The hospitality scene on Long Island’s East End is undergoing a quiet but unmistakable transformation that extends far beyond the Hamptons’ familiar glitz, offering a bevy of exciting new destinations alongside old favorites with exciting updates.
Located on a nine-acre sanctuary overlooking Three Mile Harbor, for example, the EHP Resort & Marina in East Hampton is welcoming back Cédric and Ochi Vongerichten’s Indonesian-French concepts Wayan and Ma•dé for their second season.
New York restaurants Wayan and Ma•dé return to East Hampton; photo courtesy of EHP Resort & Marina
And there’s a flurry of activity in Montauk, including new guest experiences at Montauk Yacht Club, which will kick off the summer season with live music and DJ sets, wellness offerings, and family-friendly social activations across the property. Prince Street Hospitality, the team behind Cucina Alba in New York and Los Angeles, has introduced Italian restaurant ALBA Spiaggia at the waterfront hotel, too.
Nearby, Marram Montauk is rolling out an array of ritual-themed activities emphasizing discovery, comfort, and connection, as well as immersive new experiences, including a women-centered surf program with Engstrom Surf and creative workshops with Lindsay Silberman’s Hotel Lobby Candle.
Also premiering this summer is Barlume Beach, a 19-key hotel, bar, restaurant and beach club from LDV Hospitality that overlooks the glittering Montauk Harbor and boasts interiors by Studio Tre.
The lobby retail area at Hotel Corduroy; photo by Matt Kisiday
Blue Flag Capital, a hospitality real estate private equity firm with celebrated properties on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, is also making a mark in the area’s windswept dunes. The company recently launched Hotel Corduroy in the former Sunset Montauk, reimagined by New York-based firm Ward + Gray as an intimate, high-design retreat drawing from the area’s surfing heritage and laid-back creative spirit. While the interiors have been overhauled, architecture by Workshop/ADP preserves the site’s three original buildings.
Blue Flag will also open Faraway Sag Harbor, its transformation of the historic Baron’s Cove into a 67-room boutique hotel with layered coastal interiors conceived by Jenny Bukovec Studio. The property will be home to Zagara, a waterfront restaurant bringing Amalfi Coast-inspired seafood to the harbor’s edge. Plus, a pool terrace and ground-floor bar and lounge complete what promises to be the summer’s most anticipated dining destination outside of a major hotel brand.
Faraway Sag Harbor; rendering courtesy of Blue Flag Capital
In September, Oyster Estate—also from Blue Flag—will launch as a 34-key boutique hotel in Greenport. Designed in collaboration with Islyn Studio and taking inspiration from the area’s working waterfront and surrounding farms and vineyards, the property includes a newly built courtyard pool and patio anchored by cocktail bar and restaurant Fortune Favors.
Hampton Bays, meanwhile, gets its own boutique moment with the Penny Lane, Lark Hotels’ renovation of the former Drake Inn, which has been redesigned by KKAD Design & Architecture Studio and Laura Partica Studio with custom wallpaper depicting bespoke local imagery and a coastal-inspired palette of white and cream punctuated by olive and sage green accents.
And following a full-scale restoration by designer David Netto, the Hedges Inn will soon reopen in East Hampton. The project will also feature a redesign of the gardens and grounds by noted landscape architect Ed Hollander, alongside contributions from FGS Designs and Fleetwood, McMullan & Sanabria as project architects.
The Hamptons have always known how to make an entrance. This summer, it seems, the whole shoreline is finally ready to join the party.