Review: The Historic Mizpah Hotel

nice. So do you get SPG points here? Any possibility to upgrade to executive suite? What about free breakfast for elites?

Love it! We had a friend share the Clown Motel in Tonopah with us recently, so I think we'll definitely have to visit the town. We were due to be spending a month or more in Nevada next year, but we might delay that until 2020 so that we can be there for the 50th Jim Butler Days.

I really wanted to read some more details about the Bar Mizpah.

That was a pretty unique and cool review. Thanks, Tiffany!

The only reason I had ever heard of Tonopah was because of TNX, Tonopah Test Range, famous for the Janet flights out of LAS.

Tiffany, thanks for the fun piece. Reminds me the small former-mining towns that dot Western Colorado. Smaller towns are often overlooked but can really be unique and fun to visit and a great change of pace from crowded cities.

By the way, I think it would be interesting to see a piece in which you highlight some of your favorite destinations for a "working holiday" (e.g. good wifi and internet speed, but also a good place to relax and get away from the city, etc). Just a suggestion! 🙂

Tiffany, thanks for this piece. I'm originally from Elko, Nevada, my cousin got married at the Mizpah in the 1980's, at that time we called it an "historic dump", glad to see they have improved the hotel to where it's somewhat livable.

As one of the few that's heard of Tonopah prior to this review, this is awesome. If you're in to this sort of hotel, they're actually pretty common in small towns throughout the western US. Usually they were built by railroad tycoons for people coming through. I road trip a lot so I sometimes end up in places like this when I run out of daylight before reaching the next big city. Quirky but usually cool places to stay.

I have family from both Ely and Tonopah Nevada, and have never heard of the Mizpah. Nice review!

I live in Reno. To me, Tonopah is the place to stop between here and Las Vegas, because it's right around the halfway point and it's a good place to get gas and eat.

My wife did stay at the Mizpah once, though, and said that she liked it, too.

My wife and I stayed a the Mizpah Hotel in September. We appreciated all the work that was done to fix it up. But, there was one big problem and that was the fine-dining Jack Dempsey room which is their fine-dining restaurant is not always open. It was closed when we were there and their coffee shop is not up to the standards of the rest of the hotel. You were fortunate to have been there during the Jim Butler Days.

Great review Tiffany, of a very unique part of the world. Actually lived in Tonopah for awhile while working in area as a geologist. Fond memories of the people. I do think you understated the Mining Park, which I think is one of the most authentic and expansive exhibits of its kind. It will actually take you the better part of the afternoon to go through it. They have guided tours of the surface and underground. The main museum building is fabulous and should not be missed by history and western buffs and mineral collectors.

This looks like such an adorable and unique hotel. Thank you for bringing it to our attention! I've never been further west than Illinois (with the exception of California and Seattle) and have always wanted to go out West to explore Wyoming, Nevada, and all those other states that seem like a different world entirely to us Midwesterners. This makes me want to go even more!

If we all had the slightest idea about what ghosts are all about.

We can be in the middle of a posh Vegas, NY, LA hotel and there can be a ghost (what we call a lost spirit), ie; even the Catholics changed from Holy Ghost to Holy Spirit. This is for your benefit Tiffany to evolve a bit.

Mediums will see spirits when others do not, that is their gift and talent to see beyond our standard realm. Us regulars can experience angry spirits who can move things, shut of lights and such.

A Medium friend was having problems in a DC hotel. Lamps shutting, things going wrong. The spirit was angry and confused. Turns out he was a doctor who had a heart attack in the gym and passed on. He (his spirit) was confused and angry he couldn't figure it out. When he realized she could see him and hear him, and felt her Light, he changed.

Afterall he was a nice man, she brought him to to Light, he was happy and very thankful. To me that is what unconditional love is all about. She has the gift and she gave it freely to him.

The hotel will be a happier place, because he, his spirit would have only gotten worse over time, and more things would have gone wrong in the hotel as his spirit was stuck there.

God Bless,
Anthony

Bar Mitzpah...hah. Nailed it. Looks fun 🙂

This is great! I enjoy bits of history, so love historical hotels like this. I also enjoy stuff like the mining museum quite a bit, so I think this is going on my list of places to go on a weekend trip 🙂

@Mike

I also live in Reno and have stopped in Tonopah a dozen times for refueling and eating while on my way to and from Las Vegas and never even had the thought of staying or taking a break in Tonopah.

The hotel is great and I appreciate all the work that was done to make it up to date. But, as I've mentioned in my past post their main restaurant is not always opened and there are not a lot of options in this small town. So, if this is important check with the hotel.

How pleased am I to see this review!?! I blindly made a reservation to stay here for next month while enroute from Tahoe to Vegas. Now, we’re really looking forward to it.

Tiffany, your review and photos of this quaint hotel are great; you captured the beauty and atmosphere perfectly. I'd stayed at the Mizpah once before, but that same weekend was the first time I'd stayed at the Mizpah ALONE. I had a creepy experience one of the nights, and the hotel staff weren't a bit surprised when I told them about it the next day (they encouraged me to write about it in that journal you pictured.) Honorable mention must go to the Tonopah Brewing Pub right across the street and another favorite is the El Marques Mexican restaurant. Thanks for including the photo of my sister and brother-in-law in the parade. A fun fact for future travelers (and particularly those who go to Tonopah for the night skies) is that the city created an "astronomical park" and dedicated it to that dear man after he passed away earlier this year. Also, Tonopah is near one of the gateways to Death Valley and is also just a few minutes away from the (reportedly) most haunted hotel in the USA - the abandoned Goldfield Hotel (for those who like that sort of thing.) I highly recommend a visit to Tonopah and a couple nights at the Mizpah!