The peculiarities of the furniture, the comfortable and artistic room and the friendliness of staff

Stayed in March 2025

Just felt super cozy from the moment you walk in. Clear instructions left at the front desk for campers. Clean, good wifi, nice showers. Cool vibes!

Stayed in February 2025

We had a wonderful stay at this hostel! The facility is impeccably clean and well-equipped, making it a perfect base for seeing the Northern Lights. The shared kitchen is fully stocked, allowing for easy meal preparation. A special mention goes to the common area, which feels like a friend's home—super cozy and spacious. It’s a great place to relax and connect with fellow travelers. The context, history, and artistic culture of the hostel are truly fascinating. Although we didn’t get a chance to attend any events, we thoroughly enjoyed playing games in the common room and meeting new people. When a small issue arose, the staff resolved it quickly and efficiently. The ladies running the hostel are absolutely lovely and provided excellent recommendations for nearby attractions. We highly recommend this hostel! Maximum rating! 🌟

Stayed in January 2025

The only thing that got me was that there was no one there to enforce common space guidelines. One of the last nights we were there, we had planned to make dinner to use up the rest of our food, however, a large group of Italians took over the entire kitchen to have a family meal. They did NOT get the hint to leave when several people kept bumping into them to try and get to the fridge. There are signs in a few different places that mentioned to "please eat in the common room, so that the kitchen didn't get too crowded," which i thought was amazing. But, this group brought chairs from different rooms just so sit around the big table and hang out and eat. There were a group of 3 that came in just before the posted hours of closing for the kitchen usage, myself and my partner, as well as another couple, all waiting to use the kitchen. We ended up eating way past 10 pm, which i felt terrible about in case I kept someone up. Anyway, that was really the only thing that was negative about the experience. It's not the staff's fault.

Loved the vibe of this place, the cleanliness, and the large kitchen. I like that it's also the community culture center for the town, so there was a musical performance on the Friday we were there, and lots of art everywhere! The bathrooms were private and clean and we'll maintained. The common space to hang out was fantastic and had so much space. There was also a bar with an honour system in place if there was no one there to take your money.

Stayed in November 2024

Good value for money for one night stop over on a roadtrip. I didn't explore the area much as we had bad weather. I can imagine when there's more going on it's more lively.

I booked it as it looked like a fun and funky place to stay. I reserved the private room with bathroom, it was all very clean. It was winter and a Tuesday so there was no live show or much action, but the staff were super friendly.

Stayed in November 2024

Amazing staff and facilities

Stayed in November 2024

No free tea and coffee... which is usual in most hostels

Interesting relaxed hostel...with modern facilities in a converted industrial building.

Stayed in October 2024

great people, layed back hostel, creative place, musical place, feeling home right away

Stayed in September 2024

Our room was right next to the kitchen, which was rather noisy (especially in the morning).

The kitchen had everything I needed and the option to do laundry was nice (laundry could not be done later in the evening/at night).

Stayed in October 2024

The quality of the stay depends heavily on who of the staff has the shift on your date of stay. We spend 4 nights in total and they were definitely an up and down. The worst nights where the ones where the owner was not there: The “live music” was enormously loud, making it hard to spend time at all in the common room, while the karaoke did not stop at 23:00 or even midnight, but continued until after 1, making it hard to sleep. Both of the two bathroom sinks avalaible for the dorms were broken for a whole day and the solution was an “out of order sign”, while the staff was enjoying karaoke. To my surprise, the next day, when the owner was back on shift, all problems were fixed and he actually played very nice live music, while not forcing it on anyone. So all in all, it is a very nice place when the owner is there, while being significantly worse when people run it, that care more about their self-presentation than the hostel itself. My review score represents the days WITH the owner.

It’s a really really great place to stay! Great common room, super friendly owner and great concept. We saw a great short Theater performance and listened to some nice live music. The location is also perfect for spending a few days on Snæfellsnes.

Stayed in September 2024

The only issue we really ran into was that the WiFi connection at the hostel didn't reach to our room. We really counting on having WiFi at every place we were spending the night, and that was actually one of the factors in booking, so that was a bit of a let down.

Comfortable stay. We booked a private room here, and it was clean, comfortable, and a good value. There was lots of interesting artwork and a cool vibe overall.

Stayed in October 2024

The room decoration

Nice “living room” ,table tennis

Stayed in September 2024

Most cosy place I can think of to stay in the area. Great atmosphere in a warm and colorful house. The staff is wonderful an it felt like coming home all the time. Lots of music (live/out of box/or karaoke) makes it an unforgetable experience. I will definately return, soon.

Stayed in September 2024

Live music was really nice, very artsy vibe in general

Stayed in September 2024

The employees are funny and Nice. The space is wonderful.

Stayed in September 2024

-there is only 2 bathroom with shower, with limited hot water. - i believe there is many small things that could be much better when fixed, as mentioned before one of them is bathroom condition. - need to be more organized

- the man in reception, who was nice and welcoming. - in general it is Iceland, so definitely will be located in nice, quite place. - atmosphere very unique, wath alot ot art.

Stayed in September 2024

Amazing place, painting capture everywhere.

Stayed in September 2024

everything is good

room style and music part

Stayed in August 2024

We had a private bathroom, but the shower did not get hot (though it did get lukewarm, so it was useable). This was a minor issue, not a major one.

This was a very nice and comfortable place to stay on our last day of an 18-day trip in Iceland. While my wife and I packed for the return, my kids could hang out, play the games, and sit around and read.

Stayed in August 2024

The rooms and the baths were rather ascetic. That’s fine for one night, no more.

The hostel has comfortable location close to the road along the peninsula. The community area is cozy and nice to hang out. In the evenings there are different entertaining programs (karaoke, cinema, games). As for me looks like a good option for friends travelling together and ready for active evenings. The stuff was very friendly and nice.

Stayed in August 2024

We booked the apartment, The Bookstore, which was particular and nice! The kitchen is old but has all the necessities.

Stayed in August 2024

The bathroom was heavily smelling and it looked like it was not only ours, but the whole side. It did not look like super clean (except the bathroom which was impeccable).

The staff is amazing and the whole concept is great. The main room is very cosy and you can feel the warmth of the place, and Smari is a very nice guy. It does look a little bit like a squat and I love this, but it might not be everyone cup of tea.

Stayed in August 2024

Just 2 showers and toilets for 3 dorms, but it's doable.

The Freezer is extraordinary. The large living room has a lot of nice couches and is very cozy. The kitchen has everything you need. Rooms are clean, same with the bathrooms. The stuff is brillant, especially at Karaoke evening. That was really fun!

Stayed in July 2024

Indifferent staff, not knowing about the karaoke and live music nights in advance when booking (however was not as noisy as it could have been). It really is a glorified backpacker lodge rather than expensive hostel and I believe should decide which it is

Large room and not noisy, good black-out curtains

Stayed in July 2024