格雷蒂爾賓館(Grettir Guesthouse)

The self-check in Grettir Guesthouse is located in the center of Reykjavik. Restaurants, bakeries, coffee houses, bars with live music, shops and places to see are near. There is no need to take a taxi. Once I reached the airport exit, I purchased round trip Flybus tickets. Stop number 8 was the closest to the guest house, about a five minute walk. I used Google maps to find the location. The green door to self enter the guest house by pressing a code is found on a narrow walkway between two streets. The entrance, next to a second hand clothing store is easier to find.

Basic room but clean and warm. Shared kitchen with everything you’d need. It was in a perfect location for good bars and food. While not the fanciest it was a good price in a great location. A little difficult to find on iPhone maps, it’s down the side of the ion city hotel

The property had very real difficulties. There were 5 rooms usually with 2 people in each room BUT the shared kitchen could hardly fit more than two people without being crowded. Given that many of the guests wanted to cook rather than dine out at the expensive cafes in the area this was very problematic. Also our room had a broken heater in it.

Quise comunicarme con ellos, y envie mensajes y nunca obtube respuesta, la clave me la dieron mal para entrar lo bueno que unos chicos de otro cuarto estaban ahi y me abrieron sino me hubiese quedado afuera

Such an effortless experience. Everything was as described and very nice!

Only positives: Clean place, great location. It was incredibly noisy, both in and outside. My room was next to the bathroom, anytime some used the bathroom I pretty much heard everything. The front door alarm would beep about every 10-15 seconds. All. Night. Long. Room was next to a parking lot, so many people walking by could see right in the window. There wasn’t much lighting in the room if the shades weren’t open. Additionally, there were no signs advising to always have your room key (or don’t shut your door) because you’ll be locked out. I got up around 10pm to use the bathroom, shut my bedroom door and was locked out of my room! Luckily, there is a landline phone in the kitchen with the number listed for the property manager. Unluckily, she didn’t answer. I tried calling probably 20 times, other residents used their mobiles to try and call or message her and she didn’t answer. One of the couples was able to “guess” the lock code on the closet cupboard in the kitchen, which thankfully had spare room keys, or I would’ve been stuck sleeping in the kitchen. I’d spent 10 days previous driving the Ring Road in a camper van. All I wanted was a restful night and had anything but that. 2.5/10 - do not recommend.

alt, aber sauber, wir hatten das Apatrment in Untergeschoß, es hat gestunken, aber wir waren trotzdem froh, anstatt eines Zimmers mit Gemeinschaftsbad, dieses Apartment bekommen zu haben, Danke Olga Direkte Parkplätze gibt es nur gegen Bezahlung (9-18 Uhr, danach kostenfrei), aber bei der Kirche (ca.5 Gehminuten) war immer was frei.

This was one of the worst places I have ever stayed at. First of all, the listing is deceptive : the listing doesn’t specify that the bathroom is shared when it is. We specifically didn’t book somewhere else because we wanted a private bathroom. Second, the window to the room opens into a parking lot, so there is constant noise, including at 2-3am when drunk revelers are coming to get to their cars and are talking loudly. Third, the kind of people who stay at this property are young folks who are generally loud. There were three people staying in one of the rooms who came home drunk at 3am and woke up the whole house from sleep. These people tried to start a fight with another resident (from upstairs) when some of us asked them to keep quiet, and we were afraid of our physical safety at one point. Finally, I tried to contact the property manager MULTIPLE times during my stay (over email and over phone) and there are simply no reply from anyone.

The entrance to the guesthouse is down an alley. check in was simple. The space is quaint and cozy. has a very intense echo but was clean and comfortable.