Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide on Currie

We visited Adelaide specifically for the purpose of spending time with family members. We wanted a central location that provided opportunities to dine out and shop and sightsee. The hotel was centrally located for these purposes. However, Adelaide unlike other capital cities in Australia, does not trade on all holiday shopping days and many of the shops and restaurants were not open and if it wasn't for family knowing where to go, and driving us out of the city, it would have been difficult to get a nice meal. We were not inclined to eat at the hotel because it was filthy and a cooking oil based smell permeated the entire lobby and downstairs area where one had to enter and exit the lounge, dining area, bar and street. It was rank and sickening. Room service attendants were not polite or helpful and the bar closed very early most nights due to a lack of patrons. The hotel staff were not welcoming when we checked in, and one would have at least expected a good will wish as we checked out but nothing was said and they did not enquire as to whether we enjoyed our stay or not. They simply weren't interested. The decore in the rooms was dated. This particular hotel is still using woollen blankets, the quality of which were very poor as evidenced by the worn areas, and one questioned whether they were ever dry-cleaned or washed. The same for the dated bedspreads. The sheets were changed regularly and fresh towels were freely available. The floor was filthy in the lobby, highly stained and needed to be vacuumed and shampooed, and the same was apparent in our room. Upon entering our room we noticed there were bits of peanuts on the floor which were not consumed by us, and hair and fluff, also not ours. We don't believe the room was vacuumed once during our stay, and there was a pungent mould odour coming from the main bathroom. In all fairness we give credit to the helpful housekeeping staff who did their best to present the rooms well considering they were about 15 years behind other hotels. Would we consider staying there again? Absolutely not. Would we recommend the hotel? Absolutely not. Value for money, no. This hotel was rated above what one would consider appropriate for it's presentation inspite of it's central location. It deserves a 1 star rating.