Name: Rayanne House
Address: Demesne Road; 60, Holywood, Holywood, Holywood, BT18 9EX, United Kingdom
Rating: 10

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Holywood Maypole

George Best Belfast City Airport

Belfast International Airport

Rayanne House

Holywood

Booked for the night of a family wedding in June. They phoned to cancel the booking today because they received a block booking with not a word of apology or alternative offered when finding reasonably priced accommodation for that date was already difficult enough.

Avoid!

This is a really superb Guest House in a beautiful part of Northern Ireland. The building is iconic, the staff superb, and the food excellent. I visited with a group of friends as we were attending a function locally. I have taken a note of Rayanne House as a place to which to return for a longer visit.

Absolutely superb

We stayed for a few nights, our first trip away for 2 years.
We’ve stayed here many times before and as always service was excellent, food was excellent.
We were given the disabled room giving me much needed accessibility.  
Lovely few days away.

Homely

Nice little guest house, some lovely views and nice and close to the town so can walk down and back if you wanted to eat somewhere else one night. We were at a small wedding, it was an enjoyable day, and the rooms are clean and decorated to show the character of the building.

Nice old building

Just be aware of the spiders! We had quite the 8-legged visitor in one of our bathrooms. Breakfast was wonderful, more upscale than what we were used to. Lovely views if rooming on the front of the house. 

wonderful breakfasts

Booked this for two nights for a classy hen party. Bernie was incredibly helpful from initial booking, flexibility and suggestions. The price was very fair for us all and transparent throughout. They were very responsive to emails and phone calls and excellent communication throughout.

We arrived and were warmly welcomed. Our rooms were spacious, clean and comfortable. We had drinks in one of the main rooms, and the team went out of their way to help us set up media. We then moved into the dining room for a 9 course replica meal of the Titanic's first class last meal. It was delicious! The setting was perfect and the sound proofing meant we felt comfortable enjoying ourselves without disturbing other guests. The staff really helped us with everything and we continued our festivities in another of the main lounges. 

The next day we went into Belfast, which was a short drive by taxi. Rayanne House were great at recommending we booked a taxi home ahead of time, as they are tricky to get

Excellent Hosts

Short amble up the hill for an amazing unpretentious, homely tasting menu with friendly service and food that was simply out of this world! Flexible for dietary needs of the party and excellent wine pairings. Reasonable priced. Highly recommend.

Absolute perfection!

My partner and i stayed here for two nights and loved every minute of it . We adored the exceptional breakfast, each morning and found all the staff to be highly efficient and warm and friendly .
Our room was on the top floor and we enjoyed a fantastic view across the lough . The room was so spacious and quiet and elegantly furnished . 
We were very impressed with Bernie and Conor ‘s help , when our car had an  unexpected technical problem and Conor put us in touch with a local mechanic, who was so helpful and accommodating .   
We will definitely be staying in this lovely home again . Thank You .

What a Fabulous Place .

This is an additional review to the one I have already written on Google, which the owner has responded to, but I am not able to respond to their response. So I'm writing this one as well! 

We arrived at 12.30am, due to flight delays, and were disappointed as we walked up to the front door to see a hen do group (clearly identifiable by one lady wearing a fancy dress bridal veil, dressed in white), drinking in the front lounge. We checked in to our room which was directly about the room they were drinking in, and could not sleep until past 2am. I find it baffling that a "5*" establishment on the outskirts of Belfast allows a hen do party to stay up that late. 

There is a wide variety of choice at breakfast, but we felt like the quality was lacking in some ingredients, namely the sausages and the bread. The breakfast room was set up with a large table in the middle of it. Another couple asked a member of staff if that was for the hens, to which the staff member replied "yes, the calm before the storm". I mention this, and the bridal veil above, because the owner replied to my Google review saying that it was just "a group of ladies in their 40s", not a hen do, who were supposedly only up until 1am. After breakfast, we set off for the wedding we were attending nearby. A lady sat downstairs kindly agreed to take a picture of me and my partner. She asked if we were off to a wedding, which we confirmed, and she replied "ah lovely, I am here for a hen do". 

Our room needed some serious TLC. Despite house being a big, beautiful period property the room was dressed with a black gloss and veneer bed + wardrobe + side tables. The veneer was peeling on the bed. The wardrobe was a bizarre corner unit, which was very impractical, despite their being plenty of room for a normal one on the right hand side of the room. The bath taps were the wrong way round (cold giving out hot, and vice versa). The shower pressure was bad. The light was motion detected, and when the people above us went into their bathroom, our light would come on! It was almost comical when water started pouring through the ceiling on the day we left from the bathroom above ours. 

The staff we encountered whilst we were there were polite. There was interesting choices for breakfast. Perhaps their titanic menu is 5*, but the accommodation was absolutely not. Please go and find my review on Google and read the response from the owner!

Not a 5* hotel

We had our wedding dinner at Rayanne House. It was a wonderful experience in every way. The location, the house, the service, the food. 

Great feedback from all of the family after the event. Many will be returning to Rayanne House to  try the Titanic tasting menu. As will we! 

Many thanks to Bernie and Conor for helping us make our day so special. 

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