Checking in on The Surf Lodge :: Guest Reviews Are In

Where: 183 Edgemere Street [map], Montauk, NY, United States, 11954

6/23/2008 at 11:15 AM
Tags: Hampton Hotels, Hotel Restaurants, Sam Talbot

The Surf Lodge in Montauk has been open for just under a month now and surprisingly, has received little fanfare in the press, save the occasional celebrity sighting. (Molly Sims showed up an hour late for her reservation and had to wait for a table, says the New York Post!)

And so we turned to the truly opinionated for help: Commenters, natch. Over at TripAdvisor's forums, one poster said the hotel "looks like something you would see in the Caribbean" with a "happening outside deck and restaurant," but the commenters over at Gridskipper were less fawning.

Most seemed offended by the hotel's claims of being influenced by East End surfing culture, i.e. "I don't know one surfer who would go to this place," while another commenter alleged food poisoning and lousy service. Sam Talbot say it isn't so! 

So either the rest of the world doesn't care as much about the Hamptons as New Yorkers do or maybe it's just that there isn't that much good stuff to say about the place. We're hoping one of you dear readers out there can set the record straight on this, since it seems like such a lovely place, but one more account of food poisoning and you can officially consider our reservation cancelled, Sam Talbot and his good looks be damned.