I've stayed at this hotel many times. It is a fantastic location across the small street from the beach. The deluxe Seaview rooms have a balcony with amazing views from the southend of Patong beach. At this point, this is the only reason to stay at this hotel. There is a nice pool, but that's about it. The rooms are pretty basic and have not been improved or renovated for years. Unfortunately I've had bad luck with having problems in their rooms, with the toilet water running all the time, or its water supply pipe breaking and flooding the bathroom, and the air conditioning not cooling enough or the thermostat not working. Also, they have the worst 10 cable TV channnels of any hotel I've stayed at recently, with not one British or American english news channel, and just 10 channels. Not that I watch much TV in Patong, but for the price of the room, you'd think it would be better. The internet is also very bad, constantly dropping the wifi connection. It just seems like the owner doesn't care, and with so many other cheaper and better quality hotels to stay at, I don't think I will be coming back to Avantika.