You book at an Americinn and you generally know what kind of experience you're going to have. And so it was for me in Tomah. Friendly staff, quiet rooms, decent beds, a better breakfast offering than I usually find in Americinns... five-star it ain't, but what this Americinn does, it does well.
The only weirdness I ran across was this: the hotel sells soft drinks, as do most others. Instead of a vending machine, though, they have a small sliding-door cooler with cans of soda. This, in and of itself, is not a problem -- what was weird was that they had NO diet soda of any kind. Everything they had had sugar. Seriously, this is the first time I've had to make this sort of observation. (And they apparently did not restock the cooler overnight, since the same selection was there the next morning.)
Offsetting this -- Anna the evening desk clerk saved me from looking like a dork in front of the family :-) My wife and I like visiting supper clubs, and we had a strong recommendation for a local club. Anna asked if we had any specific dinner plans and I mentioned I had a place in mind... she gave me a strange look and mentioned that I probably didn't want to eat there because they closed a month ago. With this information in hand, I let my family know I was changing plans, spent some quality time on Yelp to find an alternative, and found a decent alternative in town. (Yelpers rule -- thank you all!) This is the kind of knowledge that hotel front-desk staff should keep current on -- saves their clients from unpleasant surprises. Anna should get a bonus :-)
Anyway, the Tomah Americinn is a nice inexpensive place to stay, and the people who work there work hard to make your stay enjoyable. Would definitely stay here again next time we pass through.
(Oh, and see my other reviews about the closed supper club and the place we found to have a nice fish-fry.) read more