Austurvegur 28, 800 Selfoss, Iceland
#18 of 20 hotels in Selfoss
Guests' ChoiceBased on 380 hostel reviews
7.6Cleanliness
7.9
Comfort
7.8
Location
8.9
Facilities
7.8
Staff
7.5
Value for money
7.9
Free Wifi
9.3
Real Bookers. Real stays. Real opinions.
Read more– opens a dialog boxEach review score is between 1 and 10. To get the overall score you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of them. We use a weighted review system, which means the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. Guests can also give separate “subscores” in crucial areas like location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value, and free Wifi. Note that guests submit their subscores and overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an accommodation that you booked through our platform if you stayed there, or if you got to the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialize in detecting fake reviews submitted to our platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team so that our fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we'd publish every review we get, positive and negative. However, we won’t display any reviews that include or refer to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out. We may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old, or if the accommodation has a change of ownership.
An accommodation can reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (e.g. language, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). You can sort and/or filter them by time of year, review score, and more.
Sometimes we show external review scores from other well-known travel websites, but make it clear when we do this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly, without limiting expression or strong opinions. They're also applicable regardless of the comment's tone.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, or the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and other similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties, and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options might be available (by type of traveler, by score, etc...).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
End of dialog contentReviewed: March 27, 2025
Chi
TaiwanFully equipped kitchen
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: March 16, 2025
Anouk
NetherlandsThere is no staff, anyone can just walk in it feels like. Others had booked later in the evening, received a confirmation etc., but were not able to check in. Truly unhelpful staff via telephone. Microwave broken.
Nice kitchen with plenty of room in fridges etc., bathrooms were adequate, and the place was very warm, which is always nice in the winter. They should just really put in some more effort regarding safety and check-in/out.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: February 18, 2025
Justin
United KingdomShared toilets but what do you expect for that price
Great location. Easy check in
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: January 29, 2025
Janine
SwitzerlandI forgot my charger there and it took a while for them to answer if they found it. But they were really kind
Easy self Check in and Self Check out
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 1, 2025
Bo
United StatesThe facility in the rooms was limited (which should be expected). And it appeared that no staff onsite.
The hotel was well located at the center of Selfoss, close by major roads, groceries and restaurants. The self-check-in was easy, room was clean and functional. Although the rooms did not have private bathrooms, but the shared bathrooms were plenty and well equipped. The heater was very powerful and kept the rooms warm in winter. The shared kitchen was large and well equipped- you can pretty much make any food as you were at home.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 20, 2024
Grant
United StatesThe reviews showed a hot tub, but I didn’t see that?
Great location, good value. Family friendly for my work trip.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: November 11, 2024
Olivia
United StatesVentilation could be better in the bathrooms.
Cozy beds, big and clean hostel, nice big showers, I think the floors were heated! I slept so well and had such a nice shower.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: September 8, 2024
Alison
FranceHigh pitch non stop beeping every 5 seconds that couldn't be turned off coming from reception.
Great kitchen, nice simple room. Extra nice to have sink in room. One bathroom was extra comfy. Perfume free bedding!! Extra good for those of us with allergies.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: August 22, 2024
Daniel
United StatesMy twin bed was pretty narrow
Free coffee in the kitchen was such a nice surprise:)
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 22, 2024
Giulietta
Italy- ok
We booked a double room for 1 night, it was clean, nice and really confortable. Shared bathroom clean and big, nice forniture. Shared kitchen is very big, perfectly equiped, clean. Self-check-in easy. We really recommend Selfoss hostel
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: August 12, 2024
Tinna
IcelandGood hostel have stayed there twice and always happy
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 9, 2024
Lance
United KingdomSheets on my bed had stains on them.
Pleasant room. Good kitchen, good location.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 6, 2024
Paru
GermanyClean and comfortable
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: August 4, 2024
Abby
United KingdomExterior looked a bit run down but overall was a great stay and would come again.
Clean and comfortable. Kitchen facilities were good. Check in process was easy and quick.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: July 31, 2024
Seb90
SwitzerlandIt was a bit strange that no personnel was there during the whole stay. The concept of the place is for it to function without staff. For me this always feels a bit like someone does not want to put a lot of effort in the place and just make money with it. But as I said before, my stay was quite okay. - the place was not dirty, but also not very clean. This could be better. - the bed and also the chairs in the kitchen were old and not very comfortable. For a short stay, this was okay for me.
I was a bit sceptical when I found quite a few critical reviews. In the end, I booked a bed in the biggest dorm with 8 beds, of which only 2 were used that night. + The location is pretty good. + The bed was decent. It was not a very comfortable one but it was okay for the night + Bathrooms were clean + Kitchen was clean + Place was very quiet + Shades in bedroom worked well with the sun always being up in August + Free parking in front of the house + Price (40€ for one night) was okay for Iceland
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: July 31, 2024
Guadalupe
SpainAlthough self check in is convenient, we didn’t see anybody in the reception during our stay. Sometimes it is nice to have a little human interaction with the people that host you 😅
It was well located, clean and comfortable.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: July 19, 2024
Andrea
GermanyThe room was very warm and stuffy during the night. There was no need of so much heating.
The Hostel has a kitchen with a lot of cooking plates. The beds are comfortable.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: July 16, 2024
Josefine
SpainThere wasn't really anything I didn't like, but maybe compared to other hostels it was a little bit pricier.
It's a self check-in hostel. You have supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacy, bakeries and anything you need close by. I had a private room with a small bed and a sink, which was very convenient. The kitchen was big with all the necessary equipment. It was very quiet at night, maybe because there weren't many other guests around.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: July 9, 2024
Irfan
United KingdomBedroom was a bit small. Checkin was a bit confusing as they leave all the empty room keys on the front desk and ask you to select the type of room you have booked.
Clean, warm, plenty of bathrooms, large kitchen.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: July 3, 2024
Oleksandr
RomaniaEverything you need is there
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: June 6, 2024
Katrin
GermanyNo towels and super tiny cell room.
Kitchen well equipped, nice hostel, comfy, clean and central.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: May 27, 2024
Jun
United StatesOld
Location is inside the city
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 24, 2024
Edwin
NetherlandsRoom was very boring (hardly any decoration)
Clean, very well equiped and large kitchen
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: May 3, 2024
Giovanni
ItalyA little bit noisy but not annoying, I slept really well :)
I stayed in the single room and it was very clean and comfortable.
Stayed in April 2024
Solvang, US
Madrid, Spain
Kremnica, Slovakia
Thoiry, France
Ojai, US
Legian, Indonesia
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Barcelona, Spain
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property, they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff is, and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content