Eleven Deplar Farm - Ólafsfjörður

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Bruce C.

Fantastic visit. The property is fantastic - rooms are great, amenities are amazing, activities available to suit everyone's needs - they were great, and the people were fantastic. There are very few organizations that really get it right when hiring people - this is one. Everyone was genuinely great. Our guides, both times we were here were fantastic, and the bartenders, Robert and Andrew were also great. They really seemed to understand us and help make our visit fantastic - but that could be said for everyone. Food was also really good and well done. Can't wait to go back.|Our only negative was kids - we don't like group dinners/meals (thankfully they accommodated us and gave us a great private meal each night), but I don't want to eat dinner when we're away as a couple with other people's children or other people. Not our thing - but they were great in helping to make it work for us.

Patrick R.

Spectacular setting and unbelievable accommodations. The staff are very attentive and by the end of the trip I felt like a part of the family. The guided activities were fantastic on top of it all!

lorenzo F.

Hola, fue increíble nuestra estadía. Quiero remarcar lo buenas personas y amables que son los barman Matheus y Andre. Y nuestro guía William un genio, lo vamos a extrañar.

K W.

Incredible... very special place to visit. The staff are brilliant, facilities just beautiful. The pool and pool bar, the spa, are unbelievable. Be really careful around the pool, tile is deadly slippery. You have to have a massage and try the viking experience.
They have games available like ping pong and shuffle board. It's a place you can find something to keep you busy. They offer private guides during your stay. We have been there both as a couple joining strangers and as a group, and loved it both times. The guides are so enthusiastic and fun.
2 things I really didn't love, 1. The food this time was not as good as during our last visit. Oct 2022

2nd. I found it really tacky and actually offensive when you have dinner, they try to upsell you to more expensive wines. As wine is included in the pricing, the up selling just makes one feel they are being cheap not going for a "premium " wine. Look hand everyone a wine list instead and say, if you want something that isn't on offer.

I did complain about it the first time I was there , and they didn't seem to take it on board. We were buy-out, this visit, and we actually had ordered premium wines, however, they still tried this tactic on us. Poor form and leaves a bitter taste in one's mouth.

Clare H.

Deplar is certainly a splurge, and so we were a little anxious that it wouldn't be able to live up to our high expectations coming in, but it really blew us away. From the time we were picked up from the airport to when we were dropped back off, we felt completely taken care of and pampered. ||||The property and location are gorgeous. The pool in particular is really spectacular. The rooms with the loft above ended up being perfect for us, and the loft space and second bed were much larger than expected and very cozy. We visited during one of the quietest times of the year, so it almost felt like we had the whole place to ourselves and were just staying at a beautiful family home in the mountains (but one with an amazing chef and bartender and activities). We only had a couple other people staying at the same time so this may not be true of busier seasons, but it felt like you could take advantage of all of the amenities almost on a whim. The day we arrived we decided we wanted to book spa treatments, and they were immediately booked for the next day. We asked the following morning if we could try the 6-course dinner in the wine cellar, and the whole thing was prepared for us that day with included cocktail pairings. Due to the timing of our trip, we had a little trouble with available activities due to weather/ amount of snow, but our guide was awesome and helped us figure out how to make the most of our (too!) short time there. We were already planning our trip back to the Farm on the day we arrived. It's worth the splurge and journey!

Anthony P.

We were greeted at the airport by our personal guide who accompanied us and helped guide us throughout our stay. She was an excellent guide, taking us for coffee at the Botanic Gardens on our arrival, arranging for a helicopter ride to view the volcanoes, taking us on a hike to beautiful waterfalls, arranging a private lunch for us at a small cabin on property, and setting up our spa sessions. She made our trip something wonderful and very special. |The restaurant food service was also outstanding with the staff catering to all special food and drink requests. Meals at the common table were the best as we got so much out of conversations with our fellow world travelers, a great mix of international folks with tales to tell.|This comfortable and beautiful resort was a great surprise and pleasure.

Georg H.

We spent a great couple of days at Deplar. The all inclusive nature and the activity focus work really well with the layout of the lodge and the outposts. Great wellness area with a perfectly designed heated outdoor pool. Nice Bar, great cocktails.||Great music, also a nice vinyl collection you can browse and listen to in the bar. They should manage music better though, if you don’t actively tell them what to play they play one single playlist, that repeats every couple of hours, every single day and wherever you are. We listened to Billy Joels Vienna more than 10 times during our stay (Great song though, it‘s still stuck in my head).||We will definitely be back. ||The area with substantial room for improvement is food and wine:|Food: They could do a better job at asking what type of food your party likes and adjust a bit more. For example some people like a larger lunch and a smaller dinner. Here you only get soup and salad for lunch, if you don’t actively tell them otherwise. In general food was soso: some dishes were delicious while others were bland and uninspiring. Overall not a foodie place. They also made multiple mistakes regarding our stated food preference (chopped lamb sausage in an appetizer, despite a ‚no lamb‘, two times seafood soup for someone who stated ‚no seafood‘ etc.)||Wine: Understandably- given the restrictions in Iceland - The wine pairing with dinner are challenging. The wines are substantially below average, but given that they make great cocktails, it’s not really an issue.||I would also get rid of the ‚reserve pairing’: The question at each dinner if you want the included wine or the additionally charged ‚reserve‘ pairing were just very awkward. Especially given that the reserve wines are also average at best - just get rid of the reserve pairing it’s useless and makes the staff and guest uncomfortable.||If they manage to improve food and wine, this place will be very close to perfection!