Friday, 12 December 2025

Bintan Day 1: Four Points by Sheraton, Lagoi Bay

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We try to plan a Heng Girls' Trip annually and were super happy that we organised one at the last minute this year! 🥳 We booked our ferry tickets via Bintan Resort Ferries, the only ferry service to Lagoi Bay. Our two-way tickets cost S$98 per adult and $86 per child (12 years old and under), which was more expensive than our ferry tickets to Batam! 

We agreed to meet at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal at 3pm, however, the girls and I arrived at 3.20pm due to the heavy rain.

It was our first time at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal!
Ferry counters

After we had checked in and collected our boarding tickets, we had tea and coffee at Woon's Kopi while we completed our Indonesia Arrival Card online. It was quite a long form so it's best to do it before your arrival in Indonesia! We had plenty of time to submit ours before we cleared customs. 

At the waiting area after clearing customs
Excited to start our Girls' Trip!

Our ferry ended being delayed and instead of departing at 5pm as scheduled, we departed at 5.25pm.

Boarding our ferry
Our Bintan Resorts Ferry
Comfortable seats and a table for using my tablet 

The journey to Bintan was only 1 hour and we arrived at Bandar Bentan Telani Ferry Terminal at 5.30pm Bintan time (Bintan is 1 hour behind Singapore).

Welcome to Bintan!

Clearing customs was easy as there were few ferries. Once we were done with security checks, we met up with a staff from Four Points by Sheraton Bintan, Lagoi Bay, who ushered us to special waiting area for hotel guests. Once all the guests were present, we were guided to the FREE shuttle service that would take us from the ferry terminal to the hotel (you'd need to inform the hotel prior to your visit).

Waiting area for guests of Four Points By Sheraton
On the shuttle bus!
Arrival at the hotel, just 10 minutes away from the ferry terminal

It was 6.30pm by the time we arrived at the hotel. We were more than excited to check in and hunt for dinner! 😵

Our hotel at night
Walking along the corridors to our room at the end of the building

We had booked two Deluxe Pool Twin Rooms at S$262 per room per night, inclusive of breakfast (details in next post).

The twin beds were larger than super single!
My two girls could squeeze in one while I had my own bed! 🥳
Kitchenette, luggage rack and dining areas
Wardrobe with bathrobes, safe and slippers
Bathroom with no bathtub
Toiletries and other amenities
Love the huge balcony, which faces the pool and sea!

I had informed the hotel in advance that it was my mum's birthday and they kindly prepared something special for her in her room! She was so surprised when we sang "happy birthday" as she entered her room! 😁

A complimentary cake and beautiful decorations on her bed!
She was super happy! 

They even designed the mirror! So cool!

Other than the huge pool (details in the next post), there was also a spa, Fitness Center and Kids Club on premise.

24 hours Fitness Center

After we celebrated the Mum's birthday, we hurried to El Lagoi for dinner as we were starving! 

El Lagoi

However, we discovered that the restaurant only served BBQ buffet every Friday and Saturday night. Since the buffet was not worth it for a group of girls with small appetites, we headed to Rempah Kitchen where they served ala carte menu items instead.

Rempah Kitchen
We enjoyed the live singing! 🎵
Couldn't wait for our food as we were famished! 😖
Clockwise from left: Mango smoothie;
Broccoli and mushroom;
Pasta the Smurf (spaghetti with tomato sauce) from the Kids Menu.
Clockwise from left: Rice is served with every dish!;
Soto Betawi, an authentic beef soup with tribe and lung;
Some rice and sausage dish that my mum ordered.
Sate Padang, which is spicy beef satay served with yellow Indonesian curry, rice flour ball, rice cake and fried shallots
Can't remember what this soup was called but it had fish
Clockwise from left: Pisang Goreng served with honey, chocolate sauce and ice cream;
Complimentary cakes and fruits from the buffet as the staff was very apologetic about making us wait so long for our food!

My favourite dish was the beef soup! It was so incredible and the best I've had so far! It was a super good meal and we paid Rp1,157k (about S$90) after 10% discount for hotel guests! 😊

We headed back to our room after dinner as I was still recovering from a migraine while the Sister started feeling "flu-ish". We decided to sleep early so that we would have enough rest for the next day! 😊


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P.S: Read about our experiences with Marriott Bonvoy around the world:

Continue to >> Bintan Day 2-3: Swimming & Massages

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