Devonshire Inn Motel

Place is a complete dump. Lights don’t work, lamps, don’t work, bed has pieces setup to trip you, bathroom door unpainted for who knows how long, towels old and rough, courtyard has all the charm of a prison.
Management is not keeping the place even to the standards of the Bates Motels (At least Norman was good about cleaning the bathroom). Management feigns cluelessness about the poor, seedy and frankly decrepit condition. I think they refuse to spend any money to keep it up, so fewer stay, so less money to fix up, etc…
I realize you come here to be close to the track. But seriously? It feels unsafe, unsound and I made a huge mistake staying here. I also was bitten multiple times by some thing while staying there.
It’s your dollar, and if you don’t care about staying in a complete «flea-​trap», fine.
But if you have a lady with you, she’s probably going to think you’re really really cheeeaaaap, and may respond accordingly. You’ve been warned.

I’ve stayed in a lot of small desert town hotels over the years, so I have good reason for calling the Devonshire a mixed bag at best. It has the essentials of a hotel: bed, bathroom, tv, microwave, mini fridge. The staff is courteous, too. But this place is Cheeaaap. Most of the fixtures and furniture are in a run down state and should have been replaced a few years ago. This includes light bulbs in the lamps, cabinet faces and mini fridge knobs. The carpets could use a serious deep cleaning or replacement and the comforters look moth bitten or thread bare in spots. They used to have a pool and hot tub outside, but those have been filled with compacted soil. This isn’t a national chain branch by any means, but I have to draw a line when the internet is slower than a 1998 dial up connection in Tabor, SD. What’s more, when the wifi fails to connect the front desk tells you to call the 800 number of their provider instead of handling it themselves. Frustrating. That being said, the shower had good water pressure, and I slept soundly enough. I hope they have plans to renovate soon for their sake. In the end, clean enough for a few nights working away from home, but needing some TLC.
PS– fix your dang internet! 25 min to load a web page and reliable connectivity issues all night long. Aaargh!

Closest lodging to the track! It’s busy (make reservations) yet quiet, the rooms are clean and have free wifi, a microwave and fridge. With that setup and an Albertsons a half mile away, I did not need to venture out to the local restaurants. Very helpful and kind staff, too. The lobby is filled with signed photos of racing, celebs, you name it. It’s fun to look through. It’s a basic motel with abounding pride of ownership. I will be back.

Good if the basics is all you need. If that means shower and a bed after a hot day at Willow, this will do.

It’s close to the track, it has walls, a door which locks, a toilet and a shower. It is inexpensive, though certainly overpriced for what one gets, but there’s nothing better in town that I could find.
Sheets and towels were clean, the green carpeting on the floors concealed the stains well, water pressure and temperature in the shower were unsteady but one could still shower okay.
The room smelled fine, but the heater was quite noisy and not good at reducing moisture, so the room got quite musty by the morning.
WiFi is provided free of charge, by a consumer-​grade wireless router set up in the main office. If you’re too far away, like I was, you won’t get a connection.
All in all: I will stay here again when I’m running Willow Springs, no question. But this sure ain’t a palace.

Closest motel to the track. Be sure to reserve in advance. Great place to rest your to get a good nights rest before a track day or pass out after.
Unfortunately, I didn’t reserve in advance for one night Saturday stay on a NASA weekend. But thankfully I got the last unreserved room. However, it was for a single bed and it was for me and my buddy… but again, thankfully they have a few roll away cots!
The lady who manages the property was extremely friendly. Seems to put a lot of honest effort into the business.
The room itself was… eh. for the price and convenience, I’m not expecting much anyway, and dont need much other than clean sheets, hot water and towels.
There is WiFi available, but hard to get a good signal from the far end where I stayed. I assume the router is in the office at the front.
Even tho Willow Springs is closer to LA than Buttonwillow and only an hour and a half away, its worth the stay than waking up early in the morning and being tired the rest of the day when youre trying to have fun and concentrating on track.
oh yeah, and I hear there was a Burger King commercial filmed here… ask for the room.