Bintan Pearl Beach Resort

The resort is literally on the beach so it is a great view from the room balcony - you can hear the waves and see the ocean on your doorstep. The room was very clean and in nice condition, along with the nice size bathroom. The swimming pool was good and staff were friendly. They have a partner hotel 5 minutes way where you can get decent priced massages at. They arrange pick up and drop off at certain times which is useful. The menu was fairly limited for me as a vegetarian but the food they had was good and big portion sizes. WiFi was not good on the first day but after that worked fairly well. It is quiet in the morning and evening but quite busy in the afternoon when a coach load of tourists come from another hotel to use the pool and chill out. Unfortunately they don't let you swim in the ocean even though it is right on the doorstep. I guess this is because the currents were strong, but it looked fine to me. Overall, the resort is very nice but apart from beach, pool and massages, there isn't much to do. That's not the hotel's fault, I think that is just Bintan in general