Lamb Inn Öngulsstadir

This is a pretty good motel, but it is a little bit tired. Room service opens the windows and lets flies in. Don't let them do room service, or at least tell them not to open the windows. Breakfast OK. Location is nice: outside of town.

This is the most charming B&B we have stayed at in a long time. The owner was most gracious and hosted us for a dinner our first night with another group staying at the inn. It was a wonderful dinner of leg of lamb with veggies and cream cake for dessert. Breakfasts were hearty and the hot tub is amazing with it's own hot spring constantly filling the tub. The inn is on a working sheep farm and in the country with all the charm of farm life. The staff is very accommodating and the experience was very laid back. The amenities themselves were fine, the double beds were comfortable but the showers could use an exhaust fan. We were able to see the Northern Lights from the parking lot making it a fantastic part of the trip. The inn is also very close to the town, airport and Lake My'vatn. It was a perfect home base for us to experience Northern Iceland.

We stayed for one night and had dinner at the restaurant. The accommodations were okay, but we would definitely recommend finding another place for dinner. The website made the restaurant sounds so terrific that we were really looking forward to it (locally sourced foods, award winning lamb dishes) especially since we had enjoyed so many terrific meals in Iceland already. Unfortunately, the award winning lamb dish looked like a cafeteria meal and the peas tasted like they came out of a can. The arctic char was better and was a decent portion. Despite the mediocre food, the prices were similar to those at many of the other finer restaurants we ate at which truly had chef quality meals with interesting arrangements and taste combinations. The waitstaff seemed very disinterested as well. We ordered a bottle of "Italian Red Wine" and received two glasses of wine. When I mentioned it, they brought out a half bottle of a Chilean Cabernet and put it on the table. Not that we are fussy, but the service was just pretty bad for a restaurant of this price range. I don't think that I had another meal in Iceland that I didn't enjoy fully in our entire 10 day stay, but this restaurant is one to avoid unless you don't have another option.