The lengthy-awaited renovation of the antique Montauk Yacht Club is the buzziest information on the East End. Debuting Memorial Day weekend, the 107-room belongings could have all of the bells and whistles of a complete-on hotel: three pools, a kids’ club, a non-public seaside, a crackerjack concierge team, a handful of eating places (such as the Jeremy Blustein-helmed Showfish, where most of the bounty is sourced within a 20-mile radius) — and a 232-slip marina, the most important within the Hamptons. Building on the loyalty of regulars of the alternative Gurney’s retreats, Gurney’s Star Island will offer free shuttles to the Montauk location and a (no longer-so-unfastened) seaplane and yacht service from the emblem’s Newport, RI, property. Expect a crowd sipping rosé by the pool, plus celebs hiding behind oversized sunglasses. From $350.
When it arrived at the scene in 2010, Topping Rose was the best excessive-cease 12 months-round lodge in Bridgehampton, and it stays thus. With 22 rooms set in a circa-1842 personal home, the inn has developed to encompass a Jean-Georges Vongerichten eating place, a complete gym and spa, and a fishing guide crew. This summertime, the hotel is partnering with Château de Berne (the Provence wine organization) to rejoice National Rosé Day on June 8 and Veuve Clicquot to pop corks throughout the Fourth of July pool celebration. (Already were given plans? There’s some other July 14 Champagne celebration on July 14.) The authentic owner, a judge, might gasp at the Gatsby-like rambunctiousness on display during weekend brunches, wherein DJs convey a little noise returned to the Hamptons, from $495.
Since 1998, the ninety-room Southampton Inn has been kicking off the summertime with brunch at Claude’s, brides in veils, and blooming tulips to pop towards the lush, grassy grounds. This year, the twenty-first season starts offevolved with the IndyLit Summer Reading Series (Wired author Clive Thompson will discuss the digital multiverse on May 25), observed via the inn’s annual Sunday fish fry and fancy-unfastened rides within the liked polka-dot bus to close by Coopers Beach. Be certain to request one of the newly refurbished guest rooms and have a cross at the croquet garden or volleyball courtroom. Then, splash off the day in the 50-foot-long pool with heated doors for $325.
This 10-room house sits just 2 miles from the seaside, and while it’s formally a hotel, its haute-maritime layout gives a casual hominess that’s hard to find in the Hamptons. Created using artwork collector Lucy Swift Weber and her accomplice Charles Lemonides (brother of Almond owner Eric), the boutique resort, which opens this May, takes thought from a towering allée redwood planted by Martha Stewart (daughter Alexis changed into the authentic proprietor). That way, a laid-returned vibe with picnics inside the allée and Frette linens and widespread Malin + Goetz toiletries. Drop right into a day-by-day wellness class, ask Lucy and Charles to assemble a basket of sweets, then seize motorcycles and journey to the Atlantic from $360.
Nicknaming itself the Chateau Marmont of East Hampton, the Maidstone has long been the stomping floor of journeying luminaries. Now that the Scandi-fashion 16-room residence and three cottages are marking an entire decade in the enterprise, it’s stepping up the fun aspect with an overdue-night-dinner menu that promises to be the spot in East Hampton for after-darkish drinks and mischief. Think Sunday night-time pig roasts within the lawn, loose antique Kronan borrow-bikes, beach-butler services, chauffeured luxury vehicles (Uber is so passé), and concierge personnel genuinely desire to get you into Ruschmeyers. Book early and % your chicest summer whites. From $350.
