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

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  Site Where: 183 Edgemere Street [map], Montauk, NY, United States, 11954
June 23, 2008 at 11:15 AM | by jennm | 3 Comments

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.

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  1. patricksw

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Checking in on The Surf Lodge :: Guest Reviews

    It's hard to set anything straight if they won't answer the GD phone!
    June 23, 2008 at 3:12 PM
  1. jennm

    HotelChatter Editor

    Re: Checking in on The Surf Lodge :: Guest Reviews

    Is that STILL happening?
    June 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
  1. MartyRobinsion

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Checking in on The Surf Lodge :: Guest Reviews

    I must say the decor and the view were quite lovely but I can't say I would ever dream of going back. Me and my wife are Top Chef fans and honestly we were really excited to experience Chef Talbot's menu. But we were sourly disappointed.

    The meal's highlights were our drinks, to say the least. Our plates came luke warm and the lobster roll was a disaster. Maybe if Chef Talbot had spent less time flirting shamelessly with two young ladies instead in the kitchen maybe the service would have been better.

    But our server was what really set it off. He was rude and even at one point forcefully handed us our plates.

    I tried to call in a compliant the next day but no one would pick up the phone.

    Surf Lodge really needs to tighten up the service and get their act together.

    June 26, 2008 at 12:30 AM

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