Laxarbakki, 301 Hvalfjarðarsveit, Iceland
#1 of 1 hotels in Hvalfjarðarsveit
Guests' ChoiceBased on 536 hotel reviews
8.8Cleanliness
9.1
Comfort
9.2
Location
8.7
Facilities
8.9
Staff
9.0
Value for money
8.6
Free Wifi
8.9
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End of dialog contentReviewed: August 29, 2025
Katarzyna
PolandLeaking shower. Floor in the bathroom was wet.
Cosy, clean and spacefull apartment. Fully equipped kitchen. Comfortable beds. Sauna and jaccuzzi. Delisious food in restaurant. II do reccomend. Super !!!
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 26, 2025
Terri
United StatesThe cottage had closet space but lacked drawers for clothing. We stayed three nights and unpacked our bags. Had to find unusual places to store clothing.
Great location for exploring west Iceland. We had a full breakfast at the hotel twice and dinner once. Both very good.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 20, 2025
Tero
CanadaGreat location, the room had everything we needed for the overnight stay along the ring road. Staff (Martin) was exceptional providing us with information and food in the restaurant was great too.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 14, 2025
Tom92fr
FranceOur family room was nice, with a well equipped kitchen. We enjoyed the washing & drying machine, a very rare equipment in Iceland's guesthouses ! Our kids were happy to use the hot pool before dinner.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 14, 2025
Terry
United StatesIt was perfect
This place was a our favorite - with clean comfy beds, a stunning room and balcony overlooking the river, wonderful kitchen area with all the comforts of home. Bathroom was roomy and clean.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 9, 2025
Nusara
United StatesNice, comfortable, relaxing, safe, secluded and rustic experience. Wish we can stay more than 1 night.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: August 1, 2025
Carla
United StatesJust standard
Eh convenience
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 31, 2025
Simone
ItalyLuxury hotel, great breakfast, huge room, comfortable and relaxing. Very close to restaurants and grocery store.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 29, 2025
Painter
United StatesNothing! I loved it and wished we stayed another night.
Room was clean and set up logically, the deck was nice, sauna and hot tub fabulous! And it’s located right next to a river and I saw several birds and salmon and even a mink! The worker was friendly and helpful and made us a wonderful breakfast.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 22, 2025
Ji
AustriaThe staff is very nice and helpful. The room is large and the bathroom is large. The breakfast is good, although breakfast is not included and we paid for that.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 20, 2025
Raffaello
ItalyStrategica position during the trip Use of the kitchen
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 11, 2025
Yundong
United KingdomComfortable stay after long drive, room is spacious, with kitchennet in the room, so you can cook simple food, room is very clean, value of money for stopover night when selfdrive
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 10, 2025
Maryam
United StatesIt's hard to control water escaping under the shower doors and getting everywhere.
Check in was pretty simple and the staff walked us through everything. There is lots of free parking. The views were so beautiful from the parking lot. They even have picnic benches and walking trails for you to enjoy the outside. I didn't expect a mini kitchen in the room but it makes sense since the nearest towns with food are like 20 minutes away.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 7, 2025
Barbara
United StatesNothing
All was fine
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 3, 2025
Jack
United StatesNo problems. What i would expect from a small facility out in the country. Breakfast was a bit pricey, even by Iceland standards.
Comfortable room, beautiful location. Full kitchen which we didn't use but would be valuable for others.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 3, 2025
Anne
United KingdomRoom was warm so needed to open window during the night and traffic noise could be heard disturbing sleep.
Rooms were comfortable. Staff were friendly and restaurant on site.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: June 30, 2025
Scott
United StatesThis property is located on a beautiful winding river in a very tranquil and quiet setting. Our room was spacious, included a clothes washer, fridge, microwave oven, and stovetop. The room was very clean and very comfortable for my wife, our adult daughter, and myself.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: June 30, 2025
Winston
United Statesnothing
In-suite washer & dryer was a great amenity.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: June 26, 2025
Alice
FranceThe kitchen was poorly equipped (only one sharp knife, etc.) and the shower was leaking
Spacious room with a small kitchen. You can have dinner in the restaurant
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: June 22, 2025
Veera
FinlandCottage was quite hot because of the heating (normal in Iceland) and there was no AC. Shower was really small. The main road was right next to the building and at night there was some light pollution from the few cars passing by. No TV at the cottage (only rooms in the hotel) but we didn't need it.
Easily accessible with a car and perfect location to see the northern lights. Had a sauna and a jacuzzi at the back of the hotel for all the guests to use and the staff was very flexible with the times af usage. Cottage was a cozy little house with all around terrace and all the basic amenities. Parking was free and right in front of the cottage. Hotel offered breakfast and other meals for a fee but this time we only used our own kitchen for meals.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: June 19, 2025
Andrew
United StatesThe shower door didn’t seal and every shower flooded the bathroom floor. Also, the trade off for the proximity to Ring Road was that you could hear quite a bit of traffic noise but we were so tired from our full day of exploring Iceland that it didn’t really bother us.
We stayed in a family room and it was plenty big enough for four of us. We were only there one night and the location right off ring road was terrific. Had we stayed longer than one night, the kitchen facilities would have been great. My daughter loved being able to use the sauna after a full day.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: June 12, 2025
Daniel
PolandNice quiet place, sauna and hot tub included. Well equipment kitchen, washing machine in bathroom, spacious car park. Friendly staff. I really recommend it.
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: June 6, 2025
Jason
United StatesOnly complaint is shower wouldn’t close well so water went everywhere with each use.
Super clean facilities, plenty big enough for our family of 3. Beautiful views. It was great to have laundry and kitchen facilities in room! Not too far out of Reykjavík and decent location for day trips to Snæfellsnes and evening out to Rekholt.
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: May 30, 2025
Alicia
United KingdomThe room was clean and spacious and the kitchen had everything you needed. The staff were helpful and nice and the dinner at the restaurant was tasty.
Stayed in May 2025
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