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robin K
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Very nice hotel

4.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 18 Jul 2016via mobile
We stayed for 2 nights and thought it as a clean comfortable hotel. The restaurant was good. The issue we had was there was no orientation to the hotel when we arrived. We only found out about the pool and hot tubs when we were leaving as they are not visible from the hotel -my kids would have enjoyed them.
Date of stay: July 2016
Trip type: Travelled with family
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FridaHansen, General Manager at Hotel Leirubakki, responded to this review
Responded 21 Sept 2016
Hey!
Thank you so much for your wonderful response. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay but I am sorry for that you didn't see the pools.

I hope you'll return to our place in the future! We will be glad to welcome you again :)

All the best,
Fríða, general manager.
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Reviewed 14 July 2016 via mobile

Very basic basic room with not much space. Room had some dirty spots, but overal it was clean. Good shower, with steady flow of hot water, that could be closed so not the whole bathroom was getting wet. The main big +++ was that the room could be made absolutely dark. Dinner was quite good actually, shame the second beer wasn't cold.

Outside pool was intimate and stylish, but full of moss and dangerously slippery. Only internet in the lobby. Upstairs there was a cozy little room for relaxation which worked pretty wel.

Museum was fun and informative. I wouldn't mind if was a bit bigger with the same style and kind of information.

A very basic hotel, that's all to it.

Date of stay: July 2016
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Reviewed 24 June 2016

I booked the Hotel Leirubakki off of Travelocity (I stuck to Gnome-only bookings this trip) and while it was listed in Hella it was more like 30 miles Hella adjacent (LESSON ALERT: always map where your hotel is. Town borders are so large that while you may be “in” a town, you may be 30 miles from the Ring Road.) BUT! Leirubakki was a pleasant surprise. The small room was a big hit with mother and sister (and while I booked a “shared bathroom” we actually ended up with our own bathroom en suite) even though it was 3 single beds and a closet sized bathroom. We were pleasantly surprised to find the beautiful hotel restaurant with it’s stunning view of the volcano Mt. Hekla. Gull (another favorite Icelandic beer) and red wine, and a piece of Hjónabandssaela aka Happy Marriage Cake (think oatmeal rhubarb crumble pie) capped off another perfect day in Iceland. Internet was only available in the lobby or the lounge was one of the only bummers.

Date of stay: June 2016
  • Trip type: Travelled with family
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FridaHansen, Manager at Hotel Leirubakki, responded to this reviewResponded 5 July 2016

Hey!
Thank you so much for your lovely review. I'm sorry that you thought our hotel was closer to Hella - but if you look at Icelandic postal codes; 850, 860, 800 etc. - are postal codes for towns or cities, but 851, 861, 801 are postal codes for farms in the neighbourhood; out of the city.

We're so glad that you enjoyed our facilities, food and refreshments and look forward to welcoming you here again sometime in the future.

On the behalf of Leirubakki team I wish you all the best,
Fríða.

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Reviewed 25 May 2016

Very nice place, great food and the staff was really friendly and helpful.
We arrived on a sunny day and we enjoyed it in one of the three hot tubs they have there.
We will defiantly stay there again some day.

Date of stay: May 2016
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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FridaHansen, Manager at Hotel Leirubakki, responded to this reviewResponded 16 June 2016

Hey!
Thank you so much for your wonderful review. We try to please all of our costumers and that specific day as so many others this time of year the weather did it's best as well :)

On the behalf of Leirubakki family we thank you for visiting and hope to see you again soon.

Best regards
Fríða

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Reviewed 4 April 2016

I stayed there for 3 days in july with a group and this was great.

Family runned and they are always ready to help you and have a great restaurant with great food and service.

The hotel is clean and nice with everybody smiling and hot tub which I enjoed alot after long days

I highly recommend this hotel to everyone

Date of stay: July 2015
  • Trip type: Travelled on business
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FridaHansen, General Manager at Hotel Leirubakki, responded to this reviewResponded 19 April 2016

Hey! Thank you so much for your wonderful review :) We at Leirubakki hope to see you again someday in the future and are looking forward to meeting you again!

All the best,
Fríða

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Reviewed 12 March 2016 via mobile

The hotel is middle of nowhere and especially in winter months there are hardly any people. There was our group and three other people.

We were only people to eat and the medium size restaurant was opened only for us. Food was suprisingly good and the one guy was acting avery staff member.

We got also a hot tube ready and breakfast was also served only for us. It is a amazing experiment especially in winter. You also het familiar what the word "dark" really means in nature.

Date of stay: March 2016
Trip type: Travelled with friends
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FridaHansen, Manager at Hotel Leirubakki, responded to this reviewResponded 16 April 2016

Thank you very much for your nice review! We hope you had a wonderful time in our beautiful country and we are looking forward to seeing you again some other time!

Best regards
Fríða, Leirubakki team.

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