KEX Hostel and Hotel

Pretty spacious rooms, weird vibe with all the creepy clown photos and dozens of random painting (even in your room). Also extremely limited lighting in the room.

It was really quiet , central, very clean, right on the Harbour and very walkable to central downtown area

Great place to stay! Rooms were clean and shared bathroom was clean and spacious. There is parking out front for P3 so you can leave your car and have peace of mind. They also offer cooking utensils in the common kitchen area!

I enjoyed everything about my stay here except that a few of the staff members were very unfriendly and unwelcoming to us. This alone would make me not stay here again but the facilities are nice and clean and the beds very comfortable.

Great value for money stay. It's a hostel so keep hostel stands. The location is great, walking distance to everything. Staff is very helpful and supportive. The check in process is very smooth and accommodating. I had a very nice experience. However the lack of upgrades to the kitchen and washrooms was a bit of a downer. Also there were a lot of shared showers with no privacy, which is surprising and uncomfortable for non Icelandic people.

Showers and toilets are great, staff are friendly and helpful. Room was fine (booked a large dorm and was upgraded to smaller). Kitchen was ok, a bit messy but nothing unhygienic. Biggest complaint would be that the room door doesn’t close on its own, and my roommates left it open every time they left, so my belongings were vulnerable. The lockers are also very tall and skinny. I could barely fit my backpack in, and I had to empty it first. But overall a good hostel!

The bathrooms on the 4th floor were perpetually out of toilet paper and paper towels.

Eveything was amazing. Thanks to all staffs.

It was a great location, walking distance from a lot of the bus tour pickups and food spots. The decor is super cute as well! We went during off season so not that many people, but overall it gets the job done.

The beds were uncomfortable, the showers and toilets were dirty. It was a very old building. The only good thing was the location.

​"The house always wins" at a premium price. ​You pay top dollar here for poor management. When my door broke, staff left it wide open, completely exposing my luggage. The next day, they threw my toiletries in the trash for being out of my locker for under 20 hours. When I complained, they just blamed being "understaffed", fixed the band-aid ,without offering a proper compensation. The frontline staff try, but management makes this an insecure and highly frustrating place to stay.

The hostel is absolutely stunning, it’s an artwork on it’s own, whoever designed an interior is a genius. Highly recommend!

Second stay here - love this place. Very hip vibe and great location. Only downside is the construction next door - they started at 5 am this morning. With the window closed it was ok though. Bathrooms kept very clean and if you don’t want to relive middle school PE class they gave private ones as well - although it’s Iceland so you might as well get used to it if you want to visit the pools and hot springs.

Das Hostel hat eine gute Lage. Die Ausstattung ist leider etwas bescheiden: Im gemischten Vierer-Zimmer waren es Betten mit Metallgestell - jede Bewegung erzeugt also Lärm. Die Vorgänge bzw. Matten geben auch wenig Privatsphäre. Nicht ganz verstehe ich, wieso auch Metallablagen benutzt werden, die ihrerseits viel Lärm machen. Davon abgesehen gibt es Badezimmer mit Einzelduschen, sonst Gruppenduschen ohne Vorhänge. Das Frühstück mit knapp ~ 19€ ist zu teuer und nicht empfehlenswert.

Los camareros un encanto. Me encantó el trato. 🫶🏻

Loved the location really close to the main street in Reykjavík, and really easy to walk more places. Had a cool, funky look to the place and Great staff there. the 42-bed rooms were surprisingly good when you consider their volume. Great beds/storage and well planned out. Kitchen pretty basic and got messy at times (due to guests) but always cleaned next day, and did the job. Same as bathrooms.

The ambiance was fantastic, KEX curates great opportunities to meet people in shared spaces. I ended up spending a lot of time with my dorm mates and making plenty of friends during my stay. The staff are all very kind, quick to converse and give local insight and recommendations. Pana was my favorite :). He was so helpful and honestly just fun to hang around when sitting at the bar.

As good as it can get for a hostel, great staff, great location and great atmosphere, the rooms were comfortable although perhaps all the beds could do with a privacy curtain not just the bottom ones ( just a recommendation ) Other than that I throughly enjoyed my stay, met some great people and would definitely come back!

Amazing! Loved it, was a great place to just stop and rest

Pana ,a very nice staff.It’s really good hostel because all warm!