Chalet Motel

The Chalet was quiet, clean and friendly. Great place to stay in Cle Elum

Great motel at a great bargain. Very well appointed and you can tell mike really cares about his guests and does everything to insure they have a good stay. My uncle and i stayed here before our fishing trip and highly recommend it.

We were looking for an inexpensive, clean place to stay for two nights. It’s hard to pick a hotel off the internet, especially when you’re not familiar with the area. We decided to go with it because of the other reviews.
Yes, the manager, Mike is a very nice man and genuinely caring. He definitely was the best part of the motel.
The room was poorly maintained. The carpet was old, the bathroom floor was dirty, the shower was made of cheap plastic sheeting, the «clean» towels had hair on them, not just on one towel & not just one hair. The walls in the bedroom & bathroom were dirty like a pop can exploded & then ran down the walls.
It was inexpensive, but I would pay a little more and stay in a nicer place next time.

Budget motels, for many of us, are a fact of life. Lack of funds, general miserliness, desire for local charm – whatever has brought you here, one common goal for us budgeters is avoiding what I call, creepfactor.
For instance, looking for a motel in the Snoqualmie Pass area, we drove right on through the gravel lot of a budget motel that claimed the only room under $ 55. This is because the carparks beside the dumpy strip of rooms were filled with smashed automobiles and one guy (who we assumed was the establishment’s proprietor) had his door open and sat in nothing but his boxer shorts, holding a TV remote and looking about as unwashed as the room he occupied. In short, major creepfactor.
Blessfully, Chalet Motel is decently-​priced ($ 65) and low on creepfactor. The manager is the most welcoming one I’ve met yet. He genuinely asked to hear about our trip and talked about the motel and town and how to correctly pronounce Cle Elum. He showed us our room, gave us extra towels, told us (before we could even ask) that, since we’d arrived so late, we could have a late checkout. In the morning, he was just as cheerful, shook our hands, and wished us well on the rest of our journey.
The room and facilities, however, was closer to 2 stars. Though the exterior is quaint-​looking with all the manager’s potted flowers hanging about, the room looked cheaply constructed and poorly maintained. The carpet was old and stained, the bathroom floor was dirty with bug parts and the shower was made of cheap plastic sheeting, making me feel like I was showering in somebody’s RV.
Nevertheless, I give Chalet 3 stars, overall, due to the comfort created by the owner. Considering what the next cheapest motel in the area looked like, Chalet is a budgeter’s refuge.
~Amenities~
Microwave
Minifridge
Cable TV
Free WiFi
Coffee maker