Reykjavik hotels in Háaleiti

The staff who checked us in knew very little about the area, telling us we would have to ride a busy to down town when in actuality it's walkable (w/ a 5 1/2yro) in about 25 minutes. She additionally was no help with bus fair, stops, or routes. We adventured and found our way fairly easily. There is no pool on site, the one they mention is across the highway and down a side street but heated and great for families. The breakfast was mediocre, luke warm food and not many choices. our room faces the parking lot/highway and had windows so dirty it was difficult to see out of them. The room was extremely hot, even after turning the heat off and the noise from outside (cars & people walking to and from partying until 4:30 am) kept us up most of the night. Overall this was the worst nights sleep of our trip & the worst accommodations we had. The whole experience was less than desirable.

Nice enough décor Small rooms, limited amenities, somewhat close to downtown, at least 25 minute walk.

I got upgraded because I had requested for a room with a view and my first room didn't have a view. So I got without any discussion a suite on the seventh floor with two sides of big windows and spectacular view! I payed of course same price as I had booked for. Little bit far from city center.

Room is very big and has a kitchenette. Interent connection is free and reliable. Breakfast is quite good. No lift and need to carry luggage up a flight of stairs to reach the room.

For less than $60 USD, this was a pretty good deal. The light switches in the rooms did not work and the room had a slight stench due to the slufer in the water. This did not happen in the other 3 hotels I stayed in while in Iceland.