HotelChatter - Montauk

The New Boutique Hotel Kid on the Block: King and Grove

juliana — 2011-08-24T14:11:04-05:00

If you love The Surf Lodge in Montauk, then you've probably already spent a night at its new sister hotel nearby, Ruschmeyer's, a three-acre summer camp-inspired hotel featuring clean and crisp guestrooms, an open-air beer garden, a sand-filled pool, a restaurant from the Orchard Street chefs and a boogie-down bar called the Electric Eel. Oh and staffers decked out in J. Crew shirts, Madewell dresses and Toms shoes.

But what you may not know is that both the Surf Lodge and Ruschmeyer's are part of a new boutique hotel company with serious roots in Morgans Hotel Group called King and Grove Hotels.

What Does Brandon Holley Like So Much About Room A9?

ASchechter — 2011-08-05T11:40:01-05:00

Today, Women's Wear Daily published an article about all the favorite summer weekend retreats of major NYC magazine editors. From Lucky's Brandon Holley to Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey, the timely piece covers exactly which motels, beaches, and eateries the taste-makers choose for themselves and their families.

Like the East Deck, a 1950s beachfront motel located in Ditch Plains, East Hampton. Rooms go for $200 a night (perhaps a little steeper than your standard $80/night Best Western, but this is The Hamptons, after all), with a 3-night minimum during peak season.

Music Sounds Better in Montauk Thanks To Solé East

MsRebecca — 2010-08-06T14:46:18-05:00

We hear Montauk has been jumpin' this summer (much to some longtimers' dismay), and after seeing pictures of the Bing Summer Music Series at Sol� East, we sure as hell wish we'd been out there every weekend.

Call us fussy but we're not really muddy music festival types. We prefer to wear flip flops over Wellies, and we'd like to kick said flip flops off as we lounge on a big cushion and gaze at Pete Yorn as he strums his guitar in an intimate show like this one.

Sadly, we missed his performance at Sol� East on July 4th weekend, as well as Rufus Wainwright and Jenny & Johnny (below).

Montauk's Panoramic View Resort Spruces Up its Killer View

MsRebecca — 2010-05-17T16:40:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/PanoView.jpg" class="top"> It's almost Memorial Dayhave you booked your Hamptons share house yet? Nope, neither have we. And truth be told, we're not too hot on the idea of sharing a beach house with a Jitney-full of summer Hamptonites. Which is why we love Montauk, and why word that a longtime area motel has been renovated is music to our sunburned ears. Why, hello there, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Panoramic+View+Resort/local/1734">Panoramic View Resort</a>. What you're looking at here is panoramic view from one of the Panoramic View studiosthe resort is a mix of beach homes (residences you can buy) and beach units for rent. It's located near the Hither Hills park, a short trek out of town, not far from Montauk mainstay, <a

Bowery Goes Beach: Sean MacPherson Snaps Up a Montauk Hotel

MsRebecca — 2010-03-26T08:40:11-05:00

Where do you go once you've made a name for yourself putting hotels in previously dubious areas or buildings and making them the hippest spots in Manhattan? Why, it's obvious: The Hamptons. Or in the case of Sean MacPherson, he of The Bowery, The Jane, and The Maritime Hotel fame, you head to Montauk.

That's where our favorite J.Crew modeling, Gossip Girl-cameo-ing hotelier just bought his latest property, The Crow's Nest Restaurant and Inn. (A word of warning before you click on the website—prepare for the sounds of seagulls and breaking waves.)