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Reviews of Hotel Laugar

2.5 out of 5
Hotel Laugar
Austurhlíðarvegur, Laugar

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 57 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Calvin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Hotel Laugar on 24 Sep 2023
Hello and good morning, dear Calvin!Thank you so much for your great review.We are happy to hear, you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back one day.Have a lovely sunday!Sunshiy regards from your team at Hotel Laugar

10/10 Excellent

Ninad Nitin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome!! Helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Hotel Laugar on 24 Sep 2023
Hello and good day, dear Ninad!Thank you sooo much for that awesome review.We hope to welcome you back one day!All the best from all your staff at Hotel Laugar!

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Team Laugar on 18 Aug 2023
Dear John,Thank you for this amazing review, we are glad to hear that your stay with us was enjoyable and And we really appreciate your feedback we.Wish you a wonderful summer from Laugar!

8/10 Good

Jalila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked the location but was difficult to find the reception because the sign to the hotel was too small for the entrance. The sign needs to be bigger so guests driving there can find it easier and not have to drive all around to find it! The room was comfortable and clean
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Team Laugar on 14 Aug 2023
Dear Jalila,Thank you for your wonderful feedback. We know that our housing complex can be a bit confusing when you arrive. We will take your advice to heart and try to make our reception more obvious to our guests.Have a nice summerHotel Laugar

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Team Laugar on 14 Aug 2023
Thank you so much for that perfect feedback.All the best from Laugar to you and enjoy the rest of your summer.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is an old boarding school, but the rooms are nice, decent size and with private bathrooms. Its a small town, but the location is good. Breakfast included.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Astrid on 27 Jul 2023
Hello and good morning, dear Daniel!Thank you very much for your kind review!We are happy you enjoyed your stay with us!All the best from your team at Hotel Laugar

10/10 Excellent

Seraz

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to attractions. May need to cross the toll tunnel to go to Akureyri.
Response from Team Laugar on 24 Jul 2023
Hello and good day dear Seraz!Thank you very much for your review.We hope you enjoyed your stay here and we wish you still a wonderful holiday in Iceland.For going to Akureyri there is also the possibility to go over the hill top street, which is a beautiful road actually because it gives you a great view over the Fjord of Akureyri and it only takes you 15 minutes longer.All the best from your team at Hotel Laugar

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Team Laugar on 24 Jul 2023
Thank you, dear Jennifer for your review!We wish you still a splendid holiday in Iceland!All the best from your team at Hotel Laugar

10/10 Excellent

Fabiana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Best night of sleep I got in Iceland. Quiet, super clean, nice non stinky showers , free decent breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Team Laugar on 9 Jul 2023
Thank you for the great feedback. We are very pleased. We sincerely wish you a nice summer and would be happy to welcome you again one day.

10/10 Excellent

Masahiro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, no refrigerator, spacious,
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Astrid on 3 Jul 2023
Hello and good evening, dear Masahiro!Thank you for your feedback and the review!We wish you still a wonderful holiday and a great summer!All the best,your team at Hotel Laugar

8/10 Good

Komal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was happy with my stay. No frills accomodation. The room was clean and spacious. Breakfast was included. The only issue was there were no blackout curtains, which was a problem cause it doesn't get dark at night in July.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
With a amazing view, close drive to a few sightseeing spots.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Katie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A quaint property used as a boarding house during the academic year. The staff was very friendly and the restaurant was good. It was a unique stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, good breakfast
Nice hotel, good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

SooSeng

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jaehyup, Coppell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent property in a good location. About Halfway between Myvatn, Godafoss and Husavik. Shower bathroom attached to the room. Good restaurant on site although dinner menu is limited. Excellent base to explore the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Anthony

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
This is a dorm, not a hotel.
This is not a hotel. It’s a dorm room at an athletic boarding school during the school’s offseason. The lady at front desk was super sweet, but not a hotel setting.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Caren

Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

kyong a

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not recomendable for group
Not a good experience
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice rooms. Very accommodating staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good location, beautiful environment, staffs are
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Idyllic Setting
Quaint stay in a boarding school that becomes a hotel in the Icelandic summers. The area was lovely, and the chef in the hotel restaurant was AMAZING!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I like most
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Average stay
The check in process was smooth. The rooms were average and so was the food. Friendly staff. Restaurant expensive for the quality of the food.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms of Hotel Laugar were clean and pretty spacious. I'm a bit jealous of the schoolkids that attend in the winter! The hotel offers a continental breakfast, and has a piano near reception (a definite bonus in my book). The hotel is walking distance to the swimming pool (separate charge). There is a gas station / restaurant / convenience store within 5 minutes. Overall, would recommend and stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good choice for visiting the lake Myvatn area
Excellent place overall, helpful staff, good breakfast, attractive surroundings. One comment: Stacking the soiled dishes just next to the food buffet is repulsive! Move the cart to a hidden corner, or have your staff clean the tables (after all, it's a full-service hotel not a a fast-food eatery)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Hotel Laugar on 29 Sep 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you for staying with us and writing your valuable feedback. We have made a note of your feedback and will try our best to arrange it better. Look forward to see you again. Best regards,

6/10 Okay

Diego

Liked: Staff & service
The area really compensates.
The hotel feels like Army barracks in the USA, but the personnel, the complex and the area are absolutely fantastic. The bathrooms and rooms in general were outdated. There was no screen on our window and a lightbulb outside kept the window covered in little bugs. It needs updating.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Hotel Laugar on 29 Sep 2019
Dear Diego, Thank you for staying with us and writing feedback. Regard about the room, we have accommodation in 3 buildings and we are sorry that you were in the room not as your expected. We will assign you into a nice room your next stay and will also maintain the window. Look forward to see you again. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and nice rooms. Food can be a little bit pricey
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Astrid on 18 Aug 2018
Thank you dear guest for this review! We are happy, that you enjoyed your stay with us! The high prices here in Iceland are mostly due to the fact, that almost all food supplies need to be imported! We try to provide our best service for that prices! We wish you a wonderful day and still a sunnshiny summer! All the best, Your Team Hotel Laugar

8/10 Good

Diana, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location for doing things in the Lake Myvatn and Husavik area. Great breakfast. Great staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Astrid on 20 Aug 2018
Dear Diana, thank you very much for that wonderful review! We are really happy that you enjoyed your stay with us and still wish you a marvelous summer! All the best with sunshiny greetings from Laugar!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
THIS PROPERTY IS A BOARDING SCHOOL DORM!! I will admit that when I put our Iceland trip together, this was our last hotel outside of Reykjavik. It was the only hotel available, the reviews were decent, and I didn't do any additional due diligence. However, this doesn't change the fact that we were really unhappy when we learned that we were staying in a tiny, cramped dorm room that lacked enough curtains to cover the windows (it was still light out at midnight). Also, there isn't an elevator, so be ready to lug your suitcases up the stairs. Dinner was served in the boarding school cafeteria. The staff was really nice, but we were in a boarding school cafeteria, and the food wasn't much better.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Astrid on 3 Aug 2018
Dear guest, we are really sorry about your unsatisfying stay with us. It is true: our summer hotel is a boarding school during winter times and is transformed into a hotel only for the three holiday months of the students. We do have three buildings, in which we accomodate our guests, of one which has an elevator and the rooms are spacious and one has no elevator, because all the rooms are on the same floor. The third building is the one in which you stayed and we are really sorry, that it didn't come up to your expectations. We will do our best to improve our standard and services from now on! We wish you still a lovely summer and thank you for your honesty! All the best...

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, Jacksonville, FL, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff at Hotel Laugar is very friendly and helpful! Our luggage did not arrive with us from the US. The airline planned to have it delivered to the Hotel Laugar. The reception staff was made aware of the issue and communicated well with each other and us while we touring.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Astrid on 1 Aug 2018
Dear Nancy! Thank you very much for your review! We are happy that you got your luggage back and we still wish you a splendid holiday! Have a great day! Hotel Laugar

8/10 Good

Aki, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place was a little odd, it seemed more like a converted school dormitory (two twin beds, two student desks in the room), but it was comfortable enough. The sad thing was breakfast. We arrived 30 minutes before closing and they had replenished nothing (only two pieces of bacon left cold and alone and sad in the hotel pan, 1 piece of ham, flies in the dining room landing on stuff), a few odd and ends of food. We ate a lot of toast that morning. And we weren't the last ones to arrive to eat. They apologized but did nothing to replenish anything. I watched the wait staff (I work in the food industry) and at no time did they ever check the table or lift the lids of the hotel pans to see what needed to be replenished. They served us an OJ juice box that had expired in April (and this was in July). We sent it back and asked for anything else and they had nothing. I guess driving two minutes to the store in Lauger (which we had visited the previous evening) and buying a couple of cartons of juice was too much effort?? They probably don't depend on repeat business since this place is kind of remote... Anyway, it was good enough for one night to sleep, and don't have high hopes for your free breakfast. The coffee was good though!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Astrid on 27 Jul 2018
Dear Aki, thank you for your review! For first we have to confirm, that Hotel Laugar is actually a school during winter times and just gets transformed into a hotel in the three months of students summer holiday - this is why you find the rooms maybe not on a normal hotel standard. Second: We are really sorry about the breakfast experience that you had. Please accept our apologies and we will do our best to improve. Just as an explanation: here in Iceland we do depend on the deliveries, which mostly get imported from abroad. We didn't get our main delivery and we have actually been to the store the day before to get some more juice, but also them just had little quantities, due to the lack of arrival also of their delivery and the morning groups consumed the whole lot of existing juice. As said before... we apologize and we wish you still a lovely summer!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place in between the lake and Arkureyri.
check in was friendly and efficient. room is spacious and clean. The only thing is the restaurant is very expensive. Nice movie hall for the world cup game.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Astrid on 6 Jul 2018
Thank you very much for your response! We are always happy about comments, which help us improve our service! Have a wonderful summer!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Astrid on 6 Jul 2018
Thank you for the review! Unfortunately your comment was not displayed, but we hope you had a pleasant stay! All the best from Hotel Laugar!

8/10 Good

Mariko, Vancouver, BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent place to stay
Polite staff, decent buffet breakfast, lots of parking, and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Molly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good no frills hotel.
A no frills hotel. Clean and comfortable (extra pillows in cupboard.) No tv in room but good breakfast buffet!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Hollie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfort and nice
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Jenny

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Too many flies
The reception area and staff were great. The room was not that great I'm comparison. There were so many big flies in the room that kept us awake, although we swatted two of them. The bathroom had a light fixture that was broken plus it was noisy with a sound that we could not identify. The curtains were too short which kept the light coming in. The building which we stayed felt very dated and a little spooky.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017
Dear Jenny, Thank you for the honest feedback. We are glad to hear that you liked the service and reception. Regarding the rooms, we will take special attention to the details you mention and try to improve our facilities. Hope you enjoyed your trip in North Iceland. Best regards, Freyr

8/10 Good

stefano giuseppe

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Astrid on 3 Jul 2023
Hello and good evening, dear Stefano!Thank you for your feedback and the review!We wish you still a wonderful holiday and a great summer!All the best,your team at Hotel Laugar

10/10 Excellent

erick

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Thordur

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lélegt hótelherbergi
Gegnum slitið parket, hljóðbært, herbergið í kjallara hússins með útsýni á framenda bílanna á bílastæðinu. Annars er þetta ekki hótel eða skal kallast sem slíkt, það eru vörusvik. Það eina sem er líkt með venjulegu hóteli er verðið, sem er því alltof hátt.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Éric

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nuit étape,bien située. Confort,équipement tout le nécessaire y est. restauration sur place possible.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Asdis

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

brigitte

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Avions réservé 2 chambres, avons été prévenus par le site hôtel.com et non par l hôtel d un changement de chambres hors hôtel principal. Accueil désagréable de l hôtel, je ne recommande pas du tout cet établissement ☹️😡
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

GUY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tres agreable
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021