Ok, I'm surprised the ranking is so low. I was there as part of a tour - it felt a bit like a university dorm in the sense there are so many rooms and so many tour/schoolgroups. It didn't bother me too much though. The food in the cafeteria for breakfast wasn't bad considering I expected worse - range was pretty good, staff were reasonably helpful. Room was ok space - slightly tight for my large suitcase though! Bathroom ok size. Not sure the windows in the room were airtight - I could hear the Icelandic winds outside but it was very cold & windy when we were there....Nothing special in terms of design - but for this price bracket, you can't expect much. It's a basic hotel.
I probably wouldn't' stay here on my own as its location is not that close to the centre of the action in the city - I stayed at the Alda Hotel which is a lot more expensive but has a great location that makes it easy to get around. I think Hotel Cabin is a good 30 min walk from the good stuff in town so keep that in mind.

This is a good travelling hotel. It has nice comfortable and clean rooms. The room we had for two was interesting in that it had three single beds with two of them put together into one bed rather than one double/queen bed. The rooms and washrooms are clean. The breakfast is continental and basic so don't expect anything fancy or lavish. Given that Iceland is quite expensive, I recommend eating as much as you can for the included breakfast before you head out.

We stayed here for a week ,i was worriedkoko based on the reviews here. We stayed in room 611 we really liked it .it was roomy enough had a great view of the water and the subway sandwich shop across the street. We are a married couple but somehow i accidentally got a room with 2 twin beds. But it worked out great i really think that is why the room was not cramped .And as a bonus every night i would look over at my husband and yell "goodnight Ricky" and he would yell back "goodnight Lucy! (That's an old timey TV reference google it.) The bathroom was small the shower was hard to get the hang of water starts out hot and you have to tune it up or down.
The staff was very friendly and helpfull with our dumb questions about transportation,food,postal system. They would schedule busses and such really they were the best.
We loved having free breakfast,although it was a odd combination of stuff do Icelanders really eat like this? I could not imagine that they do. We just were not sure what to with this odd mashup. Cucumbers,tomatoes,boiled eggs,sliced cheese and coldcuts?
At night we would come in and have a drink at the bar.They have a little gift shop which was perfect as at the end of my trip i still needed a couple gifts.
I really really liked this hotel