After much time and research in November 2021, we booked our final two nights in Ireland for our 60th Birthdays in July 2022 at Mount Juliet Estate. Imagine our dismay to receive an email requesting a phone call to CANCEL our reservation on June 16, 2022! DO NOT BOOK AT THIS HOTEL IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOU WILL STILL HAVE A ROOM.
We were told on the call that someone had 'booked the entire hotel' (our reservations were made in November) and our reservation was cancelled! They said they could make arrangements at another hotel and would get us a discounted rate and have something in our room and pay for a dinner. After checking the website of the other hotel - we found the room suggested to be a regular, modern hotel room, not the Historic Manor House Room we had planned at Mount Juliet Estate. We asked about a Manor House Room at the new property, Lyrath Estate. Unfortunately, the Director of Rooms at Mount Juliet did not reply for several days, and after more time and research, booked a Manor House Room at Lyrath Estate ourselves. We are now less than two weeks away from leaving for our"Trip of a Lifetime" and a bit panicked about finding something nice so close to the date!
We never received another communication from anyone at Mount Juliet, despite numerous email inquiries. BOOK THE LYRATH ESTATE MANOR HOUSE ROOMS. Do not bother with a property who cares so little for guests as to cancel less than a month out. Turns out, the Manor House Room at the Lyrath was the largest and most beautiful of our entire trip - but were not booked by anyone at Mount Juliet. We were given an 80 euro "credit" for one dinner - which we had to verify with the Lyrath Estate. Apparently, quite a few of their guests that week also had their reservations abruptly cancelled by Mount Juliet.
Perhaps, if the Director of Rooms had not completely ignored our emails after we let them know we had gone ahead and booked our own Manor House room, I wouldn't still be angry. Thankfully, the Lyrath Estate exceeded our expectations and our last two nights in Ireland were lovely and memorable. No thanks to the Unprofessional behavior of Mount Juliet Estate. Run away from booking here if you want to be sure you will still have a booking!