Ria Bintan Golf Lodge

It’s been 3 years since last visit. Scenery wise - it is beautiful. Especially Ocean course Hole 7, 8, 9, 10….Basically you will be playing with very beautiful sea scenic view. Personally, i felt one of the best seaside scenery for southeast asia golfing. Course condition is improving i felt. Could be due to december rainy season which could have caused damage to the green condition. The beautiful scenic makes up for it. Caddie tips: due to 2 players sharing of 1 caddie, the recommended tips is IDR300K. (Each player IDR150K)….You should gave more if felt the caddie performance is excellent. If you are one player to 1 caddie, the tip recommended will be IDR200K per 18 holes. Hotel room wise, clean and roomy. Except no disposable toothbrush/paste. Remember to bring your own. Food(Teebites Cafe) - i would said, very expensive for such poor quality. Resort pricing matching Singapore’s. Quality of food - below average for such pricing. Especially not recommended to order the fried chicken wings. It claimed 6 pcs, but it was actually made up of 3 chicken wings(drumstick w wings), split into 2 portions(drumsticks & wings). Worse, the wings are so dried, skinny & small. Breakfast - Avoid any of the vegetables as the taste of it seems spoilt or overnight. Beverage - Very very expensive. A can of beer will cost you IDR80K, around SGD$8.

We spent one night at the Ria Bintan. This is a very average 3-Star hotel. Perhaps closer to 2 stars in my view. The rooms are functional and relatively small. The effects of COVID are evident so the facilities are not great only functional. The staff is helpful and was trying their best. The transfers were fine and relatively smooth. There was some very loud music during the day while we were playing golf. This wasn’t clear but luckily we weren’t close. On recommendation we didn’t eat in the hotel and opted to go out, though the breakfast bag we took to the course the next day was disappointing. On the golf course side, it’s a beautiful course (only the Ocean course is available now) but the greens are not in good shape and the carts are old and cranky. The caddy service was good and professional. I would avoid the lodge and just come to play though even in Singapore standards it was not cheap at $200+ per day. And to charge S$15 for 100 range balls (seriously?).

I booked a stay at Ria Bintan as my husband is a golfer and it was his birthday. I don't play golf. The Lodge is very basic and really just for golfers. The rooms are clean and comfortable. There is tea and coffee in the room, and shower gel in the bathroom. There is just one restaurant at the Lodge. We had breakfast and lunch included in our package. Breakfast was eggs, toast, fruit and fried noodles. Lunch was either fried noodles, fried rice or a sandwich. The restaurant menu is not extensive, but the food is decent. The phone in the room can only be used to call within the Lodge so, if you want to make dinner or spa reservations at another resort, you need to get the front desk to do it for you. The Lodge has also suspended the shuttle service so to get to Banyan Resort, will cost SGD20 each way. The Forest course was closed during our stay so, only 1 course was open.

We are golfer couple, we decided to stay at Ria Bintan lodge for our weekend golfing getaway. We chose Eagle room and it was absolutely a correct decision. Bedroom and bathroom are clean and comfortable. Wide window facing golf course was perfect! It is located above the Golf Club house and therefore it is very convenient to go to and from Starter desk/ area. Staffs are friendly and helpful. Menu was limited due to still pandemic era, however, food was delicious, a bit large in portion or probably because we are small eater couple. Ms. Vita from Sales/Marketing Ria Bintan arranged a private boat and a minibus from/to Tanjung Uban jetty to/from the resort for us. All were good. We were happy with all the arrangement made. It was a perfect weekend getaway for us! Therefore, it is highly recommended.