OYO Rayanne House Guest Accommodation

We really enjoyed our stay here. The property is beautiful. The family that runs it was great.

A perfect location to be away from a busy touristy area, fresh clean air, was able to attend a church service. The location is not too far from where the Dublin Express pick-up point.

This was a stay close to the airport and it worked out perfectly. We found the property easily near Rory McIlroys home golf course. There was ample parking and the room was large, clean and a great shower. The neighborhood was safe and quiet.
We walked in about 20 min to High St and although a Sunday evening we found Lemongrass open and had decent Asian options. We were also happy with breakfast at Joxer.
We easily returned our car to Sixt (awesome). And hopped on to the express to the train station for 2.60
Everyone we dealt with in NI and Holywood were helpful, pleasant and welcoming.

We so enjoyed our time here. The atmosphere of old elegance that remains comfortable is stately is a great fit for us. Our room and bathroom was very spacious. We were not expecting breakfast, but a light continental one was perfect for us. Fruit, toast and cereals were options. It was quiet and the bed was very comfortable. Wonderful thick white towels for our use were much appreciated. If you want modern and glitzy-this is not your place.

The house was run-down: broken chairs in the common area. The mattress was soft and needed to be replaced. A child and her mother kept us up the first night until after 1 a.m. The next day, two little boys were playing soccer in their pajamas in the living room and told me they lived there. We never saw anyone who worked there after our initial check-in. No water was available and they didn't have coffee in the morning other than instant... The breakfast options were poor-quality items left in a refrigerator in the dining room. The house was obviously at one time a gorgeous property and now is in need of some TLC.

Very quaint place!

Wasn’t great, I arrived late so can’t complain about check in but the place is really tired, the room had an awful smell, considering I have a bad sense of small and it was still awful

Nice location walkable to town. A wear-worn. Needs updating but it certainly was comfortable. Basically kids running the place.

The owners were absolutely wonderful. I wish we could have visited with them. The place was beautiful, clean and quiet. Could walk to town. Close driving to Belfast. Had a wonderful experience!!!

A great experience throughout! Everyone was so helpful, and the interior was beautiful. A great location, will be back.

Beautiful family house. We stayed here over 20 years ago and it is still as lovely as it was then. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to stay in a home rather than a sterile hotel. Immaculately clean and so comfy it wraps its arms around you.

Friendly from arrival understanding was forthcoming and assistance was given due to my family emergency.
Although there are no more evening meals available I would still recommend the hotel.

Pros: beautiful room, lovely shower water pressure, front desk lady who checked me in (I believe Polish?) was very kind, the hotel itself is beautiful and situated in a nice neighbourhood

Cons: 20 minute walk uphill from Holywood/train station, or 12 minute walk from nearest bus stop - so recommended if you have a car. The sound proofing is not great, could hear children running around all day/into the evening and then could hear the next door over showering and the man singing in the shower. Not great. The rest of the staff/owners leave much to be desired. I came in one evening and a woman who I assume at least works at the hotel if not owns it saw me come in and grab my room key from the front desk and just stared at me as she walked to the staff door, didn’t say hello or inquire about anything. Pretty poor customer service for a hotel. Also unsure how this is a 5 star hotel - nothing is offered beyond room and bathroom. No other known amenities, apparently not even house keeping. Stayed 2 nights, no one came in to clean or replace anything which was fine but a little surprising as nothing was mentioned. No other services or amenities were mentioned so again, it was fine but not 5 star at all. Overall probably wouldn’t stay again since it didn’t offer much for the price and is way too far out of the city especially not having a car.

Very friendly welcome when we arrived. Room is beautiful and exceptionally clean. Very cozy and warm in this cold weather (-2°C).
Room has everything we need for our overnight stay.

Not our first stay here. We have previously enjoyed the breakfasts as much as the accommodation. My fault this time for assuming we would have breakfast, but for whatever reason they have stopped doing it.
The option of a winter return hoof in and out of town didn't fit in our day so we went hungry. Room was fine. A little cold in the middle of the night as we had a light summer quilt. Another pillow would have been nice too.

Great and friendly owners and lovely old house !
Only small issue was other guests not being quiet at night time as you can hear them.
Would recommend staying here

Beautiful guest house tucked away about a 10 min drive, or 30 min train, from central Belfast. There’s no restaurant on site but a few places to eat in the town about a 15min walk away. No nightlife in walking distance but an easy cab drive away. Would definitely stay here again!

Positive feedback:
Friendly welcome, comfortable bedroom with nice decor.
The kettle & tea & coffee in the room were very welcome.
The local area was quiet
Very little noise from outside the property, due to soundproof windows.

Other feedback.
Internal doors would benefit from some sound proofing & soft/ quiet close options to reduce noise made by guests.

Wonderful location. Wonderful sea/estuary view from our room. Warm welcome. Will visit again!

I felt like I had the short straw here when it came to rooms, I booked a three night stay as I was working nearby. My room was small and dark and there was a used towel left by the previous guest in the bathroom. When I told the person in reception they apologised but didn`t offer to get it, so I had to handle it and bring it downstairs myself. my shower was broken and did not release much water, and when I told the person at reception I was given a key to use the shower in another room, but only to use the shower. The reason I've titled this review short straw is that when I entered the other room, it was like being in a totally different hotel, the other room was much nicer and better, if I would of had this from the start I would of been very happy with my stay. however the shower in this room wasn`t great either but better. Anyway I'm due to work over in the area again soon and I doubt I'll choose this hotel again unfortunately