The American Hotel
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Phone: (631) 725-3535
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- Between Nassau Street and Washington Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Romantic Dining 2005
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 4pm-11pm, Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 12pm-11pm
Editorial Review for The American Hotel – by Bryan Miller
The Scene
The 155-year-old hotel's four Victorian dining rooms deliver on charm, with ornate chandeliers, languid ceiling fans and nautical artifacts covering the walls. In spite of these trappings, it is not a stuffy place. Enthusiastic and well-schooled young servers gleefully run down menu specials and cast a vigilant eye all evening. The American Hotel is nationally known for its wine list, an enormous leather-bound tome that takes two athletic waiters to deliver it. Prices are reasonable, and the selection is awesome, rich in many vintages from South Africa to Seattle.
The Food
The menu is contemporary American. Seafood is a good bet, especially the Peconic Bay oysters and Gardiner's Bay clams on the half shell. A changing roster of traditional American desserts is worth a look.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasBefore dinner have a drink at the wonderful old bar where local old-timers stop in for a pop after a day working on the waterfront.
User Reviews for The American Hotel
11/16/2005 Posted by jpeastender
Fine food, exceptional wine although pricey. We enjoyed the Piano bar. Have the bananas foster for dessert. The service is excellent.
03/15/2005 Posted by taksa
The Au Pauvre was indeed zesty, very charred, almost crisp on the outside, but still somehow pink on the inside. The oysters were perfect. My friend had a bison steak, which I think is a littel dry, but that seems to be the nature of bison. The wine list was overwhelming, but we managed to find an inexpensive Spanish wine that went very well with out meat.
Pros: foor, service, location
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