B14 Hostel
Free-parking 108 Reykjavik hostel, 8.5 rated — €10-under-market dorms and ring-road-ready, 20 min bus to Laugavegur.
B14 is the 108 Reykjavik hostel backpackers with a rental car pick over 101 hostels — free parking, spotless dorms, and €45 beds that cost 15-20% less than Laugavegur equivalents. 8.5 from 552 reviews, with guests flagging cleanliness, self check-in, and staff manager Jackielyn by name. 20 min to Laugavegur by bus, 12 min walk to Laugardalslaug pool.
B14 sits on Fákafen in 108 Reykjavik — a neighbourhood of low-slung commercial blocks and residential streets, 2.5 km east of Hallgrímskirkja and the Laugavegur bar strip. It's the Reykjavik hostel you pick when you have a car, or when you've done the maths and realised you can bus in and out of 101 for €10 a day while saving €15 a night on the bed. The 8.5 rating from 552 reviews is earned on the two things that matter here: cleanliness (9.4) and ease of self check-in (the code-lock system is slicker than most Reykjavik hostels running a 09:00-23:00 reception).
The building is a converted small commercial block with four dormitory floors and a ground-floor common area and kitchen. Dorms are 4, 6 and 8-bed, all with curtained bunks, reading lights, lockers, and clean tiled shared bathrooms (the 9.4 cleanliness score is visible — no sticky floors, no hair in the drains). The kitchen is full-size with two ovens, four hobs, and the full complement of pots and pans. Reviewers describe cooking lamb stews and baking fish here on a regular basis — it matters when Reykjavik restaurant mains average €28.
What you are not here for is the bar-crawl social scene. The walking distance to Laugavegur is 25 min (too far to bar-hop) and the on-site 'bar' is really a corner of the kitchen with a fridge of beer on the honour system. Reviewers flag this but buy the hostel anyway — because the trade is a genuinely quiet sleep, free parking, and €10-a-night savings. Bus 11 from Fákafen hits Laugavegur in 12 min for €5 each way; the last night bus runs weekends until 04:00. The Laugardalslaug geothermal pool is the better local move — 12 min walk, €11, and the hot tubs beat any Laugavegur pub for atmosphere.
- 01Free parking in a city where 101 hostels charge €20-30/day — the savings pay for a Golden Circle tour over a week-long trip
- 02Self check-in 24/7 with code-lock — Flybus arrivals after midnight handled without fuss, one of the only hostels in Reykjavik that does this
- 039.4 cleanliness score — reviewers compare B14 to the Nordic Hostel on this measure, and it's €7 cheaper per dorm bed
- 04Manager Jackielyn is named in review after review — a level of staff continuity and guest-care uncommon at Reykjavik hostel prices
- Free on-site parking — the deciding factor if you're driving the Ring Road, since 101 hostels charge €20-30/day or have no parking at all
- 8.5 from 552 reviews — 9.4 cleanliness, 9.0 staff, with reviewers naming manager Jackielyn by name in review after review
- Twelve-minute walk to Laugardalslaug geothermal pool — the biggest pool in Reykjavik, €11 entry, open until 22:00 most days
- Self check-in 24/7 via code-lock — land at Keflavik at 02:00 and you're in a dorm by 04:30 with no reception fuss
“Nice and peaceful hostel, very clean. Comfy bed with curtain for privacy. It's not exactly in the centre but has parking and a really good bus connection.”
“Spacious, great facilities with a well-equipped kitchen. Nice staff and clean and tidy. Very warm for winter — geothermal heating works beautifully.”
“Nice place, very comfortable with parking spaces. It's easy to do the self check-in — the code arrived by email before landing.”
- Laugardalslaug geothermal pool900 m / 12 min walk
- Bónus supermarket (Fákafen 11)300 m / 4 min walk
- Bus 11 stop (Faxafen)200 m / 3 min walk
- Elliðaárdalur river valley (free fishing)1.4 km / 18 min walk
- Laugavegur main drag2.5 km / 12 min bus
- Hallgrímskirkja2.6 km / 15 min bus
