Batam Info Thread

[speedpass]

Hi ,

wil be going batam next week , any idea if there r any massage wif specials near hotel 89 ?

[AkhiAustralia]

My Final FR for this trip.

Joint Inda2
Went 1pm then again 3pm then again 4pm
Didnt feel any difference fir timings... it was a Sunday
Finally close deal at 4pm .... 700k no Taxi ... then Robert the OKT ask extra 20k for taxi .. but the Indo pappi sat no need okay.

Girl Age 26
Body 6/10
Boobies B a bit flat out of bra.
Color ... yellowish ..
Height 156 ish
Fromt East Java.
English was good enough for conversation.
GF 2/10
Obedient Wife 6/10
Bj .. 4/10 ... sharp teeth
FJ 6/10
Overall experience 6/10.

The girl was nice... had her come to my room at 8pm.. had 1 session then went to sleep, Woke up had another session and asked her to leave.

i had a flight the next day from Singapore so didn't wanna exhaust myself.

Girl came prepared with her toiletries and a nighty.. Asked her if she wanted dinner she said no already have. I was relaxin and watching a movie so she came and sat next to me ... had a but of convo during the breaks..

Apparently girls know that there is some sort of community of 'friends' that share the batam adventures they have... I belive she might be referring to NoNo's Old testiment. She told me she had been there for 2 months .. aparently October wasnt the best she only made around 5 Juta but month before she raked in a lot more.
Before work in factory for about 2 Juta a month.
Also told me Pappi wasnt too bad at indah2 and she got 250k per client.. Pappi pay for Accomodation and salon.. she only pay for food and mobile etc.
Also she said Friday and Saturday are the busiest. Many girls take Sunday and Monday off work. (specially the pretty ones that get booked a lot)
Said best time is Tuesday to Thursday for visit batam.

I got a lot of decent info from her.. would have tipped her more as she was good company but last day so running a bit short and didn't wanna hit the ATM again.

Tip 110k + booking 700k ... she did have some food when i got the munchies at 1am before sleeping but i had gotten 2 servings for myself and asked her to have 1 serving but buy only had half a nasi gorang ... at 10k 1/2 is like 5k so very negligible.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Kaboon

Bro,yr definition of cost price,retail price & mark up price? It'll be interesting to knw the cost,retail price. Tat'll help me knw hw much i'm over paying or if i getting a gd deal.

I already says that in one of my post before. Let me rephrase it in a simpler form. And i need to say this in advance,these were purely my own personal definition and perspectives :

Whats the retail price in a booking joint?

The 2nd pricing when one return to bonk. Meaning if you book a girl at 800k in your 1st visit in a joint,you plan to extend another night with the girl,you go down to the joint and ask for a better price for the same girl,if there is a discount or if there isnt. That is the Retail price of the girl.

What is the Mark Up price in a booking joint?

Thats the 1st quoted price to a customer when you say you are 1st time in Batam. Or if the OKT sees you for the 1st time or has no impression of you. Remember,i ever booked a girl from MM at 800k,and the next day a Arab guy came to the joint and booked the same girl i book the previous night at 1.3 mil rupiah? Hehehe...very obviously,1.3 mil is the mark up price.

Another example,a bro who joined me in one of my previous trip booked a girl at 1 mil rupiah,but when he went alone with another of his friend,he ask for the same girl at the same joint and was quoted 1.3 mil rupiah. That 1.3 mil rupiah is the mark up price whereas the 1 mil is the retail price.

What is the Cost Price in a Booking joint?

Now this would be interesting. If i book a girl from the booking joint,i pay 1 mil rupiah for the girl. How much the girl is getting back is the Cost Price. I pay for a girl,the middleman were the OKT and the Joint management,so most time the girls gets back 1/3 of the total amount i paid for. Different joints different pricing plan of course. Some joints will take half the share of the total amount i pay therefore the girls gets 50% of what i pay for. These are the joints that has a lower retail pricing.

Hence i am always amaze by a handful who pays 1 mil rupiah and more for wechat girls which can be found at "xxxxx" at almost half the stated price. Do note that i am not saying that there are no good girls in wechat. As what most of my local Batam friends concluded,wechat girls and Freelancers (aka FL) are a little cheaper than booking joint girls in pricing.When they book a SYT at booking joint at 1.2 mil,wechat girls is about 800k and less.They can quote as high as 2 mil. Be vigilant on your personal belongings tho,if you plan to get them and didnt know them well.

Over here i wont discuss which joint is giving their girls 1/3 share and which joints are giving their girls 50% share. But i can name the more expensive booking joint and the less expensive one as below :

More expensive joints (usually 20%- 30% higher than normal):

1. Indah2
2. MM
3. Bunga
4. Happy 8

I cannot find 600k girls in the above booking joints.

The less expensive joints :

1. Gold Bird
2. New Berry
3. Permata Indah

I can still find 600k girls in the above booking joints,if you didnt see them,it means out-of-stock (or didnt bargain). My 1st 500k girl is from Gold Bird in 2014 but i doubt this exist anymore.

Please note while i am making comparison on the above,i do not count in the Red Hot Dates which is usually public holiday,Holiday eves,super long weekends in both Sillypore and Indonesia. Gold Bird booking joint doubles their girl-booking price during the whole CNY period in the last 3 years,making it the MOST expensive of Batam (the highest mark up known in Batam).

New Year Eve,X'mas eve and holidays that falls near weekends are popularly known to be Red Hot Dates according to booking joints and hotels.

Beware of runaway girls in Batam during Red-Hot-dates tho. My last CNY 2015 trip ,some girls are known to take more than 5 overnight booking in a single day ,OKT tells all taxi drivers,no complains allow,HP off,joint telephone line hung up or no one picks up.Result of demands more than supply in Batam.

Only 7 booking joints which are bigger or mid sized mentioned here becos the rest of the other joints Memory,Blue Moon etc wont have much girls to choose from.

Hawaii Karaoke isnt stated here becos data collected still remain unclear,it has more than 20 girls the last 3 times i was there.Until i get a clearer picture, I choose not to comment much as i may likely mislead. But i can be sure on 1 thing from Hawaii,there is definitely no 600k girls there. And if you have a regular girl whom you pay 800k last month and she suddenly become one of the hard-to-booked hot girls this month,be prepare to pay a higher price and even higher on weekends/public holidays. Yes,even when you booked her before and is a regular to the same girl on a weekly basis. Thats as much as i can share on Hawaii base on my limited knowledge and the FRs i read (and understand).

Another known fact is, EVERY booking joints has different characteristic when it comes to the operation of their joints (aka business handling between girls,customers and themselves). Too much,too complicated to spell it all out here. 1 golden rule do apply to MOST joints in Batam,the better their business,the higher their prices.

In conclusion,be it Retail Price,Cost Price or Mark-up Price,all the prices were relatively affordable to the 1st and 2nd world tourists. It really depends on how much one is willing to pay. In my own perspective,it is still how far one is willing to go for an "apple".

*i am bookmarking my own post now,hehehe...good for my own future reference.

[nono1973]

Budi Siang Malam
(Chicken Rice outside Penuin Wet Market)



Ruko Penuin Centre Blok D No. 8 Btm
Batam, Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia
(Penuin Wet Market behind Gideon Hotel)

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[xXFreedomXx]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Bro,you staying in Harmony Hotel or Harmoni Suite hotel? Harmony Hotel about 5 mins walk away directly opposite Goodway hotel,Harmoni Suite Hotel is about 15 mins away. Both were 4 star hotels. It will be good for you and your GF tho.

It is harmoni suite hotel, near hotel nagoya 68 and Hotel Grand Palace.
It is quite near to Formosa and Nagoya Hill.

On your post of Ikan Bakar Acia, the map also show where is harmony suites.

Ikan Bakar Acia has fried oyster? 1 of the picture looks like fried oyster. maybe i will go try.

[nono1973]

1st i have the Beginner's Guide for 1st Time Batam Visitor to help any inexperience bros who wish to travel to Batam to start their 1st step there. Once they were able to step in there and get their most basic necessities like accommodation,they will want to look for their companion/s in hope to have a good time. Here is where the Batam Cheong List (last updated on Oct 2015) comes into play.It contains most of Batam's entertainment places.

If you have some time while planning your Batam trip, you may wish to READ THIS to get to know more about Batam to further equip yourself.
(they are basically another part of my knowledge reference on Batam made into one single post)

Well,the next step after having find yourself a "Good Time" would be body replenishment. You would likely be looking for something to fill yourself up,hence the Batam Food List is created today. The Food List is what i have consolidated from posters in this thread who share good food places,some are research from other websites and some from my own experience. It is a combine effort of everyone's fair share of experience and knowledge all added together.

Like always, i mainly consolidate all these experiences,knowledge and effort into one single place FREE for all to reference when they visit Batam.

I will continue to update this food list at my free time or whenever i find enough new info to call for an update. And to my promise from a post i made many months ago,i now present my collection of Batam Food Places all in one post :

The Batam Food List

Batam Food Court :

1. Baba Street Food Court

2. Indo Rasa Food Court

3. Astro Food Court and A2 Food Court,click on the Spoiler Button

4. Eatern Food Court

5. Santaria kopitiam same row as new berlian booking joint (New Berlian is closed for business).

6. Utama 98 Food Court


Batam Sea Food Places

1. Red Crab Restaurant , Red Crab other branch

2. Marine Live Sea Food , Marine Live Sea Food 2

3. Kelong Restaurant - Aneka Rasa

4. Jaya Dado

5. HAI OU SEAFOOD - Seagull Restaurant

6. Rezeki Sea Food


Batam BBQ Style

1. De Sampan BBQ and Sea Food centre at (Komplek Ruko Green Land)

2. Anah BBQ Stingray 1 , Anah BBQ Stingray 2

3. Singalor Lau (BBQ Pork)

4. Ikan Bakar Acia


Day-to-Day Food in Batam

1. MOMO at Mitra wet market - Batam Center , Momo 2

2. Instar Hotel coffee shop - Bak Chor Mee , Instar Hotel coffee shop 2 , Instar Mie Pangsit

3. MEXIMO Mie Pangsit near Meximo Pub

4. Bai Long Mee Pangsit (Penuin Wet Market)

5. Rony Kwetiau

6. Kampung Medan next to Mitra wet market

7. MIE PANGSIT AKHU

8. Ciang Hau Kopitiam - CHICKEN RICE HAINAM

9. Warung Sunda Bu Joko (beside Lai Lai Hotel)

10. Waroeng Lamongan Cak Man

11. Budi Siang Malam - Penuin branch (Chicken Rice)

Japanese and Korean Food in Batam

1. Zenbu Japanese Restaurant , Zenbu Resto (Nagoya Hill Mall)

2. Sa Rang Bang Restaurant (Korean Food)

3. Arirang Restaurant,Sura Korean and Japanese Restaurant and Dae Jang Gem at Batam Center

4. Takigawa Resto Japanese Restaurant - CLOSED DOWN

5. BonChon Korean Fried Chicken

6. Bento Tei at Nagoya City Walk Mall

7. Kaiten Sushi Restaurant at BCS Mall 3rd Floor


Batam Vegetarian Food

1. Ariya Maitreya Vegetarian Restaurant - A Buddhist Vegetarian Restaurant

2. Nature Vegetarian Restaurant


Batam Western Style Food

1. De Bottle Restaurant , DE BOTTLE 2

2. Kez's Bakery and Restaurant



Batam Chinese Restaurant

1. Mahkota Dim Sum

2. Whampoa Keng (Franchise from SG)


Un-Categorised Places

1. Batam Fresh Beer Restaurant

2. Amigo Ice Shop

3. Old Place Restaurant (24 hr)

4. Kampung Rujak (Rojak "Street")

5. Mickey Mouse 66 Bak Kut Teh (nearby Formosa)

6. 5. RM Cirebon

Disclaimer : The links and its comment in it are just personal point of view. Everyone has a different taste bud,please be reminded that one man's meat can be another man's poison.

(I have quoted-lock my above post so that others wont have a chance to accidentally quote my whole post.)

[demotian]

Any bro going to Batam Thursday for 2d1n? Noob here, need some senior to guide me.😂

[Black Page]

Imperial return to Batam after long time!
Some brief notes and first impressions.

Monday night in NoName should be empty and lonely. Yesterday NOT. Lots of people and vibe. There was a big group of sexy girls partying hard, it seemed alone without guys. Several girls seemed available and not professional FL, but
I was busy with two friends (One is one of my girlfriends here, she brought a shy friend to seduce. We'll work on her in the next days).

Prices are raising!! The double espresso in JCO now is 21k. Wasn't 18k and 19k few months ago??

I wrote this many many times, but I want to repeat: when you change money ASK IN MANY PLACES.
I had some USD to change. The worst offer was 12700, the best ones 13500, the best of the best 13550. It's 7% difference!
And note that 13550 is just 1% less than the official rate on XE. Very good.
In other words: 30 mins walking around and asking can be worth few hundred thousands rupiah.

[tomcat007]

Prices are raising!! The double espresso in JCO now is 21k. Wasn't 18k and 19k few months ago??

You should have followed your own advice and paid 18k after you ordered and consumed the coffee, regardless of what they tired to charge you.

[detconan]

I m postponing my trip till prob next week 11 Nov for a 3d2n to start slow. Anyone going same period, can give a heads up and get some fun together.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

You should have followed your own advice and paid 18k after you ordered and consumed the coffee, regardless of what they tired to charge you.

I understand you are used to bargain also at Jco and not only with taxi drivers? For example, one might stop the queue 30 minutes and leave everyone waiting, because wanting 1 free donut if buying 5 at the menu price?

[Lao Er Ge]

Originally Posted by Black Page

I understand you are used to bargain also at Jco and not only with taxi drivers? Like one might stop the queue 30 minutes and leave everyone waiting, because wanting 1 free donut if buying 5 at the menu price?

what talking you. i read your posts. your know-it-all, do-what-you-want and pay-only-what-you-think philosophy will do us zero good especially newbies like us in a foreign land.

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by Black Page

I understand you are used to bargain also at Jco and not only with taxi drivers? For example, one might stop the queue 30 minutes and leave everyone waiting, because wanting 1 free donut if buying 5 at the menu price?

Need me to quote your own post that you wrongly advise people here (regardless newbies or old birds)to just pay what you think is the "market price" and not to care / bother to check price first?

Me nego for free JCo donuts? Sorry, you don't know me man.

[jimfairy]

Originally Posted by Lao Er Ge

what talking you. i read your posts. your know-it-all, do-what-you-want and pay-only-what-you-think philosophy will do us zero good especially newbies like us in a foreign land.

What talking u too!! I nv like to gv comments here.. Do u know where is Jco? Hey is a donut retail chain.. Juz like our Macdonald... U can bargain in Macdonald? Plz teach me how?

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

Me nego for free JCo donuts? Sorry, you don't know me man.

You seem not appreciate my humour...
If you are in Batam, I will be happy to offer you a drink and make some laughs together.
For all: have fun! This is a good place for everyone. Enjoy and relax. Smile and respect locals. Peace.