Name: Akureyri Backpackers
Address: Hafnarstræti 98 600 Akureyri,Hafnarstræti, Akureyri, Akureyri, Akureyri, 600, Iceland
Rating: 9

Smoke-free property

Heating

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Locker

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Laundry

Safe-deposit box

Luggage storage

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Common kitchen

Restaurant

Packed Lunches

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Car rental

Transfer

Spanish

German

English

Italian

French

Polish

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Sauna

Beauty and wellness

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Ski storage

Skiing

Winter sports

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

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Akureyri Airport

Akureyri Backpackers

Akureyri

If you need to talk to the manager Apolonia will tell you that "we are not allowed to give out our manager's contact information" so he doesn't know how his/her staff handle customer care.
We will not persevere

Beware of Apolonia!!

We were 7 people so tried a few things.
Place ok:ish.
Dinner was ok:ish too, but only 1 guy was friendly, 3 female staff really rude, looked burntout. Would not go back again, and recommend to eat at Taste instead, the food was much better amd the staff really friendly.

Ok:ish place with rude staff.

Unfriendly staff, rooms were not yet clean when we arrived at 6pm. Even at 8pm our rooms were dirty and there was blood at our sheets. There was no kitchen at all, only one microwave and a water boiler that’s broken. Terrible expierence.

Horrible

Most rude staff that I ever met. Super arrogant to their guests. We arrived at 18h, 2 of our rooms were not cleaned yet, they didn’t tell us so we had to go inform them. Reception is total chaos. I needed to wait an hour to pay for our stay. On booking you see a kitchen, there is only a microwave, no hot plates or other kitchen utensils.

Rude staff.

Nice location in Akureyri main street. 
This place provides each guest the key tags to entering the room.
The washrooms are spacious and clean. 
There are restaurants on the first floor and the breakfast are charged per person.

The beds are not in very good shapes however. All the guards in our rooms are broken, the metal pieces are broken. Feels very unsafe to be hold on and to sleep on the top bunk especially for kids. 

Good location,  dated room and bed 

We stumbled across this gem whilst looking for a place to eat. We thought we would just get a drink and make use of the WiFi and do some research on the restaurants in the area. Luckily it was happy hour and the price of drinks was very reasonable (as you may know Iceland  can be very expensive).  Whilst browsing I noticed the menus and the food looked great (and well priced) so we decided to settle in and eat here. When the food came it didn't disappoint. Great quality and not what you'd expect from a hostel. Staff were very friendly and it had a cosy laid-back vibe, would definitely recommend. 

Hostel with great food 

Very friendly staff, tasty food, comfortable beds, sauna (free) very nice place to get to know new people. Also possible to do laundry here. For a hostel, they offer alot of services and are eager to give you tips about where to go and see the amazing northern lights. 

Very happy with my stay here.

Super hostel!

We didn't stay here,  only ate but the hostel looked good to (could only see the kitchen and the bathroom was clean).
Anyway, the food was awesome. Supposedly the arctic char was fabulous (I wouldn't know, I'm allergic) and while the burger was very good I watched another friend eat the chicken burger and I totally should have gone for that instead. And the fries (actually potato wedges) are excellent and served with some excellent garlic sauce dip. Yum yum.

Food only - no stay

I want to rate this place with 6th ⭐️! 
This place deserves it! We are cycle tourers, being on the road for 6 months now, through Europe. We needed a day off from the bikes and pick this location as our budget would certainly not allow anything else. So our expectation where nowhere but to be out of the tent. That place is immaculately clean. Everywhere. The staff is very accommodating and offered us a good secured place for our bikes. They have a restaurant /bar on the street floor, very cozy and with excellent food for reasonable price. So good that even locals are seen around. We had a twin room on the top floor and it was so quiet that we slept in. We were there in early September, the peak season is over, so the kitchen facilities were fully accessible. It may be a little bit more difficult if the hostel is fully booked with only one stove and one sink, though. But otherwise plenty of ustensiles/plates/pots and a big table to share your meal with other guests. Bathrooms and showers in early morning and mid afternoon were impeccable!. They must clean more than once/day. A definitely excellent place to take a break from the road or to use as a base camp to explore around.

A very good surprise!

Was due to stay here for a couple of nights. First impression was good. Friendly staff and decent facilities. The main problem was the noise. We were right I. The street which is very noisy but even worse, there was live music on in the bar directly underneath were we checked in. I assume this is part of the hostel but it was just very load and very hot. We didn’t stay the next night but decided to camp instead.

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