Lee Vining Motel

Old-school, small motel nicely upgraded, located on the main street of Lee Vining- a quiet cute, little (pop. 200) town. Clean but small room, but all I needed. Cable TV and wifi, but no A/C. I was there in late September so the nights were cool. Many nice restaurants and coffee shops walking distance or a short drive away. I had a small view of Mono Lake from my window. I had taken a side trip from Yosemite to see Mono Lake in the morning. This was perfect and not expensive.

My wife and I spent several nights here recently while we hiked Yosemite and saw local sites for our 30th anniversary. This is a very clean motel, our room seemed to have been remodeled recently. Bed was very comfy. towels clean, shower warm and big. lots of plugs to charge cell phones run laptops etc. microwave for snacks, big ice machine, fridge was big enough to keep snacks and drinks for a few days. staff was poilite and check-in was easy. VERY CLOSE to a yosemite main entrance and a very cool ghost town. good local retaurnats were less than 1 min walk away.

The room was clean and equipped with things that you need for a night. We had a room to the back side so we did not hear any noise from the street. Overall it was ok but it was in no relation to the price of 180 USD per night. |Just invest into some show gel dispenser or invest at least a little bit into refurbishing the rooms. It was not that warm that we needed an AC but AC is a no brainer. The whole village seems to be a bit stuck in time since we experienced something similar in a diner next door.

Stayed here the last time we went to yosemite and this most recent time as well. Very friendly owners and accommodating. Location is great only half an hour to mammoth lake convict lake, yosemite. If youre traveling during early October you should still be able to use tioga pass, we were fortunate that just one day of our stay it was closed. Otherwise its a 6 hour drive to loop around and drive to the other yosemite entrance.

Overall excellent stay given the price. We stayed for one night before heading up into Yosemite. Clean room, nicely renovated bathroom with a spacious shower and even a window ac unit. The only thing that was a bit of a bother was that we couldn’t get the door to latch shut no matter how hard we tried. Easy late check in process and easy check out process as well. Would recommend!