This is not a four star hotel. The bedding and paint on the walls have seen better days. There was mold in the bathroom. I know i was paying for a view, but for what I paid I expected a very upscale place. It is way overpriced for how run down it is.
I would not stay there again.

I booked this hotel for myself and my mum over the october weekend. I thought maybe because it was ranked with four stars that it might be a bit luxurous. I now think the people that ranked it haven't been there in a while.

We got there early on the friday and were told we were being "upgraded" to the main house. Ok the rooms were quite big with big en suites but that's about it. Oh the view of the rock at night was exceptional over the gardens.

The bathroom was old - i got the duct tape on the hairdryer too. The waterworks were beside the bed so if a loo was flushed somewhere - it passed your ears as did the heating when it came on at around 5am. The bed was fine. There was no mini bar in the rooms. The small bottled water in the room would have been the same one for the three days had we not discovered a tray of them near the cleaners' cupboard.

The tv had about six channels - no video or in house movie channel. There was a small lobby between the bedroom and the ensuite which had a sewage smell.

The food & main restaurant was quite nice but as we stayed three nights, by the end of our stay we knew the menu off by heart as it didn't change at all over the whole weekend.

Another downer was there was no residents only lounge or area so on the sunday afternoon there were children running (at high speed!) straight through the one of the sitting rooms. The rest of the children had re-organised the patio furniture in the beautiful gardens (beside the mulberry trees) to accommodate their footie match.

On a side note, the town of Cashel itself is lovely and is ideally located for touring around County Tipp.

We stayed at the Cashel Palace quite by accident with a last minute booking. We were very pleasantly surprised by the hotel. Our room was enormous and nicely furnished. We were in room 14, I think, in the main building. We were on the second floor overlooking the garden and the Rock of Cashel. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We had an excellent dinner in the "Buttery" by a peat fire. The restaurant manager, Seamus, was very nice and couldn't do enough to please us. It was very quiet in the evening but if you wanted to go uot , you are in the heast of town.

Main hotel and gardens were impressive and I could not fault staff who were top quality and extremely helpful throughout.

We stayed in a ground floor room which I think is called the 'coach house' and a little cheaper than the main house. I must admit on the strength of the room we were disappointed.

It suffered from very little natural light and looked out directly onto the car park separated by a net curtain which you had to keep closed for privacy thereby cutting out light. The room size was adequate for our needs but not large. Room facilities were basic but functional.

Breakfast was included (21 Euro if purchased separately) but was let down by pitiful small portions. Sausages were of very low quality and would normally expect same of a road side kebab van! I would have expected more for the room price and hotel that markets it's self on the up marketed side.

Unfortunately I would not recommend on the basis of poor value for money. As so often it's the little things.