Anonymous
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
May 20, 2025
a great atmosphere
Staff is very welcoming and AL activities are varied with frequent interesting outings.
4331 US-RT 1 South, Princeton, NJ 08540

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Experience luxury senior living at Ciel of Princeton — a community offering chef-prepared meals, private and semi-private apartment homes, and a diverse entertainment calendar. Highly skilled team members provide custom-tailored assisted living, memory care, and respite care services. Here, residents can relax in the charming courtyard or socialize with their friends in the cocktail lounge and bar. This community also offers a Life Enrichment Program filled with robust activities, classes, and events to keep everyone active and engaged.
Ciel of Princeton strives to provide everyone with the services and support they need — no matter their level of care. That is why this community features two intimate memory care neighborhoods — The Sound and The Cove. The Sound offers transitional memory care for those living with mild memory loss, while The Cove provides for those in the later stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Skilled caregivers offer personalized care, innovative programs, and specialized activities to promote social and mental well-being. This community also uses It’s Never Too Late technology to help seniors focus on their interests and interact with the world around them.
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Assisted Living
Memory Care

4331 US-RT 1 South, Princeton, NJ 08540

1645 Whitehorse-Mercerville, Hamilton, NJ 08619

1660 Whitehorse - Hamilton Square Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690

1 Hospital Dr, Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Active promotion
No
Active promotion
No
Active promotion
No
Active promotion
No
Pet friendly
Yes
Pet friendly
Yes
Pet friendly
Yes
Pet friendly
Yes
Care types offered
2
Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types offered
1
Memory Care
Care types offered
2
Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types offered
2
Assisted Living, Memory Care
for Ciel of Princeton
A Place for Mom has scored Ciel of Princeton with 8.5 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Ciel of Princeton has 21 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4 out of 5.
Anonymous
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
May 20, 2025
Staff is very welcoming and AL activities are varied with frequent interesting outings.
Anonymous
Memory CareFamily/friend
April 11, 2025
It is a lovely place but there are many additional charges some of which are excessive and/or unreasonable and the atmosphere is not really welcoming in the memory care unit. They could fix it if they tried with better staff and more empathy. I think that the assisted living part is probably fine, the memory care group is more needy and deserves a kinder approach.
Anonymous
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
April 10, 2025
I felt it was a nice facility, it was very clean and most of the of people there were nice. It lacked the one on one care my husband needed, because he has Alzheimer disease so he needed a lot of attention, I didn't feel like the staff there understood his needs. It is a good place for people who don't require a lot of help. My husband needed to be watched and helped with everything. I didn't feel he was happy there at all. My advice is don't put your family members there if they need a lot of assistance with every thing. It us not for people with severe dementia.
Anonymous
Memory CareFamily/friend
April 4, 2025
The place is bright, cheerful and welcoming. Rooms are spacious and bright. Large dining area separate from the activities area. Activities include walk around the facility (indoors on cold/rainy days), craft making, coloring, musical activities, dancing, trivia.
Anonymous
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
April 3, 2025
All 5"s . What we like the most about Ciel of Princeton is that it is beautiful, clean and the staff is great. Based on the experience we have had so far, we would recommend this community to other families.
Anonymous
Memory CareFamily/friend
March 3, 2025
Communication with the facility and staff can sometimes be difficult. They could improve on the food by expanding the menu options. Overall, I would recommend Ciel of Princeton to others looking.
XS
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
September 19, 2024
The resident feels like home. The staff is professional and provide service with care and love. He has extended the stay to long term
Anonymous
Memory CareFamily/friend
September 11, 2024
I just wouldn't recommend Ciel of Princeton to anybody with severe dementia. Not for people who need one on one care. Just my opinion.
Deborah P
Assisted LivingResident/client
June 22, 2024
Ciel has been a good choice of assisted living for my husband. I appreciated their assessment and recommendation for level of placement most beneficial for him. There are a variety of activities offered, even on weekends. The menu is varied and mostly healthy. The staff is welcoming and available whenever I have concerns or questions.
SB
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
June 26, 2023
I loved that nevertheless care residents participate in the AL activities. I would say they are great to work with. Made the experience very easy. I would recommend to other families.
Anonymous
Assisted LivingToured community
February 14, 2023
I loved it. It was awesome. They were good. It was a brand new, and clean facility. They educated, my sibling and I on the assisted living community.
Anonymous
Assisted LivingToured community
February 3, 2023
Very good tour experience. The facility is very big, overwhelming actually. Heard about turnover issues. Sales person was very friendly and we liked her a lot but turned me off with last minute hard sell at end of the month too. Also, just saw another facility and it seemed like a better fit.
H
Memory CareFamily/friend
October 22, 2022
Facility is understaffed, rooms are dirty, food is greasy & sub-standard, patient care is inadequate, even tho there are few residents., maybe 1/3 full at best. Needed repairs to apartments are overlooked, still waiting for a broken wheelchair to be replaced (it's been weeks), large staff turnover, including recent termination of the Executive Director. Harbor Chase offers many "amenities" on paper & gives a flashy first impression. It is also one of the most expensive facilities in the area. However, the care of its residents should be its top priority, & that is lacking. The existing staff are friendly & are as helpful as they can be, given that like most organizations today they are severely under-staffed.As a new fancy high-end facility, Harbor Chase may be a victim of the times, but thus far it has been a huge disappointment. My loved one deserves better & needs 24/7 care, & should probably be in Memory Care, but is in Assisted Living, partly due to difficult family dynamics.
Christy T
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
August 7, 2022
My family searched for a facility that would meet the needs of my elderly parents for +2 years. We feel so incredibly blessed to have found HarborChase at Princeton. My father has mild dementia and uses a wheelchair and my stepmom has moderate dementia but no difficulty walking. We looked at facilities all over NJ, PA, and NY. All of them told us we either had to split my parents up into separate units- skilled nursing for my dad and assisted living for my mom- or pay for a 24/7 aide for my father in assisted living - which he does not need and he cannot afford. It was such a relief when staff at HarborChase told us they took an individualized approach to caring for their residents. They were able to place my parents together in the same apartment. Their staff have been incredibly kind and attentive. The physical beauty of the facility, the busy activities schedule, and the amazing food are also greatly appreciated.
anonymous
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
June 10, 2022
My dad loves HarborChase of Princeton. The residents are all very welcoming to new residents and make them feel comfortable. He actually just joined their welcoming committee, they really go out of their way to include new residents in everything. I like that all of the residents here are new since it is newer, so there are no cliques formed. What originally enticed him that if you do not like the entre you could get something al a carte and they have been taking that option away recently. There is not a lot of variety based off of what it used to be. I know that they are actively working on things though. Overall I would absolutely recommend the facility to others looking. My son is in the medical field and he was very impressed from not only a loved ones point of view, but from a doctors point of view.
MJH
Memory CareFamily/friend
May 27, 2022
HarborChase of Princeton is doing very well - it was a good choice. They're short staffed, but everyone is right now. The staff are wonderful and caring. Despite being limited in staff, they are very attentive and do the best they can with what they've got. And it's a clean facility.
anonymous
Memory CareFamily/friend
February 23, 2022
This is a good community for your loved one. As a family member you do have to be involved and there periodically just to make sure that your loved one is being taken care of properly. I do feel like this community could use more help and assistance to care for the residents. They have activities like chair yoga, word games, coloring and more for the residents to do to stay busy. It would be great if they did additional things and provide activities that would give help the exercise.
Horribly disappointed for being mislead.
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
December 2, 2021
STAY AWAY, CAN'T KEEP STAFF, TURNOVER, HORRIBLE FOOD, NO MANAGEMENT ON-SITE, DANGEROUS SITUATION. SHEETS NO CHANGED, ROOMS NOT CLEANED. THE BUILDING IS BEAUTIFUL BUT NO ONE IS MOVING IN.
Ginger S
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
November 22, 2021
Our first impression of HarborChase was amazing, it is brand new. It is like walking into a swanky hotel in New York, just beautiful. With it being newer they are still working through some kinks but there is a lot of potential. The dining experience is great, the residents get to eat off a menu and there are happy hours everyday. Even with turnovers the staff are doing their best to accommodating each residents as an individuals. The staff members are very nice, the community is very clean and they really try to build a community atmosphere. Overall we are pleased and we would definitely recommend to other families to come check out HarborChase.
Glen
Assisted LivingFamily/friend
November 19, 2021
This is a new facility, opening late summer of 2021. We decided on Harbor Chase based on the overall plan for care and resident engagement and the impressive layout of the facility itself. Not to mention, we really got a good vibe from the staff we met as well, especially the head nurse. The promise was never fulfilled. After moving my father in, it did not take long to realize that something was amiss. They were only at about 30% resident capacity, yet the existing staff was clearly overwhelmed. The engagement activities were sparse at best, my father’s room never appeared to have been cleaned and I witnessed memory care residents left to their own devices for very long periods of time without being checked on. Within a week of our move in date, the director of the Memory Care unit quit. Not long after that, the head nurse also quit as well as two of the aids that were at least trying to keep up. Ultimately, the level of care was sub-par.
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Ciel of Princeton offers 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedrooms and Semi-Private. Learn more.
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