Name: Heidas Home
Address: Hverfisgata 102 101 Reykjavik,Hverfisgata, Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Reykjavik, 101, Iceland
Rating: 8

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Italian

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Reykjavik Domestic Airport

Keflavik International Airport

Heidas Home

Reykjavik

This place is terrible, we had an awful time with the tenant of the place. We hated it. That’s a place to run away from. She has been really though and really not nice with us, she is not someone you want to deal with mainly for an hostel where you are often looking for a place easy and nice to stay for one or two nights in a road trip.

Horrible place

I would just like to say a massive thank-you  to Heida for accommodating our party of 10 at such short notice , literally the day before our accommodation cancelled on us leaving one of our party utterly devastated, as this trip had been organized for a year. Kelly went to hell and back that morning trying to find alternative accommodation, but thanks to Heida she managed to get most of our party all together on 1 floor, I would highly recommend Heidas home Thankyou once again xx

Birthday celebrations 

This hotel is very convenient and located very closed to downtown central of Reykjavik. The cleanliness and the service are very good. Room amenities are also very good. The staff are friendly and you will easily find those who can speak English.I highly recommend Heida's home and Heida is an awesome host.

lovely place to stay at

For that price really? Unfortunately Heidas Homes is a very old pension with a specific smell, look and feel and not so much the place it seemed to be online. You will be sharing a bathroom and kitchen with complete strangers, so be prepared for loud and smelly cooking and a toilet situation that is out of the control of hotel service. There are however things heidas home could improve on: shower products are not there and only one towel per person (normally there is a small and big one?), sheets and towels are really long overdue to replace and fix the door separating the bedroom entrance from the kitchen, this could reduce noise coming from the shared parts of the house. But due to the general age of the house I guess the noises will be heard anyways.

We were there only one night and changed to residence apartments basically a few minutes away from heidas home - for the same price this is what you get and SHOULD expect: fully private 50qm new modern and extremely well managed appartment FULL PRIVACY with a balcony, kitchen incl. coffee machine, cerreal & milk, perfectly clean EVERYTHING and luxury products in the bathroom, 3 towels per person and a rain shower amongst many other pleasant surprises.

Please do yourselves a huge favor and do your research before booking this place - we were simply misled by the fotos - the reality is a bit different and not the charming traditional place you may be looking for. I normally only give reviews for things that are truly outstanding because I don’t like to give negative rating on anybody‘s business online - but this place really was a big disappointment for me regards to price value equation.

Not for that price - read my recommendation for a better place

On our first visit to Iceland, myself and sister were super excited to find something central in order to explore the city. Initially we were looking for something authentic that provided value for money, comfort and privacy. Aside from the great central location and perhaps the nice neighbors downstairs, this was a complete rip off and shameful to be having a high rating on booking.com and trip advisor. On all levels this place failed, specifically:

1. Misleading title and pictures: there are so many different titles from home center, to guest house to shared room across different search queries as well as the property having competent wrong images of what the property looks like, it was shady, dark, messy and lacked any kind of standards for the hefty price you pay
2. Rude host: we had initially tried to have a civil conversation with the host to communicate the inconsistency of info on booking regarding shared facilities and bathrooms, which actually was not listed initially. She have a very bad attitude towards trying to understand us and worse she allocated some other individuals to handle coming guest who didn’t know how to fully handle our arrival
3. Basics: the basic stuff like shower gel, enough towels were not there. Better yet the place was super tiny and crowded with random broken door handles, randomly placed furniture and extinguishers at front door didn’t leave enough space to move 
4. Smell and privacy: the first thing we smelled entering the house was fried onions and poo smell when we entered the bathroom. What is the biggest failure is the host failed to mention that this is actually a hostel with shared rooms in the same house. There is no real privacy doors and you can hear everything from the next room which both made us and the guests in second room uncomfortable
5. Views: nothing to say but a terrible view of a grungy backyard area of the building - very dull
6. Value for money: do a quick search on booking.com in the same area and I guarantee that you will get better value in every way

I hope the host doesn’t deceive any more guests and makes clear on her info.

Ratchet hostel disguised with fancy title

I booked a room for one night. The bedroom I had was nicely decorated, very clean, had enough space and was quiet (no windows towards the street).
The price is seemed fair to me for local standards (135€/n). The lady who greeted us - Heida I assume - was very discreet (which is something I appreciate).
My only criticism is the bathroom. 1/ they're small and there's only one per floor. With three rooms per floor, I can imagine the bathrooms to be in high demand quickly. When I was there many rooms were empty but I imagine it can become uncomfortable if fully booked. 2/ The bathroom on the first floor will need some refreshing works soon.
Overall a nice place.

Nice place to stay a night

Booked this months in advance and it is what I expected, a professional run operation that’s good but not perfect.

Accomodation in Reykjavik is expensive by world standards however it is what it is. As such these B and B type places are a good alternative.

It’s a house over 3 floors that has beds, tables etc but no en-suite in the rooms. There appears to be a bathroom on each floor. Clean and everything you need.

Bed was comfortable and the shower was hot.

The place is however noisy, unless they do some soundproof work that isn’t going to change. I had a room on the bottom floor facing the street. Noisy especially before 12am when people walk by talking. Lucky I arrived back at 11 and was gone by 7.30.

All in all value for money. Full kitchen if you need it. Perhaps bring earplugs, but apart from that quite nice.

One night in Reykjavik 

We booked Heida's home for 4 days. When we arrived there the Lady informed us that our room is not in the main building ( online picture) but next one. The accomodation for that price is NOT VALUE FOR MONEY! And the view from the window : a disaster! ( see attached pictures). The walls are so thin that you can hear everything from the neighbors.
The location is great; but sure is not VALUE FOR MONEY this accomodation.

Ask twice before you go there!

We stayed in Heida’s home for our anniversary trip to Iceland because we needed a place which comes with a kitchen. The room we stayed in had an attached kitchennete and bathroom. It was pretty well equipped and very cozy. We had a good time. 

Warning- Room is very small. Washroom is tiny enough to accommodate only one person. Bed is also pretty small (queen size)

Good place but tiny

Heidas home eas in the center for everything , loved the location , met heida very accommodating, it was after a house so we had no communal ground to chill out except go straight to our room , small to say the least, def would spend money on better accom next time , she could have put milk in the fridge for our coffee for when we landed ,there was a tiny mirror in the room to get ready 😱 4 rooms upstairs had to share tiny bathroom 😂 price was cheap though compared to others in center location great for young backpackers and it was very warm there thank goodness😉

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