Akureyri Hotels with Bars

I’m writing this review on my first night staying at this hotel. The location is great, the property is beautiful, and the staff are lovely, but I can’t give this hotel a high rating because they have fallen into the trap of prioritizing “design” over comfort, when design *should be* comfort in a hotel. The bathrooms are very problematic. The *number one* priority when it comes to bathrooms is privacy, and these bathrooms have absolutely none. A sliding glass door separates the toilet from the room. You may as well be sitting on the toilet in the middle of the room. (Never mind the fact that if you turn on the bathroom light in the middle of the night it will illuminate the entire room.) The shower is completely open onto the room, so if my partner wakes up early tomorrow, I really can’t sleep in. And why, in 2024, are there not outlets next to the bed? This is basic stuff. Putting aside the fact that it just makes charging one’s phone inconvenient, there are other more important things to consider. My partner uses a CPAP machine. Without an outlet next to the bed, we have to plug the machine in to the outlet that is on the other side of the bathroom door, which is going to be a tripping hazard in the middle of the night. I’m not looking forward to another night here. It’s very, very disappointing.

Very good hotel. Very good hotel and I will visit it again

Mixed experience. We had to book very last minute when the Ring Road flooded and we could not get to our next destination via the Southern route. So at 10 PM the night before we had to re-route and go North and all around the island to get to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. The good: The on line rates were exceptional, given that most hotels along the Golden Circle and Reykjavik cost $350-$450. This was $160 including breakfast. We were very grateful they could accommodate us. The location was excellent and we were able to park outside of the hotel even though we arrived close to 9 PM. Lovely funky lobby-mixture of traditional/historical and fun modern touches. Great windows and very inviting and large. The mixed: Our room had a low sloping roof on one side of the bed, and it would be easy to seriously injure yourself in the middle of the night. Quite tiny, but fine for one night. The breakfast offerings were only fair and the breakfast room is so tiny, that you have to carry your food from the breakfast room to the lobby where there are nice tables to sit and eat. But each time you needed something, you had to walk across the lobby, up the stairs and wait in line to get something. Offerings were very limited compared to elaborate buffet breakfasts at other hotels where we stayed. Nothing hot except coffee. As mentioned, the view of the water is partially obstructed by a bunch of new condo buildings, but our room maintained a nice view. The bad: 1)Our toilet did not flush and ran all night, starting at midnight. There is no one at the desk at that hour and we would have been too tired to move rooms anyway, but essentially we had no toilet except by going down to the lobby area in the morning. When I told the front desk the next day, she said “thanks for telling us”, but I think a partial refund would have been a nice offer. Since we had a long drive ahead of us, I was not going to make a fuss. 2) The confirmation email received at the time fo booking said that I would get an email at 2 PM on check in day with location of my room and check in code. It said that the hotel was spread across several historic buildings, so we would need information about where to go. I never got this check in email and was quite anxious when we were having dinner at 8:30 PM and no check in information. When I called, I was told to come to the front desk and our room was not in a separate building but right upstairs. I believe this confirmation email needs to be changed and guests instructed to check in in-person. We had a lovely walk around the town before checking out and a good dinner down the street. Despite the complaints, I would stay here again because of location and price.

房間間大小合適，乾淨衞生。早餐還不錯。城市風景好。免費停車，服務人員好。

Wonderful room, accommodating and cozy hotel. The breakfast was fresh and delicious and the staff was very kind. The concierge doubled as a bar, so we were able to order and take drinks into the room which was a nice plus. The lobby was like that of your favorite older relative who has stories about places all over the world and the trinkets to prove it. I really wish I could have stayed here longer but we were quite limited in time. It's not within the city center but if you have a car, it's literally a minute drive down the mountain.

This is a hotel in the downtown area of Akreli. The bar is downstairs. It is open until late. We stayed very late. The room is very large. There is a separate kitchen and bathroom. There is also a large balcony. You can see the street in the city center. There is no front desk. There is a bar waiter. We arrived late, we couldn't connect to Wi-Fi, we only connected the next morning, the kitchen utensils did not have knives, others had

My husband, teenage daughter, and I enjoyed staying one night in a triple (a queen bed and a twin bed) with a private bath. This modern hotel with a Scandanavian feel is centrally located, including close to the beautiful Botanical Garden and the harbour area. The room is large, clean and well appointed. There's plenty of room in the closets as well. The bathroom was good sized as well. The breakfast was a combination of hot and cold dishes, so we filled up until dinner. The hotel was packed with tour groups, but it was quiet at night. The hotel staff was helpful and courteous. When we needed to arrange for a reimbursement of our cancelled whale watch due to bad weather, the hotel manager graciously placed the call to the company and explained to them in Icelandic what our inquiry was about (we received the reimbursement).

My wife and I booked a double room in this hotel, full of rooms, and the door of the room is already using electronic locks! The first floor is the restaurant, check in is also at the restaurant counter, check in with a free drink from the restaurant. The kitchen has a simple microwave and a kettle to use. The bathroom is in the basement, and it will definitely pass the restaurant on the first floor. It feels a bit strange, and men may still go wrong into the women's bathroom. This part is a bit strange in the design of the compartment. There is a bar behind the hotel, which will be very noisy before snoring at night. Even if the soundproof airtight window is closed, it is quite loud; and the door bow buffer of the restaurant door on the first floor of the hotel is not enough, and the closing will affect the upstairs!

Negatives- place is very much style over substance. The well dressed and informative looking emails have links that dont go anywhere, the email address doesnt work and they bounce back, the map sends you to new york and when you call the number it appears to be another hotel but one reception manages 4 buildings, No security or support to the building we stayed in, but its iceland, key codes on the outside door and bedroom door. Bathroom very clean but the clear box of the bathroom illuminates the whole room not ideal when there are two of you and one needs the toilet in the night, the fan/ ventilation wasnt very effective. The very stylish mirror and sink are in the room not the bathroom and the light for this has a very large green blowing button, which you cant turn off, and lights most of the room. The pull down blinds arent wide enough for the window, dont fall over the edges of the window so the street light outside our room came though both sides, hard to sleep due to the various lights in the room, im glad we werent here in summer. TV initially didnt work, had to reset and log into the wifi, seems noone checks or clears the internet, opened onto a less than desirable pages from whoever was prev in the room, Staff were helpful over fixing the TV and the internet. However some staff unhelpful (and a bit rude) over the phone and also with checking in, given the wrong key code and felt we were bothering staff with questions. Nice selection of tea , coffee and snacks, however not refilled once in the 4 days we stayed, not even the tea, coffee or milk. Info book in the room, very confusing and difficult to read and follow. Partly its in English with bits of icelandic and historical and random papercuttings, very stylish but also not useful. Breakfast, insanely busy, 3 of the 4 days hard to get a seat or table , felt overcrowded and waiting on food and the buffet to be refilled. The room was far to small for the number of people they were catering for. Positives ⁃ Free onsite parking. Very clean and cool/ well presented. Breakfast was delicious.

En todo el pais estan ofreciendo cuartuchos al precio de hoteles de 4 y 5 estrellas y eso es un abuso que deberiamos denunciar los turistas. Si no tienen suficientes hoteles que cobren en funcion de lo que ofrecen. En este hotel nos han cobrado por dos noches 235,80 con desayuno incluido en una cabana industrial donde han metido 6 habitaciones, a costa de que? Pues de meter la cama contra la pared que solo una persona se pueda sentar y eso que hemos tenido ducha y wc dentro del cuarto. Pero eso no te da derecho a cobrar como un hotel de 4 estrellas en el centro de ciudades importantes de España. Ademas hemos pasado dos noches y alucinante, pasaron el segundo dia y vaciaron las papeleras, ni doblaron el edredon, que eso es hacer la cama en este pais. No hay armario para colgar nada, esto no es una habitacion a precio de hotel. Nadie parece regular los precios de los alojamientos. Como hay pocos vale todo, pues no senores. Nosotros en 2021 en booking reservamos unos hoteles con habitacion y bano incorporado. Como en Islandia faltaron vehiculos de alquiler en verano 21 los tuvimos que anular. Cuando hemos querido retomar las reservas en 1 ano habian subido casi 3 veces mas los precios. Eso no lo hace una sociedad avanzada eso es juego sucio lo hace la ley del sablazo. Esta sociedad que se las da de hacer proyectos como reduccion de horas y las quiere compartir con otros paises!!!!! Volviendo a este hotel el desayuno digno, el personal correcto, las instalaciones muy anticuadas mezclando mesas plegables nuevas con mobiliario y decoracion muy antiguas. Este hotel es camping tambien y los servicios son de eso, no de hotel a 120 euros la noche en una cama contra la pared. Cenamos una ensalada que era racion mini mini y trucha ahumada con dos rodajas justas de pan. De nuevo precios del centro de Reykiavick. Senores estamos en medio de la nada donde no se puede hacer nada. Para llegar a este hotel necesitas 1 hora ida y vuelta por 50 kms de carretera F sin asfaltar. Tampoco te lo dicen en la informacion. 1 hora a 30 es una paliza El wifi es inestable, gracias que tenemos datos ilimitados nosotros, si no, lo que faltaba. Mi resumen es Si me vuelvo a encontrar un pais con tantas trampas y abusos, cambio de destino. Iceland es bonito pero no es la perla del mundo, hay lugares infinitamente mejores donde no te engañan y te esperan con los brazos abiertos. En abril pase 15 dias en Bali y ese si es un paraiso y su gente. Esta es mi reflexion despues de 10dias por aqui y me quedan otros 10 gracias que son la mayoria en casas de intercambio.