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2.5 out of 5
Grímstunga Guesthouse
Grímstunga 1, Myvatn, Northeast Region

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 69 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Cristina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and helpful hosts, good value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jocelyne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just all around wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lydia

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Really the only bad thing getting there. Several klm of bad gravel road takes you to check in. That’s not where the lodging is. After check in you drive another 8 klm on right gravel to the rooms. We have a small car. The sleeping room was great facing north fir the Northern Lights. Room next to us had outside lights on all night. Community kitchen is great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Eduardo

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

deborah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The check-in process was confusing. Check-in was supposed to begin at 3 but the person reception seemed surprised that we wanted to check in that early. After that all was good.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good, simple place to stay. Beds were very comfortable and you have full use of the kitchen. Would recommend if you are in the area
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Lynne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Grimstunga is a hotel that is about 10km from the reception area, which was startling at first because there is literally nothing around. After a day of driving and walking through Iceland, we were certain we’d find nothing as we drove down a very empty dirt road. But there it was! The rooms are small and there are some issues with the hot/cold water (at least in room 2), but it was clean and comfortable. Breakfast is prepared by the family that lives near the reception area and owns the hotel for a surcharge. It was plentiful and had a little of everything. The people who own the hotel, however, are absolute gems. Our rental car company gave us a car that was low on oil, making the light turn on. With the closest gas station a half hour away, we started getting nervous as it was a big driving day. The owner checked the oil and filled it for us from his personal stores. He even offered to speak to the rental car company on our behalf to have the price of the oil refunded. If you’re looking for very quiet, remote, clean rooms, Grimstunga is the place to go. If you want to meet some incredibly kind and helpful people, Grimstunga is also the place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Suzi

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

10/10 Excellent

Lynne

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Romote area with long drive. Totally not worth it
The room booked is 10km bumpy road away from their reception on map and from main road to their reception is also miles of dirty bumpy road. The location on Hotels.com is very misleading or deceptive. There is no dinning facility or any stores within 10 kms. The room we stayed with private bath is small and has noise (like fan or air flow) all the time from the roof. Both front and back door can not be locked from either inside or outside.Not very good experience after a long day.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Leila, Ammar

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was extremely small, not even any room to put your suitcase. The walls were very thin, I could hear the people using the restroom in the next room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was extremely helpful and friendly. We had dinner on the first night and the food was excellent. My wife does not eat meat and they made a fish dish and had plenty of veggie options.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ravi, KENT

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The actual room was 10 km away from the office from bumpy dirt road
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This guesthouse is one of the only ones in the area, so is kind of a default choice. Friendly staff and generous meals (for an extra fee). Rooms and common areas clean and modern. Only minor complaint really is that the rooms themselves are pretty small, and there's only one shared bathroom in the main building which is a little low for the number of rooms (particularly as each room can sleep two people).
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

marta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The rooms are not located where the main facility is. In fact, when we arrived at the reception they told us that the rooms were 6km far away from the reception (on a terrible dirt road!!). They should have told us before also because there were people coming from that way and they had to make 6km two times.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Deborshi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was clean. However, room was too small, especially bathroom. One of our rooms had heating problems. Kitchen/dining area was OK, but far from room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
To the point ... we traveled the ring road around Iceland, wonderful! 7 different "hotels", all good. Stay has all the basic needs. It is kind of in the middle of "out there" ... but that's a plus because it's on the east road, 864 to Dettifoss. It's about half way there. It may be the closest "hotel" to Dettifoss. For us, that meant we are just about the last ones there in the day, 11 plus or minus. The road is ... ruff, be prepared. That said, I recommend seeing both sides of Dettifoss! Note: the 862 road on the West side is much better, but seeing both sides is worth the journey!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of easy parking in front of the hotel. Not as close to the lake as we thought and shame it was extra to use the sauna and hot tubs. Room was clean, bathroom was modern and slept great with black out curtains.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty scenery and very clean
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Wee Chieh

Travelled with partner
Book for triple room but being ask if want to change to bigger double room since we only hv 2 pax, at the end the double room not so big , feel disappointed but going back to reception is 7km away which is very far, hence lazy to appeal .. sigh
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely space, great stopover on drive around Ring Road
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Shana

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
Guesthouse was very noisy based on the building and room construction (no soundproofing or noise reduction in the design). You could hear all conversations in the adjoining rooms and kitchen (pots clanking, chairs sliding across the floor, etc.). Very uncomfortable setting. Positives: good communication/email responsiveness, comfortable bed/pillows, and kitchen/fridge/freezer. Road maintenance was poor ((many potholes and ruts, but not sure who is responsible for that.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jordi

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms with TV and refurbished. 2 shared bathrooms for 5 rooms. Kitchen with complete cookware and appliances.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
2 day stay
Great view out back window. Quiet, not so easy to find in the dark. Floorboards are separating. Still cant figure out why bathroom sinks are so small, can’t get two hand in at same time. Seems to be an Iceland thing, see it in many other places! I knock the t. Paper off the roller every time i sit down. Didn’t use the shared kitchen, seem ok. Beds are comfy
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Nipon, Vienna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really Lovely Modern Zen Cottage!
We stayed in the private cottage and booked a triple cottage even though we were two people / a couple, as the two person options were quite small. Highly recommend the slightly greater expense for a triple.. Cottages are quite simple, and really lovely - we were honestly amazed at how modern they were .. out there in the middle of nowhere… And thanks to being there we decided go take the dirt roads up to the falls.. and we’re so so happy we did.. better views, less people & better direct waterfall access than the other side of the ravine with paved road..
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious room with beautiful view. Very remote and bad road to get there though
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

yuval

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place on the way to dettifoss east
Large room, great view, good value for money. If you would like to eat there is a central place with all the equipment.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
nice and clean, great view, weak wifi, hard to find
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very peaceful place to stay and newly built.
I have to say up-front that I was upgraded so my review is of the upgraded chalet room seen in the picture rather than in original guesthouse which is about 6km south of this location. The location is great being a short drive off rte 1, and the chalet room was fantastic. Loads of light, private bathroom, a lovely view over a little river which you can walk down to and wade in (very refreshing on the feet). The shared kitchen area is very spacious with lots of amenities including a big TV. The host was very friendly and knowledgeable about the area. Overall, had a really good night's sleep and would highly recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to disconnect. its close to attractions and was very convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet a remote place but excellent facilities, has all all amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a nice hostel ouy in the country. There is nothing atou d for mikes, which we loved! It is a great place to use as a base for visiting beautiful sights in northern Iceland.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hosts were good. Nothing interesting in the surrounding areas.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Minimum comfort for maximum price
The guesthouse is located in very remote area in proximity to Myvatn Lake. The building where we needed to check in was 3 miles away from the site where actual guesthouse was located. Since we were not aware of it, we needed to drive back and forth couple times before we could get to the room and unpack. The place is composed of a few buildings with one of them serving as a common area with kitchen, refrigerator, dishes and kind of dining room. If weather is not very nice it is kind of inconvenience to walk outside to prepare your meals. The room we had was very tiny without any shelves, or other storage and it was no room to unpack. We hardly could fit our luggage in this room. The bed consisting of two twin beds together took most of the space in the room , leaving about 1-2 feet space along this bed on either side. The facilities were very clean and spotless but lack of space made our staying there very uncomfortable. The price we paid was 150 euro per night and in my opinion it was overpriced. We expected much more comfort and space for this price.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
This was the only place to stay around the area so we booked it. The place was nice enough. It's a shared bathroom among 5 rooms with a full kitchen. The place is a little older, but the rooms were clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Jürgen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Einfache, aber saubere Unterkunft. Es stand alles zur Verfügung.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

CEDRIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Les locaux sont flambants neufs, la vue de la chambre était parfaite, nous avons même pu voir des aurores boréales. La chambre était super propre et nous n'avons manqué de rien. Très bon accueil. Seul petit point : si vous prenez une chambre avec salle de bain privative, les batiments se trouvent a 6km de la réception.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sin kwan

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Petit bâtiment au calme. Petit déjeuner ok. Mais soirée très bruyante car les autres résidents ont parlé fort et longtemps dans la cuisine attenante à notre chambre.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Astrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was a very nice Guesthouse. 😊
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Birgit Riedel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spændende placering langt fra alfarvej Flot udsigt Prisniveau i overkanten ift. sammenlignelige steder
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alexandre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

David

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in May 2022