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Reviews of 105 - A Townhouse Hotel

3 out of 5
105 - A Townhouse Hotel
Háteigsvegur 1, Reykjavik

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 58 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Samantha

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed for one night and it did what we wanted it too, the room was lovely modern deco, night for one or two nights in Iceland. Location is ok there’s some places to go a short walk away

4/10 Poor

Zahra

Not great
We were locked out and our keys had been swapped during our stay. Wasn’t ideal to be sitting outside the lobby for someone to sort it out at 1am. Disappointing not to be able to check out a day earlier when our plans had change. This had been requested 2 weeks in advance.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mona Gail

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed here in October for 2 nights! Great location, easy access and check in, feels cozy. Nice bathroom! Close to bus stops and shopping district. Would stay here again if we go back!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was close to things we wanted to be near, it was clean and comfortable and was affordable.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rogelio

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great communications prior to check-in. The property is very nicely designed and everything works perfectly. There are a couple of cafés around, which makes it super convenient to have an early start. The city center is walking distance away and the city has lots to offer. We really enjoyed our stay and loved Rejkiavik.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

David, Sun City West

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was a little more than a short walk to the city center. The room was updated and had a wonderful kitchenette with a dishwasher! The bathroom was spacious. The parking issue was confusing and troubling. There is a closed business (assumed to be a former restuarant) on the first floor. There are parking around the exterior of building that was used by all the neighborhood. I assume in the past, it was reserved parking for the business. This left a small parking area around the back side of the business for parking. While they indicate private parking, it is not assured there are sufficient parking spots available. The second issue to be aware of is the passcode to enter the building that is sent to you before arrival is not correct. You must call a number and await a person to come and let you in and provide a room key. This is troubling especially if arriving after hours. It worked, but one needs to be aware of this previously reported issue and plan accordingly. Other than the parking and entry concerns, it is a great value and wonderful place to stay in Iceland, provided you have transportation. I would highly recommend it with these caveats.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dalpat

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Full of necessities
I liked the property very match. I rarely find properties which has everything I need. The kitchenette was so useful. Amenities wise it was awesome. Loved it. The only part which could have been better is the checkin insyructions by Hotels.com. Hotels.com didn't forward me the proper check-in information so I had to call the property late at night and incurred some roaming costs.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Steve

Travelled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Cancelled my reservation 9:00 am arrival day
Got to Iceland. Never got checkin onformation. Got message at 9:00am saying bthey were overbooked and cancelled my stay. There was only a virtual desk and no person to help. Terrible to dump a traveler like that
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brittaney

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked having the ability to cook. The check in and out process was a little confusing but I figured it out.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jose Mateo

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quiet neighborhood and plenty of parking available. Lack of windows that open made the room a bit stuffy and hot, but otherwise it was a comfortable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Karthick

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Safe, quiet, clean unremarkable to downtown area
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Christine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This caused me 10 minutes of panic that was totally available. This is a self check-in hotel with no front desk, and they are supposed to email or text an access code for the door 24 hours before check in. 23 hours before, I do get a code. Once I'm there, the provided code does not work. No problem, right? Just call the provided number. Well, that just got me a recorded message in Icelandic, and then it disconnected. I try the code multiple times and messaging through the Expedia app, and I am frantic, because it's been a long day of travel and it's cold and rainy. I start checking my phone for any other way I can contact the hotel or Expedia, and then I see a new Expedia message from just one hour before check in, with totally different code and instructions. Finally, we can get in the door. Even in the entryway where we can get our keycard, there are printed instructions on the wall that are also different from the real procedure. Why would they send an incorrect code and then a correct code so shortly before check in -- and what if my phone was dead by that time? I have never had such an unpleasant experience trying to just check in to my lodging.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Hsiu Chuan

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

mylene C

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was nice about this property!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Room comfort
A Townhouse Reykjavik
Great location in central Reykjavik, just a short walk to the city centre. Property was pretty clean, although the windows were dirty. Black out blinds for mid summer would have been beneficial. Don’t know why so many hotels have glass doors to the bathroom!!! Just don’t get it!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Bernard Y T

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Brendan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel itself is great: Clean, convenient, and lovely. The check-in instructions were very confusing. I received multiple different entry codes for the building over the phone and by email, and the email instructions did not match what was written on an instructions page inside the building. After the confusing check-in process, everything else about the hotel was wonderful.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leyda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great stay
Excellent return stay, clean and comfortable room, lovely bathroom. Great wee kitchen. Close to Laugavegur, less than 5 min walk from bars, shops and restaurants. Parking available for free. 20 min walk to harbour area. Near to bus station.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Keith

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They gave us the wrong code to the building, so we never even got to go inside. This left us homeless in a foreign country. They didn't respond to any calls or messages or come to help. This is now 2 days later and still no contact. At this point, it might be a scam. Avoid!

10/10 Excellent

Audra, Atlanta

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Claire

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
We booked a room for 3 but when we checked in, there was only a double bed in the room. It was nearly midnight. We were offered alternative accommodation at a hotel 15 mins drive away but told to make our own way there at our own expense. We decided to stay put and spent a very uncomfortable night with 3 of us in one bed. We were moved on day 2 and told we would be refunded for the first night. No refund has been forthcoming. The bathrooms are lovely but the room we stayed in was far too dark. It's a bit of a long walk (20 mins plus) to the main part of town. Also ljmited hours for leaving luggage. Sadly, we wouldn't recommend or stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Charlotte

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Check in was not great - I didn’t get sent the correct code and had to keep calling the number in the door. Once I was connected the person was super helpful but I had not been given the door code or my code to get the room key! Apart from this our stay was lovely, the room was perfect with lots of space and a lovely modern bathroom so no complaints there!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Liliia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for 8 nights, the communication with the owners was not great, because we booked through expedia they didn't send us the right code to enter the building, so we had to call the phone number on the door, but if we wouldn't be able to call them then I'm not sure how we would have gotten the right code. Regardless that hassle, the parking was always available, if the front parking lot is full we just parked on the street, the room was nice and clean, with room service every day. overall for the price its a very nice place, with all utensils one would need, including a refrigerator, dish washer, stovetop, and oven in our unit, i would go back to this hotel.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Lauren

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

S

The hotel branch has been changed last minute and we only received an email on the next night after checking in in the other location. Wrong information prior of the trip, we arrived in the booked hotel, the entrance code didn’t work, after 2 telephone conversation both sides realised that the wrong information was sent. On the third call we were given a new hotel location. Lost an hour finding out what’s going on. The new location was a double distance from the historic centre, so we have to drive always to the town rather than walk as we were planing. The breakfast was very poor, only one lady serving it. She was trying her best but it was not possible! On the second day the waffle machine was broken as well..
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

larry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was everything advertised and more. It is also within easy walking distance to the downtown fjord, the main shopping area, the old part of Reykjavik and numerous museums. Excellent property and great value.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
We were transferred to a different property (r13) 26mins walk from where we booked (105). Despite having our booking for months we were only notified by a email telling us how to self check-in at the different location with no other communication and this was done 10am on the morning we were due to check in, so we didn't see it until we arrived at the wrong property, we were driven to the new property which was a nice offering and didn't have to make the 26 min walk with cases We were told it was due to strikes, however lots of other people were successfully checking into the hotel whilst we were being told we were transfered because of strikes? So I think that was likely a cover-up for somthing else We then had to spend the next few hours trying to rearrange transport for tours, and we couldn't do so for our return airport journey which meant we now needed to walk 30 mins with cases at 6:30am The r13 hotel was okay, but location was far away from everything we booked to be near, meaning travel time and bus expense instead of a short walk for us. Made what we could of it, but the neutral review is mostly because of the zero communication, and no apology.

8/10 Good

Rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good spot, short walk into town or to the water. 5 minutes down the street from bus stop 13. Very helpful to have cooking facilities in the room. Some communication confusion as we were sent two different door codes and the way we were checked in didn’t match the explanation on the signs at the entrance. However, when we arrived we were put in a room smaller than we paid for and the woman who welcomed us was very rude and unhelpful. Luckily Expedia helped us and the owner called me and we managed to change rooms to the one we booked (despite the rude woman telling us someone else was in there, they clearly weren’t). Real shame as it was a good spot to stay but our arrival was super stressful. Housekeeping staff were both very lovely and polite. I would say be aware that the bathroom doors are frosted and so you can see /hear what’s happening in there from the room. Overall, good location and value for money. Shame one person’s customer service let it down.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rachel

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Avoid
Avoid! Provided with entry code for the building on the morning of our stay only to turn up to find the code didn't work and when we rang the owners they told us we couldn't stay because of the hospitality strikes. Ridiculous customer service. At least give us advance notice to try and find an alternative before 10pm at night at a time when all the hotels in Reyjavik turned out to be fully booked.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nikola

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Sharmil

6/10 Okay

Chris

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Disappointed
We arrived late after our flight was delayed. Check in was fine but when we entered the room we discovered the lights wouldn’t work, we found the fuse box and got them working again, all fine. We then tried the TV, this was not programmed…we spent an hour trying to tune all the inputs to discover none would work. We communicated the TV was not working using the hotels.com app, no reply was received. We rang the property number the next day and spoke to Chris, he was very apologetic and said he would get it sorted…we did not hear back from him at all. Overall the property has all you need, free parking and great location. Just a shame some areas were overlooked when cleaning and the issues we had above.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Camille, baltimore

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the full kitchen, bathroom design and bed was very comfortable

2/10 Terrible

Jenny

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Bien
Contente de notre séjour, l’hôtel était propre, la chambre bien équipée. Cependant il nous a manqué le contact avec l’hôte. Nous l’avons contacté plusieurs fois pour un changement de serviette mais nous n’avons jamais eu de retour ou été recontacter. Sinon je recommande car tout ce fait facilement et c’est proche du centre ville a pied
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Tim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice modern and clean big room with kitchen. For ~130 EUR a night it was fair. Check in was not too smooth as it took an hour to get the key card for the room.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

PEDRO GOMEZ GARCIA

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
most of the rooms are below street level
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Petra

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Petra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Leider wurden wir erst gegen mittag am CheckIn-Tag, nachdem wir morgends unser Gepäck wie avisiert am A105 abgestellt hatten, darüber informiert, dass wir dort kein Zimmer bekommen. Schließlich wurden wir zum R13 - zum gelichen Preis in der gleichen Zimmerkategorie gefahren. Es wurde uns ein freuies Frühstück zusätzlich angeboten. Allerdings liegt das R13 weiter außerhalb der City udn wir mussten auch alle unsere Touren anpassen. Was wir vorher zu Fuß hätten bewältigen können, mussten wir nun per Taxi erreichen. Trotz Zahlung einer Taxifahrt durch das Hotel, kostete uns diese Umverlegung letztlich weitere rd. 30 € an Fahrtkosten. Außerdem gingen uns durch Wartezeit, Zeit für Änderung der Touren usw. 3 h verloren, die wir lieber bei Erkundungen in der Stadt eingesetzt hätten. Zum Hotel R13: negativ: Wasserhahn im ad lose, Fenster nicht richtig schließbar-dadurch sehr laut / positiv: gute Betten, gut ausgestattete Küche, freundlicher Hotelbesitzer
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Rune

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Rent
Rent, gode senger, grei avstand til sentrum. Super dusj. Minus med skyvedør inn til badet.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ann-Kathrin

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Melina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I'll start with the most important thing: this hotel is a complete self-check in hotel, there is no reception - so consider this in case you are uncomfortable with it. We had no prob with that and can also recommend the place. We received an email and also a call by the property manager to inform us that we were booked into another location due to maintenance issues. The entry to the hotel was a little hard to find but all the self check in information was easy to go through. We had some issues while checking in but the property manager was available within a few seconds and super helpful. Parking is available in front of the hotel or on the streets closeby.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Reconsider your booking.
We were diverted to the hotel R13-townhouse hotel. According to the Google reviews and other guests from the hotel, I got to know that this is very common. If you're booking this hotel, be aware that your stay can be also diverted to another property. It is only announced less than 2 hours before my check-in. So I could not see it on time. If you don't have a car, it is not easy to move to another hotel and it is rather further from all the tourist attractions. Very understaffed. I paid already for the 105-a townhouse hotel, but the self-check-in tablet requested me to put in credit card information for the payment (they did not synchronized the payment info to the diverted hotel). As there's NO ONE in the lobby, you may end up not having a room without giving your credit card information. The fire alarm went on, all guests gathered outside of the building in rain, but no fire fighters or staff of the hotel appeared to solve this issue. Only 3rd party security company empolyee came and turned off the alarm and told us to go up without checking the property at all.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Stefanía Anna

Travelled with group
Liked: Room comfort
Erfitt að innrita sig það tók langan tíma. Hitinn í herberginu alveg óbærilegur þrátt fyrir að hafa slökkt á ofninum. Ljós sem á að vera yfir eldhúsborði er í gangvegi, alveg óþolandi. Urðum varar við margfætlur í herberginu okkar sem var ekki skemntilegt. Rúmið er mjög þægilegt og sturtan góð
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023