Quirky, dated motel - two stories, so you cannot park directly in front of some rooms but it's FAR from booked. The host is jovial and obliging, and the scents of Indian home cooking from his residential owner suite are strongly tempting, yet unavailable to motel guests for obvious reasons.
Everything you need in a room is there. Small bathroom, cramped shower, old furnishings. Does this sound like a 4 star review yet?
The room is CLEAN. Extremely so. You know how lots of hotels only wash the sheets and not the blankets? Well, the blankets are synthetic 80s-style polyester fuzz and do get washed. The sheets have a faint scent of bleach. I can't tell you how welcoming that touch is during a pandemic. Comfortable, real, older King bed too. I slept surprisingly well!
All surfaces seemed clean. There were plenty of pillows and towels too, all immaculate. There was a walk-in closet. Heat was spot-on and strong. There was an air conditioner in the closet - windows on the back of the property opened up. Being a block off the main drag definitely made for a quiet night, not withstanding the occasional, unnerving aircraft coming in for a anding (this part of town is just 1 mile from the airport).
I stayed in Elko because it was the right place for me to break my drive across country. I can imagine. though, that some of my fellow guests are there on a semi-residential basis, and that's OK. It's doable here.
Center Inn favorably compares with hotels costing many times their nightly rate. If you're in Elko for the night you can do plenty worse, I am sure. Why chance it? Go to the Center Motel. read more