El Rancho Hotel

3.0 star property

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Lunch and dinner served, American cuisine
Lunch and dinner served, American cuisine
Lunch and dinner served, American cuisine
Front of property
Lobby

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

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1623 2nd Ave W, Williston, ND, 58801
  • Place, Harmon Park
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Williston State College
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, CHI St. Alexius Health - Williston Medical Center
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Airport, Williston, ND (XWA-Basin Intl.)
    ‪29 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

7.2 out of 10
Good
(19 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Single Room, 1 Queen Bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(9 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Single Room, 1 King Bed

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(26 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

El Rancho Hotel

Hotel in Williston with free breakfast and 24-hour business centre
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business centre, a business centre and a meeting room.
El Rancho Hotel offers 92 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers. This Williston hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and microwaves can be requested.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at El Rancho Hotel. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Harmon Park. Enjoy features like free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy American cuisine while dining at Williston Brewing Company
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, a 24-hour business centre and a meeting room
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the clean guestrooms
  • 7 minutes on foot from Harmon Park and a 1-minute drive from James Memorial Art Center
  • Pets welcome for a fee
Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi and wired Internet.

A 24-hour business centre and a meeting room are available. The business-friendly El Rancho Hotel also features a vending machine, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Williston hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free continental breakfast daily from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
El Rancho Hotel has a restaurant serving lunch and dinner.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Williston Brewing Company

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave on request
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Grab bar near toilet (74 centimetre high)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave on request
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 12:30 AM
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Property is also known as

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El Rancho Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 211 out of 450 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 145 out of 450 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 42 out of 450 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 36 out of 450 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 450 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Eva, Winnett

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The street noise is unpleasant to say the least. Had to sleep with the air conditioning fan running or the traffic noise was unbearable. The building is very old but the inside has been remodeled and done quite nicely.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The brewery/pub is very nice, staff was friendly and helpful. The motel itself is showing its age, and priced as such. Room was clean and quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Savannah

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steffan

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Justin

Liked: Amenities
It was clean and neat. Nothing was bad to me
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Perry

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We had to change rooms. AC didn’t work. We found the room was dusty. Others in the group had AC issues too
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Janice

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was clean and nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Savannah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Lynda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved the restaurant attached to the hotel. Excellent quality food. And we liked our very spacious room and the fact that the bathroom area was separated from the sleeping area. There was a spacious countertop with double sinks, and the bathtub/shower had 4 shelves to put products on and a great non-slip tub bottom. The bathroom was very clean and had been upgraded fairly recently. HOWEVER, the PET FEE is INSANE! $75 for ONE NIGHT! We do not recall seeing that pet fee stated when we made our booking, or we would not have booked this place. NEVER have we heard of a fee anywhere near that high, even in the well-known average hotel chains.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Janet

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service

Accommodating

Had an issue with the noise and air conditioner not working. Went to front desk the lovely front desk clerk promptly moved us to another room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Shane

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
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Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Deb

Room was clean but air conditioner was very old did not cool and made Soo much noise could not sleep with it kicking and banging is a very old motel
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Earl

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Justin

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Joan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This motel is used mainly by oil field workers as it gives them affordable accommodations. But this means the rooms are heavily used and the workers tend to bring some of the field into the building with them. The halls were heavily soiled with dirt that didn’t abate during my 3 day stay. The bathrooms have been updated in the past few years but there is more that needs to be done. The new owner is proposing to do that and I hope they are successful as being in an oil town makes it difficult to keep the buildings up, good staff happy and still remain affordable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Randall, Forest Lake

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The receptionist was very friendly, warm, and accommodating. Very clean hotel with an excellent restaurant attached.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Old facility, inside lock on room door did not work, there was no breakfast left even though there was 20 minutes left of the time, coffee at breakfast was lukewarm
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Freeland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Williston Brewing Co. is attached to the hotel and is great for dinner and drinks.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Suellyn

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025