Glen Cove Mansion

Horrifying burger at the pub. I wasn’t expecting much but what i got was way worse. Sour meat probably soaked in its own juice along with 15 other unfortunate patties… strange artificial char flavor. I have a wedding tomorrow. Hope i don’t get ill. Strange greasy opaque «cod» in the fish and chips… fries were good.

I recently stay at the Glen Cove Mansion after a wedding. It was very nice. From the service to the amenities. We got there at around 11pm. I walked up to the guest check in and I didn’t have a reservation, but they were able to give me a room. The bar that they have on the third floor was reasonably priced and they had a live band.
The room that we stayed in was nice. It had a king size bed and the sheet and bedding was surprisingly comfortable.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone who is thinking about staying there.

I visited the property for the first time after I was invited by a resident of Glen Cove to attend their annual culinary delights banquet so my review will mainly be based on that.
The event began at 6pm on a Monday so we headed there straight after work. It was only a few minutes after 6 and the parking lot was already full. People were just creating their spaces or parking on the grass so we could tell it would be a full house before we even walked in. The space was more than large enough to accommodate all the guests. None of the lines for the food sampling were very long but there was a problem with people who lingered at the table for long periods after they got their sample being inconsiderate to those waiting behind them.
I samples a lot of different types of cuisine and overall they were mostly good except for the Mediterranean restaurant that was there. No one likes cold gyro meat, sorry. The falaffel wasn’t all that either and they tzatziki was also subpar. My favorite’s were the wild mushroom ravioli and the tuna tartare tacos. For dessert Saint Rocco’s was the best. I had at least three of their desserts.
There were raffles and a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ but it seemed like the winners would be chosen later as they made you fill your info out on the back. That’s a bit inconvenient as you would need to return to pick up your item. At a little after 7pm I think most people had their fill and were starting to leave. We used that time to take a quick tour of the property and check out the amenities.
Overall it’s a nice property but could really use some maintenance and upkeep and the staff that I encountered was friendly. I would suggest that next year they keep the rooms more properly ventilated as since there was so much hot food was being served and even some was being cooked on premises it was rather warm. In addition to that there were definitely not enough trash cans. When you are going from vendor to vendor you are quickly overwhelmed by the amount of food, plates, and napkins you receive. Each vendor should have their own trash can or they should institute a policy so people reuse their plates or perhaps offer smaller plates. There was one trash can in each room which was not nearly enough as they were overflowing and people were just leaving plates laying around on tables because there was no where else to put them. They also could have been more attentive to cleaning the tables. People would leave behind their garbage or uneaten food and leave the impression someone was sitting there when the person was was seated was long gone. Seating was also an issue. Not nearly enough seating for the amount of tickets sold. They at least need some more standing tables. If you have a drink on one hand and a plate in another how do you eat? The answer is you can’t until you find a place to set your drink down. If there’s not enough room inside they could easily set some tables up outside too.
For the admission fee ($ 45 advanced $ 50 at the door) you definitely get your fill of food and drinks. We had wine, bourbon, beer, Thai iced tea, and Starbucks coffee. I tried my best to try each and every vendor but I had to strategically skip a few to make room for fresh hot food. There were some vendors there that weren’t even restaurants ie: a nursing home but they still needed to bring a dish as it was likely one of the vendor requirements but they were just clearly there for the networking and advertising aspects. When asked they said they were just presenting the type of food that would be cooked for the residents at their business. They served buffalo chicken dip with chips, far from a delicacy and not what you’d expect as a typical meal so probably not the best example they could of provided. Still and all it was a decent dip so I’ll give them that.
There were some deli’s there as well handing out bagels. I grabbed one to go for the next morning and a few bags of some vegan popcorn from a local company named Vegan Rob’s. I mostly stayed away from the cold stuff. No one comes to a culinary event to eat cold wraps and sandwiches. Bring your best or don’t bring it at all!

Good hotel but if you are coming to stay for the historical feel of the mansion think again. The rooms aren’t actually in the mansion. You have to drive around back and the rooms are in separate buildings that don’t have the historical feel of the mansion.
However, the rooms are very clean and well kept with modern TVs, larger windows, and spacious showers. The grounds around the mansion are beautiful and are a lovely place to walk.

For the price they charge to stay there you would think that the establishment would be updated. You’re met by what appear to be beautiful grounds, but everything is old, worn out and out dated. Tiny rooms, smelly hallways, broken, old and abused furniture! Definitely NOT family oriented. I called and asked for 4 towels as there were only 2 in the bathroom, housekeeping brought me 2 towels. I wanted to stay at the Holiday Inn, my husband insisted on staying here… worst decision ever! There are PLENTY of other optiona in the area that will at least provide you with free breakfast for the same price.
Only reason I provided 1 star is because I couldn’t leave it blank!

I do like this place, don’t love it but like it. Needs updating but the grounds are amazing, especially in summer where you can utilize the outdoor pool. There is a problem with ordering food and drinks by the pool. You just can’t. There is no wait staff. No menu. I’ve stayed here summer, winter and fall, bringing family members from England, where we have the real mansions. The gardens could be amazing but need some tender loving care. The staff are helpful and friendly but hard to find. The reception area could do with an update and it would be helpful to have a restaurant on site that was open all day. The spacious rooms are in need of a serious update, with clocks that don’t work, strange blank walls and bedding/​furniture that is from the 80’s. Oh and don’t use the indoor jacuzzi if you want to keep the color of your suit. Mine started out navy but now is lilac. Too much chlorine!!! But with all the negative stuff the place is still impressive. I just wish they would invest some time and money to really represent this diamond in the rough.

I don’t recommend this place. It’s old and it needs major updates in facilities and staff. The carpets in the hallways are old and worn out. The gym is small with very old equipment. The pool had no towels for several hours. The shower in the women’s locker room was broken. The sauna was cold. This place will go out of business if they don’t clean up their act. We were there for New Years gala. It was overpriced and the food was not up to par. The staff and the management were unresponsive to any complaints.

To the uninitiated, the Glen Cove Mansion, f/​k/​a Harrison House, is the one of the places where the one percent (It ain’t me, babe… no, no, no, it ain’t me) like to hang. Kubrick filmed scenes from the Cruise/​Kidman movie Eyes Wide Shut there. Having an hour or two to kill after my Meetup group’s dinner at a fantastic local Glen Cove Italian restaurant, I checked out the nice bar/​social club on the second floor (do not be misled… don’t know whether you can go there without some connection to a function). The bar is connected to a room with a nice shuffleboard table. There is another room with a pool table. There was live music. I do not know whether I will have the opportunity to return but it is a pleasant space and I’m glad I returned for the first time in twenty years.

The mansion is beautiful and the staff was great. My only complaint is the food. My husband ordered the scallop appetizer at the pub for $ 13. Three small scallops came out on a toothpick. A quarter is larger than the scallop. The following night we decided to go to the buffet. Big mistake. The best thing there was the cup of tea and cookies.

Was a guest for two nights. The first night the hotel had no power or heat due to Nor’easter/hurricane. I only found out after friends staying there told us before we checked in. Had no trouble checking in but was not given my pre-​order free drink pass because their bar/​pub had no power as well. Discovered they had no flashlights or recommendations for guests without power. Turns out some of the hotel had power but they claimed the entire town was out.
My friends were supposed to hold their rehearsal dinner in the bar/​pub but due to no power, the hotel’s suggestion was a $ 30/​per person buffet that would also be available to anyone in the hotel. No suggestions for alternatives or accommodation in price at all. Entirely too expensive.
Room was extremely cold without power. Power came back on at 5am. After this it was a standard hotel visit — nothing special.
On check-​out, I requested a discount for the night without power — surely this is something that should have been immediately offered without request?
I was told all guests who were there that night would receive $ 70 discount (but only if asked for). Then I was told I would receive a credit to my credit card, because I had pre-​paid. I checked out on Sunday and it is now Friday, and have not received anything back on my card.
I know that acts of weather happen, but for an establishment on Long Island, where places have frequent issues with power during storms or snow, not to have basic items like flashlights for guests or a plan for heat — or even apologies for the inconvenience — I was very disappointed.

If it wasn’t for the abysmal food and food service I would give the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel 5 stars.
The location is lovely, the staff friendly and helpful.
But the food needs improvement in every aspect:
— Menu selections: Overpriced, limited and not great.
— Food quality: Mediocre at best and much of is downright poor. One day at lunch the chicken in my salad tasted old and spoiled. I had to send it back and then it took an hour to get a replacement delivered!
— Food service: Every single one of our room service orders was screwed up. It’s like amateur hour. A couple of examples:
Bran muffins: First day we ordered these they sent 3. Another time they sent two. And yet another time they sent only one and we had to ask them to send more. $ 5 for one muffin?!
Then another time they sent blueberry by mistake. We told the person who delivered the food and she went back to get bran muffins instead. She came back a few minutes later with corn muffins!
With an order of eggs and toast some days this came with salt and pepper and butter and jams. Sometimes no salt, pepper, butter or jam, had to request it.
The list goes on and on.
They cater large events here and it is beyond my comprehension how they can possibly manage catering.
Just because they are the only accommodation in Glen Cove doesn’t mean they should get away with such overpriced poor food and food service. Step up your game folks.
Also why don’t they have microwaves and refrigerators as in every room? We had to request a refrigerator and they don’t even have microwaves available. Every other place I’ve stayed in the last few years included a microwave and refrigerator as standard in every room.

Worst customer service ever. Very impolite and unprofessional. I went down to discuss my daughters sweet 16 and was told I have to wait a few minutes so I waited 10 minutes. I then checked back with the front desk and was told that I will only get to speak to the banquet manager on the phone. I was standing in their lobby and they wanted to discuss business over the phone … Needless to say, NO SWEET 16 HERE

Beautiful grounds and décor in the manor house itself, but there are two areas in which this property seriously lacks. First is housekeeping; if you’re a clean freak or have arachnaphobia, this is not the place for you. On the way up to the pub (in the attic up 3 flights of stairs, no elevator & only evening dining option) the windowsill off the grand staircase has a thick layer of black dust & numerous dead flies. Eww. The light fixtures in the room have dead bugs in them and when pulled the shower curtain shut, there was a used washed cloth still hanging there from the last guest so clearly they don’t wash the curtains very frequently. The second area is the décor in the add-​on wing (where ALL guestrooms are located). The wallpaper, furniture, & artwork is all very cheap looking & dated & does not match the theme of the beautiful manor house. With that said, the manor house itself, and the banquet rooms & outdoor property are beautiful, but I wouldn’t recommend staying here unless they do some renovations & upgrade their housekeeping standards & attention to detail.

I went there with my family for my birthday.
This place is fantastic. I can’t explain good enough.
You should go there and feel.
Everything is soooooooo good!!!
I really like the design and wide garden .
I want to go again.

We love this place. We have stayed here many times and even stayed for thanksgiving and recently for the Fourth of July weekend. And it is always a magnificent experience. The place is wrk kept, the staff is very professional and management top of the line. We love the indoor pool and riding bike from the mansion to the beach is such a treat. They have a pub on the top floor which is always fun.

Such a huge pretty place. Though the food is very expensive to eat. I liked the pub1910 and the karaōke night. The waiter was rude and wanted the check and money back fast bc his shift was ending and was rushing when not everyone was ready. The area is a nice area.

My second time here on a surprise weekday getaway. I had no idea this place existed. But thanks to my beau who is always thinking outside the box, he told me to ‘…pack a weekend bag and make sure to bring a bathing suit’. Who am I to question those orders?
So, after a fairly short staycation drive, we pull up to this beautiful colonial style mansion with huge pillars in front, surrounded by well manicured lawns and beautiful flowers. The entire architecture of this mansion looks exactly like the entrance to my home… Ha! In my dreams!
This mansion, now hotel, has so much history that in some areas you can feel a sort of ominous presence, which kind of reminded me a little of the movie The Shining. The hotel kind of has a creepy factor, with pictures of the original owners, the Pratt Family and pictures of their friends dating back to the late 1800 to early 1900’s. And then in a few areas it seems modern at the same time. I don’t know, I can’t really explain the feeling. I’m really not that type of person that’s into that stuff, but on my first visit, it certainly felt eerie. I can’t fully explain it so you’ll just have to trust me on this one.
Aside from the paranormal activity factor, the place was pretty cool. There are two pools on the property, a heated indoor and non-​heated outdoor. At the outdoor pool, where we spent the majority of our time, there’s a nicely arranged towel area that housed the snack and beverage bar area. The snacks and beverages served are your staple bbq hotdogs, burgers and beers. During our second visit the snack area wasn’t open, but that was no bother as we always make do and have a fun time. There’s also a tennis slash basketball court, towards the front of the property, which actually didn’t seem as though it fit, as the entire area was in need of some serious sprucing to hold up to the neatly groomed surrounding areas.
During the evening, both times we had dinner upstairs at Pub 1910, which is accessed by climbing up this beautiful banistered staircase. The first time we hung out at the Pub, it wasn’t crowded at all, so before having some pub fare, we decided to play a table game in one of the back rooms, which looked eerie and that ‘factor’ I mentioned. We actually had a discussion about even going into the room, but we were like, ‘stop being silly’. So we go in, and while attempting to play we started hearing creepy, creaking noises coming from somewhere inside the room and then we heard a loud bang! I ran out of that room so fast… you couldn’t tell me there wasn’t a presence in that room, even my beau agreed… weird!!! Crazy as we are, can’t believe it, but we came back for a second visit.
So during our second visit, it seemed much more relaxing, I don’t know, maybe due to a large group of people staying there from some Beverage company from Cali. Maybe having more people around helped. We met quite a few real cool Californians dressed to impress and lively and were so much fun. We all drank a lot, ate a variety of different bar food appetizer’s, mingled and watched the NBA tournaments, turned out to be good times.
So, aside from the creep factor, I can’t believe I’m about to say this but… I would definitely stay here again. I’d come back for the convenience of the hotels location, well at least until my beau finds somewhere else for us to stayca…

Had reservations for New Years Eve 12/​31/​2014. Checked into room. Non Smoking Room, but in bathroom sink saw something that looked like cigaret ashes. Found out later that is wasn’t ashes. Just came back from Pub. Put TV on and lied down in bed. Heard strange sound coming from bathroom. To my shock the sink was over flowing and the bathroom in minutes was flooded and ran into the room. The carpet was drenched. Called front desk had to wait 15 minutes before someone came from maintenance. We could not stay in the room. Bathroom out of commission. Asked front desk for new room. They has none. So we had to leave, which we did at 8:30 pm. Overall not satisfied. They refunded the room charge but the food charge of 36.00 at the PUB, they made us pay for. Very nice of them our NEW YEARS EVE RUINED AND THEY COULD NOT WAIVE 36.00. FYI the entire faculty is old and needs updating.

I attended a wedding here and while I must say the outside grounds are beautiful, the inside has a lot to be desired.
First of all, the minute you walk in, a musty smell whacks you in the face.yukk. It was old and dated looking and the smell was really horrible.
The cocktail hour room is ok but not nearly enough seats for the guests. I couldn’t sit down the entire hour along with about 75 other people… to me that is a major FAIL… how are you supposed to stand, have a plate in your hand, eat, pick off the passed hot d’oeuvres plates etc? The answer is you can’t? You just stand there, uncomfortable wondering how this place stays in business.
The dining room is really really small, the dance floor is extremely tiny and the food… well the food is dry, non-​appetizing and not presented well. Maybe I had my hopes up too high but I just don’t get it. I think they fall short because they know they can. They are one of the few venues with a hotel on premise which makes people want to book them for convenience and price.
Take my advice here, as someone who was married within the last year, have your wedding somewhere else and book a nice hotel… this place is terrible and you will be disappointed that you paid good money for this place. The only plus here is the staff, they were really very nice and helpful and attentive, unfortunately the management and food service needs an overhaul if they think their standards are acceptable.

Similar to Nick in «The Great Gatsby», I live in my tiny little co-​op in «West Egg», but every now and again am intrigued by the huge houses across Manhasset Bay that I will never, ever be able to afford.
I’m even more intrigued by the so-​called «Gold Coast Mansions». These were mansions that were occupied by the richest people in the world in the early part of the 20^th century. They were owned by people with such names as Vanderbilt, Astor, Morgan, and Guggenheim and generally consisted of huge, opulent
The owners of the mansions have all gone on to the next life, but their houses have gone on to disparate lives of their own. The Phipps mansion has become a botanical garden. The Coe residence has become a State Park. The Frick mansion has gone on to become a museum. The du Pont mansion is now part of a college campus.
And that leads us to Glen Cove Mansion. Formerly the residence of the Pratt family (who were part of the Standard Oil fortune), this is a Gold Coast Mansion that’s unique in that you can actually walk through it as if you owned the place. It consists of the original mansion in the front, and a corporate-​style hotel in the back.
When you walk through the front doors of the mansion, it’s like walking back in time. There’s a two-​story portico entrance with a double staircase and antique fixtures that perfectly preserve what they must have looked like 100 years ago. The rooms have been converted to a check-​in area, meeting rooms, and even a bar and restaurant on the top floor, but still exude the feeling of old Long Island opulence.
One of the large rooms has been converted to a dining area that for a pretty reasonable price lets you enjoy a buffet dinner. The night my wife and I went we were the only ones there being served an all-​you-​can-​eat buffet-​style meal by a crew of staff who were excellent and catered to our every need. I literally felt like I was the lord of the manor being served by the staff, at least for one night before I had to go back to my tiny apartment the next day: P
My Walter Mitty experience continued as we enjoyed the amenities of the hotel. We were able to get complementary bicycles which we used to bike around Glen Cove and onto nearby Morgan’s island (yes, an island that was owned by J.P. Morgan). We had full access to pool tables, ping-​pong tables, racquetball courts, outdoor tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools, and a fitness center and since we went on a weekday, again it felt like our own private vacation home. The grounds are beautifully manicured and beautiful in the fall or spring.
I’d classify the hotel area as above-​average. It’s not the most luxurious hotel, but the rooms were comfortable enough.
All in all, I was very pleased with our little «staycation» to the Glen Cove Mansion. I’ve visited the other Gold Coast mansions that gave me a hint of what life must have been like for those Gatsby-​esque figures that populated the North Fork of Long Island back in the early 20^th century, but this was the only place that let me actually experience what life must have been like for them. I will definitely be back.