Gistihúsið - Lake Hótel Egilsstaðir

So charming and I loved the lake monster. She was a wonderful host. The ambience is like a cozy luxe cabin. The restaurant was so delicious. Good sushi in Iceland with LOCAL wasabi was not on my Arctic bucket list but slay. Very generous/kind reception and wait staff. Breakfast buffet was wonderful. To top it off, the spa was so relaxing! Wonderful sauna, hot tub, and ice bathe for a cheap admission fee. Thank you from some silly American tourists <3

We loved our one-night stay at Gistihúsið – Lake Hotel Egilsstaðir! After a long day of traveling, the sauna and hot tub were exactly what we needed, super relaxing and a beautiful way to wind down. Breakfast was included and had plenty of vegan options, which was such a pleasant surprise. We also decided to have dinner at the hotel, and I’m so glad we did. They had great vegan choices, and the risotto balls were absolutely delicious! The staff was friendly, welcoming, and very helpful throughout our stay. Overall, it was a comfortable, peaceful, and memorable stop on our trip around Iceland's ring road. Highly recommend!

Like most of the remote hotels in Iceland, this is a unique hotel with a very unique location: next to the lake. Beautiful interior, rustic, farm, and quiet place. It gives you that feeling: you are in a book of very old folks story with the antique pieces around the lobby and restaurant areas. The very special thing about this hotel: the very friendly and wonderful staff, smiling all the time, they have that fun spirit, and they are helpful in anytime we needed something. That made the efforts to wake us up to see the northern lights, not only one time, twice. The best staff I met them in this trip. Now, we go back to the rooms: specious, has all basic things you need: iron, ironing board, shampoo, but no body lotion again 😂 I think this is not a common thing in Iceland hotels. All the rooms have heaters. And the hotel is close to a supermarket and some restaurants. The food was good and the served was very good. I liked the place. What made this stay so special, we finally saw the Aurura from the hotel’s balcony😍

Our first time at this hotel. Great location at a lake yet very close to town. We needed an accessible room, upon arrival Max at the reception gave us the option to review several rooms to make sure my wife, who is mobility challenged was satisfied. She chose Room 402. He made her very happy. It had great view upon the lake, had a wonderful sitting area and heavenly beds. Large Bathroom . And being on the lakeside it was very quiet. We had dinner, which was well presented and tasty.Dining room was a bit noisy but not overly. We had the feeling everybody was having a good time. Breakfast was ample and varied. We should have stayed 2 nights. We highly recommend Lake Hotel and would like to come back for a 2 night stay.

We booked this on the fly and were not disappointed. After a bunch of hours driving, we arrived here to find a very sweet hotel on the lake. The view out back said "come on in." The room is clean, spacious, quiet and comfy. We immediately hit the on site spa and sat on the hot tub for a while. We love the staff.

The hotel is ideally located to explore the East of Iceland and there is a variety of hiking around within a short drive . We wanted to concentrate on this area hence why we based ourselves here.||We stayed in a deluxe room which included access to the spa otherwise there is a separate charge. The room was very comfortable, serviced daily and certainly met expectations for this category of residence. The bed is very comfortable and there are excellent black out curtains in the room. ||Breakfast is good, herrings, salmon, peppers with a selection of seeds , dried fruit so I was more than content. The buttermilk here is excellent as were the chia slices ( my name for these). ||We had dinner here twice and the ingredients were of a high quality, dishes well presented and were extremely tasty. Wine selection small yet decent. |Happy hour of course.||Plenty of parking available.||Easy walk into town for facilities.||Fabulous stay and would recommend.

Only stayed one night but it was a pleasant stay. Staff were lovely and patient when we were locked out of our room and then set the alarm off in the spa because we misunderstood the directions! We booked a queen room with lake view and it was lovely. Everything it was advertised to be. Breakfast was great with both hot and cold items s. Mini fridge in room was helpful and hotel provided ice for our in-room use. Would stay here again. We ordered a lunch box to go and it had two very good sandwiches and plenty of other items to keep us going on our drive the following day including the most delicious chocolate coconut ball!

Good value, not cheap but the hotel has good amenities and the breakfast has good choice options, and rooms have nespresso machines for a good coffee to start the day. I was in the part of the hotel that was recently renovated. Ample space. The staff was super friendly and helpful. Recommended if you are making a stop in Egilsstaðir