Phuket Holidays

Hiey,

I am visiting visiting Phuket for 4 nights (Apr 19-Apr 23′ 2009). I have booked myself at The Pacific Club Resort for 2 nights @ Karon Beach. Here’s my confusion: For the balance 2 nights, I want to stay @ Patong. I am confused between Amari Coral Beach Resort / Novotel Patong resort.

We would be taking day trips or shopping throughout the day and wanting to party to wee hours. My concern is would it safe to travel back just Me & Husband @ late hours to Amari/ Novotel? Or both are bad choices?

Also, the rooms in amari look basic in terms of interior decor but Novotel look very well done on website. We are visiting Phuket for our anniversary and want things to be beautiful. So what do we do? Pick Novotel or Amari? Or consider another hotel?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
Thanks everybody for all your suggestions! I looked through the hotels mentioned and more on The patong Beach and really liked 3 properties:
1) Patong Beach Hotel
2) Patong Bay Garden Resort
3) Andaman Beach Suites Hotel
I really like the # 2 & # 3 for prices but # 1 has far better reviews. What do I choose? Any recommendations on these 3 hotels?

Thanks for your inputs!