Harris Resort Batam
A cheap but cheerful family holiday resort with a predilection for an eyeball-blistering shade of orange, renovated and expanded in 2009. Large pool, bowling alley, a scattering of restaurants and a fairly pathetic beach where swimming is explicitly forbidden. Try to get a room in the new wing.
Holiday Inn Resort Batam
Probably Batam's best branded hotel, aging gracefully but solidly maintained under Western management. Weekend-tripping Singaporeans come for the large pool with an extensive kids' area, four restaurants and a well-regarded spa see Do, while oil industry business visitors are seduced by the promise of broadband internet.
Waterfront City has two large resort hotels. Both offer free shuttle service to the ferry terminal.
Some of the shophouse pubs also offer lodging in their upstairs rooms, mostly on a short-time basis.