Grand Chancellor on Currie was ideal for our four day stay in June 2011. Finding a quiet place was particularly important to us as we were staying four nights in Adelaide, including a Friday and Saturday night, and are light sleepers. So we asked for a quiet room when we booked and were delighted when that is what we got. Our third-floor room overlooked an internal courtyard area and we didn't hear a sound from outside. Wonderful! The only sound we did hear in the night was an occasional whooshing sound which we eventually worked out was the plumbing, but we got used to it. Not only was our room quiet, it was also roomy, comfortable, clean, and within very easy walking distance of all the central Adelaide attractions we wanted to see.
A word of caution: DO NOT confuse Grand Chancellor on Currie with Grand Chancellor on Hindley! Returning from a bus tour of Kangaroo Island on the Saturday evening, we were almost the last to be dropped off at our hotel and so witnessed Hindley Street at its worst, or best, depending on your point of view. Crowds of people wandering along the footpaths and sitting outside bars, bouncers at regular intervals along both sides of the street, buskers... we were blown away by the noise and counted our lucky stars we had picked a quiet place to stay. What we didn’t realize, until we stopped to let some people off and the door opened, was how sound-proof the bus was. The blast of noise that came through the open door was jaw-dropping. I felt sorry for the older couple behind us, one of whom remarked as they got up and prepared to exit the bus: "Back to that ##### Grand Chancellor [on Hindley]!"
If we ever go back to Adelaide, which I hope we do, we will certainly stay at the Grand Chancellor on Currie. By the way, we enjoyed the pancakes at the 24-hour pancake parlour just around the corner.
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