El Rancho Motel Bishop Motel - Page 1

El Rancho Motel, Bishop, CA

What a crazy place this is. My GF and I stayed here for a weekend. I was checked in by a guy who was a cross between Dude Lebowski and Ronnie Van Zant.

Briefly,

We were checked into the wrong room

We were charged the wrong price

We had no wireless connection (the sign at the front desk says ?wireless in all rooms!?)

We were given a cable for DSL connection, there was no DSL activity in the room

Another gentleman checking in tried to pay with a Discover card. Dude Van Zant said that they do not take Discover. The customer turned around and pointed to a ?Discover accepted here? sign on the front window. DVZ ran the card and said ?huh, I guess we do.?

There were constant wafts of cigarette smoke drifting past our room

It was common to hear loud heavy metal music coming from the office unit

Other than that, the bed was pretty comfortable.

While some things never change - the El Ranch Motel is not one of them. It has gone from a cute, family run place to a dive. I don't think they have washed a bedspread since Jeff and Linda left. Anyway, it was sad to see and we would not return.

Other motels charge double what the El Rancho charges. This motel is clean, convenient, and has a lot of cable channels. You can park at your door. It is just a few blocks west of US 395 and has a very friendly staff.