Mountain View Motel Bishop, Bishop

It appears they recently renovated the rooms, or at least the one I was in, so everything was clean. I called them directly and got a price lower than the online price, so that made me even happier. The area is quiet once the traffic dies down in the evening (they are very close to a traffic light, so it was a bit noisy during the Bishop "rush hour"). There is no restaurant, but there are a few in walking and driving distance. My main complaint, which is pretty consistent with all hotels, is that the lighting in the parking area is horribly bright, and even the blackout curtains let a lot of light in. You would think in this day and age, that hotels would have figured out that good lighting design that simply didn't leak into the rooms in the first place, thus making blackout curtains unnecessary, would make for happier, better rested guests. And, if done right, would save tons on electric bills, to boot. That said, Mountain View was no worse than any hotel I've been in over the last several years, so this is hardly a complaint about them.

I only stayed at this motel for one evening, but I thought it was clean and very reasonably priced. It included wireless internet though the bandwidth wasn't spectacular in my room (which was really pretty close to the office). The bed was comfortable and the room was fairly spacious. The bathroom was slightly low quality, if anything bad could be said about the room. They have a pool that was also decent. One issue was the continental breakfast, which was the most sparse I've ever seen - coffee and dry cereal, but no fruit, etc.

It's certainly old, which places it in an old part of town. Old in this case doesn't translate into "rustic" or "charming" but a little run down. However, it did serve our needs, which was a shower and comfortable beds. Regarding the shower, it was certainly small but the water was hot with no fluctuations in temperature or rattling pipes.

We really enjoyed our week in Bishop, especially with the accomadations of The Mountain View Motel. It's very simple, not overgrown in luxury, it's very comfortable after a day of travel and fishing. They keep your room nice and clean. The owners/staff are very gracious. There's a fish cleaning sink and chest freezer for your fish. It was mostly a peaceful, restful night everynight. We will definitely return on our next visits.

We've been staying here for several years while attending Mule Days. We got a room with a kitchenette which brought the price up to approx. $162.00. Sadly, the rooms have gotten really run down (windows won't lock, stained curtains,worn out recliner, horrible!! toilet paper and no TP holder, uncomfortable bed). The AC didn't work well although we were told the problem had been fixed since our last visit. Many utensils needed to cook a meal were not present. We know that all the lodging prices go way up during Mule Days but they usually come down at the end of the event. This time, it was so minimal it wasnt worth staying. The location is great, nice staff and nice little pool. PS-Our beautiful, luxurious room in down town old Salzburg was $180.00

great price! good as a central spotto stay if you plan to see the whole area. Steve in the office was very nice and responded right away if we needed something.