Rio Grande Motel

The people in the room next to mine were very noisy. The front desk has limited hours. I had to lock both of the locks in the room. I probably wont stay here again.

I had an unfortunate combination of elements beyond the control of management. The walls are real thin there. I listened to my neighbor's conversation from 1030pm to midnight as clear as a if they were in my room and was then reawakened by the loudest snoring in history the whole night. Bad luck, nice place and staff

The staff was very welcoming, and interested in why my wife and I were in town.

The staff lived 15 minutes away... had to call and wait to check in or out... Intense unmuted general lighting. No lamps for reading in bed or working at desk

Absolutely love this mom and pop place! This place has history and you can tell the owners and staff do there best to preserve this hidden treasure. I loved the way they reached out the day we were set to arive to confirm our arival and give us directions. This motel is tucked behind a gas station so convenient if you need a snack or any other item. Close to downtown, hot springs, farmers market and Elephant Butte. Very clean and there is a slight smell due to the natrual age of the building. We felt very safe and had a wonderful stay, we look forward to coming back and bringing the whole family next time. I would highly recommend this motel because the people are so personable and i would prefer that over any high chain hotel.

I was investigating the range of my new HEAVY duty 48V60A eBattery on my eBikeKit-assisted CruzBike, and needed to overnight at locations which had electrical outlets—now a commonplace requirement with modern day technology, as well as to recharge my eBattery. I had planned to overnight at the Rio Grande Motel, but it was posted as “no vacancies”. Regardless, my previous travelling experiences compelled me to call; cancellations often occur at the last minute. Good thing, too; the owner told me that there was a room for me; I told her that I’d probably arrive around (18:00). Despite an electro-mechanical malfunction some 20miles/32kms South on NM185 (close to ArreyNM), I arrived close to my predicted time, was alarmed to see the office was shuttered and contacted the owner again. She wasn’t able to be at the motel, but assured me that her second-in-Command, Nancy, would arrive in 5-minutes to check me into a room. #42 was on the Western exposure, and was exactly what I needed! After wheeling my vehicle inside this roomy queen-bed and plugging my rugged extension cord/Grin Technology solid-state recharger, I looked around this lovely motel grounds. The soda machine was easy to find, but the ice machine was no where to be seen. I spoke with another long-term customer, who told me that there had been a medical emergency with one of the owners and keeping an ice machine on the premises was too much more work. Since cycling throughout the HOT day (this was the second of four), I was consuming enormous amounts of clean freshwater albeit the ambient temperature. Ice will ensure easier swallowing of the water, and other nutritious fluids (chocolate milk/energy drink/etc.) I did obtain an 8-pound bag of cubed ice at an adjacent “Good2Go” C-store, stowing it in the freezer section of a large room ‘fridge. I also bought some microwaveable foods to keep my body functioning. The large flatscreen would gave me effective distraction. Sadly, I was unable to use it because, being a “Digital Dinosaur”, I couldn’t figure out to work the ROKU controller…! Good thing I had my 8+, which provided effective distraction despite the small screen. The attached water closet was superb; rinsing & soaping off the day’s 90miles/144kms cycling was essential to added comfort on the wonderfully firm mattress. The hot water was nearly instant, the a/c unit was also fast at cooling the room (I closed the bathroom door—no point in trying to cool off additional space). At the end of the day, it was well worth calling ahead with a reservation; I was extremely satisfied regardless of no ice machine. Definitely, the Rio Grande Motel has my coveted “iWheel of Approval!”