where i am staying in (its surrounding ,location and what any hotel provide in-house) does give me an added advantage.

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Breakfast

Breakfast is taken on level 2 restaurant. I forget what the name of the restaurant called. The restaurant is very big as shown above. It has a nice ambience too. It was buffet style and has a wide variety range of food from western to Chinese style. You should not miss the breakfast there. It was totally great.

In case you have miss out,their breakfast range consist of 3 themes. The Malay,the English and the Chinese theme...big varieties too. Try a bit of everything also can make me full. I dont know is it becos i took the junior suite,one of the waitress walked me to a table and even brought me a cup of whatever drink i asked for. I dont get that when i stayed in Deluxe room.

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

Summary & Rating
A nice trip, have also link up with bro nono for dinner. It was really I you pay for what you get. Paid for the price so must enjoy and make good use of it. I would give an 9 out of 10 as overall i have a nice stay there.

You actually rated both hotel stay at 9/10 :

https://sammy.services/showpo...postcount=2118

But Nagoya Hill Hotel Deluxe cost S$120 and this Da Vienna Junior Suite cost S$61 (to be exact). Da Vienna one has a Bath tub plus 2 big LCD TVs. Room space wise was near equivalent. Nagoya Hill hotel has a grander appearance "outside of the room",nearer to shopping mall (Nagoya Hill Mall just stone throw away). So again back to the question,it really depends on what one goes to Batam...to cheong (for girls) or for shopping (clean massage etc) or maybe both. And what is one travelling priority to Batam.

Come to think of it,next time i MAY go suggest to Formosa Hotel to provide bath robe,have a more stabilize satellite TV channels program and maybe even built a Jacuzzi bath tub for certain room...hehehe...and if one day they were able to do just that,it might likely be the most Perfect Hotel for my personal preference.

[KohOnly21]

Originally Posted by Black Page

The good thing is that the ugly bar with bad loud live music at night, which was in front of the ojek stand, has closed.

Only 1 shop remained open in Centre Point, the electronic shop.

[localbest]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Oh yes. Do you know what "Alishan" is?

"Alishan" is actually a mountain range in the central region of Taiwan. The place is inhabited by the Taiwanese aborigines or the so call mountain tribes.

They are actually the Austronesian people (or brown sugar), with similar language and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups like the people of Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

That is the reason why the language of filipino tagalog is closely related to Bahasa and the Javanese language

There is also a belief from past history records that the ancestral homeland of all the Austronesian tribes originates and comes from Taiwan including the Indonesian, Malays and the Filipinos

Since the boss of Formosa is a Taiwanese Chinese therefore he may have chosen that popular tourist attraction "Alishan" in Taiwan to name his KTV..

Tea is also grown in many place in Taiwan. Taiwanese has a strong tea culture because almost all people in Taiwan drink tea everyday.

Tea gives them energy, good health and a feeling of comfort.

Therefore the Formosa boss being a Taiwanese is no exception. He chose to renovate one of its outlet few years ago and named it "Tea Story" serving famous Taiwan bubble tea,etc.

To tell you a secret, the Taiwanese boss of Formosa love massage very much. He has a special room allocated for him when he comes to Batam and will order the king massage girl to massage for him. In Taiwan, there is also a popular massage spa called King's Spa near taipei.

Probably this is the reason why he has named his massage centre at level 4 as "King's massage".

In Taiwan, many tourist prefer to stay in homestay as an alternative to hotel. A very popular homestay AKA Minsu in mandarin, which is called Vienna Pleasance Cottage in one of the town in central taiwan, provide BREAKFAST and BED for tourists.

Probably this is the reason why he has named his restaurant at level 1 as "Vienna Restaurant".

The island of Taiwan (formerly known as "Formosa") was mainly inhabited by the aborigines until the Dutch settlement during the 17th century, when Han Chinese began immigrating to the island.

Probably this is the reason why he has named his hotel as "Formosa Hotel".

Names of all his business outlets are related to his home country...

[localbest]

Thanks brother Nono's tips for the value for money of membership card of Formosa hotel..

To me the most direct cost saving items are:

1) Get % discount from king massage, KTV and Restaurant

2) Free night stay after accumulated a certain points

3) Cheaper room rate than KAHA and hotel booking web-site on weekday/weekend

4) Late check out - this is important as you need not rush to check out after you had a heavy lunch and can take your time to check out slowly..

Although free transport to ferry terminal and free upgrade of room and free laundry is not that important to me...

Many small discounts from this little special offer can accumulate to become a big saving in the long run.

If you are comfortable with this hotel which brings you a lot of good exciting memories, and you have already treated it as your "second home", then quickly get it now since it is still FOC..

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by localbest

Names of all his business outlets are related to his home country...

Chapeau!
I admit I knew no more than 50% of what you wrote here. Thanks.
You are ready to submit the item "Formosa (Batam island, hotel)" to Wikipedia now...

[dhrads]

hey guys newbie to the forum planning a night stay this weekend in farmosa.any news on how is batam now as it is ramadhan?

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Oh yes. Do you know what "Alishan" is?

阿里山, but don't think you understand..

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by localbest

Since the boss of Formosa is a Taiwanese Chinese therefore he may have chosen that popular tourist attraction "Alishan" in Taiwan to name his KTV..

Tea is also grown in many place in Taiwan. Taiwanese has a strong tea culture because almost all people in Taiwan drink tea everyday.

Tea gives them energy, good health and a feeling of comfort.

Therefore the Formosa boss being a Taiwanese is no exception. He chose to renovate one of its outlet few years ago and named it "Tea Story" serving famous Taiwan bubble tea,etc.

Bro,

I don't doubt what you posted.. but someone once told me the owner of Tea Story is Singaporean...?

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

.. but someone once told me the owner of Tea Story is Singaporean...?

Tea story ! where all stories begins...Designed and set up by singaporean with a taiwanese heart and soul )

https://twitter.com/batam_tea

http://ricobatam.blogspot.com/2015/0...ory-batam.html

[donkan]

Originally Posted by donkan

Hi Bros,

Recently visited Batam. Happened to drink in a pub where I met with their local OKT. He pass his mobile nos to me and explained tat his girls are quite fresh as he only recommend to his small network people. He further stress tat his girls are not like ordinary working girls as some of them have a day job and only service customers from time to time.

Feeling horny the next day, I contacted him and true enough a gem of gem girl arrived and make my stay a remarkable one!

I have introduced some friends to this line and all come back with full satisfaction.

Pls PM for the contacts.

Recent girls me and my Friend took...

[donkan]

Originally Posted by donkan

Recent girls me and my Friend took...

Thxs for upping me. More pics..hehehe!

[StarCity]

Originally Posted by donkan

Recent girls me and my Friend took...

Originally Posted by donkan

Thxs for upping me. More pics..hehehe!

Bro,do u think there is a need to help yr "local OKT friend" to advertise his girls in this thread for him?

By far,every single post u made in tis thread is abt wanting to pass yr OKT contact no. around & doing it repeatedly.

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2316

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2331

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2332

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2333

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2425

Do read page 1 first post of this thread :

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...15&postcount=1

Tink abt it & decide for yrself.

U may wish to share those photos via PM to interest party instead.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

阿里山, but don't think you understand..

Not natively, but Google Translate helps a lot... Also to read Chinese ideograms
(I could not imagine all this would have been available to anyone... Just 10 years ago it was science fiction)

PS: My question was rhetorical. I know the Alishan (Mount Ali) natural park since when I visited Taiwan in 2002 and I was reading about the country. Unfortunately, I could not go there.

[donkan]

Originally Posted by StarCity

Bro,do u think there is a need to help yr "local OKT friend" to advertise his girls in this thread for him?

By far,every single post u made in tis thread is abt wanting to pass yr OKT contact no. around & doing it repeatedly.

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2316

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2331

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2332

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2333

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...postcount=2425

Do read page 1 first post of this thread :

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...15&postcount=1

Tink abt it & decide for yrself.

U may wish to share those photos via PM to interest party instead.

Bro Starcity,

My sincere apologies if somehow I mislead this thread. I will stop from here..

But please allow to explain.
1. I just merely want to share what I have enjoyed in Batam with fellow Samsters. Little I am aware that I was advertising. If I did, I'm sorry.
2. The OKT is not my Friend. Happened to know him in Batam only.
3. I posted pics to show tat I'm genuine. Again, if it is a form of advertising, I'm sorry again.

Anyway, your advice was great to make me stop here. Stopping me from further damaging this thread. I will do the PM instead. Thxs for the advice.

Donkan...