Belmont Village Senior Living Westwood

I had my tour today of Belmont Westwood Village, I will just say I was thoroughly impressed. The place is just lovely and the entire staff is so helpful and friendly. I stayed for lunch and was very pleased with the quality of the food. The director stopped by our table, I found him to be absolutely charming, he took the time to speak with me and answer some of my questions. I even had a moment to talk to some of the residents which has made me even more confident that moving in here is the right decision.

Chris W.

Jul 2026

via Yelp

The good the bad and the ugly like the movie. Let's start off with the GOOD Aesthetics are nice. Some "intitled clients" Many hard-working people are engaged here to look out for all us clients. THE BAD Lighting in the dining room is just way too bright. It is to the point that I have a difficult time eating meals in the dining room as I am light sensitive after eye surgery. Management do not care to do anything about it. I am a creature of habit and try and make it simple by ordering the same thing in the dining room every day for consistency. Some things like potato's being cooked the way that I like them with bell peppers, onions, and garlic are wonderful. Other items like chicken and fish mostly are overcooked and hard as a rock even though multiple times it has been discussed with no luck. Sometimes just the basic food is better than adding all sorts of sauces or international flair of calling items what they are trying to make them sound sophisticated. Sometimes the simplest things are not available that you would consider a normal kitchen to have a stock pile of, like hollandaise sauce or eggs Benedict, chicken fried steak, Chunky salsa or tomatoes and onions for vegetable omelette, steak and eggs for breakfast with gravy, did I mention biscuits and gravy would be nice once in a while sausage gravy/coffee gravy/anything with gravy. This is a company with their home office in Texas, other locations offered steak and eggs where this location does not. When they run out of items they did not substitute or contact you to recommend something. They just go without so what I've had to do is order additional food in anticipation of some items not making it. Most of my items come to my room for me to eat where I have somebody go down and pick it up at the kitchen. Food temperature has also been a problem. Some items that are hot come out cold some items that are cold come out hot. There is no rhyme or reason or stop gap to make sure these items go out the temperature they're supposed to. This is a major concern to make sure people don't get sick off of the food that is being served here. All right, I have come up with this to hopefully express the challenges that I have trying to have Belmont Village Westwood be the highest rated facility around. I know some people might not like what I have posted. This is for criticism to see if management can step up to the plate. and make Belmont Village Westwood the best facility around. I do know Rome was not built in one day. Let's see on 4 July if they could take the challenge. Going on three years of living here some things have changed. They have scaled back the different types of items in the kitchen. What used to be different pastries and items now are limited with in House cakes and pastries that are just not up to perfect standards. They have limited the fruits and vegetables claiming they had too much waste and availability. Multiple times I have had fresh fruit that has not been washed or have been mushy and Old. It is hard to keep track of everything like that. I do agree. It is not good though to send stuff out of the kitchen. That staff would not eat themselves. That brings up another item multiple times. I have asked staff to taste what they had served me which they would not do. They should not put anything on the table that they would not eat themselves. Consistency is very important, when management leaves the kitchen area all hell breaks loose and things go to pot. My recommendation would be keep management in the kitchen and dining room at all times or have one person who has. The authority to make executive decisions. If items run out, you should be able to substitute for something else of greater value. For instance you run out of chicken of the day, break out the salmon or the steaks. They use the saying " subject to change" well it seems like the kitchen does whatever the hell they want an items that you are expecting to be on the menu like rice pilof, Chinese peas, or potatoe wedges end up being something completely different. What is the use of having a menu if you're not going to stick to it. Why not just state " food Dejour" or chef surprise. Please stop burning and over cooking the mahi-mahi and salmon. A beautiful animal gave its life to be on a plate.!!! THE UGLY Answering the phone in the middle of the night to take care of anybody's emergencies is very important and does not get accomplished here. When you have your own private companions, the staff here at Belmont are two lax. They won't even empty the trash. Even being an ass multiple times to management staff do not pick up your trash multiple. Times a day. The cleaning staff do a wonderful job. Keep it up folks thank you. The maintenance staff do a wonderful job and are fairly quick. Transportation staff are wonderful even though they are shorthanded in vehicles at times. Best regards. Chris.

Madrona Beach

May 2026

via Google ↗

This is a place to get excellent care in a dignified environment. Not cheap, though.

Laura Mintzer

Oct 2025

via Google ↗

My mom lived at Belmont Village for over 10 years. She spent the first 8 being very active and extremely happy, surrounded by a large number of friends she had made. At about year 8, she had a stoke and it was the beginning of her decline. Belmont’s staff was extremely kind and patient as my mom’s memory suffered and then had a fall and a brain hematoma. She finally moved to a single apartment for assisted living and her life ended while there. The director and the staff were extremely kind to her and me during my frequent visits. During the declining years there were a couple times I would have preferred better communication specifically from the nursing staff. But Belmont’s director, Chris and James before him are fabulous men that did all they could to trouble shoot and make my mom’s last years joyful ones. I also need to commend the activity directors, Mark and Chris before him, and the PT department who I just loved and did great jobs. It was very much a step above all other retirement / assisted living facilities we visited. Would I recommend it if I could do it over again? YES! Note: It is pricey but a LOVELY PLACE.

I have lived at Belmont for 4 1/2 months & am very happy here. I've met many interesting people and enjoy the programs that celebrate every holiday. I've recently began taking an excellent Spanish language class that meets weekly and love using the salt water pool that's heated to 85 degrees! I began a program that screened all the fine documentary films of Amanda Pope who had recently retired after a 30- year career at USC's School of Cinema teaching both directing & documentary film making. Amanda introduced her films & shared fascinating "behind the scenes" info. She also stays to do a Q&A with the audience post screening. I really wanted to give Belmont a 4.5 rating, but there was no option to do so. There is no perfect, but aside from a dining room with poor acoustics, I think it's a great place to find companionship, a stimulating environment and an opportunity to have great fun and continue growing as we age! Before signing off, I must note that the well trained staff gets great credit for taking such good care of us. Many young people are available to help us with technology, the house keepers become good friends, the drivers get us to appointments on time and the engineers are great at fixing things in our apartments. They are the underpinnings of our stress free life. Audrey Stein