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Key information
Merrill Gardens at Brentwood is a 150-resident assisted living community in Brentwood. It has been licensed since May 2022.
It also offers independent living and memory care. The nearest hospital, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch, which has an emergency room, is 3 miles away.
Inspectors have visited 12 times since November 2023, most recently on July 16, 2026. State licensing inspectors (CCLD) cited 3 citations in that time (3 Type B). Regulators looked into 8 complaints in that time (2 substantiated, 2 partially substantiated and 4 unsubstantiated).
Rating and inspection report
Official rating
Care & pricing
Care available
- Licensed capacity
- 150 beds
- State license
- CA 079201165 · Active
Pricing
- Assisted living / One Bedroom: $3,500 per monthAssisted living
- Assisted Living - Studio: $5,070 per monthAssisted living
- Assisted Living - 1 Bedroom: $7,120 per monthAssisted living
- Assisted Living - 2 Bedrooms: $8,120 per monthAssisted living
- Independent Living - Studio: $4,350 per monthIndependent living
- Independent Living - 1 Bedroom: $6,400 per monthIndependent living
- Independent Living - 2 Bedrooms: $7,400 per monthIndependent living
- Memory Care - Semi-Private: $5,500 per monthMemory care
- Memory Care - Studio: $7,200 per monthMemory care
Payment types accepted
Room type
- 1 BedroomAssisted living$7,120 per month
- 1 BedroomIndependent living$6,400 per month
- 2 BedroomsAssisted living$8,120 per month
- 2 BedroomsIndependent living$7,400 per month
- Semi-PrivateMemory care$5,500 per month
- StudioAssisted living$5,070 per month
- StudioMemory care$7,200 per month
- StudioIndependent living$4,350 per month
- One Bedroom$3,500 per month
Daily life
Facilities
- Air Conditioned
- Arts and Crafts Center
- Arts room
- Barber /
salon - Barber Shop
- Beauty Salon
- Cable or Satellite TV
- Central Fireplace
- Climate control
- Computer or Media Center
- Fitness Center
- Full kitchen
- Furnished
- Game Room
- Garden View
- Ground Floor Units
- Handicap Accessible
- Indoor Common Areas
- Kitchenette
- Library
- Meeting Room
- Movie or Theater Room
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Outside Patio
- Piano or Organ
- Private patio, deck, or balcony
- Raised Garden Beds
- Swimming pool
- Telephone in room
- TV Lounge
- Walking paths
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Licensed to serve elderly residents
- State-licensed residential care facility for the elderly (California CDSS)
Activities
- Activities Off-site
- Art Classes
- BBQs or Picnics
- Bible Study Group
- Birthday Parties
- Book Club
- Bridge Club
- Cards /
Pinochle Club - Catholic Services
- Choir /
Singing Club - Christian Services
- Community Service Organizations
- Community Service Programs
- Community-sponsored activities
- Continuing learning experience
- Cooking Classes
- Cooking Club
- Day Trips and Outings
- Devotional Activities Offsite
- Devotional Activities On-Site
- Educational Speakers /
Life Long Learning - Fitness programs
- Gardening Club
- Happy Hour
- Holiday Parties
- Intergenerational Programs
- Karaoke
- Live Dance or Theater Performances
- Live Musical Performances
- Live Well Programs
- Men's Club
- Montessori Programs
- Movie nights
- Music program
- Other Religious Services
- Pet-focused Programs
- Planned activities
- Quilting or Sewing Club
- Resident run activities
- Sensory-based Programs
- Stretching Classes
- Tai Chi
- Trivia Games
- Visiting Chaplain or Priest
- Volunteer programs
- Walking Club
- Water Aerobics
- Wii Bowling
- Wine Tasting
- Yoga /
Chair Yoga
Services
- 24-hour call system
- 24-hour supervision
- Activities of daily living assistance
- Assistance with bathing
- Assistance with dressing
- Assistance with transfers
- Beautician
- Coordination with health care providers
- Dementia /
memory care - Dementia waiver
- Grocery Shopping and Errands
- Help arranging medical and dental appointments
- Hospice waiver
- Housekeeping
- Laundry Service /
Drycleaning - Medication management and reminders
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Move in coordination
- Non-ambulatory care
- Outside hospice allowed
- Special diets (diabetic, renal, pureed)
- Specialized memory care programming
- Staffing & Ancillary Services
- Wheelchair accessible
Dining
- All day dining
- Allergy sensitive
- Anytime Dining
- Bar or Pub
- Café/
bistro - Diabetes diet
- Gluten free
- Grill
- Guest Meals
- Meals Provided
- Private Dining Room
- Professional chef
- Restaurant style dining
- Room Service
- Special Dining Programs
- Sports or cocktail lounge
- Three meals a day and snacks, including diets a physician prescribes
Safety and security
- Emergency alert system
Transportation
- Complimentary Transportation
- Covered Parking
- Resident Parking Available
- Transportation and parking
- Uncovered Parking
Policies
- Accepts private pay
- Cats Allowed
- Dogs Allowed
- Weight Limit (lbs)
Faith
- Faith Based
Languages spoken on site
- English
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Reviews and listings
What families and listing sites say.
Ratings on other sites
- 7.9/10
- 5/5
Reviews
Food is pretty bad
My Mom lives at Merrill Gardens. The food ranks from mediocre to bad. They say they have a "chef" but the offerings are not ones a chef would make. 2 entrees each day that are the same for lunch and dinner. 2 days ago it was a BLT or turkey meatloaf. I've had a sandwich on moldy bread once there. It's very sad that for the large monthly cost of this facility they can't spend more and do better. We always hear excuses of staff shortages, etc. Staff shortages and revolving "chefs" come from not paying enough to attrack or keep good kitchen staff.
Read full reviewLisa J. · Family member
Aug 28, 2026
Review for Merrill Gardens at Brentwood
It was close by, very nice. I would recommend to others.
Read full reviewFamily member
Nov 8, 2025
Verifiedhas room for improvement.
The things i like best are all the amenities that they have. So much to do if you want to do it. They can improve a 100% on food. It is approximately 95% bad. For the amount of rent that we pay, the food does not even compare or come close to what we should be getting. If we talk to the chef during meetings, nothing ever gets changed. Never an improvement.
Read full reviewResident
Oct 1, 2025
VerifiedAmazing front desk concierge
(name removed) greets and helps everyone professionally at the front desk. Can handle many at once when it would probably not be possible for others to do so well along with handling the phone calls coming in.
Read full reviewMarilyn C. · Resident
Aug 29, 2025
Very good. Feels like a home. Staff and all workers are wonderful and make each person there as family.
From the first day just going through the place, everyone was very kind and made me feel as if i belonged there. We are all at the same step in our lives so we all treat each ither with the sane resorct and welcome. Having to come to a point in our lives that we have to move from our homes to a facility is very difficult for a person who just cannot continue to be in their homes any longer, Merrill Gardens makes us feel so at home.
Read full reviewMildred B. · Resident
Aug 30, 2024
Merrill Gardens at Brentwood review
Merrill Gardens best of Brentwood is well deserved. Their emergency responses are text book. I like the high degree of social interaction between residents and between residents and staff/management
Read full reviewResident
Aug 27, 2024
VerifiedWe took a tour of Merrill Gardens at Brentwood during our search for an Assisted Living facility for our loved one. This facility was beautiful! It is an Assisted Living facility, but they were not equipped to handle someone like my loved one who would need full-on care.
Read full reviewVisitor
Oct 11, 2023
VerifiedOur family had an in person tour with Merrill Gardens at Brentwood and the tour experience was great and the staff members who answered all of the questions we had were really nice.
Read full reviewVisitor
Jul 7, 2023
Verified- CareScout5/5
I am very pleased with the level of service my wife and I have received from the team at Merrill Gardens in Brentwood. Crystal Hovar has been a fantastic sales agent, providing prompt answers to our questions and going above and beyond to meet our needs. She is professional, friendly and knowledgeable. The move-in process was smooth, and everyone has been kind and diligent. The facility itself is beautiful with a full size kitchen, washer/dryer in each apartment, weekly cleaning service and transportation for shopping/doctor appointments. All in all, we are happy with Merrill Gardens and looking forward to it getting even better over time.
Read full reviewDec 7, 2022