American Inn

2.0 star property

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Reviews

5.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

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626 16th St, Sacramento, CA, 95814
  • Place, Sacramento Convention Center
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, California State Capitol
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Golden 1 Center
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Airport, Sacramento, CA (SMF-Sacramento Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

Double Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Single Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Sacramento

With a stay at American Inn, you'll be centrally located in Sacramento, within a 5-minute drive of Golden 1 Center and Sacramento Convention Center. .This motel is 2.8 mi (4.4 km) from Discovery Park and 4 mi (6.5 km) from California State University Sacramento.

What's nearby

  • Sacramento Convention Center - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Sacramento Capitol Park - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • California State Capitol - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Golden 1 Center - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Discovery Park - 4 min drive - 4.7 km

Getting around

  • Sacramento Valley Station - 8 min drive
  • 12th and I Station - 8 min walk
  • Sacramento Intl. Airport (SMF) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mikuni - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Midtown Gastrobar - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪MoJo's Local Tap & Kitchen - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪La Costa Cafe - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Radclyffe's Restaurant & Cocktail Bar - ‬5 min walk

About this property

American Inn

Motel with free parking, near Golden 1 Center
American Inn offers 19 accommodations. This Sacramento motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Make yourself at home in one of the 19 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
This motel offers designated smoking areas.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 50 per person, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

American Inn Reviews

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 64 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 64 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 64 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 64 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 24 out of 64 reviews

5.4/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Devon

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Shawn

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It gave me the space for the time I was there. There was bedbugs and staff de
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nothing
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joseph, Dorchester

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was in town at the Golden1 Center for a four day event. For the location and ease of access to the major city places, it’s conveniently located. The pricing was right, and if you are in town for official business and little time to spend at the hotel save for sleeping then this place is pretty a great deal. Carry some cash. The owners (couple) very personable and responsive. Would surely return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Xavier

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kyle

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Motel with mo’ smelly problems

I’ve stayed at some seedy motels before and this one takes first prize. From walking up stairs I could smell the urine soaked walls. Walking into the room 1 working light. Floor felt like it was going to give way from underneath, bed was disgusting. I hate doing bad reviews but this motel was a nightmare. I stayed inside of it for no more than an hour. I took a quick COLD shower cuz the hot water wasn’t working and quickly left. I cannot believe this place is 1) in business and 2) offered on hotels.com. Staff was very rude at check in as well.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Luretha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sucks terrible smell like cat piss
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Sophia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The check-in was pleasant and the location was good, however, the room was muggy and reaked of cigarettes. The air conditioner (mounted high on the wall) never blew out cold (or even cool) air. To stay cool, I slept with a damp towel as a blanket (which definitely helped).
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Erim, Chico

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Andreas M

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The office was not too promising, I had to ring several times to get a response, and then he did not seem to know how to find my reservation on the computer. He then asked for a $20 refundable deposit, but I didn't have any cash, so he seemed to let it go. Hard to hear him through the glass window. The room was recently renovated and mostly quite acceptable, though there were no lamps in the room, only very bright overhead lights or darkness. I was there for one night and got a decent night's sleep, my expectations were not very high.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Robyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Front desk attendant was nice. The sheets were stained and many of the surfaces had holes in them. The room smelled like cigarette smoke. Part of the room or the bed was either dusty or moldy because my allergies were really bad.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Yolanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ebony

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Clean but noisy.

Internet wasn't working, so they couldn't scan my drivers license. They accommodated my desire for a non-smoking room, which was nice, but it shared a door with owners unit so I could hear everything. Very noisy until 11pm.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Yolanda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My goal is not to put people out of business. I just hope that American Inn is haled accountable for the conditions that they expect people to pay for. I caution against going to that place unless they are able to rip it down and start over.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anastasiia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Roman

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nasty

No baby bed, cigarette smoke
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mai

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is so run down. It’s just a terrible condition overall.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service

Okay in a Pinch

The owners are very nice but it was very, very noisy. The room was clean but no bedside table lamp and the only light wasn’t connected to the wall switch it had to be unplugged.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Ashley

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is one bad review on this place and I wish I listened to it. This place is run down, old, and loud. At check in the girl at the front was very friendly but then a gentlemen came up to the window requiring us to pay $20 cash only for a room deposit after the room was paid for already on Expedia, we found this very weird and sketchy. My room was dirty, blankets and pillows had stains, side tables were missing doors, hair on the counter… and to top it off the bed was incredibly squeaky and loud. I wish I was joking about this and I thought the last review was joking but it’s legit no joke and wakes you up when you move in your sleep. This place was inexpensive so there was one positive at least.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Friendly staff, but room for improvement.

The room reeked of cigarette smoke and whatever chemicals they used to mop the floor with. When booking I wasn't given the option of a smoking or non smoking room so I assumed it would be non smoking. There was no exhaust fan in the bathroom, but a hole in the ceiling where one used to be. There were cigarette burns all over the bathroom sink. The bathroom was very small, when sitting on the child sized toilet my knees were nearly touching the wall, and I'm about 5'7". The shower head was in a wierd place and made it hard to use. The lights outside our room were very bright white LED's which gave the area a prison feel. There was garbage strewn about the sidewalk in front of the dumpster, but someone did pick it up at one point. I was charged $20 cash for adding a friend last minute to my room, as well as a $20 deposit which was given back to me at checkout, but wasn't mentioned when during booking. Despite all of this, the manager was very friendly and easy to deal with, and readily available to help when I accidentaly locked my key in the room. I probably won't stay here again and would gladly spend double to stay at the Sheraton or Hyatt next time I'm in town.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025