The Inn At Longshore

Came here for a friend’s Hallowedding. Everything was delicious. The décor was absolutely beautiful! She had a personalized food menu made from chalkboard letters and a personalized drink. She even had some cookies brought in from Zara’s and a cake From LuLus Bakery in Westchester. I loved the cocktail hour the staff was attentive and accommodating as well as friendly. They came around serving wine during dinner. My friend had an amazing band attend the wedding. I loved the outdoor ceremony by the water so romantic and fitting. I would have loved to have my wedding here if it wasn’t so far from my family. Very beautiful venue!

The staff at Longshore were so accommodating. We had a special request to make the room up early while my daughter had oral surgery, and when we got back to the room at 11:30a.m. it was spotless.
The room was very clean, and the bathroom was spotless.
It was very quiet. A great place to stay!

Many years ago we’ve been to Splash a few times during the spring and summer months and it has always been lovely to gaze out to the terrific water views while having lunch. Coming back to this location for my daughter’s sorority luncheon, we can see how weddings can be extra special with the views. Our meal was quite good — roasted chicken on a bed of quinoa and zucchini, healthy too!

I rarely leave comments, but I recently had the most disappointing experience working with the sales coordinator at the Inn at Longshore. She double booked our appointment to view the site, which she said was «only a little bit» her fault, and mostly due to «Google messing up». Honestly, this would have been fine, but she never called us the morning of and instead just met us in the lobby at our scheduled time and told us to wait an hour without even introducing herself to us. I had traveled in from NY to see the Inn and thought this was quite inconsiderate. When I asked her why she didn’t call us, she just turned her head in the other direction and did not respond.
We ended up touring with another couple, and she essentially refused to look at us the entire time. At the end of the tour, she abruptly handed us a menu, and told us we were done. We didn’t even realize she was saying goodbye until she started walking away with the other couple! No follow-​up email or phone call, either. Aside from her behavior, the ballroom is actually quite nice and the view is beautiful. As others have commented, the grounds are covered in bird feces so you could not wear open toed shoes on the property. We would have considered Inn at Longshore, but the service was so far below what we have seen at other venues that we would never spend any significant money with such an unprofessional individual.

I am surprised by the negative reviews. I know a few people who were married here, and they all had wonderful experiences. Also, most people in the event planning industry, in the tri-​state area, consider this a top venue with great service.
This was the perfect venue for our August 2014 wedding. Throughout the planning process, Christine and Kacy were very helpful and responded quickly to any questions we had. My sister has a severe allergy, and they reassured us that it wouldn’t be a problem at all, and it wasn’t.
The tasting is a unique event, which allows the couples to experience Longshore’s service, presentation, and food through the eyes of a guest. We loved it! It was like getting a preview of your wedding.
Eddie and staff the night of the event were very professional and did all of the thinking for us, so we could enjoy our day. They set everything up and worked collaboratively with our vendors. We didn’t have to worry about anything. The ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception were wonderful. The flow of the night was great. The food was delicious, and we received so many compliments.
Finally, when the night was over they packed up everything carefully in boxes. We were able to pick up any items the following day at our convenience. I highly recommend having your wedding here!

We are truly at a loss for words to describe how magical our wedding day was at the Inn at Longshore. The minute we arrived on the lawn one year ago we knew this was where we wanted to have our reception.
With the Inn at Longshore, there is no reason to have a wedding planner! They did everything. Kacy and Laina were fantastic to meet with up until the day. They had us lay out a flow for the event, the night, even an excel spreadsheet with the meal pricing to budget for all of our guests’ meal choices. The reception day, Eddie could not have been more fantastic — helping us to stay on schedule and making sure our glasses were always full. The staff were so professional and accommodating throughout the entire night. You will think you are at a gourmet restaurant with the quality of the food here at the Inn, which gave our guests just another thing to rave about! And the open bar, of course, was a total hit.
Overall, we could not be happier with choosing the Inn to host our wedding reception.

Amazing location — alongside the water with a great view — this is definitely a great spot to celebrate special events. The building is quaint and historic with a gorgeous ballroom that also overlooks the water. The facility is very well maintained. That’s about all the nice things I can say about the Inn.
One of my closest friends got married here this summer. The facility use fee is not cheap. They also seem to be cranking out weddings and other special events every weekend, so the hotel rooms (which they don’t have that many of) are not only expensive, but also hard to get. When the bride asked about getting a block of hotel rooms for the wedding guests, she was immediately discouraged by the wedding sales coordinator due to her concerns regarding cost. By the time the bride had booked at hotel room for the wedding weekend for herself, all the rooms were taken by the folks who had the evening wedding on the same day. Yes, the evening wedding. I was informed by the day-​of coordinator that they put out two weddings on Saturdays. What can I say — the staff is apparently incredibly efficient when it comes to set up and tear down. But I’ll get more into that later.
Since she wanted to change dresses from her white dress to a Chinese dress during the reception, that also meant that she had to change in the sales coordinator’s office. That also meant she had to freak out trying to move out of her hotel room 30 minutes before her ceremony was set to start. Apparently the coordination staff failed to communicate with the front desk that they were supposed to come and help us move.
We showed up the day before wedding for rehearsal. Bride was told we’d have plenty of time to practice. The moment we get there, we’re rushed through the rehearsal by our day-​of coordinator. When the guy who would be officiating the wedding wanted to just read his script once through, we were shooed to hurry up. Seriously, I thought the coordinator was just one step away from snapping at us. Most of the time, she would just wave her arms and point while frantically rushing us. More than once, she almost hit people who were standing nearby. Bride wanted to run through the rehearsal again because it had been so rushed and she didn’t feel comfortable with the flow of things as a result. She was told that yeah, we could do it again if we really wanted to, but we had to be quick. Because they were setting up for another event shortly. Really? Talk about great customer service.
The next day… The vendors showed up before the coordinator/​on-​site staff that would be working the wedding. For a place that supposedly had wedding coordinating services (as I was told by the bride), I was shocked that they did no coordination with the vendors. The groom and his groomsmen were running around all morning greeting vendors, showing people where to get set up, setting things up… I’m sorry, but for what these people charge, shouldn’t someone be there to help?
The food is not worth nearly as much as they charge. I don’t think the food is worth even a small fraction of what they charge. The only plus is the fully, and well stocked bar. Excellent bartending that day. As the wedding came towards the end, we were more or less thrown out so that they could get things cleaned up and set up for the wedding that would be following in about 2 hours. While we were sitting in the lobby trying to figure out post-​wedding rides, loading cars, the coordinator came out basically said congrats and shut the door that lead back to the ballroom and adjoining hallway enough though we still hadn’t completely taken out all of the items from our wedding party. Someone wanted to pick up the table arrangements — we were informed that they were already tossed. It really felt like there was no personal touch or catering to the bride and groom to make this their special day. Aside from the location itself, there is nothing that differentiates this place from any other wedding venue. For the price, I’d be hard pressed to think that you couldn’t do better.

A lovely Inn — but not for everyone. I would describe this inn as a typical quaint New England inn with wireless and a stocked mini bar :-) However, do not expect much else in terms of services. No room service, no morning newspapers, no sundry shop in the lobby, etc. You check in and you are on your own. Also, this place has three floors and there is no elevator so it is not for older people or those with difficulties climbing stairs. And if you are on the 2^nd floor you might hear bar noise until about midnight.
So why bother?
Most every room overlooks the LI Sound and there are plenty of things to do around Longshore park and all are within walking distance — sail boat rentals, kayaking, swimming, golf, tennis, walking.
Choose a room on the third floor (quieter) with a spectacular Ocean view. For the price, it is the best Westport has to offer — it’s actually a superb value which is why I give it 5 stars. Because Longshore is a very popular wedding spot during the summer months it can be hard to reserve a room and the noise (from weddings) can be significant but it will quiet down by 11pm so all you hear are crickets.