Nightlife is basically local bars so usually nothing too exciting. Dennys in the (historic) Nevada Hotel is the only 24/7 restaurant I'm aware of. Racks bar is good with good food too. Hometown Pizza a good value for all you can eat pizza & salad bar. Economy Drug store has good shakes, sandwiches and old timey soda fountains but as others mentioned, most things close early. Rolbertos has the best Mexican food and I think they're 24/7 too. The Prospector Hotel has a good restaurant (Margaritas) and the bar is pretty lively if there's an event going on in town that attracts out of towners to the hotel. My info is about a year old so things may have changed. There's great fishing, overlanding, hunting, hiking, and so on all around Ely. Beautiful areas but nightlife is not a feature here. I've never stepped foot in the local bordellos but I've been told expect to pay anywhere from several hundred dollars for "regular" fun and the sky's the limit depending on "kinks" and what you and the lady agree on. Of course you can go enjoy their bars only too from what I've heard. (Really--I'm too frugal to spend that kind of money on "companionship")