El Portal Motel

Comfortable bed, very clean room & bathroom, great Wi-Fi, quiet. A/C & heat worked fine. Friendly staff. Loved seeing the wild donkeys up the street during the day. Good location; we were there for the arts festival in Rhyolite. Highly recommend!

i dont get these reviews....I'm pretty sure that we maybe slept 2 hours on our night there. We had a pet and got a room next to the office, the room was from an Alfred Hitchcock movie....the carpet in there was so disgusting and crusty we slept with our socks on. We risked being smelly over taking a shower....horrible, horrible horrible

Very dated rooms, ok, but the main complaint, as other have said, I was charged twice. I went back to the office and told him this. He said it was only once. I showed him my statement from banking app showing 2 payments Was told one would be returned. Still waiting. Beware.

I stayed in the old building built originally as a garage in 1939. It was remodeled in 1950 to have guest rooms. It is built of plywood rather than drywall since drywall was too heavy and fragile to make the trip to this remote location. The room was quirky but adequate and was an example of what touring was like for our grandparents. There is no electric outlet in the bathroom: there were no ground fault interrupters. There are a couple of windows that open and allow the cool air in. I was impressed by the upgrade to heat pump systems for each room for heating and cooling. These are quiet, powerful, and energy efficient. It requires a little patience to figure out the functions on the remote. The unit responds slowly, so it's easy to think it is not working.

Needed a place to stop after a long drive… called and booked while we were about an hour away. Super friendly guy booked us, and since it was going to be late, he out our key in the room and turned on the heat so it was toasty when we got there. We slept great, cozy beds, clean room, hot showers. Couldn’t be happier. Sorry I didn’t get the guys name, but THANK YOU for the good night sleep!

The El Portal Motel in Beatty is a great place to stay when visiting nearby Death Valley National Park, the eastern entrance only being about 10 miles away. Quite a few travelers appear to make this their base either going to or coming from Death Valley. The El Portal is your old school mom and pop motel likely dating back to the 1960s or early 1970s. It's a relatively small establishment having maybe 20 - 25 rooms. My wife and I stayed here for one night in August 2023 while on vacation and on our way to visit Death Valley National Park the next day. It's a very well-kept motel. It has a swimming pool in the back and an awesome old-style motel sign out front that is lit up after dark. Great for some excellent photos. The experience here harkens back to the classic days of road travel across the desert back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The rooms are retro, but spacious and well kept. The facilities (shower, sink, toilet) were all in good shape and functioned well. The air conditioner kept the room nice and cool all night long. Check-in was easy and friendly. The price was also reasonable for this little town being the gateway to Death Valley. Oh, and there is a nice little motel kitty named Mittens you'll likely meet when either checking in at the front office or somewhere around the property during your stay. She is really sweet and enjoys being petted. Beatty also features a number of stray burros that roam the streets, some of which are friendly. For eats, Beatty has a Subway, Denny's and a couple of other local dining establishments. All in all, a good stopover through the barren desert of southeast Nevada. Nothing fancy - just good, simple and clean accommodations that won't break the bank. We would certainly stay here again should we find ourselves in this area in the future.