GOD LIST

Hamptons

The 30 best places in Hamptons — restaurants, bars, boutique hotels, coffee, wellness, shopping, and culture. Ranked weekly by editorial authority.

Best Serious Dinner

Jean-Georges at Topping Rose House leads Bridgehampton fine dining 14 years.

  1. 1Le Bilboquet
  2. 21770 House
  3. 3Nick & Toni's
  4. 4The American Hotel
  5. 5Feniks
  6. 6Carbone
  7. 7Jean-Georges at Topping Rose House
  8. 8Pierre's
  9. 9Bell & Anchor
  10. 10La Goulue

Best Brunch

Babette's carries the 37-year organic East Hampton brunch anchor.

  1. 1Babette's
  2. 2Mary's Marvelous
  3. 3Loaves & Fishes Cookshop
  4. 4Sant Ambroeus
  5. 5Almond brunch
  6. 6Nick & Toni's Sunday
  7. 7Estia's Little Kitchen
  8. 8Goldberg's Famous Bagels
  9. 9Round Swamp Farm
  10. 10Hampton Coffee Company

Best Aperitivo Hour

Sant Ambroeus bar leads the Italian aperitivo template year-round.

  1. 1Wölffer Estate Vineyard
  2. 2Wölffer Wine Stand
  3. 3La Goulue
  4. 4Cipriani Bellini service
  5. 5Tutto Il Giorno bar
  6. 6Sant Ambroeus bar
  7. 7Le Bilboquet bar
  8. 8Bell & Anchor bar
  9. 9Pierre's bar
  10. 10Beacon yacht-deck bar

Best Omakase And Sushi

Sen leads with 37 years as the Sag Harbor sushi anchor.

  1. 1Sen Express
  2. 2Sushi by Bou
  3. 3Sen
  4. 4Saaz
  5. 5Naia at Capri Hotel
  6. 6Sunset Harbor
  7. 7MoCean
  8. 8Bostwick's sushi side
  9. 9Suki Zuki
  10. 10Sea Sag Harbor

Best Pizza

World Pie leads with 30 years as the Bridgehampton pizza anchor.

  1. 1World Pie
  2. 2Sant Ambroeus pizza
  3. 3Fini
  4. 4La Parmigiana
  5. 5Townline BBQ pizza side
  6. 6Cittanuova
  7. 7Sagg Main Pizza
  8. 8Tutto Il Giorno pizza
  9. 9Crazy Pizza European import
  10. 10Pizza Rita

Best Italian

Nick & Toni's leads with 38 years as the Mediterranean institution.

  1. 1Carbone
  2. 2Nick & Toni's
  3. 3Tutto Il Giorno
  4. 4Cittanuova
  5. 5Dopo La Spiaggia
  6. 6La Parmigiana
  7. 7Sant Ambroeus
  8. 8Page at Sag Harbor pasta
  9. 9Almond pasta
  10. 10Camp Rubirosa

Best Tequila And Tacos

La Fondita leads the Hispanic-Hamptons anchor 18 years running.

  1. 1La Fondita
  2. 2Maison Vivienne
  3. 3Crash Cantina
  4. 4Highway Restaurant
  5. 5Townline BBQ tacos
  6. 6Coche Comedor
  7. 7El Verano Taqueria
  8. 8Bostwick's fish tacos
  9. 9Sí Sí tacos side
  10. 10Coast Grill limited

Best Cocktail Bar

The American Hotel bar leads with 180 years and 110K-bottle cellar.

  1. 1Topping Rose lounge
  2. 2Beacon bar
  3. 3Vin Sur Vingt
  4. 4The American Hotel bar
  5. 5c/o The Maidstone living room bar
  6. 6Tutto Il Giorno bar
  7. 7Si Sí bar
  8. 8The Surf Lodge bar
  9. 9The Crow's Nest bar
  10. 10Gurney's Firepit

Best Stylish Scene

Le Bilboquet leads with highest celebrity density in the Hamptons.

  1. 1Ketchy Beach at Capri Hotel
  2. 2Le Bilboquet
  3. 3Sant Ambroeus
  4. 4Surf Lodge
  5. 5Sí Sí
  6. 6Nick & Toni's
  7. 7Carbone
  8. 8Tutto Il Giorno
  9. 9La Goulue
  10. 10Soho House Beach Club Shelter Island (members)

Best Tiny Boutique Hotel

Baker House 1650 leads with ~5 rooms — the tightest in the Hamptons.

  1. 1Bridgehampton Inn
  2. 2The Roundtree Amagansett
  3. 3The Hedges Inn
  4. 4Baker House 1650
  5. 5A Room at the Beach
  6. 6Shou Sugi Ban House
  7. 7The American Hotel
  8. 8The Maidstone
  9. 9Sole East
  10. 101708 House

Best Local Scene

Stephen Talkhouse leads with 56 years as the Amagansett music anchor.

  1. 1Stephen Talkhouse
  2. 2The Dock
  3. 3Memory Motel
  4. 4Townline BBQ
  5. 5Salivar's
  6. 6The Sloppy Tuna
  7. 7Liar's Saloon
  8. 8Murph's Backstreet Tavern
  9. 9Wölffer Wine Stand
  10. 10Round Swamp Farm

Best Boutique Hotel

Baker House 1650 leads the Cotswold-inspired East Hampton manor signal.

  1. 1The American Hotel
  2. 2The Roundtree Amagansett
  3. 3Topping Rose House
  4. 4Baker House 1650
  5. 5The Maidstone
  6. 6Shou Sugi Ban House
  7. 7The Capri Southampton
  8. 8EHP Resort
  9. 9The Surf Lodge
  10. 10Marram Montauk

Best Local Burger

Sag Harbor Tavern leads with Red Hook Tavern Brooklyn outpost quality.

  1. 1The Palm
  2. 2Bay Burger
  3. 3LT Burger
  4. 4Rowdy Hall
  5. 5Townline BBQ
  6. 6Bostwick's
  7. 7Sag Harbor Tavern
  8. 8Highway Restaurant
  9. 9East Hampton Grill
  10. 10Cittanuova

Best Coffee Stop

Hampton Coffee Company leads with 32 years as the East End chain anchor.

  1. 1Golden Pear
  2. 2Goldberg's Famous Bagels coffee
  3. 3Hampton Bagel coffee
  4. 4Hampton Coffee Company
  5. 5Babette's coffee
  6. 6Joni's Kitchen
  7. 7Mary's Marvelous
  8. 8Provisions Natural Foods coffee
  9. 9Estia's Little Kitchen coffee
  10. 10Sag Town Coffee

Best Bakery

Carissa's The Bakery leads the Sag Harbor cult morning queue signal.

  1. 1Tate's Bake Shop
  2. 2Hampton Bagel
  3. 3Loaves & Fishes
  4. 4Levain Bakery
  5. 5Carissa's The Bakery
  6. 6Round Swamp Farm
  7. 7Mary's Marvelous
  8. 8Bagels by The Sea
  9. 9Goldberg's Famous Bagels
  10. 10Citarella bakery counter

Best Seafood Classic

Duryea's Lobster Deck leads with 87 years on Fort Pond Bay sunset.

  1. 1Bostwick's Chowder House
  2. 2The Lobster Roll
  3. 3Duryea's Lobster Deck
  4. 4The Clam Bar at Napeague
  5. 5Navy Beach
  6. 6Inlet Seafood
  7. 7Westlake Fish House
  8. 8Salivar's
  9. 9Gosman's Dock
  10. 10Dock to Dish Montauk

Best Rooftop View

Sunset Beach leads with André Balazs Shelter Island sunset deck 27 years.

  1. 1The Crow's Nest lawn
  2. 2Topping Rose lawn bar
  3. 3Sunset Beach
  4. 4The Capri Bathing Club deck
  5. 5Wölffer Wine Stand
  6. 6Duryea's Lobster Deck terrace
  7. 7Sí Sí outdoor
  8. 8EHP Resort lawn
  9. 9Beacon deck
  10. 10Gurney's Firepit

Best Date Night

The American Hotel leads with 180-year candlelit dining room intimacy.

  1. 1Nick & Toni's
  2. 2Topping Rose House Jean-Georges
  3. 31770 House
  4. 4The American Hotel
  5. 5Sí Sí
  6. 6Pierre's
  7. 7Bell & Anchor
  8. 8Carbone
  9. 9Le Bilboquet
  10. 10La Goulue

Best Hidden-Gem Dinner

Vine Street Cafe leads from Shelter Island ferry-access hidden signal.

  1. 1Stone Creek Inn
  2. 218 Bay
  3. 3Il Buco al Mare
  4. 4Léon 1909
  5. 5Vine Street Cafe
  6. 6Page at Sag Harbor
  7. 7Feniks
  8. 8Bell & Anchor
  9. 9Highway Restaurant
  10. 10Dopo La Spiaggia

Best Fashion And Design Stop

East Hampton Main Street cluster leads with ~25 luxury flagships.

  1. 1The Bridgehampton Commons
  2. 2Jobs Lane Southampton
  3. 3Ralph Lauren East Hampton flagship
  4. 4Main Street Sag Harbor
  5. 5Newtown Lane East Hampton
  6. 6East Hampton Main Street
  7. 7Hermès East Hampton
  8. 8Theory East Hampton
  9. 9The Webster Hamptons
  10. 10Tory Burch East Hampton

Best Reset Day

Shou Sugi Ban House leads with ryokan-style retreat and Mads Refslund kitchen.

  1. 1The Spa at Topping Rose
  2. 2The Spa at Naia
  3. 3The Spa at Baker House 1650
  4. 4Shou Sugi Ban House
  5. 5Gurney's Seawater Spa
  6. 6The Spa at Hero Beach Club
  7. 7The Spa at The Maidstone
  8. 8The Spa at Canoe Place Inn
  9. 9The Spa at Montauk Yacht Club
  10. 10Naturopathica spa

Best Beach-Day Table

Gurney's Montauk Beach leads with 2,000-foot private oceanfront.

  1. 1Soho Beach House Shelter Island
  2. 2The Surf Lodge
  3. 3EHP Resort Beach Club
  4. 4The Bathing Club at Capri Hotel
  5. 5Gurney's Montauk Beach
  6. 6The Beach Club at Shinnecock
  7. 7The Maidstone Club
  8. 8Marram Montauk beach access
  9. 9Hero Beach Club
  10. 10The Beach House Bridgehampton private

Best Quick Lunch

Round Swamp Farm leads the family-run prepared foods East Hampton anchor.

  1. 1Round Swamp Farm
  2. 2Babette's lunch
  3. 3Hampton Chutney
  4. 4Bostwick's quick
  5. 5Loaves & Fishes
  6. 6The Lobster Roll
  7. 7Mary's Marvelous
  8. 8Le Bilboquet lunch
  9. 9Sant Ambroeus lunch
  10. 10Pierre's lunch

Best Off the Beaten Path

Round Swamp Farm leads with 50+ years as the true locals anchor.

  1. 1Round Swamp Farm
  2. 2Wölffer Wine Stand
  3. 3Pollock-Krasner House
  4. 4North Fork Table & Inn
  5. 5Clam Bar at Napeague
  6. 6Sunset Beach
  7. 7The Pridwin
  8. 8Stephen Talkhouse
  9. 9Memory Motel
  10. 10The American Beech Greenport

Best Clean Lunch

Babette's leads with 37 years organic/vegan-forward East Hampton anchor.

  1. 1Loaves & Fishes Cookshop
  2. 2Babette's
  3. 3Hampton Chutney
  4. 4Provisions Natural Foods Market
  5. 5Round Swamp Farm
  6. 6Mary's Marvelous
  7. 7Estia's Little Kitchen
  8. 8Almond healthy bowls
  9. 9Pierre's salads
  10. 10Citarella prepared healthy

Best Steak Scene

The Palm leads with 46 years as the East Hampton steakhouse anchor.

  1. 1The Palm
  2. 2Bell & Anchor
  3. 3Nick & Toni's bistecca
  4. 4Topping Rose House Jean-Georges
  5. 5The American Hotel
  6. 6Donohue's Steakhouse
  7. 71770 House Tavern
  8. 8Carbone steak
  9. 9East Hampton Grill
  10. 10Beacon steak menu

Best Speakeasy Mood

The American Hotel wine cellar leads with 110,000+ bottles in 180-year basement.

  1. 1The Reform Club tucked bar
  2. 2Vin Sur Vingt back wine room
  3. 3Topping Rose private lounge
  4. 4Baker House 1650 fireplace lounge
  5. 5c/o The Maidstone basement bar
  6. 6The American Hotel wine cellar
  7. 7Léon 1909 in former bank vault
  8. 8Shou Sugi Ban tea house
  9. 9Maison Close basement
  10. 10The Roundtree fireplace lounge

Best Hotel Lobby Bar

The American Hotel bar leads with 180-year lobby anchor and wine program.

  1. 1Townline BBQ
  2. 2The Sloppy Tuna
  3. 3Stephen Talkhouse late kitchen
  4. 4Liar's Saloon late
  5. 5The Surf Lodge late
  6. 6Ketchy Beach late
  7. 7Memory Motel late
  8. 8EHP Resort lobby
  9. 9The Capri lobby
  10. 10Marram Montauk lobby

Best Cultural Errand

Parrish Art Museum leads with Herzog & de Meuron design and Springs context.

  1. 1Bell & Anchor wine
  2. 2The American Hotel wine cellar
  3. 3Channing Daughters Vineyard
  4. 4Wölffer Estate Vineyard
  5. 5Sant Ambroeus enoteca
  6. 6Vin Sur Vingt
  7. 7Wölffer Wine Stand
  8. 8Children's Museum of the East End
  9. 9Guild Hall
  10. 10East Hampton Historical Society

Best Sweet Finish

Carissa's The Bakery leads the Sag Harbor cult morning + sweet finish signal.

  1. 1Sunset Beach
  2. 2Le Bilboquet
  3. 3Navy Beach
  4. 4Duryea's Lobster Deck
  5. 5The Crow's Nest
  6. 6Beacon
  7. 7Ocean Club Montauk
  8. 8Nick & Toni's dessert
  9. 9The American Hotel dessert
  10. 10Topping Rose dessert

Why these rankings

Best Serious Dinner: Le Bilboquet leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — jean-georges at topping rose house leads bridgehampton fine dining 14 years. The full Top 20 includes 1770 House, Nick & Toni's, The American Hotel.

Best Brunch: Babette's leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — babette's carries the 37-year organic east hampton brunch anchor. The full Top 20 includes Mary's Marvelous, Loaves & Fishes Cookshop, Sant Ambroeus.

Best Aperitivo Hour: Wölffer Estate Vineyard leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — sant ambroeus bar leads the italian aperitivo template year-round. The full Top 20 includes Wölffer Wine Stand, La Goulue, Cipriani Bellini service.

Best Omakase And Sushi: Sen Express leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — sen leads with 37 years as the sag harbor sushi anchor. The full Top 20 includes Sushi by Bou, Sen, Saaz.

Best Pizza: World Pie leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — world pie leads with 30 years as the bridgehampton pizza anchor. The full Top 20 includes Sant Ambroeus pizza, Fini, La Parmigiana.

Best Italian: Carbone leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — nick & toni's leads with 38 years as the mediterranean institution. The full Top 20 includes Nick & Toni's, Tutto Il Giorno, Cittanuova.

Best Tequila And Tacos: La Fondita leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — la fondita leads the hispanic-hamptons anchor 18 years running. The full Top 20 includes Maison Vivienne, Crash Cantina, Highway Restaurant.

Best Cocktail Bar: Topping Rose lounge leads because it consistently delivers what the category demands — the american hotel bar leads with 180 years and 110k-bottle cellar. The full Top 20 includes Beacon bar, Vin Sur Vingt, The American Hotel bar.