Long Island venue guide
Updated
A Long Island wedding can mean two very different things. Out east, in the Hamptons, the North Fork, and Montauk, it's waterfront inns and historic houses where guests can stay the weekend. Closer to the city, it's estates, banquet halls, and all-inclusive packages that are easier to reach and usually cost less.
We've gathered details on 13 Long Island venues. Pick a starting point and Sage will rank them for your day, with cost estimates wherever the venue publishes its prices.
What should you budget?
Use − and + to reprice every figure below.
$33k
Typical estimate
The median cost for Long Island venues that include their own catering.
$17k–$100k
Typical range
A very wide range. The waterfront inns out east sit at the top, and the all-inclusive halls closer to the city at the bottom.
These are our estimates, not quotes from the venues. They include service charges and tax when a venue lists them. Your date, guest count, bar, rentals, and staff will all change the final total.
Every filled dot is one Long Island venue that can host 100 guests, shaded by its own estimate on the same scale as the New Yorkguide's map; grey ones don't publish a venue-with-catering price. Outlined dots are venues in neighbouring regions.
Narrow it down
See which Long Island venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many Long Island venues come in under common budgets for the venue and food, at the guest counts couples plan for most. Each row counts the venues that can host that many guests and publish a full price for the venue and the food, so the list gets shorter as it grows.
| Guests | Typical venue and food | Under $15,000 | Under $25,000 | Under $35,000 | Under $50,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 guests | $16k | 4 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| 100 guests | $33k | 1 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| 150 guests | $39k | 0 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| 200 guests | $38k | 0 of 5 | 0 of 5 | 2 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
Our estimates for the venue and food, including service charges and tax where the venue lists them, on a Saturday in peak season. Not quotes. A typical figure is shown only where at least five venues publish a price. On their cheapest published date, usually a weekday or a winter month, 2 more venues come in under $25,000 for 100 guests.
How venues price weddings
Pick one to see what its price contains, what it leaves for you to buy, and what it typically comes to.
You get the venue, food, and other vendors
A package covering the venue and food & beverage, plus at least three things you would otherwise hire and pay for yourself — a coordinator, a DJ, the florals, the cake, the invitations.
$17k
typical for the package
$17k–$17k
where 80% of these 1 venues land
And then you still buy
want the fewest decisions and the fewest separate contracts to sign.
What you’d still need to find out
Bundles differ a lot between venues so know exactly what you’re signing up for and what’s flexible.
You pay for the space and their kitchen
Venues publish their price in two ways: as a site fee plus a per-guest menu price, or as a bundled package (venue + food).
$39k
typical for venues with catering
$19k–$100k
where 80% of these 8 venues land
And then you still buy
don’t want to worry about sourcing a caterer or any outside catering fees.
What you’d still need to find out
Whether drinks are inside the menu price or billed separately, and what the service charge and tax add at the end.
You buy the space, then the food
You hire and pay a caterer yourself. Any fee the venue charges for letting an outside kitchen in is already in this figure.
$20k
typical for the venue rental
$8k–$30k
where 80% of these 3 venues land
And then you still buy
want a specific cuisine, a caterer you already love, or real control of the food budget.
What you’d still need to find out
What your caterer will quote, and whether rentals, staff and the bar come through them or the venue.
Your date matters as much as your venue. Summer Saturdays are when Long Island is most in demand, and prices follow. Moving to a weekday or out of summer saves more here than in most of New York. The quote you compare still grows once fees and tax are added, and venues here tend to have firm rules about the day itself, so it's worth asking about both early.
Monday through Thursday, compared with the same venue on a Saturday. Across New York, it’s 20% less.
Compare weekday pricesTypical service charges, admin fees, and tax, compared with 26% across New York.
Compare full estimates, fees includedOf the rules venues publish on sparklers, candles, confetti, and décor, compared with 82% across New York.
See each venue's rulesWhat kind of place
Inns and hotels on the water in Hampton Bays, Montauk, and Greenport, usually with rooms for guests and the highest prices on the island. Ask how many rooms you get, what summer weekends cost against the off-season, and where you go if it rains.
4 of 13 venues here
Find venues like theseOld houses, gardens, and a museum estate on the North Shore and out east. Many rent you the space, so you'll hire the caterer and rentals. Ask which caterers you can use and what paperwork each vendor needs to send the venue.
6 of 13 venues here
Find venues like theseHalls and restaurants closer to the city that sell one price for food, drinks, and the room, often the lowest prices on the island. Ask what the package leaves out and how many hours it covers.
3 of 13 venues here
Find venues like theseThe same wedding costs different amounts at a barn and at a hotel — and so does the shape of the bill. Four ways to look at it, for 100 guests.
The venue rental across every venue that charges one as its own line — whether or not they also sell you the food. Just the room, nothing else.
Every venue that itemises a rental, including the ones that cater. Venues quoting a single package over the room and the meal never name a room price, so they aren’t here — and this is a part of a bill, not a whole one, so it can’t be subtracted from the next chart.
The whole bill — the room, the meal, and the fees on top.
Venues behind each figure in brackets. A venue can be more than one kind of place, so it may appear in more than one row.
Every bar is one whole bill, so what changes across the list is the split. A hotel earns it back on the menu; a restaurant charges you for the space.
Only the venues that price the room and the meal separately, with how many in brackets. Another 9 quote one package covering both, so there is no split to show for them.
The floor, not the bill — what you owe before anyone has chosen a menu. A food and beverage minimum, a bar minimum and a fee for bringing your own caterer are the same move in three costumes, so they are added up per venue and shown together.
Only the venues that state a floor, with how many in brackets; silence is not a zero. A venue that says it has no minimum is counted at zero rather than left out. None charge an explicit outside-catering fee — in this corpus the minimum does that job instead.
Before you tour
A wedding out east feels like a getaway, and guests often stay the weekend, but it costs more and can be a long drive, especially on summer weekends. Closer to the city, guests can come for the evening and head home. Decide which one you want before you start touring, since it changes the whole shortlist.
See venues across the regionSome waterfront venues publish much lower prices outside summer. In January and February, Sound View Greenport is 59% less, Water's Edge is 56% less, and Canoe Place Inn is 44% less than in its busiest months. If you're open to a spring, fall, or winter date, ask every venue for its prices by month.
Set your date and compare pricesMany venues here have requirements you pay for or arrange yourself. Most often certificates of insurance from every vendor, event insurance and valet or managed parking. Sparklers, candles, confetti, and décor are also usually limited. Ask about all of it on the first call, so nothing surprises you later.
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a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (13 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 3 of the 13 Long Island venues we track charge differently depending on the day, and 5 charge differently depending on the month. Every figure below compares a venue with itself, so it says what moving your date does — whatever kind of venue you pick, and whatever the size of your wedding.
Day of the week
Months you’d consider
Peak months are selected to start. Tap any month to compare.
Saturday, peak season
The most expensive date most venues sell, and the date almost every published price assumes. Choose a different day or month to see what typically comes off.
5 of the 13 Long Island venues that can host 100 guests put a floor under what you spend — a minimum on food and drink, or a headcount they bill for. It is the one charge that feels worse the smaller your wedding is, and it is rarely made clear on other platforms that show venue pricing.
3 of 5
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $22k typically.
Most of them stop topping up from around 125 guests. Below that, inviting fewer people doesn’t lower the bill at these venues.
Cutting 20 guests takes $0 off the bill, even though they actually cost $2.2k — because of the minimum spend
A venue can set more than one.
What gets added at the end
Every pricing model carries them. At the 6 Long Island venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 33%, with most landing between 22% and 36%.
Administrative fee4 venues
23%
Charged instead of, or alongside, a service charge — and usually taxed as well.
Sales tax5 venues
8.6%
Set by the state, and charged on the service charge too at most venues.
Dots are sized by how many venues charge that rate. The gold line is the median rate, and every fee has its own scale: read the spread within a row, not across them.
Places worth a closer look
These examples cover the island's inns, estates, and halls, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor rules, and other planning details.
Setauket · Up to 120 guests
You can bring your own caterer
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
East Hampton · Up to 125 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$20–30k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Hampton Bays · Up to 250 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
$75k+ · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Greenport · Up to 175 guests
Includes a day-of coordinator
$25–35k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Montauk · Up to 185 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$75k+ · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
FRANKLIN SQUARE
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Describe your guest count, your budget, and anything you can’t compromise on. See a ranked list of venues, with why each one fits, trade-offs, and what to double-check.
Sage the Date reads each venue's own published details, including pricing, catering and alcohol rules, music curfews, rain plans, whether you get the whole property, and how many guests each space holds. Every estimate uses your guest count. When a venue doesn't say, we tell you instead of guessing.
Before you book
Sage reads each venue's own published pricing and policies, puts different kinds of quotes on the same footing, and estimates the cost for 100 guests. If a venue doesn't say something, we treat it as a question to ask, not a no. Venues can't pay to appear or to rank higher here.
