Eldá Guesthouse

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2026

Yakov

It was clean, nice fealing accoimodation with functional kitchen.
Simple accomodation, good for the price.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2026

Bonnie

Room was small but clean. Bed linens smelled strongly of SO2. Kitchen facilities were excellent and lots of WCs.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

28 May 2026

Hanna

Not very clean. There was garbage left in our room from previous residents. shut it got the job done. Staff was nice.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2026

Stella

We needed to book a room last minute and Elda’s worked perfectly for what we need. The room was nice and clean and also the shared areas. We enjoyed our one night stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2025

Noah

Wonderful rooms and wonderful staff, incredibly helpful!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Robert

Perfect for a solo traveler sightseeing or roadtripping!

4/10

Poor

25 Sep 2025

Tsz Man

Photos provided by the property aren’t fair or accurate in reflecting the current state of the property. It is the integrity of the publicity of this place that I cannot withstand.

There are a few separate blocks within the property. I did not see any staff maintenance of the block I stayed at during my stay. Common area table space is always occupied by belongings of others residents.

Only 2 toilets with showers available to shared among 4 rooms with 2 pac min each from observation. There are no hooks or storage spaces for placing clothes for change. Essentially no space for placing the minimal items one would need for a shower (No shower gel or shampoo was provided).

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Lauren

Very nice spot, no issues. Enjoyed our stay.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2025

Reena

Room is old with old curtains and uncomfortable beds. No private bathroom. The breakfast was great.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jul 2025

Wing Ha

Please add a exhaust hood / cooker hood in the common kitchen, it was full of lamb steak smell when we checked in.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Pros: good breakfast, easy check-in
Cons: very thin walls, neighbors were noisy quite late and it was hard to sleep at night. It was okay for one night, however would recommend staying elsewhere if spending more time in this area.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jul 2025

Harjot

Very tight room and tight washroom. Kitchen space was good.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2025

Julia

It’s a convenient location to stop. The guesthouse is fine. It’s just not very up-to-date. However, the staff is wonderful.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 May 2025

Sasha

This guesthouse had everything we needed while travelling the ring road via Mývatn. The rooms were clean, but definitely not sound proof as other guests using the kitchen were easily heard through the door. The guesthouse was close to the Myvatn nature baths as well as lake Myvatn.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2024

Domenica

Great place to stay in Lake Mytvan.
good location, great price and nice a d practical facilities

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2024

Milan

Can’t beat the location when it comes to accessing all the incredible naturalistic beauty in the area. Easy check-in and good place to rest for two nights. A bit noisy with the thin walls, but thats what you come to expect when staying at guesthouses. Worth it for the price!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2024

Kylie S

Very clean. Staff very helpful. Good facilities

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2024

Kalin

Breakfast was amazing! Staff was friendly and helpful. Great location to see the areas beauty

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2024

Bin

Excellent guesthouse with kitchen, restaurant and grocery store within walking distance.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2024

Aseem

Overall a good experience.

Minor thing: doors were making creaking noise, so if other guests in a different room open their door to use the restroom or access the kitchen, you could hear it in your room at night.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2024

Prasanna

Good, quiet place with a Kitchen.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2024

Michele

Easy, cheap and convnient.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2024

Daxin

Wonderful staff left us a notes with detailed instructions for our late check-in. Thank you! It’s nice to know they’re offering laundry service, even we didn’t have a chance to do it. Very clean room; like the” shoes off” idea. One bathroom door has very loud scratches sounds when open and close it. Will recommend it for it’s location too😊

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2024

Jane

I had a beautiful view from my room, and they have separate houses with only a view rooms so it was nice and quiet. One of the more private hotels.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2024

Rebecca

Wonderful place, good location

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2024

gabriela

Such a lovely historical regal place! Loved it!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2024

Heather

Excellent breakfast buffet, clean, spacious, very friendly staff

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

Most Memorable Experience

Very comfortable

Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2023

Barbara

Great location.

Great location to the lake, sulfer steam pots, Kafla, and good restaurants for every budget. Good walking trails too. Gas station close by.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

20 Sep 2023

Verified traveler

Cute place, very well situated. But take earplugs. Quiet hours are until 7am but the hotel was crashing about making breakfast from 6am so we couldn't sleep any further. About what you'd expect for a hostel type experience

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Aug 2023

Kaymen

the room only have 3 single beds and no other facilities. room price over $500, that is a bit overpriced

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2023

Yasmin

Walkable to grocery store and restaurant. Wonderful Breakfast!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2023

shahid

I stayed with my family overnight. The place was shared between two families with a shared bathroom. We have no complains, place was neat and clean, quiet. Shared kitchen space was comfortably sized.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Jul 2023

Cody

Clean and great service.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jun 2023

Hyejeong

The staff was very nice and the room and the bathroom was clean. The breakfast was included and good. Only thing I didn’t like during my stay here was I could hear noises from next room.

4/10

Poor

28 Jun 2023

Verified traveler

Great location but too expensive and old.

Very poor value for the very high cost per night. Staff were lovely, location is excellent and breakfast is excellent. Rooms and bathrooms are very dated and not clean.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2023

Pat

Friendly Staff

We stayed at Eldá Guesthouse for four nights, and found it to be a perfect home base for exploring the Myvatn area. Conveniently close to grocery shopping, which made it easy to prepare our meals in the kitchen. All the staff , including reception, kitchen and cleaning, were wonderful. Thanks for your hospitality!!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Sep 2022

Peter

Just not used to a hostel environment. There was never a shortage of shared facilities, but we are used to having our own bathroom, etc.

Breakfast was on of the best we had in Iceland.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2022

Rick

Clean, Good room, and kitchen. Wonderful breakfast in the morning. Note the hot water is geothermal and smells highly of sulfur (though this is likely the case everywhere in the region, just giving a heads up). Other than the cold shower we took, everything else was great!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Jul 2022

Dmitriy

Amazing location. There are so many natural wonders within a very short driving distance from the guesthouse. But the property is pretty dated. There is very little beyond spartan level facilities. One really really big plus for the guesthouse is the breakfast. The staff is also very accommodating.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2022

Dennis

The water smells strongly of sulphur. 4 bedrooms (8 people) shared 2 basic bathrooms.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2022

Boyd

The bedroom was clean and provided an in room sink which was very convenient. The bedding was nice and everything seemed very clean. The breakfast was excellent as well.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2022

David

The staff was very kind and the breakfast was very good. The only things that I did not like were that the wifi never worked and that the location did not have a good variety of places to eat near by. Other than that, the property was fine.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2022

Bobby

Good

I have stayed before. All fine with check in and my room as before, but the people coming into room 8 next door came late and loud, completely ignoring signs not to use the kitchen after 10pm. Very inconsiderate, woke me up for a long time, crashing about with pans and cutlery. Please Elda make the signs bigger and in different languages as they were German.

Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

No hot springs.

The lure of a hot springs on the property to soak in was the main reason we chose this place over other locations. There is NO HOT SPRINGS.
Laundry facilities also advertised. They will do your laundry for you, but you cannot do it yourself. It will cost 2000 ISK.
No complaints about anything else.
Breakfast add on will be 2000 ISK.
It was a good breakfast overall.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

Early check in permitted. Our room is next to the kitchen and bathroom so thats convenient!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2021

Bobby

Good place with cooking facilities

Enjoyed my stay here. Easy check in. Room was basic but fine with sink. Bed was comfortable. Showers and toilets always available and clean. Despite moving the bed away from the window to avoid the radiator handle, I moved in the night and still hit it.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2021

Tam

Right in the center of town. Cute little place!

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2021

C

Best Breakfast and Northern Lights Guesthouse

Breakfast with Marta was absolutely fantastic..best food of our entire trip! We were able to see the Northern Lights out our window..we had difficulty checking in! Property was difficult to enter..We were too early and door ways were full of ice!

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Sep 2021

Kristin

Very clean. Great location. Next to everything. Breakfast was FABULOUS.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2021

Rebecca

Good location/Great breakfast!

The Elda Guesthouse was nice - not fancy, but clean and comfortable. We chose it for the location as it was in the area we planned to visit the next day. Checking in was easy as was checking out. Bathroom was clean and the beds had pretty duvet covers. Excellent breakfast in the morning! Would recommend if you’re traveling on a budget.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Functional and in close proximity to a supermarket. No frills. Great breakfast.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Friendly staff, breakfast was great, and fsirly close to the Myvatn Nature Baths!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2021

Sara

Basic with great breakfast

The location and breakfast were very good here. It's very basic accommodations, and pretty expensive, but I think that's typical for this part of Iceland. If you are looking for a simple place to sleep, this is fine.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

It was very simple, almost like a college dorm room, which I appreciated. The beds were comfortable. It was also close to the natural baths. It was very affordable.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2020

Verified traveler

Very functional room with sink in the room. Easy check-in process (they accommodated my late check-in without any issue). Staff was really nice, offered to answer any questions; offered me clean towels after my first night. Common kitchen with access to new large fridge to store food, and everything to cook a meal. Very convenient location, 3-min walking distance to supermarket, visitor center, activity center and hiking routes. The walls are thin so you can hear people in the corridor but I was so tired from hiking that I fell asleep immediately and slept very well. Ate breakfast on the little picnic table in the garden, and dried my bathing suit towel on the drying racks outside. Not the most charming building but overall very happy with my stay.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

11 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

worst experience of our entire trip

This was by far the worst experience of our extended trip. The beds were uncomfortable. The shower was moldy. The building was extremely loud with paper thin walls. There were kitchens and bathrooms at both ends, so there was no break in the noise. It was noisy until 1100pm and started again with the pounding of footsteps and slamming doors at 0616am. No good restaurants close to speak of. Front desk was of limited help and availability. We didn’t even wait for breakfast in the morning. I wish we would have pushed on a little farther and stayed in Húsavík for two nights instead of one.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2019

Tom

The staff went far and above what was necessary, to help me with my schedule.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Excellent rapport qualité-prix, situé tout près du lac, des commerces, resto et bains de Myvatn. Petit déjeuner copieux et délicieux avec crêpes maisons. Chambre propre, lit confortable avec une couette douillette. Cuisine et salle de bain partagées avec seulement une autre chambre.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Very expensive but to be expected in Iceland. Wonderful location in Lake Myvatn. Main downside was we had to wait for breakfast as not enough seats and all the fresh fruit gone by this point.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Loved the location in the lava fields!!! Wonderful to be away from the normal route

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Great location to all the Myvatn area. Nice shared kitchen. Water smells like sulfur but what do you expect, they live on an active geothermal area. :)

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jun 2019

Ran

Average and expensive as all such hotels in Icelan

Average and expensive as all such hotels in Iceland. Minimumfor maximum price

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Clean, close to supermarket and gas station. Great breakfast and friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very Loud neighbors got up early and woke us up very early.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Check in staff not on property. Expedia stated check in was at 1500 and when we arrived at the Guesthouse it stated that checkin wasn’t until 1700 and they wouldn’t be there until then. WiFi was only near the check in desk and no where to sit to use it. Breakfast was adequate.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Oct 2018

Kim

Hostel not Guesthouse

More hostel with private rooms and shared baths than Guesthouse. Guesthouse conjures up something warm and homey, this was neither.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2018

Qi

Nice hotel at lake myvatn

very nice hotel with very friendly staff, wonderful breakfast!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2018

Eugene

Good location!

Great location with many interesting places nearby. Staff is friendly. Breakfast is good. The room is okay, but no TV. We had a relaxing stay.

Family

4/10

Poor

10 Sep 2018

Roop

Plumbing noise - annoying and disturbing

Our room was next to kitchen and somehow there was a plumbing link between the sink in our room and the sink and dishwasher in the kitchen. Every time someone used sink or dishwasher in the kitchen, it made a lot of noise in our sink plumbing and faucet. It was very annoying most of the the evening and into late night. Had a very hard time sleeping.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Great place in Myvatn area

Great location in the Myvatn area. Rooms are fine. Breakfast is plane but I did not need more than that.

4/10

Poor

30 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Ok for a one night cheap stay

More of a hostel than a hotel. Room was ok but bathroom was pretty awful. Rusty, broken, small. Also, really close to the geotgermal springs and water comes from there so it smells super strong of rotten eggs. Hard to brush your teeth or shower when the smell of the water makes you sick to your stomach.... overall decent if you are paying $50-75 but if you pay more than that its unreasonable for the state of the accommodations.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2018

Oshrit

Great place and beautiful view

We were hosted in the other area of the guesthouse where they placed us in a nice beautiful wooden rooms viewing pure nature. The staff was very nice and welcoming, breakfast was great!

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Good place in Myvatn area

Rooms are great. Having a sink in everything is very helpful. The house I stayed at had two showers/bathrooms so there was never a shortage. The hotel itself is less than 5 minutes drive from most of the famous Myvatn attractions which made it a very comfortable starting point for day trips

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2026

Jorge Luis

Sin duda alguna una excelente opción