amargosa opera house and hotel in death valley

Image: ©2012 īefore leaving, I wanted to hit up the restroom no need to pop a squat on the side of the road! The waitress pointed me to the Amargosa Hotel advising the café did not have a restroom. The Amargosa Hotel at First Glance The hall of guest rooms at the Amargosa Hotel. Jason also enjoyed chicken tenders with a zesty homemade bbq sauce that he raved could only be found in the wild west. I just had a simple grilled cheese sandwich with chips but it was the best damn grilled cheese I had ever had. She offered us the specials of the day but we chose to skip the mushroom cheddar burger. We walk out and exchange glances feeling the same eeriness of the place at that moment but decided to eat since it might be awhile before we hit anywhere else on our way to Dante’s View in Death Valley National Park.

She informed us we were at Death Valley Junction and that we should have made a right at the fork onto 127 from State Line Rd/Ash Meadow Rd and a quick left onto 190. We walk into the Amargosa Cafe and all eyes are on us, but the waitress was very pleasant. The Amargosa Cafe Amargosa Cafe in front of Amargosa Opera House and Hotel Image: © 2012

We had stumbled upon the Amargosa Hotel and Opera. The place looked very run down but we noticed a hotel to the right and some cars in the lot. We figured we’d stop in and eat something and ask for directions to make sure we didn’t end up lost as the roads were very long and turning back would have been way worse. We had been driving for close to 2 hours from Las Vegas and noticed a little diner sign reading “café” to the left. While on the way to Death Valley National Park, CA, we reached a fork in the road and were not sure of which way we were supposed to go as we had seen a straight shot on the map before we headed out.

Amargosa opera house and hotel in death valley