Beach club · Montauk
Gurney's Montauk pool deck
The only true on-the-sand resort in the Hamptons, with a pool deck that runs loud all season.
SunsetLoud$$$$Swimwear + caftan
Peak: Saturday 1-5pm
People-Watching, Honest Edition
The Scene
Where the East End’s people-watching actually happens. Models, scouts, celebrities, the trade press, the social set. We don’t sell access; we point you at the door. Some of these are quiet luxury, some are loud Friday-night chaos. Both have their place.
If you’re here because you want to see hot people: pool day at Gurney’s, Saturday lunch at Sant Ambroeus, Sunday polo at Two Trees Farm. That’s the canonical order. Everything else is supporting material.
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The Surf Lodge
Tiny rooms, a tiny pool, and a concert deck on Fort Pond that functions as the single loudest summer venue…
SunsetLoud$$$$FestivalPeak: Friday sunset through Sunday 2am
- Restaurant · Montauk
Duryea's Lobster Deck
A former fish dock converted into a sunset picnic deck with lobster rolls and a rosé list longer than the…
SunsetMixed$$$$Beach-chicPeak: Saturday 4-7pm
Sunset hour
7 spots
Montauk · 5
Photo: DiscoverLongIsland (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons Beach club · MontaukGurney's Montauk pool deck
The only true on-the-sand resort in the Hamptons, with a pool deck that runs loud all season.
SunsetLoud$$$$Swimwear + caftanPeak: Saturday 1-5pm
- Hotel · Montauk
The Surf Lodge
Tiny rooms, a tiny pool, and a concert deck on Fort Pond that functions as the single loudest summer venue…
SunsetLoud$$$$FestivalPeak: Friday sunset through Sunday 2am
- Restaurant · Montauk
Duryea's Lobster Deck
A former fish dock converted into a sunset picnic deck with lobster rolls and a rosé list longer than the…
SunsetMixed$$$$Beach-chicPeak: Saturday 4-7pm
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- Hotel · Montauk
The Crow's Nest
A small inn above Lake Montauk with the best sunset view of any restaurant in town and a kitchen that…
SunsetQuiet luxury$$$$ResortwearPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-8pm
Sag Harbor · 2
- Restaurant · Sag Harbor
The Beacon Sag Harbor
The second-floor deck over Sag Harbor Cove is the best-priced sunset view on the South Fork — bar snacks and…
SunsetMixed$$$Smart casualPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-8pm
- Hotel · Sag Harbor
Faraway Sag Harbor (former Baron's Cove)
The 1960s motor inn that was Baron's Cove sold, renovated, and reopened summer 2026 as Faraway Sag Harbor.
SunsetQuiet luxury$$$$Smart casualPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-9pm
Saturday night dinner
3 spots
Montauk · 1
- Hotel · Montauk
The Crow's Nest
A small inn above Lake Montauk with the best sunset view of any restaurant in town and a kitchen that…
SunsetQuiet luxury$$$$ResortwearPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-8pm
Sag Harbor · 2
- Restaurant · Sag Harbor
The Beacon Sag Harbor
The second-floor deck over Sag Harbor Cove is the best-priced sunset view on the South Fork — bar snacks and…
SunsetMixed$$$Smart casualPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-8pm
- Hotel · Sag Harbor
Faraway Sag Harbor (former Baron's Cove)
The 1960s motor inn that was Baron's Cove sold, renovated, and reopened summer 2026 as Faraway Sag Harbor.
SunsetQuiet luxury$$$$Smart casualPeak: Friday and Saturday 6-9pm
After dark
1 spot
Montauk · 1
- Hotel · Montauk
The Surf Lodge
Tiny rooms, a tiny pool, and a concert deck on Fort Pond that functions as the single loudest summer venue…
SunsetLoud$$$$FestivalPeak: Friday sunset through Sunday 2am
1 spot
Pool day
1 spot
Shelter Island · 1
- Hotel · Shelter Island
Sunset Beach Shelter Island
André Balazs's St-Tropez-in-the-Peconic.
SunsetMixed$$$$Riviera linenPeak: Saturday 4-8pm
Sunset hour
1 spot
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- Hotel · Shelter Island
Sunset Beach Shelter Island
André Balazs's St-Tropez-in-the-Peconic.
SunsetMixed$$$$Riviera linenPeak: Saturday 4-8pm
Saturday night dinner
1 spot
Shelter Island · 1
- Hotel · Shelter Island
Sunset Beach Shelter Island
André Balazs's St-Tropez-in-the-Peconic.
SunsetMixed$$$$Riviera linenPeak: Saturday 4-8pm
Hampton Classic week
Late August, every party
- Last weekend of August
- Hampton Classic horse show, Bridgehampton
- All week
- every scene-adjacent venue on this page runs a side party
- Peak
- Grand Prix Sunday
A full social week, not a day trip — social calendar for the week’s schedule.
Galas & benefits
Dress-code summer
The Watermill Center benefit, Parrish Midsummer, Guild Hall Summer Gala, and Authors Night are the four black-tie nights that draw the city social set out east. Tickets are public. The full schedule lives on the galas page, cross-linked to the social calendar.