Sound View Greenport

Style

Ship shape

Setting

NoFo mojo

Sound food, sound surrounds and a very sound sleep. You’ll find it all at Sound View Greenport, an old-school, stilted motel stretched across a quarter-mile of private beach on Long Island’s North Fork. It’s set in the Hampton’s country cousin, which is fast becoming a destination for clued-up gourmands, and this seaside stay makes a fine base to explore NoFo’s offerings, with its beachy rooms panelled in blonde wood, chic subway-tiled bathrooms and views of the Long Island Sound that stretch all the way to Connecticut.

Facilities

Rooms

65, including 29 suites.

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 4pm.

More Details

Rates include a Continental breakfast.

Also

There are two ADA rooms, which each have ramp access, wide doors, a roll-in shower with a handheld shower head, grab bars and accessible towel bars (a shower seat is also available, on request). The lobby and restaurant are also fully-accessible, but there is limited accessibility at the beach, and the pool area is unfortunately not suitable for those with mobility issues.

Free Internet Access

Pet Friendly

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

At the Hotel

Private beach, bikes to borrow (seasonal), free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Welcome gift, Nespresso coffee machine, TV, mini-fridge, and Malin + Goetz bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Rooms feel like ship cabins, with blonde-wood panelling, nautical colouring, and views out over the Long Island Sound. Families and groups are best suited to the suites, which sleep between three and five people, but couples looking to get steamy should opt for the King Sauna Room for its cedar-wood sauna.

Poolside

The pool is flanked by retro red loungers and white parasols, with Jack’s poolside bar in easy reach. There’s a private pebble-dashed sandy beach onsite, too, which can be accessed directly from all rooms.

Packing Tips

John Ross’s book The Story of North Fork Wine makes an excellent beach read for grape-loving guests, detailing the development (and drama) of the local wine scene over the last 150 years.

Also

A peek in the minibar will reveal the hotel’s own brand gin, vodka and rum, as well as their own merlot and rosè made in collaboration with local vineyard Macari.

Children

Welcome. Pack ‘n Plays are available, on request.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

When the sun’s got his hat on, opt for the sea-facing terrace at Halyard, or one of the Adirondack chairs around the fire pit at Low Tide Bar for a dreamy duet of s’mores and sundowners.

Dress Code

‘Lana del slay’ your look, with Americana-inspired ‘fits. Think picket-fence gingham, classic preppy polos, country-club tennis whites, and a hearty helping of nautical stripes.

Hotel Restaurant

The hotel’s main restaurant, Halyard, is housed in a ship-like stilted building which hovers over the Long Island Sound. Here, you can expect American seafood – most of which comes directly from the North Fork and Atlantic Seaboard – cooked up using French techniques and paired with pretty sunset views. The menu changes seasonally but the scallops, lobster and swordfish tapas are always popular choices. For casual comfort food and light bites to go, Jack’s Shack and the beach’s Low Tide Bar have you covered with burgers, fresh ceviche, gazpacho and lobster rolls.

Hotel Bar

The piano bar is a rustic, wood-panelled saloon with rich mahogany Chesterfields and a 16-foot-long bar lined with captain’s stools. It’s also where the hotel’s vintage baby grand lives, which is fitting, really, since there’s live music most nights. Head here Thursdays to nab a burger with your pour of Buffalo Trace bourbon. Otherwise, choose from local brews, wines or not-so-classic cocktails – take the ‘Some like it hot’, for example, a neon-green (and thoroughly spicy) take on a margarita made with tequila, sambuca, star anise, cooked salt, and homemade habanero tincture, house cordial, and jalapeño cucumber pure. Jack’s Shack is a one-stop shop for poolside pours, and named after the hotel’s original owner, Jack Levin, who’s beach concession stand was one of the area’s biggest attractions post-World War II. And if you prefer toe-in-sand sipping, Low Tide Bar has you covered for beachside hangs with cocktails and canned drinks, festoon lights, fire pits and a live soundtrack come weekends, which, just like the Osmonds, can be a little bit country or a little bit of rock ‘n’ roll.

Last Orders

Halyard serves lunch Saturday and Sunday between noon and 3pm, while dinner runs from Thursday to Monday between 5pm and 10pm. Piano Bar pours from 5pm till late, but is closed on Mondays.

Room Service

There’s no room service as such, but on request you can get your meals to-go.

Planes

JFK Airport, New York City’s main hub, is around a two-hour drive away from Greenport, while New Jersey’s Newark airport takes just under three. But if you’re travelling from within the States, you can land a little closer at Queen’s LaGuardia or Long Island’s MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma. From the latter, the hotel is just over an hour away by car.

Trains

The famed Long Island Railroad makes travelling around New York State fairly easy; the trains run from Manhattan’s Penn Station all the way up to Greenport and take around two hours.

Automobiles

Once you’re out of the city, the drive to Greenport follows a scenic route, and a set of wheels will be a blessing if you’re planning to explore. There’s parking available at the hotel for $23 a night.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

There are more than 40 vineyards sprinkled across Long Island’s North Fork, whose rolling green terrain is more like the Loire Valley than anything this close to the Big Apple. But, if you’re more of a spirits drinker, Matchbook Distilling Company, a bespoke distillery and incubator, makes for a fun day out; tours include a gin workshop, where guests can make their own mother’s ruin using hundreds of botanical extracts. There are enough microbreweries for days spent hops-hopping and enough trendy eateries to fill a chic foodies guide book, which is perhaps why it’s dubbed by some as the ‘Brooklyn of Long Island’. By others, it’s known as the Hampton’s country cousin, which is probably on account of the lesser-known Fork’s vast and varied farmland. Pick your own lavender in East Marion’s Lavender by the Bay, a fragrant, family-owned, 17-acre slice of Provence on the East coast, or take the kids to Harbes Family Farm for a barnyard adventure with farm animals, bounce pillows, a trike track, obstacle course and hedge maze. Greenport village is full of pretty ice-cream parlours and colourful carousels, as well as small boutiques and vintage-furniture shops. From here, you can also catch a ferry over to Shelter Island for kayaking, paddleboarding and topping-up-your-tan on the nearby beaches. In the evening, catch a gig at Green Hill Kitchen, the restaurant of Austrian chef Wolfgang Ban, where you can enjoy smoked sausages and a tune or two in a rustic, Bavarian-style beer hall.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .