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Reviews of Guesthouse Galtafell

3 out of 5
Guesthouse Galtafell
Laufasvegur 46, Reykjavik

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

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9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jeffery, San Francisco

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great value and location. No onsite reception, but communication was good. Would give 5 stars if TV worked and housekeeping made the beds.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our room was nice and clean with a convenient in room bathroom with a great shower. The location is perfect for walking to all the major restaurant and shopping areas.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in a Galtafell apartment for four days (Mar 1-4). Thorey, our host, was kind and responsive. The apartment was not large, but had all we needed - two bedrooms (can arrange 4 twin beds how you want), one bathroom, small kitchen, plus a small dining area. There is no oven, but we were fine with the small stove and provided pans. The beds were very comfortable, which we appreciated after long days exploring the beautiful country of Iceland. The location was great, as well. You can easily walk into the center of Reykjavik or up to Hallgrimskirkja (huge church). All in all, the four of us (all adults) enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, very nice place easy access to everything around. Walkable to everywhere. Lovely people
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yaritza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All Flights cancelled. Galtafell to the rescue!
We had a layover in Keflavík on our way home from elsewhere. High wind speeds delayed and eventually cancelled all flights. Cue hundreds of passengers from multiple flights scrambling to book hotels at the same time. After lots of “sold out” on every website I eventually found Galtafell and am so glad we stayed there. Super clean and comfortable, and a short walk from everything so we were able to enjoy some time enjoying the city on this unplanned stay. When we have a proper trip to Iceland again we would definitely stay there. Thank you so much!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Qing

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Cozy room. Nice staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location in a vintage property Would definitely return
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

ALLAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Large suite, adequate kitchen, comfortable bed, quiet neighbourhood, short walk to centre.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joey M C

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good comfortsble stay
Comfortable stay with 2 rooms and small kitchen. Warm and bathroom with a tub. Convenient walkable to most sights and great restaurants around rown.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome place to stay in Reykjavik! Thorey was very responsive and helpful. minutes from BSI bus Terminal, Museums, university and downtown. Could not have asked for better accommodations.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very convenient and clean, We are Elderly couple arrival earlier.the owner let us resting in the living room and also have a room for us 2 hours early. Very much appreciated.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Sachin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location close to all touristic activities. Easily available street parking. Apartment had spacious rooms, all amenities including a full kitchenette and 4 comfortable beds. Host was super responsive and always committed to make the stay more enjoyable. Water source is from underground, which may not be suitable to all and so had to deduct one star for same. Hoping Expedia is transparent about underground water source at this accommodation on their website for future guests to make better decisions.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Gregory, Ashland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property had seen better days. Our room was just a converted garage. We picked to location only because friends we knew were staying there. I would have stayed in a hotel as the amenities would have been better. The people running this were gracious and accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Guesthouse galtafell is located a walkable distance in a quiet safe neighborhood which is also close to bus terminal back to Reykjavik. Our room was spacious and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Colorado Spring

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice location to explore Reykjavik . Beds weee very comfortable with nice quality linens. Nicely equipped with kitchen and separate bedroom
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Tracy

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful old home convenient to the bus
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

ALLAN

Liked: Staff & service
The Galtafell fills the niche of a simple, clean, and functional place to stay. The rooms are small but adequate, and very clean. The linens were spotless and the beds were comfortable. It was nice that arriving in Reykjavik early in the morning, they had no problem with me leaving my bags in the office until I returned later in the day to check-in. In fact, when I returned in the late morning to get something from a bag, they said my room was ready and I could occupy it well before the expected check-in time of 3 PM. The Galtafell is in a residential area, so amenities such as cafe's or restaurants are simply not close by. Since I enjoy walking, I had no problem walking to the BSI bus station for trips or up the hill to the Loki restaurant and beyond for shopping.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were beautiful and we had everything we needed for our stay. We appreciated the communication and ease of check in/out. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Nina, Ogden

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
GREAT LOCATION!! CLEAN!! -Our safe did not work. We did not contact owner because we were able to use something else. -Bottom of bathroom door and wall on door facing were water damaged- needed replacing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice seperate apartment. Quiet area and very easy walk into centre.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

John L

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Farit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay with a family. Ample space with a kitchen, they asked me in advance how I wanted the beds set up. Highly recommend this place. It's very close to the bus station where the airport bus arrives. We walked everywhere and it was convenient and safe.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ove

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
One word “ Excellent “, the manager, Mrs Thorey Bjarnadottir, is outstanding and makes the difference to any other guesthouse. Thank you Galtafell, see you again…
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the owners were amazing and so very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Teong Soon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was in good order.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Visiting from NYC.
Quick and easy check in. Very clear instructions. A good locations, easily walkable from downtown. Plenty of parking. A great experience all around.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Molly

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, clean property, convenient location, fantastic price, and lovely management :)
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matteo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great studio close to city centre
Great studio flat in an excellent location just a short walk to the city centre of Reykjavik. The studio had everything we needed for our short stay, including French press, kettle, pots, pans etc. The bed was very comfy and there was loads of free parking on the street.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place at good price for area
Nice room in good location, less than 10 mins from BSI bus terminal for transport to airport & trip pick ups. Also only about 10mins walk to central rekyavik & less to a supermarket. Room fairly compact but fine for short trip for couple, prob 2 tight for 2 friends/twin bed set up. Clean and very nice bathroom, heating good & plenty of hot water. More of an airbnb set up than guesthouse, only saw owner at check out but available if any issues/need info & luggage can be stored before/after check out (our room was available early which was great). There is a fridge (silent so no issue at night) and a kettle, we took instant porridge pots for breakfast 😀
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

JoAnn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great guesthouse
Guesthouse is within half mile walking distance of city center, restaurants, and attractions. Our family of four stayed in the apartment and had plenty of space to spread out and ability to make breakfast/snacks in the room. Thorey was very communicative and easy to reach with any questions. Would highly recommend to others!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Very Pleasant Stay
An excellent place to stay! Only a six minute walk from the bus station--though there was a ton of snow--and a very pleasant room. There was TV and cable set up and the room remained a comfortable temperature throughout. All the breakfast items--coffee, tea, sugar, cream, hot water kettle, even a wine bottle opener--were there. The hotel stayed in touch with me even as my flight got delayed one day. Would gladly stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, short walk into town, and BSI bus station. Really comfortable and warm apartment for our family of four. Would definitely stay here again.

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Josh

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark, Branford

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location! Walkable to bus terminal. Very nice bathrooms!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Yingwei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jianrong

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Checkin info was prepared before arriving. Everything is perfect, very nice staff, nice location and rooms
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great PHD house, very well located.
Great place. Quiet neighborhood but only a few min walk up to the cathedral and to downtown.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Eva

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Great location; accommodating host.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was the perfect place for our weekend stay in Iceland. We were three travelers in one apartment and they provided us with three twin beds. It was a great surprise since one of us had been expecting to sleep in a pull out couch. We got in at 11 am and they safely stored our luggage before our check in time. The location is fantastic - walking distance to shopping, eating, and a bus stop that has 5 different lines. Parking is free and easy to find in this neighborhood. The hosts were friendly and we were given lots of tips for the area by one of their employees. We would stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here our first night in Reykjavik. The owner was very accommodating and allowed us early check in. The duvets were were super comfy!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mohammed Manzoor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was an excellent choice located in the central proximity of the city. Quiet, clean and well managed. Very prompt and helpful communication from the property manager.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022