Bishop Elms Motel

Old school motel close to 395 and restaurants. Just needed a room for the night and saved $100 staying here vs the name brands...

A nice and small motel.
It's not fancy by any means, but it doesn't the job of having a clean room to sleep while you're in town.
The staff is nice. It doesn't have all the things that some motels in the area have (pool, fridges) but it is a good place to rest after a long day of fishing.
We'd stay here again.

Stayed here as a jump off point to mammoth the next morning. The hotel was about what I expected. The beds were okay the pillows weren't the nicest. There was a tv with free wifi and parking. I mean when your getting as low a rate as they advertise you aren't going for luxury. They really met all of my needs but didn't go over the top on anything. The rooms had a nice pine smell when I walked in. Everything was very clean and the staff was hospitable. Yeah, good value overall.

Https://youtu.be/aaLMrDTGb7s Hi Fellow Anglers Hope you're enjoying your day so far. Just made this video. Who has stayed at Elms Motel in Bishop California ? Here's a Video of our friends Motel Room on our last Fishing Trip together. Let me know if it brings back memories. I'm so looking forward to going back there again this fall. :)

It's an affordable motel if you happen to have a spontaneous road trip. :).. The front desk personnel is very helpful. If you happen to reserve it for two, their system most likely will have the reservations under the secondary persons name. The rooms are fairly small with your standard queen bed, flat screen tv, ac/ heater (noisy), small restroom with just shower no tub. Perfect for just staying the night and hitting the road.

Harry was great! Professional and kind! Simple room with modern touches and clean, clean, clean! The heater is loud but worked and kept us cozy on a cold winter night. It's the best deal in Bishop!

We paid 176$ for one night (2 full beds). The room does smell bad, The A/C was so loud that we barely slept...Breakfast was choice of bad coffee, orange juice, milk, bread, some muffin and 2 kind of cereals, that's all. Nothing really appealing...The Showers are terrible, we didn't even shower that day...
And All of that for 176$ !!!! It's really a rip off.
The bed was comfy though and it has a nice view and it's kind of cute from outside...This place could be so so much better...
Well, all the hotels in Bishop were full except this one, this mean something, right ?
Not again

Disgusting. Everything is VERY old in these rooms. The shower is made for someone that is probably 4 feet tall and it is not very clean. The toilet was broken, so if you wanted to flush it, you had to reach into the tank that looks like it has never been clean to pull the chain. There was blood or something that looked like blood on the headboard of my bed. There were cockroaches in the bathroom. I didn't sleep at all the night we stayed there. Definitely not worth the $130...

Good basic motel
Well kept, pleasant, affordable. Room clean and comfortable. Staff friendly.

Cottage style rooms with the retro look of the 50's in each. Nothing fancy just a clean place to hang one's hat and be just two blocks off the 395, away from traffic but close enough to walk to restaurants, the visitor's center, and the shops of downtown.

Window A/C and Heat units which can be loud to some but were just fine for us. Linens clean and beds comfortable. Because this is an older motel some of the shower heads are very low which may be a problem for a taller person, but the water pressure was good and towels fine.

Our go to accommodations when visiting the Eastern

I booked a room for a family memorial three months in advance and found out I have a rare disease so we would be unable to make the trip. I called the hotel and spoke to a man with a foreign accent and explained our situation. The minute I said I was calling to cancel as my doctor would not let me travel he got really rude. He said I have no reservation for you and I need the confirmation number. I said it's through booking.com and confirmed. He said what is the number and I said it is free now to cancel and I want you to know I am cancelling. He said lady you have some cables loose and hung

We showed up at 10 PM Saturday night and the office door was locked. We rang the bell and the owner was at the door 10 seconds later. We said sorry for being so late and he said no problem. The room [or should i say mini bungalow) was less than 100 feet away. Great spacious clean room with a flat screen tv and 2 comfortable double beds. For $55 a night, we were beyond satisfied. Way better than the tiny rooms at motel 6 for $70 a night.

Didn't have a great stay here. Heater made noise and the shower is made for little people 4 ft. Tall

This was the only room available in Bishop. It's an old motel but was clean and the AC was cool on a hot summer night. The owner was extremely friendly and breakfast was a bonus. She shuffled some rooms around so that I could park my motorcycle right in front of my room. Each room has numbered parking spots. Thanks.

I have stayed here every time that I've come to Bishop because the owners Harry and Romalia have been incredibly friendly to us throughout the years.

The Elms Motel is nothing flashy. I don't need that when I stay here in Bishop. I need comfortable. That is exactly what I've gotten every time. Their beds are not too hard or soft. Their bathrooms are functional. They have cable, a coffeemaker in every room, free Wi-Fi, a continental breakfast, an outdoor sitting area, and a fish cleaning station.

The Elms Motel backs up against the park next door and is walking distance to many

Just got back from staying four nights at the Elms. I don't mind old and certainly wasn't looking for anything fancy but this place was beyond that.

1. The room smelled bad to make me wonder if I'd be able to sleep.

2. No chair or table. Had to move a night stand and sit on the bed to use my laptop.

3. Shower was very dark and had some mold (is it that hard to clean off mold?). The flow restricter in shower head made it take a long time for the hot water to get there (run the hot in the sink first if you say there) and adjusting the temperature was very difficult.

4. Soap was

Clean friendly and private The Elms is a traditional motor court consisting of nicely arranged cottages backing to the Bishop public park. There's an attractive grassy area with picnic tables. Harry, the boss, is friendly. Terrific value. $

So, before I go into details, let's set some context: it's a motel in a very remote area where lodging is scarce during high climbing season. Anywhere else, this would be a 1-star review.

PROS:

- clean room, looks like it was renovated
- decent beds and linen
- good location
- Teachings of Buddha instead of Bible - kind of cool, just for a change

CONS:

- dark (as in, no light!) shower space with broken showerhead
- stuffy room, only source of air is AC (more on that below)
- deafening loud AC! I mean, really. So noisy you have to speak up to talk over it!
- breakfast so bad that I