Venetian Yacht Club

I just got married at the Venetian two weeks ago and could not have been happier with our venue selection. Daisy was fantastic with helping us in anything we needed throughout the entire process. Bob was our maitre’d along with Katie our bridal attendant and they were both amazing!!! We had terrible rain the entire day but they made sure to go above and beyond for us. Even threw in a few extras. The food was amazing with a huge variety of options. We have heard nothing but nonstop compliments from our guests. Can’t say enough good things about this place. If you want to have an amazing day, this is the spot!

I just had my daughter’s wedding there this summer and let me start out by saying that The Venetian is the most beautiful place on Long Island with its exceptional views of the great South Bay. As My husband and I began the process of helping my daughter plan her wedding, this woman Toniann appeared helpful, when I explained that my daughter was a vegan, she responded that, that was not a problem. However after we had a few more encounters with her, her whole demeanor changed. When my daughter and her fiancé spoke about the menu, Toniann was condescending, obviously uneducated to this diet, and her only concern was the reputation of the venue, not the request of the bride and groom who were paying for the wedding. At that time my daughter felt judged, and disrespected. Toniann was rude, unprofessional, and inappropriate, so as a result, I requested that she no longer have any part of the planning process of my daughter’s wedding, and I wanted Daisy to handle everything, and she did! Everything was beautiful from the ceremony to the cocktail hour, and finally the reception. Kudos to the chef, the food, (some vegan style) was superb! The wait staff was remarkable, and our maitre’d Robert was awesome, he was attentive, and stopped at nothing to make their wedding memorable. I would definitely recommend this venue to anyone, just stay away from Toniann if you have any special request!

What a find the Venetian was for my brother’s wedding. They were very accommodating, allowing us to come early in the morning to do the flowers and ceremony decorations. The pergola on the water at sunset was a magnificent setting for the ceremony. Carlos and the Venetian team went above and beyond in accommodating our every request. We could not be more grateful!

I just attended a wedding here, and I honestly can’t imagine any aspect of the experience that could have been improved. It was that good.
Let’s start with the grounds and the room. Our event started off on the first floor and ended up in the large ballroom upstairs, both rooms were absolutely beautiful. We also had access to the outdoors space on both levels, and that was gorgeous as well, with some very striking waterfront views.
Simply put, the food was amazing. The cocktail hour alone could have served as a meal. There was a central station of cold appetizers — think meats, cheeses, and crudties. All around the room, and outside on the deck were a half dozen food stations– carving stations, raviolis and sausages and chicken, seafood and pasta, even sushi. All were terrific, I give high marks for the lobster and mushroom raviolis.
Dinner service started with a «Duet of Pasta» plate, and a dressed salad. As for the dinner entrees, would you believe a choice of SEVEN entrees? I kid you not — seven entrees — salmon, chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, Surf and Turf, and Vegetable Lasagne. My table had just about all of the choices, and everything disappeared.
After the meal, there was a brownie ice cream sundae and a cordial bar.
All of the people I interacted with, the hosts, the bartenders, the servers and the clearers were super polite and friendly.
When I think about the décor, the scenery, the food, and the service, this was a top notch experience, Well Done, Venetian.

My friends wedding was fabulous. It was a stunning venue right by the water so you got a beautiful view as the sun went down. We were lucky it was Fourth of July weekend and also got to see some fireworks out on the water. I really liked how they had an indoor and outdoor area to go to. I wish I had seen the outdoor area first so I could have sat outside but sitting inside was very comfortable.
The food at the cocktail hour was delicious. Their calamari was so good. People were taking it by the plate full. Everything tasted great and the staff was very nice bringing around more hot hors d’oeuvres. I wish they had had more people bringing around champagne but it was easy to go to either of the two bars. Most of the staff seemed very nice and competent.
After the cocktail hour we moved upstairs and let me say the staircase to go upstairs was steep and a little uncomfortable in heels but I guess that’s just me. The upstairs room was also gorgeous but the dance floor was a little small. When everyone was out dancing it was a little crowded. The DJ was great and had a lot of fun songs to dance to.
It was kind of dark any time people were supposed to be on the dance floor. It made taking pictures of anything a little difficult. The venue could stand to be a little lighter. It’s such a pretty room, so why would you not want people to be able to see anything?
The pasta that came out as the first course was too oily but tasty nice and the salad was kind of gross. But my mothers Châteaubriand was fantastic. I was lucky she let me have a piece and my shrimp were quite good though I don’t understand why there was horseradish on it; that was kind of gross.
My table had a server named Kirk. He was just so-​so. He seemed to have a hard time getting a handle on the whole table. We were a full table with 12 people and maybe he was just out of his depth. He was nice but it took a half an hour for a 2^nd cup of coffee that I had to ask for more than once. When he came around the first time asking about drinks my mother asked him for champagne and she never got it. Even when he took drinks drink orders the second time it was hard to get what we asked for. My mother’s friend asked for a Diet Coke and then he just held it on the tray and seemed confused as to who he was supposed to give it to. He seemed poorly trained or maybe not trained at all. When he came out with the plates and cups for coffee it took two trips. And then he counted the cops to make sure that they were all there because he couldn’t have done that before hand. He was definitely out of his depth and he should’ve been trained a lot better before he had to handle a full table of people. This venue seemed like it had it had a lot of employees but they all seem to be doing the exact same thing and stepping on each others toes and just getting more and more confused as the night went on.
Most weddings that I have been to the server or person who’s taking care of the table often will fold the napkins when a person gets up and put them back down on the table — they didn’t do that here and I don’t know, I just think it’s more polite than not taking care of that at all. though they did have a made dinner changeover of napkins which just seems stupid because then you have to clean them. But hey it’s not my business so what do I know waste the money — waste the water go for it.
Still it was a lovely evening I’m so happy that I got to go there and enjoy my friends wedding reception. I would recommend this place in the future.

My husband and I recently had our wedding here. It was amazing. First and foremost Daisy and Toniann took care of everything and anything we needed. When we were shopping the hall Daisy really took her time to explain everything so that we understood the cost of everything. She even made sure our food tasting was memorable ! We originally had our wedding scheduled for November and due to a family emergency our wedding needed to be cancelled 2 days before the event. Daisy and Toniann worked with is to get our date back on the calendar and make it an event to remember! The service was amazing. The food was phenomenal! We loved our matre d and our bridal attendant. Everything went perfect! If you are looking at halls … Definitely check out this place.

Went there for Easter Sunday brunch. Food was cold, eggs watery, under cooked bacon, this was the second time we tried it for Easter brunch and the last Also they ran out of food, had to wait a while for more even the coffee and tea were cold as well. I must say when I said something about the food being cold they did heat it for me and gave me new coffee, but the only way they had to heat it was micro and then pasta was way over cooked and so was meat. Waitress was very attentive and tried her best. Staff was good.

Went here today for a Bridal Shower. The ambience was lovely overlooking the water. you were greeted with champagne punch which was a nice touch. On the side hidden were cheese and vegetable platters that no one knew were there until I went to get some. (and the only reason I knew it was there is because I read a previous review and looked for it). First course was a ceasar salad then, you had a choice of 3 entrees; Chicken Marsala, Farfalle with Salmon and Pasta Primavera. I ordered the Farfalle with Salmon, boy was I disappointed. Firstly, I thought it was garlic and oil or a white sauce. It had practically no Salmon and It was drowning in Vodka sauce, talk about sauce overkill! Everyone else seemed to enjoy the chicken though. The dessert was Vanilla ice cream with a brownie. my ice cream was frozen solid and I mean a chunk of ice. My brownie was ok, but someone at my table had a brownie hockey puck, hard as a rock. they served coffee, I asked for half and half .I used the frozen ice cream for my coffee in the meantime. and got the half and half after my second cup was poured… my overall experience was ok. Would I ever pay for an affair there, ah No!

I had my wedding here on 10÷12÷14 and it truly was the best day of my life! The service was impeccable and the food was outstanding! Gorgeous views and my guests were very happy! Thank you Daisy for making my day perfect!

Came here for my cousin’s baby shower. I didn’t recall the place but I’m pretty sure I attended a sweet 16 here years ago (I went to so many it’s a blur). Upon arrival, the parking guy, manager, whatever you want to call it was extremely rude to my mother since she didn’t want to valet the car. I suppose that’s usual practice, but this party was at like 12pm on a Sunday and there was plenty of street parking. He gave us an attitude but we parked our car in the other lot with no issues.
My family rented this beautiful space for the shower. It was overlooking the water and let all the natural sunlight in with the floor to ceiling windows. I have to give them that… the space is very nice to look at. They put out a nice spread of cheeses, wine and crackers with brunchy-​booze (fruity champagne and mimosas) which was a nice touch.
The staff looked very young and I could tell they were really trying throughout the day but there were so many discrepancies with the food and dishware. For our menu we got to choose from a chicken dish, pasta and salmon. Turns out they didn’t have the salmon at all which is pretty problematic since there were only 3 items to choose from! One of my family members who does not eat chicken went for the pasta which ended up having pieces of salmon inside… confusing I know. They said they didn’t have it but then it shows up in the pasta. Strange. I had the chicken which was fine. One of the issues I had was with my drinking glass. They brought me one with lipstick on it… yuck. The staff were friendly yet inconsistent. We had to refill our own waters and when it came time for dessert/​coffee… they asked us if we wanted milk in our coffee which we didn’t get for a long time.
All in all, the venue is obviously beautiful. The water, the scenery… very ideal background for an event. We ended up having a great time at my cousin’s shower, but the service could have been a lot better. Especially considering people have diet restrictions. Oh well, maybe next time!

I was sooo excited to have our wedding here; however, it was NOT what I had expected. I was extremely disappointed, especially with the service and organization the day of our wedding. We worked with Daisy and she was helpful; even though there were a couple of times where I emailed her and I would get no response back. I wanted colored napkins and they were going to charge me $ 1 per napkin and I thought she could work something better for me after all the money we spent, but that wasn’t the case.
I was shocked to find out that they don’t provide menus or escort cards! We had to do it all ourselves. The MAJOR issue was their poor time management on their end & some of their unprofessional staff. There was another big party going on, so they had taken over our reception hall for their cocktail hr. (Ours started an hr. Later) — they started our cocktail hour late (bc of cleanup) and they were sooo rude that they were kicking people out of the cocktail room right on time, even though they had started the cocktail hr. late, while the reception room wasn’t even ready!!! So everyone was waiting in the lobby.
Rene was our maître D. Honestly, my husband didn’t even know who he was because he came around like 2 times the whole night. He was horrible. When we were shown the reception hall, I told him that there were so many mistakes and he blamed it on other people. They also forgot to light my candles at each table which is unacceptable! After I heard our wedding guests complaining about some of the food at the cocktail hour… Getting kicked out of the cocktail hour… I had had it. I emailed Daisy and she never replied to my email. I couldn’t believe how unprofessional they were at the end of it all!

Superlative is the first word that comes to mind in describing the Venetian Yacht Club. Food and service are excellent. The waiting staff is always there to serve but almost invisible. The chef is a true master of his profession and the amenities of this venue are superb. Located on the bay the view is beautiful and relaxing day or night. Toni Ann the manager is knowledgeable and she goes the extra mile regardless of the request. I co-​sponsored an event with 250 people and the evening ran smoothly and was delightful. Thank you Venetian and Toni Ann for making the evening a wonderful success. Deacon Frank Keach

The Venitian Yacht Club was a picture perfect venue for a wedding attended on a beautiful sunny October Day. (lucky as it was raining for weeks). The waterfront location has sweeping views of the Great South Bay, bridges to Ocean Parkway and a few sailboats in the distance.
It has three floors, where a lower level was available for the bridal party, the main level for cocktail hour, outside for photos, ceremony and the second floor spacious and perfect for any sized event with great waterfront views.
Plenty of parking and pleasant valets, though I don’t use valets, always tip regardless, these young people aren’t giving up their weekends to hear about your incident ten years ago… Lol.
Cocktail hour was definitely 4 ½ stars, with various stations, sushi bar, pasta’s, hors d’œuvre’s were brought on trays often. I may have been swung by some perfectly cooked calamari and rollatini as with champagne, not much more is really needed. Lol. Dinner definitely 3 ½ stars max but in context was really not much a factor. Plenty of choices though none looked delectable or succulent. but music, venue drinks, staff, were great, and cocktail hour was enough. The bar was never a wait, they had many pre-​poured, reds, whites, champagne etc.
The staff were attentive and really stood out. They brought tea (found honey) cappuccino’s at any time during the event, also for me some more champagne, and didn’t get lost as often happens at big events.(Attention:Owners/management: — keep them happy they definitely add to the experience/​value).
The management gets it right. as they have a great team of people making it an all around great place. When all of the staff are polite, engaging, and helpful, the person behind it all is the management that knows how to create a nice environment. So thank you… I think this place is booked well in advance so if you do call for an event, don’t be surprised if there is a long wait list.

We held my daughter’s wedding here. Everything was excellent. Toni Ann was excellent in the set up and contract end of the process. The view and atmosphere were fantastic. Hire the Times Square Orchestra… They made the wedding! Good food choices and top shelf liquor. All the staff were excellent and polite except Daisy who lacks tact.

Attended a Wedding there. The service, food and views were impeccable… Loved everything about this venue. I highly recommend this place to make your wedding perfect. I just want to add that I attended many a fine wedding… this was top notch! Loved it!

Went to a wedding here and it was not cheap. However the food was badly prepared. The staff dropped drinks on our table twice… entire trays! It was not limited to our table sadly. The dinnerware was not clean. It was a shame. Of course the bride and groom were completely unaware thank God as It is their special day after all. But if you are looking for a place to have your wedding, there are so many other places. Skip this one. You are not getting what you pay for and that is plain wrong.

We have called them previously and emailed for questions and to get an appointment, and they never responded. We asked to speak with a manager, they said one would call us and it never happened.
I figured if I called to book a short appointment to get a package deal and just look around, it would be no problem, right? So, I called them to make an appointment, they tell me if I come down within the hour I could see the place and get package deals. Great, so I do as they say and I get there in one hour exactly.
We park, I go inside. I mention to the secretary that I called an hour ago about seeing the place and getting a package deal. So, she tells me I was late and I need to wait another hour because the manager has another appointment! Why couldn’t they tell me this on the phone? On top of that, she is putting on lip stick and not even looking at me. That is just rude and disgusting. I walked out, bad service. It is the only reception place I have been to out of five so far that would not even give me information.
The place does not even look that nice compared with Snapper inn, and also Historical Thatched Cottage. Check out those place before coming here.

I went to a wedding here last night and it was absolutely gorgeous! Everything was perfect and the service was seriously amazing (except some of the drink servers, they had mean glares!)
The reception venue couldn’t have been better and the bathroom attendant was very sweet :)… I hope more of my friends get married here!

I can not believe it took me two years after my wedding to review my own hall! This is embarrassing.
I got married at the Venetian Yacht Club in December and everything was perfect from the first day I went to scope out the Venue. I had looked at a lot of places on the island but was hard pressed to find a place I hadn’t been to before whether it had been for a prom, wedding, bat mitzvah and so forth until I came here.
The grounds are gorgeous and even though it was winter and chilly out the deck overlooking the water was a perfect spot for people to step out who smoke or needed a little fresh air after dancing so hard. I also got some really great shots out there at night.
The lady who helped me plan everything was an absolute gem and I feel terrible her name escapes me right now but I believe it was Donna. something with a D? She had a Spanish background (I believe.)
We were able to sample the food before the big day and customize the menu just how we wanted it and they were for then gracious with throwing in extra flares and upgrades. The bakery they said we can get our wedding cake from was The Rolling Pin Bakery in the Stony Brook Area and it was the best cake I ever had, I even ate it again on our one year anniversary. the top tier we froze the night of our wedding and it was just as good the 2^nd time around. I wanted a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and fondant frosting. heaven!
I needed to be the only wedding on site and they were able to do that for me so I got married in the upstairs hall and had the party downstairs. Really really perfect, it was beautiful. I can go on and on and on but I am sure ½ of you are bored :) So do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding getting married here.

This place epitomizes the word extravagant. My fiancé and I came here for a recent wedding and everything was just beautiful. You can’t beat a view by the water right? The ceremony happened outdoors right by the water. The space was sufficient to seat about 200 people. The chairs were ornate and were gold colored but not tacky at all. Following the ceremony, we went indoors for the appetizers. There was so much food offered I thought it was dinner. Appetizers happened on the first floor. There was a sushi station, pasta station, meat carving station, cheese and fruit and veggie station and two open bars. They definitely don’t skimp out on anything. I was full at the end even before dinner. Also, they are pretty generous with the alcohol-​everything I ordered even my fuzzy navel was strong… i’ve never had a strong fuzzy navel before. It took awhile before the reception room was ready though and we didn’t get into the room until about 8pm. The room was simply amazing-​it faced the water and the décor was just extravagant. The room was spacious and the dance floor was just the right size. The dinner was delicious too! I had the salmon and it wasn’t dried out at all. It was flavorful and moist — not like your typical wedding food! My fiancé had the filet mignon which was grilled to order and he said it was moist and delicious too! The yacht club was a spectacular venue for a wedding!