This hotel has an upscale urban vibe. The location to shopping, eating, and walking around Reykajavik is excellent. I was initially worried when looking at the map that it would be a bit of a walk to the center of things, but it ended up being a couple of turns around the block and then we popped right onto the hub of the main area. We stayed here at the beginning and end of our trip and both rooms had plenty of room, were completely up to date, and very clean. We were able to park along the side of the building and was offered parking in the garage below, if needed. The breakfast in the morning was one of the best of our entire trip with just about anything you could want- plenty of meat and vegetarian options. In the end, I felt like the cost of the hotel was a bargain compared to what it offered and the other accommodations on our trip. I would definitely stay here again.

We stayed at the Skuggi hotel during our second time to Iceland, as a result of taking advantage of the optional layover when travelling by IcelandAir to America. When we pulled up outside it looked like a typical inner city hotel - a large box like structure. The inside and rooms are minimalistic but clean and stylish. The location is great - just a short walk from the main streets of Reykjavík and less than 10 mins to the nearest pool. The breakfast was one of the best I’ve ever had (scrambled eggs that aren’t rubbery!) and the staff were extremely helpful and attentive. When I go back to Iceland, I would not hesitate to go to the Skyggi hotel again.

My booking at Hotel Skuggi was expensive, possibly the most expensive per night hotel booking I have ever made. But that’s Iceland – everything is relatively expensive, from hotels to bags of sweets.

Regarding location, the hotel is positioned off-centre, but in a good way. It’s close to one end of Reykjavik’s nicest street, good for eating, shopping and promenading.

The hotel tries to get a stylish ‘boutique’ look, but it isn’t convincing. Actually, I think most furnishings in my room came from Ikea, and they had an Ikea weakness that makes them not ideal for hotel room use: low-density particle board / fibreboard with thin laminate, they are easily damaged and show the damage. Most of my furniture looked a bit battered and tired.

My room was not as clean as I expected: there was dust at the backs of shelves, on the clothes rail, and on some other surfaces. That’s a problem with black furniture (all my furnishings were black): it readily shows dust.

I paid extra for a relatively large room with double bed, and yes, the room was relatively big. However, it had strangely little storage space. A short rail for hanging a few clothes, and a black Ikea ‘Kallax’ shelf unit with four small shelves. Frustrating; despite having a fair amount of space, I spent the week being cluttered up by my own stuff because there was nowhere to put it all away. I didn’t want to put anything on the floor because that, being black wood-effect laminate, showed dust too.

Breakfast was adequate, nothing special, but not bad.

In conclusion, Hotel Skuggi was okay, served me adequately for a week, but wasn’t great, and I expected better for the price.