Americas Best Value Inn-Santa Rosa

Prós: The room was comfortable. It included things like a TV of sufficient size and containing many cable channels. The room had soap and shampoo, iron and ironing board, but no coffee maker. The towels were fresh. The room contained a refrigerator and microwave, plusses for anyone staying for a while. The Inn is near all sorts of eateries, fast and slow, and the liquor store across the street carries all sorts of beverages, soft and hard. Noise from busy Santa Rosa Avenue could not be heard. We didn't try the complimentary continental breakfast. Parking was available near the room.

Contras: Wireless internet coverage was sporadic and difficult to set up. The refrigerator was not plugged in and the tray beneath the ice compartment was filled with stale water when we arrived. We moved the heavy dresser to locate the outlet for the three-pronged refrigerator plug that would not fit into the extension cord behind it. The soda machine on the first floor was not working. Someone had inserted a sheet of paper into the dollar bill slot warning guests that the machine took their money and didn't dispense any product.