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Skuggi Hotel is a design hotel managed by Keahotels. The hotel features modern rooms and great location in centre of Reykjavík. The main ideology of the design is to convey nature to urban area. Timeless, modest and clear-cut design reflects the style of Skuggi Hotel. The hotel offers 100 room and a stylish lounge and bar.
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Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels garners appreciation for its value, offering free parking and breakfast, with an atmosphere that's both unique and modern, though the chic decor can come across as too dark for some. Nestled in a prime Reykjavik location, the hotel is a stone's throw from city attractions and dining, making it perfect for on-foot explorers. Guests often commend the well-appointed and comfortable rooms, despite some comments about temperature and minimalistic style.
The service at Skuggi Hotel, especially at the front desk and during breakfast, is frequently lauded for its warmth and efficiency. While the hotel's amenities receive high marks, such as the lauded buffet breakfast and overall cleanliness, a few guests note occasional road noise and room lighting issues.
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Affordable
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Meticulous
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Mixed
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Friendly
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Comprehensive
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Nice comfortable hotel in a great location for exploring Reykjavík. Easy to walk anywhere in the centre- a few minutes from the church or Sun Voyager. Great value foodhall just 2 mins walk away and bus station pick points for excursions 1 mins walk. Breakfast in hotel was amazing - lots of choice - can even make your own waffles. Rooms were clean and very comfortable. Water pressure in the shower was a bit low but loads of hot water. Staff were great and very helpful. Would recommend and stay again in this hotel.
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Date of stay: February 2025
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Feb 16, 2025
Dear Arrisrp, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Skuggi Hotel with other travellers. I am very happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back. Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Lovely friendly attentive staff, nothing is too much trouble. Hotel is immaculate and wonderfully comfortable and welcoming. I absolutely would stay again. Great location and super easy to get to. Thank you for a great stay
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Date of stay: December 2023
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Response from Joanna S, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Dec 17, 2023
Dear annac862022, What a wonderful review! It is wonderful to read that you had a great stay with us and our team members were up to the high standars we set up for ourselves. We loved hosting you and can´t wait for you to come back. All the best,
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Second year staying at Skuggi Hotel and the hotel and its staff were beyond accommodating. The room was ready early and we were allowed to check in a little early which was so helpful. The room, although small, contained everything we needed for a relaxing stay. When our flight was cancelled we easily reserved another night's stay with and given an early check in time with no fee added for early check in. Both rooms I stayed in also came with a fan, which I found very helpful as the rooms can tend to be warm in the summertime and the fan cooled the room nicely. I have already booked Skuggi for my next stay in Reykjavik 101 in August the value added with free parking and included breakfast makes this an affordable choice in an expensive market.
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Jul 23, 2024
Dear A1179YHjoea, We thank you for your recent feedback and it’s great to hear that our team impressed you, we really strive to be as helpful as possible in order to deliver a great service that suits each and every guest. I will forward your feedback to our staff! We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward to welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Greatly enjoyed my 5 nights stay at Skuggi Hotel. The front desk employees are friendly and helpful (early check-in was granted to us) Tyvm! The complementary breakfast provided was delicious, provided a variety of pastries and fruits- tyvm to the folks who were fast at cleaning the tables and provided the food for us! The bed and duvets in the room are comfortable, was able to sleep comfortably. Loved the option to use the shower head from above or the removable one in the bathroom. The only downside is no microwave, no mini-fridge in room and the toilet paper holder being poorly designed regarding its placement (my elbow kept knocking it down) and I eventually just removed it to manually roll it. But nonetheless the cons are only small nuances and I’d easily recommend and give this hotel 5 stars! Thanks for having us Skuggi Hotel, much love.
Yours truly, Traveler from NYC- Rickie
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip:Very clean, housekeepers are top notch
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Dec 9, 2024
Dear Traveler from NYC- Rickie, We thank you for your recent feedback and it’s great to hear that our team impressed you, we really strive to be as helpful as possible in order to deliver a great service that suits each and every guest. I will forward your feedback to our staff! We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward to welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Hotel is in a great location, rooms are small & adequate, however the lighting is very dark making it hard to see. Breakfast is reasonable, choices are limited ie just offers boiled egg, they don’t offer a selection of hot breakfast like bacon, sausage etc. selection of tea, coffee is just simple, no latte, cappuccino etc.
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Date of stay: January 2025
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Jan 22, 2025
Dear Usha M, Thank you so much for your comments and thank you for taking the time to write a review, we hope to see you again soon! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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We booked our Iceland holiday through TUI and the TUI representative said she had stayed in this hotel and recommended it so we decided to give it a try. The hotel itself is very modern with a nice reception and bar area. Breakfast was an excellent selection of fresh fruit, pastries, cheese, meats, cereals, you could make your own waffles and proper orange and apple juice. Our only issue with the breakfast was that the porridge was thin and tasteless. We tried it ever day hoping the previous day was a one off but every day it was poor. Only a minor thing though as there was an excellent selection of other things to eat.
The room was very good. It was modern, clean and fairly spacious with everything we needed. I wish European hotels would provide a double duvet on a double bed (or two pushed together as is often the case) rather than two single duvets. We have come across this a few times before and just find it a bit strange. There was a TV in the room with local channels but also had BBC news which was good. The bathroom was clean, spacious and although the shower area was really good, the shower itself was really poor. We thought there might be a problem with it so asked some family members in another room to have a look at theirs and it was the same. We have just got home and can't wait for a decent shower!
In terms of location, it's only about 10 minutes walk from the centre with lots of nice places to eat. Be warned however Reykjavik is a very very expensive place. Some good places to visit are Vitabar for burgers - cheaper than most places and very good value. It's only a small place but nice. Reykjavik Fish Reataurant do some amazing fish and chips served in a bowl. Very tasty. Bai Bite Noodle Restaurant was good. Not badly priced and had a good selection of Chinese, Thai and Japanese food. Finally, go and grab a beer and listen to The Bookstore Band at Hús Máls og Menningar. It's a really cool bar and the band are fantastic. They are on most nights. It's very central as well. You can hire scooters to see the city and they work out about £15 an hour. So all in all we had a really nice weekend and would definitely go back to this hotel if we were to go back.
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Date of stay: January 2025Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Jan 5, 2025
Dear Msgater, Thank you for your feedback about your recent stay with us. I am so happy to read that you enjoyed your time in Reykjavik, and that you got a chance to experience all what we offer to our guests. We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Arrived early but was able to get into a room. Parking on-site was free and easy to access. The room was modern and sleek; included hair dryer and essentials like shampoo and shower gel. Laugavegur street literally 2 minutes walk away, spent the afternoon walking up and down that street looking at shops and restaurants. Returned rental car as well that day and there were no taxis in sight. Called Skuggi front desk and they graciously called a taxi meet us where we were and it was there within 5 minutes. Front desk also reserved a taxi for early the following morning. We purchased postcards and stamps there and they even let me leave the postcards with them to mail. The people at the front desk were very kind and helpful. The breakfast buffet in the morning was great. Had meats, cheeses, fruits, porridge, skyr, fresh fruit, freshly baked breads, jams, spreads, and of course coffee/tea/juices. Would highly recommend!
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Date of stay: September 2024
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Sep 30, 2024
Dear Chrstine Pegnoglou, Thank you for your amazing words towards our staff, I encourage everyone to interact with them as much as possible as they are the ones that can make your stay truly memorable. We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Lovely and clean, great location about 10 min walk to the main church about 5 mins to main streets with restraunts/bars/shops. We hired a car and they had loads of free parking spaces. Breakfast was lovely felt fresh and healthy, didn't have classic hot food like bacon, sausage, eggs etc and was more continental style but still felt full and tasted great. Room was big, design of bathroom was really stylish and beds were comfy. You can choose to get the room cleaned on how many days you prefer. Front desk staff were very welcoming and smiley. Not the hotels fault but we booked through Expedia and you had to pay extra for breakfast we didn't choose to pay this extra fee but then arrived and the breakfast was already complimentary with the room so be careful when booking with third party providers like expedia or booking.com that they don't try and catch you out with this - again not hotels fault!
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Nov 10, 2024
Dear Maddier, What fantastic comments to read, especially your kind words aimed to our staff. I will absolutely pass on your compliments to all our departments. We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Great location, super clean, great breakfast. There was a member of staff in the breakfast room who watched like a gun dog, made sure you didn't take anything with you to eat and there were signs everywhere about it. I find that a bit inappropriate in a hotel of this price range...
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Date of stay: November 2023
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This was our 2nd time in Iceland after initial 2022 trip, and one thing that we had learned to improve is to ensure we give ourselves enough time to enjoy the hotels more, as many of them in Iceland are just amazing and you don't want to leave :) Skuggi was one of those hotels during 2024 trip.
The location is absolutely perfect - literally within couple minutes walking distance to everything Hallgrimskirkja and Laugavegur - everything is right there at your disposal, attractions, food, heart of Reykjavik - yet super close to jump on the highway and escape into the road trip mode :)
The breakfast was great - first place that didn't serve bacon or sausages but instead homemade tuna salad (delic!) and outstanding humus - I am not vegan so it's not like I skipped bacon at other places but I found it so cool that there was something different served at Skuggi and yet so delicious!
Room, yes it was dark as Skuggi apparently means Shadow in English, but we loved the lava/basalt/rock theme throughout the hotel - unique, easy on the eyes and cozy - yes I could have appreciated more light while shaving that one night but then again it was just an instance and otherwise didn't bother us.
Parking lot came super handy - it's a parking garage (located behind the main street, (you want to turn into a small downhill "ramp/street" right before the property - I missed it the first time as it appears a way one street but it's not!) with a limited capacity but we were fine in August - otherwise there is more room outside of the building.
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Response from Eva Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, General Manager at Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels
Responded Sep 2, 2024
Dear Reedmangreg, What a wonderful review that you wrote! Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with the Tripadvisor community. We greatly appreciate it when our guests see what we are trying to achieve, and when we are able to deliver an exceptional experience to our guests. We hope you visit us again soon and we look forward welcoming you back! Best regards, Eva Björg Hotel Manager
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Hello! You can find the price list per item and laundry bags in the room. If you bring us the laundry bag on a weekday before 10:00, then you will have it returned by the afternoon of the same day. Alternatively, our 24-hour reception is always happy to suggest any nearby laundries for your convenience. Please feel welcome to contact us at skuggi@keahotels.is if there is anything further that we can assist you with.
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Yes, there are variety of hot and cold items. The bacon is Canadian Style as I recall and the eggs were scrabbled but you will find this buffet has a great variety of fruit, breads, juices, coffee, meat, cheese, and you can request oatmeal (as my wife did). Items may change but unless you have a vary limited pallet you will enjoy the varied items including pickled herring, yogurt, and more. I don't recall beans per se but there are plenty of protein options on the buffet
Hi Ann L,
European power adapter is what you need.
Adapters are to purchased at the local store next to the hotel in case if you forget to take yours with you.
We look forward to welcoming you at Skuggi hotel.
All the best,
Joanna S.
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PRICE RANGE
$181 - $270 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
IcelandCapital RegionReykjavikMiðborg
NUMBER OF ROOMS
100
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Are there any historical sites close to Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels?
Many travelers enjoy visiting The Einar Jonsson Sculpture Museum (Listasafn Einars Jonssonar) (0.4 miles), Videy Island (2.4 miles), and Cemetery Holavallagardur (1.2 miles).
Yes, it offers wheelchair access, reduced mobility rooms, and facilities for disabled guests. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.
