Hofn has several small hotels as well as restaruants. The Edda Hotel is a school except int he summer whenit is converted into a travelers hotel. We found the room we had to be very large with a large panoramic view of the front entrance, which was somewhat of a detraction for two reasons. Firstly as guests come and go they can see right into the room unless you draw the curtains. Secondly, the midnight sun of June keeps the room bright as the curtains are opaque not dark. Upon check-in the clerk at the front desk was courteous and somehat helpful describing the breakfast room for the morning, but she neglected to tell us there was a full service restaurant for dinner. We checked out the other restaurants in town, a few kilometres away and as we were leaving to have dinner elsewhere we noticed a bus load of French tourists going to the cafeteria. We inquired and were abruptly told, that yes there is a restaurant and could eat there if we wished. Rather than go out, we ate in. Both dinner and breakfast were sumptious and filling. We had our own bottle of wine for dinner also. Cost for both meals was 13,600. As with all Edda Hotels the bedding is Scandanavian style, clean, fresh and comfortable. The room was immaculate. The only draw back is the shared experience of washrooms and showers. With a bus load of other travelers to compete with, some of the rooms got pretty messed-up during rush hour. Since this was the only hotel of this kind of our nine day trip we decided to rough it out until our next night on the road. This hotel is a difference experience for everyone else we're sure.

Ok ICELAND.. on the east coast of ICELAND outside the city of Hofen.. There is not much out here. This hotel is a pre-fab building (like most in the country side of Iceland) wonderful views, nice rooms for the money, good location for a night stop for my car trip around Iceland. We booked a 2 bed room with shared showers, and baths. We had a snick in the room. The shower room was clean, and I'm a picky person, and I was ok with it. I would call this ruffing it for me ;)
The room was a nice size, and basic. There is no TV not that I care. The hotel is right off the main road around Iceland, so if you are driving around there is a chain of these hotels around Iceland. The room was under $110 for 2 people booked 2 nights before hand. The staff (mother and young daughter) were very nice.. There is a restaurant in the hotel for dinner it was a buffet so i drove the 10 min to "downtown" Hofen, there is restaurants there.. There was also a breakfast buffet, for a fee... I did not do this.. Over all, I was happy.. It was basic, but clean and worked for one night!

Stayed here for 1 night on our recent 2 week trip around Iceland, a family of 4 with teenagers. Booked 2 twin room with shared facilities in this typical Edda Simmer Hotel housed in High School Accommodation. Situated on the Highway 1 some 3 k.m. north of Hofn it offers great views of the Glaciers from the north facing rooms and the restaurant area. Rooms are spacy and clean, but as usual in this accomodation are placed down echoey corridors. This was a smaller Edda than some of the others we stayed in, and was full indicated by the number of people being turned away.

Typical Icelandtc Buffet breakfast served in the restaurant area at extra cost. This was the smallest Edda restaurant we encountered and was extremly busy as the one coach party chose to eat together. AS with other Edda Evening meal menu's out teenagers would touch what was available, and we passed on the small N1 grill opposite and ate in one of the several restuarants and inns in Hofn. Hofn is well equiped with several supermarkets, banks and shops being a principal town.

We were extremely lucky with the weather at this point of our tour around iceland with great warm and clear sunny days for the travel down from Ejilissadir via the wounderful East Fjords (great gravel road experience!), on onwards pass the galciers and Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon. So we were in a good mood after experiencing the worst of Iceland weather several days before (Highs of 7C, driving northr wind and rain).