Reyðarfjörður HI Hostel - Hjá Marlin

The road was closed and we needed a place to stay for the night. I was lucky enough to book one of the last remaining rooms for the night. My husband and our 19 & 21 year old spent the night in one room. We each had our own bed and a bathroom. The room was clean and comfortable. Luckily we had food with us that we heated up in the shared kitchen. The owners of the house are so kind and sweet! I would highly recommend if you find yourself in Reydarfjordur.

Although you probably won't, I had this whole place to myself. Gave me a free upgrade to one of their single bed rooms too. Has a nice deck to just hang out and look across the fjord. Comfortable living room with couches and kitchen with everything you need. Very rustic/antique setting but in great shape for the age and well kept.

Beautiful view. Great host. The room was absolutely amazing. More like a hotel room than a hostel. Huge common area and good kitchen. Perfect location on the east fjords. Highly recommended

My friends and I were on our way to Myvatn when all of a sudden a blizzard hit and we were stranded in Reyðarfjördur. Fortunately, there were rooms available here. The eponymous Marlin was very kind and helpful and taught us a lot about Iceland and the minerals here (she’s a former teacher). Thanks to her our stay here was one of the most memorable moments of our trip to Iceland. The rooms are quite new (at least the ones with the private bathrooms) and the place offers breakfast, if needed. Thanks again, Marlin!

We had other travel plans through AirBnB fall through, and we fortunately came across this lovely hostel. Marlin managed to find us space and even provide breakfast the next morning. In the future, I'll definitely use hostels rather than AirBnB when traveling internationally. Marlin and her husband seem like lovely people, and we would highly recommend.

One of the best place to stay in Iceland. Meanwhile, the GPS is wrong on the google map. The location of the hostel should be corrected. But the phone of GPS reaction should be wrong that's why made many people cannot find the hostel via GPS and we need to follow the road sign. But, we don't know how to report this issue to google map team. If you use maps.me and waze, they are corrected.

The hostel is more like a private home! There is so much space to spread out and enjoy - I could've spent a week here lollygagging about... plus, do I dare give away the secret?? This place has it's own SAUNA. That's right. Why did I leave? So cozy

May be the Main buildings is nice, but they gave us another room in the depandance, che very different from booking immagine. Not enought towels.