Your website gave this hotel a very favorable rating. My wife and I felt it was the worst hotel that we have ever used. The room smelled musty/smoky/dirty/undesirable! It was 11:00 PM when we arrived. Fortunately, the front desk person left the room key in a mailbox by the front door to the office. We would have left immediately, but there are few options in Ely, MN, and the nearest reasonably sized town is 50+ miles away. We booked 2 nights, but told the front desk person that we were not coming back for night 2. On a 1-10 scale, we would give it a 1, at best.
The parking was a little problem. We have a pickup truck and fitting that into unit number 5 was a problem. After unloading we just parked in the street, No problem, the motel is on a corner so there are two streets to park on and because it was winter the motel owner made sure we parked on the correct side of the street .thank you.
Not a new place, but we've stayed here numerous times over the years. It's a tad dated but clean and convenient to Ely explorations. The parking lot is a bit cramped though, especially when people park pickups in it. Comfortable beds and small town homey character.