Reykjavik Lights by Keahotels

Situated in a seven-story building with a modern black-and-white facade, the three-pearl Reykjavik Lights hotel feels fresh and chic with minimalistic style and subtle Icelandic-inspired decor. The lobby and lounge offer an open concept with gray wood floors and gray walls accented with a constellation mural. Modern navy couches and matching ottomans are arranged around animal-skin rugs and ovular white coffee tables. The hotel's bar is a free-standing octangular structure made of light wood and finished with modern molded bar stools and an orb-like hanging pendant light. Next to the reception desk, a traditional Icelandic calendar is displayed on the wall in ancient-style typography, and this type and motif is found throughout the property. Built in 2012, the hotel feels fresh and new, and offers excellent style for the price, especially when compared to accommodations in the city center. Guests who stay here are often travelers looking for a good value or guests coming by bus or car who plan to explore not just Reykjavik, but areas in throughout Iceland. The free parking and short drive into the city center make this a popular choice with visitors who have rented a car. 

This hotel is in Laugardalur, just off of a very busy highway that runs in and out of the Reykjavik city center, in a small plaza with several restaurants and a few shops. The location is convenient for guests arriving by car or bus (the hotel offers free parking), but for guests who hope to explore the city of Reykjavik on foot, the location isn't ideal. A 30- to 35-minute walk or a five- to 10-minute drive or bus ride will take guests to the city center. Keflavik International Airport (KEF) is about a 45-minute drive from the hotel. 

Rooms at Reykjavik Lights are fresh and clean with minimalistic, Scandinavian-style decor. The hotel offers four room sizes: Single, Standard Double/Twin, Standard Triple, and Superior. Rooms are small and compact, especially the Single and Double Rooms, though they're on par with standard European city hotel room sizes. Rooms feature light hardwood floors, headboards, and furniture, along with white bedding and walls, save an accent wall with a subtle Icelandic-calendar theme. While small, rooms feel stylish and location-specific with details like molded Scandinavian desk chairs and pictures of seasonal phenomena or local traditions hanging on the walls. Guest sometimes complain that the pillows are flat. Rooms get lots of natural light, and rooms higher up and facing the front of the hotel have the best views -- some with exceptional views with the ocean and mountains in the distance.

Each room contains a wardrobe, a small wall-mounted desk and chair, a flat-screen TV, free Wi-Fi, and an electric kettle for coffee and tea. Bathrooms are chic, small, and modern with black-tiled floors and white-tiled walls and included walk-in showers with rainfall showerheads and shower wands. Bathrooms include hairdryers and toiletries. 

This hotel has a small lobby bar and a dining area that serves a free continental breakfast with a diversity of food including fruit, skyr, cereal, breads, Danish pastries, cold meats, eggs, and cheese. Two computers in the lobby are available for guest use, and Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel. Parking is also free. There is no hotel restaurant for lunch or dinner, but there are several restaurants in the same plaza as the hotel, and the reception area offers a small fridge with drinks and snacks for sale. Postcards and a few travel essentials are also available for sale in the lobby.