Hotel Leifur Eiriksson

3.0 star property

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Panoramic room with church view | Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets
Front of property
Panoramic room with church view | Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets
Interior
Standard Double or Twin Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Skolavordustigur 45, Reykjavik, 101
  • Hallgrimskirkja
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Harpa
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Reykjavik Harbour
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Reykjavik (RKV-Reykjavik Domestic)
    ‪20 min walk‬

Room options

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Single Beds

Standard Twin Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Economy Double Room

  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Single Room

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Panoramic room with church view

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Single Beds

Economy Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Church View Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Single Beds

Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Single Beds

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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About this property

Hotel Leifur Eiriksson

Hotel with a bar, steps from Hallgrimskirkja
This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, coffee/tea in a common area and concierge services. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a 24-hour front desk, tour/ticket assistance and a front desk safe are on-site.
Hotel Leifur Eiriksson offers 47 accommodations with blackout curtains. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include a shower. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Hypo-allergenic bedding and hairdryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
The breakfast at Hotel Leifur Eiriksson gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Hallgrimskirkja. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a bar and concierge services.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge
  • Buffet breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include a concierge, tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage
  • Guests have great things to say about the clean guestrooms and the location
  • Steps from Hallgrimskirkja and 4 minutes on foot from Laugavegur
Hotel Leifur Eiriksson offers its guests multilingual staff, tour/ticket assistance, and coffee/tea in common area. Public spaces have free WiFi. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Hotel Leifur Eiriksson also features concierge services and a front desk safe.

This 3-star Reykjavik hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM.

Languages

English, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free offsite parking within 50 metres

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: ISK 2,500 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 4 floors
  • Built in 1970
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Hotel Leifur Eiriksson

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for ISK 7500.0 per night.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: from approximately ISK 2500 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: ISK 7500.0 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
Guests who may encounter issues with stairs should contact this property in advance. Elevators are not available.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

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Hotel Leifur Eiriksson Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 437 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 348 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 140 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 58 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 20 out of 1003 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Loren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Haruna, Raleigh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic base to explore downtown Reykjavik. We walked to museums, restaurants, and shops. The free parking next to the church across the street was also convenient. I’d stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Kateryna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chantal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Personnel très acceuillant et aidant. Hôtel très bien situé dans un bel environnement. Le matelas de ma chambre aurait besoin rajeunissement
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

eugenia elipane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The staff are extremely friendly and helpful.Very accomodating and act promptly when asked for help. There is also a complimentary tea and coffee at the hotel lobby 24hrs so that is really great after a busy day out in a cold .The hotel room is quite comfortable but can do a bit of improvement like working television to help guest unwind and availability of kettle inside the room .But overall our stay was good and still recommended place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and Service

Location was excellent as was the service. Bathrooms are a little strange with raised floors and no separate shower pan.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Russell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and value, but very noisy could hear every noise in the corridor. Used earplugs.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Erin, Sunnyside

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Property is quite old and not in amazing condition, but the staff and location are excellent. Fine for a bed for one night but wouldn’t want to stay longer. Quite dark and dingy.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, we could walk to most places within 10-15mins. Next to bus stop 8. Good selection for continental breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
After six stays, I found the perfect location for me in Reykjavik. Well situated near everything.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Gordon

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful room. Kind staff. Excellent location.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Crystal

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was ideal! The room was smaller than expected.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location

We had 2 rooms in the main part of the hotel. It was minus 5 putside, big dumps of snow and we struggled to be able to close a window. Overall stay was good. Great location, friendly staff, good breakfast (no cooked option), and rooms were a decent size, although both had 2 single beds.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely

Great views, good location, lovely breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful inn, great location! Maria went above and beyond to help us with our tv. Our new best friend!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

Great location

Great location! The room was quite small- we were visiting Iceland as part of a longer international trip so we had one big suitcase and found it difficult to open it in the room but that really didn’t bother us. It was easy to park across the street and you can walk all around town from the hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good not great but nice!

The stay was fine. This hotels in a great, and very walkable location. The beds, although small, were comfortable and the room was very clean. The bathrooms are tiny! The hot water smell is something to get used to but bearable and honestly not the big of a deal. Waking up to the sound of church bells is quite interesting, felt like it was the town alarm for everyone to wake up for work. Unfortunately, there were renovations taking place below the room which made for very unpleasant wake up drilling and hammering noises. Overall this place was nice, good pricing, and convenient but I wouldn’t stay here again only because I’d like to try other hotel locations that seemed a bit nicer from the outside.
Building 1 of 2
Twin Room
Bathroom
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great view of the church and it was next to a lot of walkable areas!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yvette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location, excellent view of the church. Walkable to many restaurant and Bus stop 8. Simple but good breakfast. clean and comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Preslava

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awful all together, staff are lovely but the hotel needs some serious work! Rooms are like shoe boxes, the water pressure is awful, windows don’t close properly, it is noisy, the doors are impossible to close without slamming, the beds are so springy/bouncy and uncomfortable, pillows are really bad.. the breakfast is nothing special really, there is bread, tiny selection of cheese/overly processed ham, granola, eggs, yogurt and that’s about it. I don’t think there was options for dietary requirements. The location is great, very convenient but that’s the only thing. I could go on, but I would just say save your money and hassle and go elsewhere. I couldn’t sleep for 4 nights and wish we left instead of accepting a new slightly larger room.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025