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I have stayed at the Expat dozens of times, good points :
1. Location , is within staggering distance of Bangla and next door to Valhalla and Faulty Towers Bar.
2. Swimming pool and garden , nice to sit outside in the afternoon .
3. 24 hour coffee shop for food and beer.
4. Definitely BG friendly.
5. Safe deposit in reception. Available from 07.00 - 23.00.
6. Security guard on duty at entrance overnight , nice guy who has made sure I got to my room OK when p*ssed.

Rooms are OK and if there is any problems ,just report them and they will try their best to sort things out. I prefer ground floor rooms as you can sit outside and relax, upper rooms may be quieter .

ST66 is staying there at the moment , I think for 2 months.
(Faultytowers 17. Jan.2006)

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Yep, I currently stay at Expat, room 308, have booked it for 3 months, 1dec to 22feb.
A VIP fan room is about 1200 baht currently, if you stay long time you can always get a fair discount.
For the price you may find better rooms in Patong, but the location is perfect, only 100 meter from Bangla.

My room have both fan and aircond, but normally I only use the fan.

In my room everything works perfectly, have had no problems, currently there is a little problem generally about the inhouse movies not being broadcasted to all rooms, but I'm sure they fix that soon - and who go to LOL to look TV.

Best of all, no noise late evening, except that I can hear a little bass far away from Galaxy.

All BG have to deposit ID card to the guard outside Expat, so he take care of you, so no BG run away with your things.

And even better, next door is Faulty Towers Inn
(ST66 17. Jan.2006)