Just when you thought dining out in the Hamptons required a six-week lead time and a minor miracle, Long Island Restaurant Week (Spring Edition) is back to rescue your social life—and your wallet. Running April 26 through May 3, this annual stretch of prix fixe menus gives you a legit excuse to revisit your favorites… or finally try the places you’ve been casually stalking for years.
The deal? Two-course lunches and three-course dinners at set prices that feel almost suspiciously reasonable for the East End. Translation: you can dine like it’s peak summer without the peak summer pricing—or the chaos.
The lineup reads like a greatest-hits tour of Hamptons dining. Think your go-to staples, the buzzy spots you never got into last August, and a few under-the-radar gems that suddenly look like very smart reservations.
A few quick pro tips:
Some restaurants skip Saturday nights or have limited hours—check before you go.
Reservations still matter (this isn’t amateur hour).
Use it strategically—this is your moment to “test drive” spots before the summer rush.
Bottom line: Restaurant Week isn’t just about saving a few dollars—it’s about access. It’s your chance to get in, sit down, and enjoy the Hamptons dining scene before it turns into a full-contact sport.
Folks like to say summer in the Hamptons is one long cocktail hour — rosé at sunset, margaritas at brunch, and bubbles in the pool.
But what about winter? You PROBABLY STIILL have a drink in your hand… mostly because it’s cold and that’s how we cope. But listen — winter in the Hamptons isn’t all sweatpants and Netflix binges. It’s a season, not a sentence.
There are PRIX-FIXES THAT WON’T BREAK THE BANK!
East Hampton
Fresno Coastal Italian with a $49 three-course menu — think house pastas, wood-oven-roasted mains, and desserts you’ll Instagram first.
Nick & Toni’s Classic South Fork institution with a $34 two-course pizza + pasta prix fixe — perfect after a chilly walk on Main Beach. https://nickandtonis.com
Bridgehampton
The Bridgehampton Inn Restaurant & Bar Elegant yet cozy with a $46 two-course prix fixe — seafood starters and hearty mains await.
Elia Estiatorio Mediterranean flavors and a $49 three-course menu — from grilled octopus to Greek-style kebobs. https://eliarestaurant.com
Hampton Bays
Canoe Place Your winter seafood getaway — three courses for $60 with options like crab cakes or steak frites. 👉 https://canoeplace.com
🍽️ Long Island Restaurant Week
January 25–February 1, 2026
Yes, right now is Long Island Restaurant Week — the new winter holiday that pays you back. 🍷 Expect three-course prix-fixe menus across dozens of local restaurants (often $29–$46). It’s like eating out on sale — but classy.
Seasonal public skating, lessons, hockey programs, and events — gliding in the crisp air, rentals available. 👉 https://southamptonicerink.com
⛸️ Buckskill Winter Club — East Hampton
The only refrigerated NHL-sized outdoor rink on the South Fork, with public sessions, lessons, hockey, and a cozy clubhouse for cocoa and snacks. 👉 https://buckskillwinterclub.com
Whether you’re twisting like a pro or wobbling like it’s your first time, these spots turn winter into playtime.
A serene spa inside a classic Hamptons inn — steam rooms, sauna, heated pool, facials, and private appointments for a true reset. 👉 https://www.bakerhouse1650.com/the-baker-spa
Want luxurious treatments during your next escape? They’ve got the facials, massages, and detox sessions locals swear by.
Winter Shopping: A Perk of the Season
This is no hallucinatory summer sale — we’re talking real markdowns: 20%, 30%, even 50% off on cashmere, outerwear, and those statement pieces you “could never justify buying in August.”
Pro Tip:
Weekend parking ≠ Fight Club. Just a cart wheel and a latte instead of a valet queue. Bliss.
See I told you. There is more than drinking this season. Now, hang on while a grab a bottle of Sancerre…or maybe al hot chocolate with a splash of something stronger.
A sharp, local year‑end recap of the Hamptons in 2025—real estate trends, restaurant shakeups, market realities, social scene highlights, and the chatter that defined the year.
If 2025 in the Hamptons proved anything, it’s this: nothing stays still for long—except traffic on County Road 39.
From real estate recalibrations to restaurant musical chairs, benefit season to parking‑permit panic, this year delivered plenty to talk about—and we did. Consider this the streamlined highlight reel.
This was not a headline‑friendly year of straight up or down. Buyers hesitated, sellers tested the limits of optimism, and pricing finally mattered again—a lot. Well‑located, well‑priced homes moved. Everything else waited.
We talked price adjustments (never popular), flood zones, FEMA maps, smart renovations, and why the market doesn’t care what your neighbor sold for in 2021. The lesson was simple: strategy beats stubbornness, and the market always gets the last word.
Restaurants: Blink and You Missed One
Openings, closings, rebrands, soft launches, hard exits—2025 kept the Hamptons dining scene on its toes. Some spots proved that consistency still wins. Others learned the hard way that vibes alone don’t survive winter.
Restaurant Week returned, prix‑fixes were debated, reservations were fought over, and everyone suddenly became a food critic again.
The Social Scene: Seen, Scene & Funded
Benefits filled the calendar, author talks packed the rooms, and film festivals reminded us that culture still shows up strong out east. From Sag Harbor Cinema to Bay Street and Southampton Playhouse, the social circuit stayed lively—even when the weather didn’t cooperate.
The Small Stuff That’s Actually Big
Parking rules, rental regulations, traffic patterns, ticks—these are the things that quietly define daily life here. The Hamptons isn’t just beaches and sunsets; it’s logistics, local politics, and the fine art of timing a left turn in July.
The Takeaway
• Price cures most things. • Good food and good service still matter. • Rumors travel fast—facts catch up. • Community shows up when it counts.
Looking Ahead
Next year will bring new listings, new restaurants, fresh debates, and new things to argue about at Round Swamp. We’ll be here for the chatter, the clarity, and the occasional reality check.
Thanks for reading, sharing tips, and keeping the conversation going.
Cue the popcorn and the puffy coats — Hamptons Doc Fest is back for its 18th year, stretching out to a full eight-day binge of real-life storytelling from December 4–11. Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater once again take the spotlight, but this season there’s a glamorous new satellite in the mix: the Southampton Playhouse. Founder and executive director Jacqui Lofaro promises an “electric” lineup of 33 films that celebrate creators who “edit, not censor” — a refreshing sentiment in a world where facts sometimes feel like they’ve been run through a blender. The festival opens with Steal This Story, Please!, a deep dive into truth-telling journalist Amy Goodman (and what happens when the press decides to play nice instead of fight back), followed by cocktails — because this is the Hamptons, after all.
The week wraps with a wild side, literally, as Lost Wolves of Yellowstone closes out the festival in IMAX at the Southampton Playhouse, spotlighting the woman who helped bring wolves back to the park. Along the way there’s plenty more drama: filmmaker Alan Berliner receives the coveted Pennebaker Career Achievement Award before screening his new film BENITA, and budding auteurs get their moment during the Young Voices Education Program workshop at LTV Studios. Even local teens get a shot at stardom with the Hometown Heroes student film contest — and yes, there’s prize money, so somebody might earn more than a summer scooping ice cream. Want in? Grab passes and tickets at HamptonsDocFest.com before someone else steals your seat.
Meanwhile, changes galore in the Hamptons… Click below to see the video.
