Terrabella Myrtle Beach

Reviewer#D0909B

I am a resident of Terrabella Myrtle Beach. Most of the communities were the same. It just came down to price. All the residents are very nice, and the staff is very nice. I have a deluxe studio, which is fine. It's big enough for me to come into the kitchen area, which is a small kitchenette with a refrigerator, a sink, cabinets, and all that. They provide three meals a day. Breakfast is at 8AM. Lunch is at 12PM. Dinner is at 5PM. The food is good, and you get a menu a week in advance. They have quite a few activities. You get an activity board for the whole month. They have bingo, and they have a bus that runs to any store that you want to go to. Their staff was very accommodating and very nice. They have transportation to and from your doctors on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You just have to let them know the time in advance. They have a very wide range of activities, if you care to join. You can view the activities for the whole month prior to the month starting.

Kathleen

We chose TerraBella Myrtle Beach for our grandparents. The staff is amazing and how they take care of their people there is awesome. It's a very loving community and that's something that they need, that's why I didn't look anywhere else. It's very clean. They take pride in everything that they do there. The food looked really good and I heard a lot of good compliments about it. They have a library, and a beauty salon and they also have a little room where you can get together and do activities. They do exercises twice a week, and they do activities and crafts as well. The only thing I would rate lower than a 5 for is just how much it costs. It's a little pricy, but it's worth it. Everything there was amazing. They're good quality people there.

Stacie

The staff at Terrabella Myrtle Beach was extremely friendly. The facility was extremely clean. It felt very homey. It's not an old facility, but I think they're in the process of doing some updates to it. The lady that gave the tour was very welcoming. She asked us if we wanted something to drink. She was very social and made us feel like we were part of the family even though we were just touring. They have a beauty salon and an outside walking area with a pretty view of a pond.

Rosa

I saw Terrabella Myrtle Beach, they were amazing. It had lots of activities going on throughout the day. I was able to see when they were having dinner, they looked like they were having nice meals. The staff was unbelievable, they were all nice. The rooms were nice. They had their meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner there. I checked out the menu, they had multiple choices of meals during the day. They also had a cafeteria where they had coffees and drinks and snacks throughout the entire day. They had an activity room where they could do crafts, they had an exercise area, and they had a TV room if they wanted to watch TV with other people and not in their rooms by themselves. Each room had a balcony or a little patio, where you could do whatever you want with that. You could garden, you could put a table or chairs. The entire building was very kept up.

SharonT

Terrabella Myrtle Beach is a great facility. It's very attractive, very spacious, and has a lot of different areas where people can go. My mother-in-law loves to read. They have a beautiful library set up with nice, comfortable chairs, and a big variety of books. They also have different spaces for people to do puzzles. There is a pool table and weekly entertainment that they bring in. She's very happy there. She likes the food, and says that it's very good. She gets three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Plus, snacks available during the day. She loves the people that work there. They are very receptive to her and very friendly. If I can't get to her, they check on her for me. They're very responsive and just fantastic! They offer a lot of activities. They have bingo games. They have a small bus to take people out if they want to go to the store or go to Alabama theater (of course that's at a cost to the resident). They have special holiday dinners. Now that COVID is behind us, they're getting more active.

C.H.

The reason I picked here was it seemed to offer everything that I needed, and it's a friendly place. I wasn't going to pick it, but then when I sat down with them, I just fell in love with the place. Everybody seemed so happy and so kind. They're going to redo the whole thing. So, I'm sure it's going to be a pretty apartment when I get down there. They have places where they offer church services, they provide three meals a day, maid service, and they own a bus that will take us out shopping or to the doctor. The staff was just very nice and very helpful.

Terry

I chose here because it's close to the area that I've lived in for the last 15-20 years. As a community, it sort of gives you as much assistance as you need but lets you be as independent as you can be. It's been good. The room has a lot of room in it, lots of closet spaces, and room for furniture. It has a small kitchen with a full-size refrigerator. It has an outside patio, a nice outdoors outside the unit. The food is good, you get 3 meals a day with usually 2 different choices for each meal or two different entrees. You choose one or the other. There's a menu weekly so you'd know ahead of time what you're going to reserve. The food is filling, you're not stuffed but you're full. At times it could be better but it's usually good.

Wendy

I toured for my mom. The 1-bedroom apartments were a very nice size. They are actually between a residential living and assisted living. There's a hybrid of people that live there. My mom would get the three meals a day like assisted living gets, but residential doesn't. Assisted living usually doesn't have very big apartments, so I was very surprised it was a large apartment. She will be independent living with support. The person who gave us the tour was excellent. They were eating lunch when we were there. We were offered to eat there, but we didn't. I did look at the menu. It's very similar to what she has, like certain things are always there. If they're serving something that she either doesn't like or can't eat because she's got lactose, she can always choose Caesar salad and things like that. There was a lot of indoor and outdoor activities. She's going to have a balcony, and she can look out over the courtyard. They also have different yard games. I didn't notice what it was, but everyone looks happy out there. They have a kitchenette that has a full-sized refrigerator and counters, but no stove; I wouldn't want her cooking anyway.

Clarence

I toured and it's a very nice place. The room in the apartment was very, very good, and the staff was very, very kind and friendly. They had a good library, and they had a couple pool tables on each floor. The people were happy there, and the residents looked content. It's very roomy, it's very attractive, and it looks more like a motel than a home.

Vicky

It was very welcoming. The lady, Christina, that we worked with was very knowledgeable of the whole place. We enjoyed the facilities that they offered, the washer and dryer, and the little areas you could go to. It looked like a very welcoming place. There were lots of nice people we met as we were touring. They all smiled and asked us to come. It's independent living, and we saw 3 different styles of rooms. The corner ones were our favorite because they had more lighting and more room. Some of them were more like a studio. We did see a downstairs unit, where you could actually park outside and walk in and out on your own and not have to go down the long hallways and ride the elevator. That was more of a fit for my parents. They had a little workout session with all the ladies when we went through, so we watched them do a little exercise program. They had a beauty shop, a dining area, a library, a sitting area that had a pool table, and a game room. They had a lot of inviting, fun, fun things. It was perfect for our needs. My father's on dialysis, and it's right across the street from dialysis. It's in the middle of where I live and where my brother lives, so it was a convenient location for us. I do think they need more 2-bedrooms. They only have 10 or 12 in the whole facility, and I wish they had more.

Phyllis

We like it very well. They don't have assisted living. They have independent living, and it was very nice. Everything we looked at was nice. The dining facilities were nice. People were roaming around doing nothing, sitting out on the porch, and they had one group playing games. They toured us to different two-bedroom apartments, which we were looking for, and they were really nice. We really liked them. It was what we were looking for. We're just not ready right now to settle down and move just yet. They showed us rooms where they do their games, and they have a puzzle room, a pool room, and a room where you can watch movies or TV. It looked real nice. There was a group of people doing a game or something, and they were doing some entertainment in this one room. My husband and I can't stand and walk too well, and it was a long walk down the hallways to the two apartments that we saw. It was a little bit too much for us. We both walk with walkers, and he didn't have his walker.

Shielah

It was wonderful. It was very nice. I liked that you may not have an entrance but there's a balcony, you can open the windows and get fresh air and look out to see the birds. It was really clean, it was homey. The person who assisted you was fine and very helpful. We didn't try any meal, but it looked very good. I saw the list of activities, I think there were some people playing board games and just out talking. They go on the bus and go to Wal-Mart and stuff, and pick up things they need. It's a very nice place and it didn't feel like a prison.

Martha

We liked it; it was very good. They have arts and crafts, games, puzzles, and just about anything you could think of. They have music, trips, and they go somewhere just about every day -- so you can go somewhere every day. They also have transportation to medical appointments. So, there's a lot.

Roy

This would be my favorite. I've been there several times. My brother was there for two years, and my last visit was about a year ago. They had good and friendly staff. The food was really good as well. The apartments were excellent. It's nice, and it's like a Hilton Hotel really. There's a nice big pool table. It was just very convenient to all the stores around town.

Bob

It wasn't exactly as I thought. It's a residence for people who just don't want to own a home. I thought it was assisted living, but it's independent living. It's a place without the responsibilities of home ownership, and everyone is basically on their own. They have the camaraderie of the residents which is nice, and they have food prepared for them, which is also nice. I got the impression from the people moving through the place, and from talking to the management, that it's a place where people want to participate and intermingle with other folks. The staff member who gave us the tour was very good. She was forthright in telling me things that I needed to know, and helped me form an opinion. I was invited for a meal there, but I declined politely.

Doucillia

I like the setup and atmosphere, and the people seem to be pretty nice. The staff was very cordial and nice as well. There was a selection for lumch every day that was well prepared, and they also had nice snack bars open all day. The person who gave me the tour was very understanding and explained everything. I was there when it opened around 10 years ago, and it almost looks like it did now.

Bill

It was very nice. We were very pleased with what we saw. The people were very helpful. They showed us all the facilities and examples of some of their rooms that we would be using. It was a good visit. The rooms were good. Several of them had very good outside views, which was a good, attractive feature. Also, there was enough space in the room for most of the things that we would need there. The dining room looked very nice and very spacious. The staff member who was with me during the tour did an outstanding job. She was very friendly, very communicative, and very helpful. She answered all of our questions.

Rick877135

Our tour was very thorough. It didn’t have fine dining, but it was adequate. The staff was very outgoing. It had a library and a lot of activities, like games and card games.

Linda528421

It was very nice. We saw the living area and the two-bedrooms. The kitchen was very small but certainly adequate because the meals were provided, so I don’t think I’d be cooking much. It’s just such a shock when you’re coming out of a house because of the storage, so we would definitely make quite an adjustment for that. They had a library, a place where you can socialize or games or crafts, and I know they had more than that. They had a wonderful area outside, park-like, in the back. The staff that we met was very nice, very knowledgeable, and could answer any questions we had. Talked to some of the residents, and they seemed to be quite happy. We did notice that they allowed pets; one lady had a dog with her, which we would be interested in.

Heather213458

My mom is in here right now. I was able to eat there once. It was not amazing, but it was good food with good variety. They have good-sized, clean, and updated rooms. My mom has a one-bedroom with a living room and a small kitchen. They have a lot of activities.

Beth121648950

I went to a couple of places for my mother, one of them being here. My first impression was awesome. A gentleman met me right away at the door. I liked that it was clean and that I could smell that it was clean. They were having dinner where residents were served by servers. Everyone had a smile on their face. It was a great place. For activities, they had a bus to take them to Wal-Mart twice a week and to other shops. The ladies had knitting and crocheting class. There was a TV area for watching movies and so many other activities. My mother is a smoker, and she can smoke outside on her own balcony. The place is also pet friendly, which is good. She can have a nurse’s aide walk the dog for her every day. The doctors are on-site all of the time. I love this place.

Dana20

It was a nice place. The staff was very thorough. They explained everything about the place. The rooms were fine. They looked like standard condos. The dining room was set-up with tables and chairs, and I thought there were four people to a table. They had a lot to offer, and they had a lot of social events. It was very friendly and very open. The people there were very knowledgeable. It seemed more like a community versus a retirement home.

Deborah105645550

It was my mother's first choice because it had a living room area with a little dining area and a separate bedroom. You could even have a little balcony or a little patio. But it was a retirement home, so if you needed medical assistance or whatever, you contract that with an outside agency. They were having a Bingo game, they do exercises, and you could either watch or you could sit and participate. They had a couple of guests there, and they said, "If you have to be away from home, this is the place to be." Their dining room was gorgeous.

Azia1975

Wonderful facility. The residents were finishing up lunch and seemed to enjoy their meals. They then proceeded to enjoy some entrainment in the atrium. Helen, my tour guide, was very helpful. She answered all my questions. I'm more than likely not going to be able to get my Mom in there, due to the level of care she needs (I am sad about that), however, Helen still insisted that I call her with any questions I may have in my attempt to place my Mom. The units we toured were lovely. Ample space and amenities. Easy access to laundry services and common areas. The decor was lovely. If your family member(s) is able to live independently, I highly recommend this facility

Caring108857250

It is very nice. They have good food. The facility itself is very nice and very homey. The staff is friendly. My father-in-law has been there for two and a half months now. Overall, they seem to be very caring.

Caring5768

I liked it very much. I did take two meals there, and they were very good. The room style was probably one of the best things about it. There's certainly adequate space with the furnishing and what not that I have. They have plenty of activities for the residents like Tigo and bowling tournaments for one night on the television, and they also have outside activities like going to the beach and going shopping -- those kinds of things. The staff was very cordial and very knowledgeable. There was very small kitchen space though, and they offered two meals a day; the third one you had to get on your own. But I am a cook, and I like cooking my own meals.

Beth21

It was very attractive. They had lots of activities. The food was delicious. They had efficiencies, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms. They seemed fairly attractive. The people there were very friendly. Everybody was very active and friendly. I was very impressed with this place. I would definitely recommend them to others. It was light and bright with very open space. It was very clean. They had big activity rooms, and they had very delicious meals.

Linda62360050

It looked like a high-rise hotel. They have connecting rooms that they made into one room. One room was a living room with a kitchenette, and the next room was the bedroom, it was ugly. The staff though that showed us around was lovely. They should make the rooms more like a home. They have a treadmill on the floor, they didn’t have their own pool, and they really didn’t have much of anything.

John81843650

The rooms were smaller but the location was more convenient for any place that you wanted to go in Myrtle Beach. I had a feeling it was like a hotel. There was an open layout on the first floor, and the surrounding property was nice. They had more people, and the staff was fine. I knew they had a lot of activities, but there were no activities when I was there.

Caring75808450

It was fantastic! When we went there, they treated my mother with utmost kindest and respect. They also had us sampled their meal so that she had an opportunity to see what the food was like. If Mom wanted to stay in South Carolina, she's going to be moving in there. They basically had everything except assisted living. So if Mother needed more help and we couldn't provide it for her, we would have to contract people to come in to do physical therapy and so forth. Nevertheless, I would still highly recommend them to others.

Dennis4

It was clean and its staff was very friendly and outgoing. The food was very good. They just had too many activities going on.