What I liked.

parking was on site and you can park in front of the reception which is difficult with other places in Adelaide

The King size bed was comfortable, my wife likes a softer bed and I a harder bed. We consider the bed and sleep the important aspects of the stay.

The AC worked, bit noisy for a couple of minutes but OK.

One of Adelaides best restaurant the Singapore House on Glen OSmaond Rd near the Arkaban Hotel was in taxi and easy driving distance.

The lifts a very loud and are stopped from working after 11pm.

The tram was a 5 min walk away which on the saturday was free??

What I didnt like

I would not want a room next to the lifts, byut they do stop after 11pm

Went for a drink late in the evening and thought there was a pub next door, need to walk a bit of a distance for a drink in a nice place.

They only seem to have one chap on duty at reception which can get busy for him, wasnt a issue for me

Overall a older hotel but we were comfortable and slept well. And the front desk staff were pleasent to us and welcoming.

We had a great 3 nights here just before xmas. The hotel is a little dated but very clean and comfortable. We got a wotif deal that included a full breakfast which was very good. Great to have free parking and a pool.(tho the weather wasn't good). Tram to the city centre only a short walk away.Staff very pleasant and helpful.

The customer service here was superb. This review has been along time coming. In 2007, I booked a hotel down the street from The Chifley through a well known travel website. When my seventeen year old son and I arrived late in the afternoon of June 14, 2007, the hotel was a bare bones structure under complete renovation. We were stunned and at a total loss with no cell phone and no one on site to talk to. We dragged our luggage up the street to the small motel next door who told us they thought The Chifley might be able to help us.
At the Chifley, they informed us that they were indeed taking in the reservations for the non existent hotel down the street, but we were not on that list. They did, however happily take us in AND at the price that we had booked. They gave us a spacious, comfortable room with a view out the front of the beautiful Kurranga Park and treated us like gold.
I would stay here again in a heart beat.

Stayed here for 6 days in December in room 402. Room was very spacious and generally had what we needed. Others have talked about air con issues; it was 38+ for 4 days when we were there. AC wasn't strong, but room temp was fine as long as you left it on all day (we were also south facing, so didn't get any direct sun on our windows). However, there was a really significant amount of mould in the bathroom indicative of extensive neglect.

Although booked through we were actually spending our 2nd night off the premisis so I told reception about the state of the bathroom and asked that it be cleaned while we were away. On our return, the bathroom had not been cleaned. On this occassion I spoke with the manager on duty. We were more than 5 minutes into the conversation before he even apologised! I showed him photos of the mould, and he said that he would get house keeping to clean it right away. When I asked about compensation (especially in light of the fact we didn't even spend the night there when the cleaning was meant to have taken place), he actually said that him organising to have it looked at by housekeeping that morning was appropriate recompense. I disagreed and was required to put my complaint in writing to the front office manager. In the mean time, an attempt was made to clean the bathroom, although pockets of mould still occurred in places like between the shower screen panels (you'd have to be on the shower with the door closed to see it, nut this should still be clean, in my opinion).

I did write to the manager, asking for the charge for the night we didn't spend to be removed, and supplying my room number, mobile phone number and email address and asked him to contact me with an outcome. In the following 3 days, I heard nothing. On settling our account, we received a $50 discount on our room charge, with no message or follow up at all. Really disappointing! Crap attitude and service throughout.