I've toured Brookdale Redwood City, it's nice. Because they have four buildings and only one area to eat, we wouldn't really know where my parents would be placed. So if they were stuck in Building 4, which is the last one, they would have to walk very far to get to the cafeteria or dining room. So it was kind of a little disappointing that each unit didn't have its own dining area, that was the only thing that was kind of a drawback. The staff who gave the tour was informative, he showed us all the different types of units and apartments that are a possibility for my parents. He was a really nice person, he let us know everything that they have going on. They mentioned that there was a little garden where some people were, and each kind of building had an area full of books, they showed them playing cards, and they showed them having classes for dancing and exercise. They also had a swimming pool that they can use. Their dining area looked good, they said there were people who will come and serve you. I didn't really see too many people out there trying to serve people, but it could have been a slow time. The dining area was big, it was a good size, and big enough for whoever needed to go down there. There'd always be space.

Brookdale Redwood City was very clean. They gave us a sample of their food, which was really nice. The activities were great. We sat out in the courtyard and spoke with the residents, and they were great. They had nice grounds. The apartment sizes are nice. The staff was knowledgeable, organized in how she presented her information, friendly to the residents and staff, and answered all of our questions. They offer a lot of activities, like exercise and socialization classes. They had an indoor swimming pool, which was amazing. They also had two libraries.

Brookdale Redwood City is not as clean as I would prefer. The rooms that were available were very old, the carpet was not replaced, and the place was distinct. It was disturbing, to tell you the truth, especially with the recommendations I have received. As far as the tour goes, the gift bag and the customer service were very good. The representative has been there for many, many years. She's been very communicative, and all year long she answered my questions and stayed in touch with me in a very empathetic way. So I can't fault her for that. But the facility was not what I had expected after all my conversations with her. I met the activities director and the executive chef, and it's not all good. They seemed overworked, and I felt like it was heavy on the assisted living side. The nursing assistants look like they work really hard. They gave me a sample of dinner; it wasn't just a sample, it was enough to feed a family of four. It was pretty tasty but heavy on the garlic, I felt, for older people. They told me that because they have low-salt cooking in general, they compensate with herbs and other flavors. So that's what I assumed they were doing.

We toured the independent living of Brookdale Redwood City. It's really good. We liked the way it looked and all the explanations that the lady gave us about the place. The apartments looked very clean and very nice. When we saw everything, we decided that that was the place that we want. We saw the entrance and the dining room. We saw a garden that they have where they have activities. We saw the swimming pool, the gym that they have, and we looked at the apartments. Besides the lady that was helping us, we met the person that was in charge of the place. She came in and she introduced herself. We also met the chef and the lady at the front desk in the lobby. We saw the menu, and they have a very good variety. They have a lot of choices, and they gave us some food to go. My mother-in-law is very pleased. She said the food was very good. They gave us also a dessert, which was like red velvet cake. The place looked nice. We were very pleased with what we saw. The staff members were very nice.

I like the independent living of Brookdale Redwood City. If you go in there as independent living, it's an easy transition over to assisted living. It's not like that in a lot of places that I've checked; once you're in independent living, you have to get on a waiting list for a place in assisted living -- if they have anything available. It just seems easier to do it at Brookdale. The staff was very nice. I only spoke with one lady -- her name was Tammy -- and she was very, very nice. She took us around and showed us all about the rooms and everything. Probably the only issue is that my mother will not take a shower. She'll only take a bath, and they have very few bathtubs. They used to have them, but they took out most of them. The bedrooms were nice; the whole unit itself was large enough for one person to live there. The dining area is just like an extension of the kitchen; my mother has a fairly large table, but I think it would fit in there. They have the regular activities. She showed me a list of everything they have planned out for the month. She showed me all of the activities you can do. They have a shuttle, and they have a contract with Lyft. Of course there's a charge if you do that, although the shuttle is free. Nobody can use them right now because of COVID, but they have a swimming pool and a hot tub. She said they do things like water aerobics, and when I was there, some ladies were playing a game with something that looked like domino tiles. So they have little groups of people doing different things, either sitting back reading, watching a movie in their little theater, sitting at the table and playing games, or going on hikes. They said they had a hiking group and there's a fitness center. It was older, but it was very clean.

It looked like the staff at Brookdale Redwood City was overworked. It was like a five-story building. I was only looking at studios to keep the cost down. They show you really nice studios, but the problem is that the studios and one-bedroom apartments they show you is usually all set up very nice and they have all new sinks and heaters, but your actual room won't have any of that. One of their buildings is independent living and the other building is assisted living. They have a swimming pool there and they have quite a few more activities than we had at my previous Brookdale community. Those people are paying a lot more money. I went there and ate and what was great about it is they give you three different choices so you get to pick something you might like. The food was good.

My mother currently has an apartment at Brookdale Redwood City. It's very good, they take the residents out to restaurants, to shopping centers, they have movies in house, they play bingo, and there are a lot of the normal elderly activities going on. I've eaten there several times and the food is good.

This is a place I would help my brother move into. Had everything he would need for independent living with a place to move onto when the need arrised. The only thing I did not do was taste the food. I was invited to come back.

My mother is in Brookdale Redwood City. The administrator who showed us around and who also helped me sign the lease were wonderful. They had very nice staff as far as the tour and the overall move-in. They were really good. The dining area is quite large and has lots of choices. There's a schedule of activities that goes out every week and it's filled with different outings, exercise choices, and recreation type choices.

We saw Brookdale Redwood City, it looked pretty good, and we thought it was nice, but it's probably not our style. We saw the room, some of their recreational facilities, the dining room was nice, and the food was quite good. One room we saw was quite strange, and I think it was done for a specific person because it had two bedrooms in it. The staff was very nice.

They have a wonderful heated pool and spa, excellent for exercises and walking. Unfortunately, I can't afford a one bedroom and the studio looks too small.

Brookdale Redwood City was average, but it's OK. We liked it and the price was very reasonable. The director was very knowledgeable, detail-oriented, and told us everything, so we liked her a lot. It's a little bit older and the ceiling is not as high as other places.

Brookdale Redwood City was very good. We had a dinner of some dry fish, but other than that, they were more reasonable. The staff was very good. They had a library, shows, and games.

We visited Brookdale Redwood City (formerly Woodside Terrace). The grounds looked very nice. They had exercise rooms and pool. However, I found the rooms to be impossibly small. They had two closets in the whole place and neither one of them were deep enough to put a hanger in. They just had some knobs on the back of the wall where you would hang your clothes. I found it utterly not what I was looking for. The kitchen was a little old-fashioned. I was disappointed in it; it was much too small. It might be suitable for someone that needed assisted living rather than independent living. The staff was very nice and very kind.

Brookdale Redwood City was very nice. I had my own little apartment, and it had a huge indoor swimming pool. I stayed there because I had to leave another place while waiting for my dentures to be finished, and I couldn't go back to Calaveras County because I was not able to drive after my spine was fused. I needed to find a place, and they took me in on respite basis. They would transport me over to my dentist where I was getting my teeth made, and they were more than gracious. The staff was outstanding. I played bingo just to keep busy. I was a lot younger than anybody else, but I was just there to wait until my teeth were done. If I wanted my meal brought up to my little apartment, I could, but mostly I just went downstairs to eat with other people. The food was excellent, and there was a menu to choose from. The place was very nice. If I needed to go to my dentist, they were right there to take me. They'd put the wheelchair into the van and were very accommodating.

The amenities at Woodside Terrace were very nice; I give it 5 stars for the amenities. I didn’t think the staff was that enthusiastic; I didn’t get a feeling from them, so I only give them 3.5/5 stars. That’s the number one thing to me. The residents seemed very unhappy; they just didn’t seem like they were engaged as there were still tons of activities to do. They were just sitting around not doing anything at all. I saw people in the meeting, and I just did not get a good feeling; it could have been the day I went. It seemed very clean and instantly remodeled; it was dingy. It was clean and bright. The dining room was very nice, it looked like a fancy hotel like a nice hotel dining room. It’s very nice, but it was just that vibe. I just felt like it’s not a happy place. The rooms were bright, clean, updated, and spacious.

We visited Woodside Terrace about 2 years ago. Everything was wonderful. They did not have that many units that were available for us to try to decide whether or not this would work for us. The staff was excellent. There was nothing negative about them.

The staff was great at Woodside Terrace. I was very impressed with everybody that I met and talked to. The facility, for the most part, was great. It is clearly an old building, but the inside of the building was very clean. The people that were living there, I met some in the dining room and talked to them, they were very enthusiastic about the place. Clearly some upkeep needs to be done on things like the swimming pool. The physical therapy room was a little bit subpar as far as I was concerned, but for the most part, it was well taken care of. The people seemed to care and they were very friendly. I would give them high marks for that.

Mom is at Woodside Terrace. We chose this facility because it's close to us, to the doctor, it was centrally located in town so my mom could get around easily, and the price is right. The staff are very patient and caring. Her room is very clean and very spacious. They have a swimming pool and exercise room. They also have exercise and Tai-chi classes. They go out to excursions on a daily basis to shopping centers and so forth. It's a very active adult community and I am very happy that mom is in there.

We visited Woodside Terrace, and it was in a very busy area of Woodside Road. It was a big complex and the grounds were nice. The rooms were very nice. The place was well kept and well maintained. The common areas were very nice and well decorated. The dining area had a restaurant style setup, but there was an area with more room, conducive to people in wheelchairs, because they had a huge assisted living population. I haven't tasted the food but it was highly recommended. The staff was good. For people like me who are interested, they kept us on their mailing list and we were invited to things. I've gone there several times for events. I would like my mother to be there because there were World War II vets there, but it was $6,000 a month and we couldn't afford it. I would absolutely recommend them to others.

The grounds were beautiful at Woodside Terrace; however, one thing that I saw could be a problem is the walkways were not an even walking surface in the courtyard area. The people were nice and I like the setting. It was nice. There were trees, and it was in a neighborhood where you could walk to the dry cleaners or to the store. So it's nice.

We were very impressed with everything we saw in Woodside Terrace. The staff treated us very well. The rooms were very nice and spacious. It was great. They had a whole bunch of activities, like tours and religious services.

Woodside Terrace is very nice, but very expensive. The lady we spoke with was very, very gracious and showed us around and explained everything. She called our friends who had moved there and they came down. The room that she showed me was very, very small.

My mother barely stayed 10 days at Woodside Terrace before she passed away. The facility was horrible. I thought it was a nice place for my mother to stay. They put my mother in a dining room, not a real room. I would never recommend this facility to others.

After a difficult surgery to repair an aortic aneurism and several weeks recovery in a hospice we moved my grandfather to Woodside Terrace to help make his life a little easier. None of the family was in a position to take my grandfather in at the time, and to be honest I do not think he would have liked to be doted on by the family. I visited the home several times and found it to be very pleasant. They had several living spaces and floor plans available based on the occupant needs, and while he was there my grandfather was moved closer to care as he needed it. The floorplans are comfortable and very similar to apartment living with adequate space and many rooms have a balcony. There are the obvious necessities for the elderly such as modified bathrooms, large doorways and emergency buttons located around the rooms. I dined with him in the common area once or twice and always found the food to be quite good. The communal dinning option was nice for times when my grandfather was looking for social interaction, but there were other ways to eat in private should he desire. From what I could tell the staff were helpful and treated the occupants with respect, and my grandfather rarely complained about the service and certainly had no major complaints. The facility also had several organized events and outings however my grandfather was never one for these types of things and so I cannot comment on them. Overall I would say the family was very pleased with our experience and while placing a family member in an assisted living situation is never easy this facility made it easier.

This facility definitely fills a need and has been a staple in a community that has fewer other options, but does it without much distinction. There are two towers: one for independent living and the other for assisted living, which can make it very awkward if a resident has to move. But at least in some cases, this may be more jarring to others to those other than the residents, who don't always want to live together when their needs and mental capacities are very different. The scheduled activities are those usually offered in assisted living facilities, but nothing that sets them apart. And residents may find they need to do some pushing to get the right level of care, sometimes with the added help of family members and friends. The caregiving and management staff deliver quality care. The cost at Woodside Terrace is moderate, which again, is part of the reason the facility serves a need in the community.

Woodside Terrace was the last stop on a tour of communities we were considering for Mom and Mom-in-law, and my reaction was decidedly mixed. The grounds were in good shape and the facilities fine. The apartments are basic but quite livable, if a bit small. One odd thing we noticed -- there's no separation, like a countertop or bar, between the kitchen and the dining area. We liked that they do wellness checks every morning and are equipped to offer on-site physical therapy, including a year-round pool. Also nice that they have a number of transportation options, including a town car. I guess my biggest reservation would be regarding the location. The neighborhood felt kind of sketchy and run-down. Don't think I'd feel comfortable with Mom walking unsupervised much beyond the community grounds. The other factor is even a little harder to pin down, but this seemed the most corporate of the places we checked out, like the marketing staff could just as easily been selling cars or carpeting.