Iða Zimsen — Restaurant in Reykjavik

It's one of the nicest cafeterias in Reykjavik. Probably not fancy as Babalù but equally cozy, warm and welcoming. During my periodical vacations in the capital I spent every day some time in there. Ideal for having a chat with friends, read a book or carry on some work with my laptop. Like the majority of places in Iceland it is quite expensive. On some items I think they could adjust a little the prices. Almost five euros for a cookie is frankly too much even for Iceland. Another suggestion I would give to the owners is not to have so direct lights. When it's dark in winter and those lights are on the atmosphere looses part...

We stopped here expecting it to be more of a bookshop but in fact it's mostly a cafe with books and gifts. We nabbed some comfy chairs by a window which was perfect for watching the snow outside! The carrot cake was great as was the coffee. Quite quiet inside with most people working on laptops, so we felt like we couldn't really chat but it was a nice moment of calm during our busy trip. Good free newspaper the Grapevine which was in English and very interesting with information on Reykjavik and a great interview with the new...

Excellent, pretty large cafe/bookstore. Yes, it does double duty with booze in the evening, but the bookstore vibe helps a lot with that. Lots of tables and comfy chairs. Several outlets, openly posted free wifi password. Oldies at reasonable volume on the radio. High quality bagged teas. Chai is from syrup, which I didn't try, but they happily did one London Fog style with pretty good bagged chai tea. Nice variety of pastries and chocolate, though my carrot cake was a little stale. But it's the atmosphere that gets...