Einarshusid — Restaurant in Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður

Group of three of us were the only guests in the hotel. Our room was a good size and the bathroom was large and very nice. Wifi was excellent. Didn't do anything in town so location was fine with plenty of parking. ||||We only stayed one night and for dinner the owner Benedict cooked us lemon fish. It was similarly pricey to other places, but he brought out a huge skillet for us all to share. I hadn't had that much food for almost two weeks! He had tried to get us to order the fish gills, but though we declined he brought some out for us to try. I asked how much his Einstok beers were, especially one that was much stronger (and more expensive) and he replied for me they were all the same price. 9% gets you when you survive off of gas station hot dogs.||||He gave us the background on the house, which we didn't realize would be a description of how anyone the original owner every loved had died, and included Ben producing the tiny shoe of the owner's son who died of TB. He said they found the shoe in the wall during some construction, and offered up his own interpretation of what that might mean. One of Benedict's mates was staying there while in town from Reykjavik, so after everything was locked up and turned off it was just the four of us in the house.||||Ben's daughter walked over to grab some breakfast in the morning and when my friends commented that his Facebook page lists 'nightly live music', and that we had not in fact heard any live music the night previous, he promptly brought out his guitar and had his daughter sing "Hallelujah" by the recently (at that time) deceased Leonard Cohen. Her beautiful voice made it a heavy moment as our group of three sat alone, in the dining room, eating toast at not yet 9:00 am.||||When we left I had to turn the car around because we realized we had miscounted on our beer report settling the bill. He as surprised to see us back, and said we probably should have just kept going!||||In all an extremely memorable and intimate experience with Benedict. We felt like we were staying with a friend who was taking really...

Basic, affordable accommodations in a charming older house with communal bathrooms. We had a clean room with a view of the fjord. The continental breakfast reflected the Icelandic standard. What set Einarshúsid apart was the cozy, relaxed, fun atmosphere cultivated by an owner who is passionate about entertaining and taking care of his guests. During dinner he took out his guitar and accordion and performed a few songs, inspiring his guests to sing along with some even getting up and performing themselves. We enjoyed the festive, cordial atmosphere very much.||||A word of caution, the rooms are right above the restaurant and given that it is an older house, we heard the noise from downstairs until the restaurant closed. Although the place closed at quite a reasonable hour, people who want to go to sleep at 9:00 PM may do better to just join the party...

Basic, affordable accommodations in a charming older house with communal bathrooms. We had a clean room with a view of the fjord. The continental breakfast reflected the Icelandic standard. What set Einarshúsid apart was the cozy, relaxed, fun atmosphere cultivated by an owner who is passionate about entertaining and taking care of his guests. During dinner he took out his guitar and accordion and performed a few songs, inspiring his guests to sing along with some even getting up and performing themselves. We enjoyed the festive, cordial atmosphere very much.||||A word of caution, the rooms are right above the restaurant and given that it is an older house, we heard the noise from downstairs until the restaurant closed. Although the place closed at quite a reasonable hour, people who want to go to sleep at 9:00 PM may do better to just join the party...