This is a newer branch of the Canterbury in the suburbs. It's all in one building and the building…read moreis brand new. The apartments are reasonably large and you can order somewhat to your taste, within their options. There is a nice common space and the communal eating area is nice. The food is ok, but these days in Buffalo our bar is set high. For the money this place costs I would have expected much better food. Much better. Right on Gates Circle, some of the views are lovely.

This is a new, state of the art facility (Oct 2017). There is underground parking, security, and…read morelarge, luxurious independent living quarters. Important accredited programs are provided: Continuing Care and Person Centered Care. CW is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Continuing care means you can live at Gates Circle senior living and if you find at some point you need to move on to assisted living, you have priority and can move to Canterbury Woods Williamsville, which offers the full range of services. An up-front fee guarantees residency for life. The living units are spacious. They have state of the art kitchens and fixtures. There is a restaurant on the premises. With the meal plan, you may never have to cook another meal. The top floor features a bar and a superb view of Buffalo. The ground floor has a theatre room, a gracious meeting/sitting room with amenities, a fancy lunch area, and a wonderful restaurant. Dining at the restaurant was very pleasant. While small in size, there is a surprisingly large number of offerings on the menu. Service was efficient. Dishes are cooked to order, which results in a leisurely paced meal. Everything at our table was prepared expertly. There was no problem with special requests to accommodate my friend's dietary restrictions. Like its suburban counterpart, Canterbury Woods Gates Circle is for the wealthy. They know their market and service it well.

Pro: My Mom was a resident for 15 months. While at the Home her care was very good. Food was OK…read more Aids were pleasant. She was well looked after. Con: Our contract with B.H. stated we would be private pay and when Mom's funds ran out (after 15 months) she could remain as a Medicaid Patient. Within 3 days of her savings running out she was sent to the hospital with a urinary tract infection. After three days in the hospital the Bristol Home wouldn't take her back saying she didn't meet their admission standards. Mom is now a Medicaid patient at a nursing home where the care isn't as good and she has no money left to go anywhere else.

My mother was in the home for a week respite. No one looked after her eating and she was a…read morediabetic. In the oldest area, the floor was caved in on a slant that was before her room. She fell and broke her hip, had surgery and it was a downward trend that continued. Although she was ambulatory before the fall, without assistive devices, she was then confined to a W/C and in a nursing home the last two years of her life. When questioned the administration, they denied the whole thing. Thank goodness for Attorney's who deal with these issues. When I went back to take pictures of the hallway, it had been returned to a repaired floor, except the same surface and rugs were still there. The underlayment floor had been replaced.

This place is a joke. They leave clients in bed constantly, when you ask for help they ignore you…read moreor make you wait for an hour to help. They don't have railings on the beds so people can fall out of it. They are extremely short staffed and the nurses that actually care are far and few in between. The place smells like urine as soon as you walk into the door, your feet actually stick to the floor. This is the dirtiest establishment I've been in. If I could give it no stars I would have. Some patients have 9 or 10 thin blankets that don't keep them warm so they don't have enough for everyone to go around. If they happen to wash something for you, they lose it on you and you will never see it again, unless your "name is on it" I went out and asked for some blankets for my grandpas roommate and the nurse at the front desk told me to help myself to the cart, rather than coming and helping him. The food they have looks like something that prisoners would eat... maybe?

A nursing facility downtown on 7th street. Which is between the river and Niagara street off…read moreCarolina. Yep, there are some streets back in there. I just learned that myself. This facility is under new ownership for perhaps 12-15 months now. As a result this location is undergoing renovations. So if you go for a tour, which I have now done twice, you see the already renovated parts. They look nice enough. Very open. Clean. Nicely spaced. Super new and awesome looking rehab area. They, like most places in the area, have long term residents and rehab ones. This place doesn't have a lot of outside space for nice weather. And I didn't see many plants or other greenery. It's also SUPER EXPENSIVE on a day by day rate. As in "wow - are the beds made of gold" expensive. They do offer rides to patients who need dr appts and the like. That's a nice added benefit. I liked the people I met there. Friendly and open about everything I asked. So that's great. But didn't seem worth it to me. Very sterile, no plants etc, no nice outside space etc. but if Medicaide is paying and the location works for you or your family it's probably ok. But three stars because the price is so high compared to other places I've been checking out. It's probably more of a 2.5 stars (based on price compared to other places around town) but I'm feeling generous.