iStay Cottages

nice!

Great option when coming on a late flight or leaving on an early one and need to stay close to the airport but still far from city and have a unique experience. Cute, very clean, simple, comfortable and actually spacious, not tiny. Contactless check in is a breeze.

This is a self check-in stay and the communication was abysmal. The property administration never sent us the advance email you typically receive with the check-in details. We arrived at the property and the front door said to 'refer to the email we received' and to 'call this number; in case we needed help, which we were unable to do as we are foreigners and did not have access to a local phone plan while in Iceland. We had to spend over an hour working through ******* who had to call them repeatedly until they finally answered; we know ******* explained our problem to them and they advised how to access our cottage, but we still never heard directly from the property administration after that - no apology or any information about what to expect during our stay. After we finally managed to get into our cottage, we found bugs (dead and alive) all over the place. There was no hand soap in the shared bathrooms, and when we left our own in there for others to use, the cleaner threw it away and still did not refill the soap dispenser. This is a nice-looking cottage on the surface, but we were really disappointed with the lack of attention to detail and the lack of customer service.

Great property, would highly recommend if you have an early morning flight from Keflavik. It’s less than 10 min drive to the airport and there is a gas station in town. Nice little cottages. We stayed in one with two twin beds and access to the shared bathrooms. Beds were super comfortable and the bathrooms were large, modern, and clean. Didn’t use the kitchen ourselves but did see other guests cooking meals in there. Self check-in and check-out was super easy. Google Maps took us to the wrong location (campground next door) but we quickly figured out where we were supposed to go. Only complaint was that the wifi is very spotty inside the cottages. Had to leave the door cracked open to get a good signal, which was less than ideal because it gets quite cold and windy at night.

Very clean facilities including our cabin and bathroom. Despite it being cold and rainy, our cabin was fairly warm. The bed was comfortable. Check in/out process was very smooth. It is very close to the airport and Dollar/Thrift my car rental which was nice for us returning our rental car early in the morning.

I like the cabins, they are nice and well distributed. But pictures are grateful: on the website it looks like you live in the middle of the countryside in isolation, in reality you live up and down a building site. The cabins themselves were nice and modern. However, the corners at the panels were not completely clean. Improvements; there are no shelves or a hanger bar so you can unpack your suitcase. In addition, sockets are missing on both sides of the bed, only one side is equipped with a smart socket-cube. And then there should be a solution so that birds don't build nests on the roof every morning at 6 am. However, I would still recommend iStay. It is at a perfect distance to the airport. Really good opportunities to enjoy the northern lights and we felt safe and comfortable.

I mistakenly missed the email regarding check in procedure so if you book here make sure you check your ******* messages for the check in codes - which can be difficult during travel. This is a great clean little cottage close to the airport on a beautiful lava field. Third time staying and will use again.

We absolutely loved it and would definitely stay again. The reason for 4/5 stars in the area category is that it would’ve been nice to have a catwalk from the parking lot to the cottage. It was rainy a bit while we were there, so walking over the grass/dirt was not ideal.

We stayed one night before an early flight at nearby KEF. The cottage was clean enough. The bed was super comfortable and the wifi was reliable. I loved the towel warmer in the bathroom and the little common room with a kitchen. The area is beautiful and quiet with quick access to the airport. However, the shower never truly become warm which is disappointing in Iceland. Also, I could not access Netflix even though it said it was available, no channels were available either. The surrounding town is SMALL. I ventured out to find food at the one restaurant that was in town, and although it was supposed to be open it was closed. A local said “sometimes it’s open.” We ended up at the gas station which sufficed, but just be prepared, especially if you’re without transportation like I was.