Hotel Geysir is absolutely our type of hotel: beautiful design features and Scandinavian style paired with THE most comfortable mattresses.
The two rooms we had were almost identical – ours with a king sized and the children’s with two twins; their’s with a walk-in shower, ours with a shower over a bath. I think the secret to the comfy beds might be the squishy topper on top of memory foam.
The children particularly liked the motion activated lights in the corridors; Keith wanted to see the plant room as all their power is generated from the geothermal source underneath the hotel!
The restaurant has big windows that allow you to see the geysirs while you are eating (albeit from a distance) and the area is spacious and airy. The lighting makes it tricky to see what you are eating, but a slight tilting of the head is all that is required to reveal your food.
The restaurant at Hotel Geysir was amazing. We had a Romanian waitress (Maria) who was very friendly and clearly thought looking at a paper map over dinner was quaint! Choosing a tasting starter seemed sensible in our first Icelandic restaurant and it turned out to be an excellent choice. Everything we chose was delicious and we ate every scrap.
The reception area is reminiscent of a ski hotel we stayed in Norway with a feature wall of plants and books that I would like to take home and plenty of comfortable looking seats. Danny liked the floating fire (attached by its chimney to the roof) in the bar, but sadly it was not lit.