Pensiunea Irina — Hotel in Desești

....searchin' the internet for a "Bed and breakfast" location with authrntic traditional food was unsuccessful. Still, this location was recommended to us and we were agree to try it. |Being Friday night 12pm, we headed to this location and after 10 long hours of driving we arrived at the destinstion.||The Place|Far away from the urban crowdy civilization which surrounds us every day, is a piece of Heaven and i thank to God that this place is here in Romania. The viee is fantastic, pure unaltered and the sound is incredible...just the Mara river ehich is in front of the location, the dog which is the body guard and the grass insects which are travel and spread the stolled polen...in other words, ad much quiet as you never believr to exist in one place. The smell, extraordinary mix of mountain and plants, happyness and joy.||The Owners|The Chef is a true living enciclopedy which can sustain eny discussion and who make you to want more. The chat with this guy is quite amazing and you will want to talkore and more and more.|An incredible man , verey very friendly which you will feel him as a friend, a father, a man that you fell you know him forever dispite the fact that you just met him.|The Chef's wife named Maria, is a true lady which from the first second you will feel her as your i terior peace which you never find it untill now. In very few words, you will be so relaxed, so happy and you will be disconected from your stressfull life, you will forget the daily worries and you will be instantaneous connrcted with the nature.||The Food|As the Chef said, a real Chef is that who know how to grow the plants, the animals, how to prepare them in order to obtain real products without any other unwanted ingredients. So anything is made by hand in their yard , healthy and pure.||Conclusions||If you plan to feel and see a Perfect Equilibrium between human and nature, go there.|I already miss this place. |I already love ot and also tjose people. I'll go back...

EN: The image that the pension offers online has nothing to do with the reality. We booked a double room with private bathroom and we were given an ugly room decorated with brown carpets and curtains and an uncomfortable bed. But the worst is still to come: the room has MOTHS! 4 ugly moths, of which one was dead on the floor and one we had to hunt at 3 am in the morning, because my husband woke up hearing it bang against the window, trying to get out. Next morning we served breakfast (22,5 RON/person), where we offered some home made salami and pastrami which tasted like raw meat. Obviously they served it before it was ripe. And the tomatoes weren't any better either, as the skin was already wrinkled from how old they were. All in all, a bad experience. What surprised us is how is it possible that such a place has such good reviews? The people being nice is not enough to give a place a 5/5.

RO: Deși pozele care circulă pe internet oferă o imagine idilică a pensiunii și a camerelor, experiența noastră a fost contrar opusă a ceea ce ne așteptam. Camera primită era decorată pe bej maroniu, destul de urât, fără nicio decorație tradițională și un pat incomod. Dar ce a fost culmea e că ne-am trezit cu 4 fluturi de molie in cameră!!! A doua zi, la micul dejun (care costă 22,5 RON) ni s-au servit salam și pastramă făcute de ei, dar care erau CRUDE! Aveau gust de carne crudă, și clar au fost service înainte de timp, iar roșiile și gogoșarul aveau pielea încrețită. La cei 115 RON plătiți pe noapte poți găsi cazări mult mai...

My husband and I stayed at Pensiunea Mara for one week the end of April. The location is down a narrow street from the National Highway and very near to the Mara River. The sounds you hear are those of the river and some nearby farm animals. The air was fresh and the sounds relaxing. The rooms are quite comfortable and quiet. Because the weather was so mild, we slept very well with the windows open. Maria and her husband serve excellent, tasty meals. Breakfast always had fresh dairy products: milk, cheeses, and during the spring fresh sheep's milk yogurt, along with homemade breads, excellent fruit preserves, and meats. Lunches and dinners included the best soups I've ever had. Each meal was exceptional and plentiful. The delicious desserts are made by Maria and are pastry shop pretty. Her husband is an accomplished chef who also makes his own aged cheeses. It was a totally magical experience. This is a good base for exploring more of Maramures or from which to take leisurely walks...