I had lunch at Idila today, I ordered lamb prepared in peka with potatoes and sopska salad. This restaurant is a great authentic balkan experience with great old school waiters and food preparation. I recommend it to everyone.
Idila Plus it is a good option if you want to stay in the area and not in a very small village like there are many in the surrounding. It is quite even though it is on a cross. The rooms are basic but warm and welcoming. The staff was always very friendly to us and helped us looking after our child while we were having the breakfast. We had also a dinner in the restaurant. The food was tasty and in very big portions. We enjoyed the local cousin very much. The prices for the room and the restaurant are very good. The overall value/price rating it is very high.
Hello,||||1/ If you are blown by the wind in this corner of Serbia and have no choice but to overnight in Backa Palanka, you have three choices - two of which will land you in Idila guesthouse ( i dare not to call this property a HOTEL).||||2/ Idila is a small town guest house comprises in itself two outlets - Idila ( red building) and Idila Plus ( green one), both properties are converted shop-houses with some rooms in the attic and a dining area on the ground floor.||||3/ The rooms are cavernous closets, some 10-12 sq. meters at most. Some have in-suite bathrooms, some don`t. Two cots, a rabbit ears TV, two wooden chairs tucked in the corner, AC. Bathroom is surprisingly clean enough.||||4/ Restaurant area on the ground floor is of decent size, especially compared with the rooms upstairs. They serve * home-made* Serbian style food that i can describe as * everything on one plate*, but it`s edible and even tasty. Only bottled beer.||||5/ They supposed to have free wifi that works OCCASIONALLY and signal quality is really terrible. No toiletries, no other facilities and amenities. No safe-box - neither in the room , nor on the reception ( the reception is actually a bar stand - do not be confused).||||6/ The area outside is typical countryside town landscape with stray dogs, rusty signboards, gypsy etc.||||7/ Will i stay there again???? No..... Will i recommend it to my friend??? No..... there is a hotel Fontana in the town that has a RESEMBLANCE to a hotel. Better stay there.
We are on a two month bicycle trip when we came through town. We ended up here after our airbnb cancelled at the last minute. I didn't know what to expect because the reviews were mixed -- but it turned out great! We had a large, clean room with AIR CONDITIONING! What a treat! Breakfast exceeded our expectations-- we had omelettes with bacon and a basket of the best bread we've had since France. I would stay at the Iditarod Plus again and and easily recommend it to others.
I stayed with a friend for one night, the room was quite plain, two wooden beds, it was December, we checked in late, and the receptionist was not pleased at all. We entered the room only to find out that the heating had already been turned off, so we slept in a cold room, we froze to death. The bathroom shower had a hideous piece of plastic covering on the bottom, it was squishy and did not look clean. No toiletries, nothing. The only decent thing about the place is food. I do not recommend staying the night there.
Old-fashioned restaurant. Abundant portions of food. Not expensive at all. I was just in the lower part of the hotel where is the restaurant. Really fast service. Great choice of beer. The hotel/restaurant is in five minutes walk of center.
