Reviews of Hafnarstræti Hostel

Easy self check in system, plenty of bathrooms, kitchen and a terrace.

The capsules don’t insulate the noises at all and one can hear them opening and closing whenever anyone enters or leaves theirs

Very clean, quiet, Unusual, modern hostel for a budget price. Very clean and quiet👌

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Very affordable,clean and great

The owners are so nice and welcoming. Very easy check-in and nice environment.

1. The check-in process was very easy. The owners sent out a very specific instruction the morning of, and I easily found my way to the hotel and retrieved the key card to our pod. 2. The pod is very spacious and easily fits your backpacks/tote bags, i.e., non-luggage items. The technology is also very cool, allowing you to control lights and locking mechanisms from inside the pod. The temperature felt just right, never too cool or too hot. 3. GUEST PARKING is the public parking lot on the street right next to the hotel. 1-2 minute walk. Free overnight. Very convenient. 4. The kitchen is large, clean, and very organized. They have a large walk-in fridge, and everyone who wants to put food in the fridge gets their own individually labeled basket. 5. Nice recreational spaces and ample room to put your carry-ons and checked bags.

The bathrooms (9 in total) were all weirdly taken at 7:30 am-8:00 am in the morning. I looked, and not all rooms had lights on through the under-door crack. That led me to think that some rooms were purposely kept locked and unused? I had to wait 15 minutes to use the restroom in the morning, and it was not very busy at all. So, if this is the case, that would be very inefficient.

Private being in the cubicle type bed space, clean hostel and good facilities

I really liked how private the rooms were and how there was enough space to put your luggage around the room.

I didn’t like the staff and the way they communicated while I was staying there. I tried to do the laundry the last day and since it was at 7 am in the morning, there was no staff available at that time to pay. Around an hour later, the staff said that I wasn’t supposed to do the laundry and taken my clothes out without my permission. I thought they were being nickel and dimey and demanding money.

The location was superb. The facilities themselves are quite snazzy and have a modern feel. I was genuinely looking forward to the 'pod' experience.

The one gripe I have is that the pods are not soundproof; really important detail that I thought they would cut out extraneous noise. They don't. Privacy is fine and the general facilities are great - Really good.

The property in in the center. It’s clean and the capsule beds are such an experience ! The common area is spacious and the kitchen well furnished and modern. The bathrooms are nice and clean and there are plenty so one don’t have to wait long to shower. The cleaning service man so as the owner are lovely and very helpful

Very cozy unique place to stay on a budget

There were a few miscommunications, everything worked out in the end.

Very special and original place, I loved it! Everything was very clean, sleeping cabine is unique, private and very cozy. It was very quiet during nights and very safe, everybody just left their bags next to the sleeping place. Kitchen and dining room very nice as well, bathrooms and toilets too.. Staff very helpful and friendly. I fully recomand this place, it was extraordinary! I hope to come back next year:-)

The pods were so fun. The facility was clean, and everything was in good working order. We definitely want to return to Akureyri and would stay here again!

I really liked the experience of sleeping in a pod, even if it felt more about style than any function. Pods seem to be cheaply made and you could probably hear anything if people were loud. Once you're in your pod you feel very secure and the space is yours and private. I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed their laundry service, where you stuff your laundry in their washer/dryer and they bring it to your pod when its ready. Space felt very communal and cozy, I enjoyed it a lot.

Pods could have been made with higher quality. They must have been shipped in from China since so many buttons on it were in some sort of asian script. Parking was good on location too, would have been hairy though for any longer of a space. But nonetheless I wished I stayed in Akureyri a bit longer.

Capsules are comfortable, cool, and provide more privacy than standard hostels (not so much for noise though) The rest pf the hostel is very good too, nice shared areas, kitchen, clean showers and bathrooms

Host is quite unfriendly especially if you are around during the night. Kicked us out of the common area immediately after 22:00, which was his right of course, but in an unnecessarily aggressive way in our opinion. Also when I came back in the night he wanted to know which was my capsule in an accusatory way while I was just walking back to my pod quietly. Happened the same to my friend. I guess they must have a lot of bad experiences with the night life, but we found the behaviour a bit unnecessary.

Seamless check in and check out, very nice cabins, very clean

Zero sound isolation so when kids cried in the middle of the night it was very hearable.

has everything . i like it

maybe the lights out rule at 10pm was a bit too much in the dining area.