Me and y friend stayed at Avantika in february 2004. It was a nice little hotel, with very friendly staff. The rooms was clean and nice too, but not so luxury that It seems in the pictures on the webb.
The restaurant was nice, even if It was located directly to the beach road (in this part of the beach It is fortunately not so heavy traffic). We didnt eat dinner there, but we had our breakfast there (ordered from a menu) and It was good and tasty.
Unfortunatelly the beach in Patong is not very nice, very crowded and no longer a paradise. I recommend you to take a Tuk Tuk to the middle of Karon beach if you are looking for at nice beach with not so many people.
To sum up we have no complaints at all, but this hotel is to expensive I think, even if It´s nice.












