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1.5 out of 5
Egilsborg Guesthouse
Þverholt 20, Reykjavik

Reviews

6.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 60 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Corey

Liked: Staff & service
Nice location with great access to the city center and bus stop number 13. Nice staff and very responsive.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Geovanni

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Avgerinos

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was ok in cleanliness, nothing bad comes to mind but it was not the cleanest place i have been.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Lyns, Rekyjavic

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The room was ok, very basic (one pillow? Really?), but at least it was warm. The hostel was very very noisy, lots of partying downstairs, from the owners/managers of the hostel, not the people staying! I got minimal sleep last night. Free wifi was great, location great too. Shower facilities needs a massive makeover, old, grimy, cold.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Seemed nice overall - but technical issues
Had a late arrival and was still greeted no issue. Only had one night and an early morning shuttle so did not have opportunity to follow up on the two issues. Unfortunately never got the key to work in the door and never found a towel to shower in the morning. Did find face cloths so managed a basic cleaning.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from M on 24 Oct 2019
Hello Dear guest, Thank you for your stay. Next time just come down to the common area and press the call bell for a staff to assist in your return in the near future. Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The hotel itself is not too bad. What I disliked about this hotel was the staff. The lady who works at the hotel swindled and coerced me into buying a trip to the airport. Because of the way she went about it, I believe she, or the hotel, maybe gets some type of commission or bonus for every trip they help them sell. This lady basically made me believe that this bus was the only option back to the airport. Right away she even “took the trouble” of “helping me” by getting on her laptop and ordering the ticket for me. When she asked me for my card, I of course very reluctantly gave her my card, only because I felt almost forced to believe her and that it would’ve been awkward telling her I wanted to shop around. Later on I found out I could’ve easily gotten on public transportation for less than half the price. I tried to return the ticket, the bus company told me I had to go through the hotel, when I did that, she told me that she had emailed the bus company but couldn’t get them to refund the ticket
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service - The man that helped us was very vice. We accidentally went to the wrong accommodation (we were staying at a different place the day before our tour and at Egilsborg Guesthouse the day after our tour). He was kind enough to drive us to our correct accommodation and was not angry at all about our mistake. Location - Great. Walkable distance to the city. Facilities - I have stayed at various places around the world that have had shared bathrooms, including Barcelona, London, Berlin and Reykjavik. This was by far the cleanest, well-lit, well-kept and well-stocked shared bathroom of all the places I have been to, probably even better than some 4-4.5 star hotels. Overall, fantastic for a short term stay before or after a tour around Iceland :)
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overpriced hostel that booked on an emergency very last minute but they try to charge for everything on the side.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel doesn’t provide correct information about check in. Staff Proceeded to write a very mean message to us after we simply tried to call to ensure our lastmin booking was still valid (provided incorrect phone numbers on expedia and Checkin details). If last min booking allowed on Expedia then the Checkin process must reflect this.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Tim, New York

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good deal
This place is perfect for a budget traveler or backpacker. The owners, a married couple, were friendly and helpful. I found the room comfortable & warm, about a 10 minute walk from shops & attractions. I would certainly stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

fatima, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy comfort.
In the city centre, easy access to major attractions, home away from home.

6/10 Okay

Neena, Perth

Not cosy but ok for just sleeping
Not cosy but good for just a place to sleep...hot water a little problem....friendly people and close to centrum.

2/10 Terrible

Thibaut, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst place ever! Hidden additional tax,no service
Everything wrong with Egilsborg Guesthouse: 1) You will pay up to 10% more than the price announced by this reservation website (the owner will tell you it is additional tax and credit card supplement… this has never happen in any others hotels we stayed in Reykjavik) 2) nobody to welcome you. A key with a piece of paper with your name in the common room 3) rooms that smell humidity 4)Contrary of what it advertised on its OWN website, the kitchen is not accessible (« Once breakfast is over kitchen facilities are available to our guests »… this is not true at all!) 5) forget the pictures, it does not look like this at all 6) the shower has a push button timer that last less than 15 secondes (not a joke). So you have to push the button every 15 secondes… really annoying! 7) owner that put its own music, brush his teeth and argue with employees in the common room during the breakfast time (but forget the breakfast, it was even written on a paper in the common room that tea, coffee and cereals would be available from 8:00 to 10:00am… we did not see anything) 8) blankets are too small for the beds Morality: don’t stay there at any price! We planned to stay two nights, we left after just one horrible night to the Capital Inn, a really nicer place!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, simple and nice
Very comfortable, though basic. A fair walk from the centre but a nice place to get back to after a day out!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
solid
decent place, rooms are clean, staff quite helpful, a bit distant from points of interest but overall good stay

8/10 Good

Kaede, Leiden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cheap stay in Reykjavik with friendly staff
We booked Guesthouse Egilsborg at the last minute for a couple of nights in Reykjavik. It is conveniently located in town and has excellent staff. There is an optional breakfast for Ikr 500. The room was clean and tidy with a comfy bed but it was small. We shared bathrooms with other rooms which were also clean and tidy. It was a comfortable place to stay and great to explore Reykjavik!

4/10 Poor

Nemo, Upstate New York

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel at Hotel Prices
Expedia needs to review this place. Egilsborg should be listed and priced as a Hostel. Listed as "shared bath": 17 rooms, 50 guests - with THREE (3) Toilets and Two (2) showers. That is not a Guesthouse. We were charged $180 per night for a $50 per night hostel situation.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not so nice, but convenient.
If you are looking for basic bed, basic sink and basic service and attitude for one night, this guesthouse will cover it. We stayed in guesthouse around the country, and pretty much everyone was much better than this one. It felt like you were staying in the bathroom of a gas station. Not worth the stay.

4/10 Poor

Jason, Reykjavik

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Guesthouse not a hotel.
Well, maybe I am spoiled by hotels in the U.S.A, but this place was kind of shabby. I have never experienced a guesthouse before and there was only one toilet and one shower on each floor. With 6 rooms on the floor, it was a scramble for the facilities. Our room was never serviced in the 5 days we stayed here. Not my idea of nice for the expensive price. This was a last resort for us as everything else in town was full. The lady at the "desk" told us that folks will book rooms up to one year in advance this time of year.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Price vs Cost is perfect rate
The owner is pretty free style, so the first impression of this hotel was not so good, but actually, because he is so free, then, make you very comfortable to stay there. and besides, he does take care of guests. With this cheap price, I would highly recommend it. Even some people said the breakfirst is too simple, but I love it. why you need so much for just a breakfirst if there are almost everything basic. Just enjoy it and save the money to expose the nature in iceland.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Good location, inexpensive
Considering the average price of lodging in Iceland, this was pretty inexpenive. The owner/proprietor was fun and helpful. The rooms aren't luxurious by any means, but fine enough.

10/10 Excellent

Gailute, Newport Beach, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simple yet comfortable and convenient
Though we had a short stay our host was helpful in directing us on activities to do. We rented a car from him (how super convenient) and spent one day making a different circle around the island. Hotel is simple but clean breakfast simple but ample and internet access was great to have.

10/10 Excellent

Rakel

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

YIWANG

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Olav Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
convenient accommodation
It's convenient to the city centre. However, it is not friendly for late check-in.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Egils Guest house ligger meget centralt i Reykavik, 5. min gang fra Hallgrimskirken. Det er mere et hostel. hvor man sørger for sig selv. Der er toilet og bad på gangen, et køleskab tilrådighed til madvare og service, bestik, microovn, toaster, el-kedel til fri afbenyttelse i fælles lokalet.

4/10 Poor

ROUSSEAU HELENE, CANADA

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
AUCUN ACCUEIL
La veille de notre départ j'ai envoyé un courriel pour leur dire que notre avion atterrissait vers 11:30 du soir, à cela il est normal d'ajouter du temps pour prendre les bagages, passer à l'immigration, prendre un taxi et se rendre à l'établissement, environ 45 minutes, de plus notre vol a accusé un retard. Nous sommes donc arrivé à 02:30 du matin, et nous nous sommes cognés à une porte barrée, avec tous nos bagages, sous la pluie, exténuées, ne sachant que faire et appuyant constamment sur le bouton de la petite cloche. Personne ne c'est jamais présenté. Après plusieurs minutes, nous avons été chanceuses car un couple de guests revenaient d'une sortie et nous a ouvert la porte. Nous leur avons expliqué notre situation, et ils ont vu une clé à notre nom près du café. Le lendemain matin, lorsque nous sommes descendus un homme assis dans une chaise regardait un film sur son ordi, aucune salutation, une femme (genre indienne) nous a salué et a tout de suite demandé que l'on paie car elle s'en allait, selon ce qu'elle dit ils viennent le matin seulement ( pour encaisser le cash et chargé des tas d'extras). Alors je me suis mise à lui explique que nous avions attendu dehors, sans réponse, sans numéro de chambre, etcc elle a répondu que quelqu'un nous avait attendu 1 heure !! et était parti. Elle nous a chargé un extra pour cela, même si absolument personne nous a ouvert la porte, elle ne voulait rien entendre, nous devions payer pour être rester dehors!!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Frida

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helt okej!

6/10 Okay

Elena H.S., Prangins

Disliked: Staff & service
Guets house prės de l'académie des arts
Le séjour s'est bien passé. Le guest house est convenable sans confort particulier et je ne me plaindrai pas sur les détails. Le gėrant m'a réservé mon pickup pour le bus de l'aéroport. La ligne de bus pour l'aéroport à des minibus qui vous prennent à l'hôtel directement. J'apprrécie beaucoup. J'aime ce pays.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
það sem mætti betur fara
Ýmsir hlutir sem mætti laga eins og að þrífa vegginn á efsta herberginu, það var svona mórauð drulla sem var hægt að mála yfir. Svo var líka eitthvað storknað dót á rúminu mínu, guð má vita hvað það var. Fólkið var samt mjög vingjarnlegt.

2/10 Terrible

Ju-Yun, Taiwan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything asks money
Bad, not equal to the price

8/10 Good

Matthea

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Anna, Hvammstanga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gott
Þetta var í annað sinn sem við erum þarna og munum alveg klárlega koma aftur og aftur.Takk fyrir okkur.

8/10 Good

Egilsborg, Reykjavík

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Þægilegt rúm
Hef ekkert út á hana að setja

6/10 Okay

Jirka+Zora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Frank Andersen, Danmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
super godt til prisen Fantastisk service
Dejlig lille gæstehus rent og pænt og ikke mindst utrolig hjælpsomme værter alt i alt super til prisen.

4/10 Poor

Birgit, Frankfurt

Disliked: Staff & service
unfreundliches Personal/Abzocke
Der unfreundliche Besitzer erhob zum in Expedia angegeben Preis vor Ort zusätzlich städtische Steuern und wollte für die Aufbewahrung von Gepäck am Folgetag für wenige Stunden pro Gepäckstück 1000 ISK haben, dies entspricht bei 4 Gepäckstücken ca. 28 Euro...

6/10 Okay

Eirik, Norway

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
OK for one night
Simple and easy overnight stay. Cheap stay for Reykjavik, but still value for money is not convincing at Eigilsborg. Location is good with a short distance to the city center. Would recommend it if you dont want a hostel dorm, and a hotel is too fancy for your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Tunkkainen
Etsimme hyvällä ja rauhallisella paikalla olevaa majapaikkaa ja tämä oli sellainen. Sopivan lyhyt kävelymatka bussiasemalle. Hostellin tiedot olivat kuitenkin vajavaiset: vaikka huone-esittelyissä hjuoneissa näytti olevan pyyhkeet, niistä joutui kuitenkin maksamaan extraa. Lisähintaa huoneelle tuli myös pankkikortilla maksettaessa. Nice and quiet place near Hlemmur bus station. Towels cost extra and when paying with credit card, you pay +5% extra too.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Peter G. H., Vejle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Når pris og kvalitet ikke hænger sammen
Vi blev tilbudt et værelse på 12 kvm hvor man kun kunne stå oprejst i halvdelen af rummet fordi det var et loftslokale. Afløb fra bruser virkede ikke på etagen og der var ikke rent med utrolig slidte møbler. Efter lidt brok fik nogen andre værelset og vi fik en andet værelse. Hvis det var et vandrehjem til 300,- ville man acceptere det - men ikke til godt 900,-. Gebyr på betaling med kreditkort mødte vi her for første gang.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Afslappet og hyggeligt
Fint lille sted. God beliggenhed. Afslappet stemning. Meget hjælpsom vært, som giver nyttige råd til videre færd på Island. Små, rene værelser. God til prisen, hvis man ikke forventer luksus. Fint udgangspunkt for et par dage i Reykjavik.

6/10 Okay

Eirik, Bergen

Disliked: Room comfort
enkel standard, bra beliggenhet
Grei standard for overnatting, ikke et rom/gjestehus å henge i. Som forventet i forhold til prisen. Fredlig beliggenhet og sentrumsnær. Maks to minutts gange til handlegaten, Laugavegur.

4/10 Poor

AndreasJ, Norge

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Får hva du betaler for
Et helt ok hotell, rimelig sentralt og med den standarden du betaler for. Er du uheldig å få rom i 3 etasje er det ikke rullegardiner og veldig lyst på natta. Kjempetrivelig betjening, hjelpsom og trivelig.

2/10 Terrible

wn

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weinig service
Plekje was goed tov het centrum. De rest was veel minder: bij betaling met MC kwam 5% extra, de weg naar de kamer mocht ik zelf uitzoeken, ontbijt of koffie is er in de winter niet, de douche op de gang werkt met een drukknopje en met de andere hand mag je de douchekop vasthouden, shampoo of zeep ontbreken, de Wifi code werd me op verzoek nageroepen. Geen gevoel van gastvrijheid, men was vooral op de inkomsten uit.