Bishop Elms Motel

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

We stayed here last night and we liked our room. It’s an older hotel but clean, the price was right compared to others in the area. The continental breakfast simple but good. The location is good. Would recommend.

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 can’t even rate this place. Black mold in the rooms, had to shower with socks on, dead bugs in the room. Never again.

Stayed here for a night — very happy. Clean, comfortable and the beds were great. Not the Westin but hey, not the Westin prices either. Good free wireless, off the main road near Bishop Park, very quiet and safe.

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 unusable for me (glad I had brought some of my own). Seemed to be a mixture of very stinky perfume and chalk.
5. Coffee maker was filthy.
6. The two pillows on the bed were not at all comfortable.
7. They kept turning off the A/​C during the day which didn’t help with the smell. I’d be extremely upset with this if they did it in summer as the unit was big enough for the room size.
8. Housekeeping was inconsistent and missed at least one thing every day.

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 great restaurants in Bishop.
I don’t know if this has anything to do with this review, but this motel is located on a street that has beautiful, tall, and old trees that sway and sound so beautiful in the wind.
I will keep coming back every year.

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. $

This place is cheap for a reason. I’ve been here for an hour and already regret it. As soon as I walked in I noticed the room smelled terrible. I only had two towels in my bathroom and I wanted another. I walked to the front desk and nicely asked for an additional towel and the owner threw a fit. He basically yelled at me and rudely gave me a towel. It wasn’t even worth the hassle because the towels are tiny and thin. When I decided to take a shower it felt like I needed to wear sandals in there to keep myself from catching a fungal infection. I probably should’ve worn sandals because I noticed that the walls and tile were CAKED IN MOLD. That was absolutely disgusting. The ice machine has a five minute wait after every use and when I went to get ice there wasn’t even any. The rooms are tiny and the bed is uncomfortable, but that is the least of my worries. Save your money and go elsewhere.

I really like this place.
Clean
Quiet
Walking distance to restaurants and shopping.
Good price
Next to a park but there is a fence between the property and park. This may be good or bad depending. :)
I would definitely stay here again.

Good price, clean, friendly.

Great price, nice clean rooms, fast internet, and friendly staff.
They only lost a star for the very bare bones breakfast (seriously a bare minimum)
Don’t expect perfection but for the price it is a great place to stay in bishop. (I paid $ 52 after tax on a weekday)

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 wish they didn’t include it. I know «continental breakfast» means «barely any food: cereal, toast, egg and maybe some fruit», but in Elms it is cereal, toast… and that’s it! We didn’t even waste our time there and went out for breakfast
— «free wifi» is so slow that you are better off using your cell phone data connection
— $ 95 for a double room…
So overall, this is a pretty sad place. That said, if you’re looking for lodging during high season, you probably realized already that there’s not much to choose from, and it’s all expensive…

This is a great little gem in Bishop. I came off a week-​long backpacking trip, and decided to stay an extra night in Bishop rather than drive home. It’s one block off the main drag near a quiet neighborhood, so much less traffic noise than the rooms I had a week earlier at one of the cheap chain motels. Old-​school, but very clean, small cottage-​like buildings with a couple units in each one, so there’s little noise. The owners are a very nice family, and they truly show pride in their small operation.
The room was under $ 80 for two queen beds, quick and simple. I think it’s about the nest deal in town. The best part — there’s no phone in the room! Exactly what a vacation hide-​out should be.
This will be my first choice in Bishop for base-​camp before hiking and climbing trips…

Stopped here on the way to Burning Man, looking for a bed to sleep in for a few hours. Very basic, no frills type of place. Super cheap and very accommodating of our 4am arrival. We were even offered a late check out due to our early morning arrival time.
Everything is clean, albeit a bit out of date… but they offer free wifi!

Clean, decent. No fridge, no microwave in room. Ice machine will only dispense ice once every 5 minutes… so if someone else is in front of you… wait. If you need more ice for your cooler (because you don’t have a fridge in your room)…wait 5 minutes. Probably won’t stay here again because it lacks the above amenities. Does have wifi, fish cleaning station, freezer.

Probably not quite worth the 5 stars, but for the price it’s as good as it gets. I’ve found it to be about the cheapest place in Bishop, yet it’s very clean and quiet. Walls are made of concrete so there’s no noise creeping through from the room next to you.
Rooms are very small as are the bathrooms.

I wish I had passed this creepy place up! The room was smelly and the lobby had a foul smell. The couple who ran the front desk was anything but friendly. The TV was old and the bathroom had mold in the shower, over priced rooms.

So what brings you to Bishop? Fishing? Need a clean room, warm bed, no frills and cheap? This is your place.
Did I cover all bases? Warm bed, no frills, cheap… yep got it all.
Great for what it is.