Copenhagen Island Hotel

Really nice hotel overlooking the bay — you can see small boats to rent from your room. Room are super clean and spacious, comfy duvet, HD TV and big bathtub (ideal to take a warm bath after strolling in the town).
It’s a bit «far away» from the city centre (count 15−20min to walk) but super close to trendy meat district with all its fancy/​cool restaurants.
Avoid the breakfast though, a big buffet a bit overprice for its quality (at least there’s a nice view from the restaurant)
They also rent bike — a must if you want to visit the city (except in freezing winter — my hands got so cold I couldn’t hold the handles anymore; luckily they gave us the bikes for free that day)

This is a great hotel for the money. Small
rooms but nicely designed. Quiet. Good location.

Wirklich ok — angenehme Räume, nicht zu klein und schön hell. Nettes Personal und vernünftige Lage. Gemessen an den üblichen Kopenhagener Preisen ein wirklich preiswertes Vergnügen. Ohne Einschränkung zu empfehlen!

I have nothing to compare it to but no complaints so I’d give it 4 stars as a 3 star hotel. Last minute 3-​day trip booked to Copenhagen from Hamburg.
4 stars rated of ~870 reviews on TripAdvisor.
4.2 stars out of 1873 reviews on
Our decent rate was found on
for $ 190/​night including taxes.
About a 20 minute walk from train station.
Rooms are 205 square feet with a comfortable bed. Modern decorations. No frills bathroom. Complimentary wi-​fi.
Restaurant menu is actually very reasonably priced for Denmark standards though we didn’t try the food.
Only ~10−15 minute walk to ‘meatpacking district’ with the hip restaurants e.g. Fiskebaren where we had dinner our first night.

Everything about our stay here was fabulous. The staff went above and beyond with every interaction we had with them, the food was delicious, and the room was lovely. I especially appreciated the complimentary WiFi.

Stayed here for a mixed business /​vacation stay. The hotel is at Kalvebod Brygge, so the water front rooms have a great view. The hotel is next to Fisketorvet (the old fish auction) and close to the «meat city» (koedbyen). Great solution. The rooms are not very large, but has great AV facilities and the bathrooms are modern and well maintained. The rooms are quiet. The beds are comfortable.
The front desk is friendly. The entrance to the hotel is one flight up, so you have to carry your luggage up one flight of stairs. Be prepared.
Tried the restaurant. The lunch is good even if the selection is not very large. The dinner menu is also relatively minimalistic. We had two bottles of wine that were too old. Ended up with single glasses of wine. An OK wine list. The food (duck) was of mediocre quality. Got the impression that the food was heated (poorly). Paying premium prices for re-​heated food is a bit much. Love the rooms and the service, but I would go elsewhere for food.

First time staying at this hotel in Copenhagen. Located on the harbor in the meat district, this hotel was reminiscent of a cruise ship from the narrow hallways to the space efficient rooms. Only thing missing is the roll of the ship. We stayed during the week which was relatively quiet. We had a lot of luggage and to use the handicap lift to get up the short flight of stairs as there was no elevator to the lobby.
Check-​in was short and we were soon situated in our hotel room. We had a lovely view of the harbor but the offices buildings were somewhat distracting. There were double doors that opened for fresh air purposes only; we didn’t have a balcony.
The beds were comfortable enough and the lighting was somewhat dim. Besides the desk, the was an somewhat uncomfortable chair to sit in. Internet is free (yeah!) but slow (boo!). The bathroom was spacious with a deep soaking tub. Forgot to pick up a bath bomb! ;-(.
Breakfast was included and it was a typical Danish breakfast with hot selections of eggs, sausages and bacon. Espresso drinks were an additional cost.
We ate at the restaurant the first night. The clean, modern décor was reminiscent of the 60’s era. Food was delicious, however beware when your food comes drench in sauce. We had the smoked duck breast and it had seen better days. I was wondering why the party next to us was waiting so long for their food. Well, the answer is they had a much fresher duck breast. We did have to send back two bottles of red wine and eventually settled on glasses. Dessert was delicious. Despite the duck breast and wine fiasco, we had an enjoyable meal. It must have been the calming view of the night harbor.
The hotel is right next to a cinema and shopping mall, so if you didn’t want to make the 10 – 15 minute walk to the shopping area in the heart of Copenhagen, your covered.
We would stay here again, it was certainly much less expensive then where we usual stay when we are in Copenhagen.

I suppose it all boils down to what your expectations are.
If you travel in a group this is a great hotel.
If you travel as an individual you will soon feel, lonely, negIected and trampled on by the hordes of fellow guests
Our room had SENSATIONAL views over the water and harbour complex. The sky and the changing light was spectacular.
Apart from that I wish to forget as soon as possible, that I ever went to the Copenhagen Island Hotel. A case study example of how to ruin a potentially fabulous hotel, by neglecting attention to details.
A can of Coke had been spilled in the Hotel lift and the following guests were sticking to the floor by the soles of their feet.
The very modern, tall glass reception area was dominated by the howling, Scandinavian winds, evoking a building site, not a comfortable hotel. The queues at the front desk were long and moved too slowly.
We gave up waiting for a table at the restaurant, not wanting to inflict further suffering on the well intentioned waiters, totally overwhelmed by the enormity of their job.
They must be either badly under staffed, or poorly trained. Falling over their own two feet, leaving doors open for the kitchen fumes to mingle with the sweaty, Swedish groups, and bumping into other waiting guests.
Our romantic week-​end ended up in the shopping centre opposite the hotel, where we dined at the genuine, factory farmed, Greek Taverna, consoling each other that, if we didn’t survive the food poisoning, we would at least have supported the Greek economy in hard times.
Back at the hotel I was reminded of Malcolm Gladwell’s interesting book «The Tipping Point» where he mentions «The Broken Windows Theory». If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people will conclude that no-​one cares and no-​one is in charge.
This theory applies to hotel management as much as it does to Inner City Street Crime.
I wish you luck. The site of your hotel is fabulous and unique, it deserves some love and attention.