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Chennai, India

The Leela Palace Chennai

A Chettinad palace on 4.8 acres of the Adyar sea face, where a sea-view room and a pool-view room are different keys, and the lamp is lit at dusk.

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The place

The shore

4.8 acres on the Adyar sea face, Bay of Bengal.

The key

Sea view and pool view are different room names.

The lamp

Theepantham at dusk, as the hotel describes the evening.

The tables

Jamavar, China XO, and Spectra are separate rooms.

The bar

The Library Bar, toward the water.

Our read

Chennai has a long sea face, and this hotel is built on 4.8 acres of it, in the manner of a Chettinad palace. The booking that matters is whether the room says sea or pool. The ritual that is actually scheduled is the theepantham lamp at dusk, with Carnatic music on the property's own account of the day. Jamavar and China XO are two different dinners. Come if the Bay of Bengal is the reason for the city. Skip it if you wanted a palace on a lake in Udaipur. That is a different Leela.

Come here for

  • A Grand Palace Sea View room, only if the sea is in the name
  • The theepantham lamp at dusk
  • Jamavar for the Indian table, or China XO for Cantonese

Skip it if

  • You booked a pool-view room and expected the Bay. The sea is its own category.
  • You wanted The Leela Palace Udaipur. That hotel is on the lake, not this shore.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

The Leela Palace Chennai is at Adyar Seaface, 175 Sathya Dev Avenue Extension, MRC Nagar, Chennai 600028. The hotel phone is +91 44 6665 1234. The hotel describes 4.8 acres on the Bay of Bengal, with the architecture taken from Chettinad palaces. A Grand Palace Sea View room and a Grand Palace Pool View room are different categories, and the same split appears in the Royal Club rooms. The sea is not included unless the room says so. At dusk the hotel lights the theepantham lamp. Jamavar is the Indian room, with Raan-e-Jamavar and Dal Jamavar. China XO is the Cantonese room, including Peking duck. Spectra is the global restaurant. The Library Bar faces the water. The hotel describes the drive from Chennai airport as about 35 minutes. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    Adyar Seaface, MRC Nagar. About 35 minutes from Chennai International Airport, as the hotel describes it. Phone +91 44 6665 1234.

  2. Live here

    A Grand Palace Sea View room, only if the sea is in the name

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

Grand Palace Sea View

The category that names the Bay.

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Grand Palace Pool View

The category that names the pool, not the sea.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

Adyar Seaface, MRC Nagar. About 35 minutes from Chennai International Airport, as the hotel describes it. Phone +91 44 6665 1234.

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Does every room face the sea?

No. A sea-view room and a pool-view room are different categories.

What is the theepantham?

The lamp the hotel lights at dusk.

Where do I eat?

Jamavar for Indian cooking, China XO for Cantonese, Spectra for the global menu.

How far is the airport?

The hotel says about 35 minutes.

06 · Go

The Leela Palace Chennai

Chennai, India

Chennai has a long sea face, and this hotel is built on 4.8 acres of it, in the manner of a Chettinad palace. The booking that matters is whether the room says sea or pool. The ritual that is actually scheduled is the theepantham lamp at dusk, with Carnatic music on the property's own account of the day. Jamavar and China XO are two different dinners. Come if the Bay of Bengal is the reason for the city. Skip it if you wanted a palace on a lake in Udaipur. That is a different Leela.

Getting there
Adyar Seaface, MRC Nagar.
From where you are
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The Leela Palace Chennai

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