I recently had my wedding here and I was extremely unhappy with the way things went. I have been to the view plenty of times and have not had an experience like this. I dropped my decorations off 5 days before the wedding and they told me to leave a note where to put everything. I left a note (3 pages with detailed description) and everything was thrown all over. Service was horrible, had only 1 waitress for my wedding of 31 guests and took forever to receive a drink. I came back in the room and everyone had a drink but the bride (me). My mom had to set up the decorations.. They couldn't even open the guest book so no one signed my guest book. My chair covers weren't put on. Oh and for the ceremony that was outside none of the chairs were set up the groomsmen were taking them down to set up because the ceremony was going to start. A lot of people complained that the fish wasn't good and the chicken was extremely dry. We asked for more bread and they wouldn't give it to us. They had 2 other parties going on right near us and the place was very packed. The owner was waiting on the other party which was a bridal shower and didn't once ask if our party which was a wedding needed anything. They lost my cake topper and didn't freeze my wedding cake. They also told me I was going to have a maitre d' to help with everything and she never showed up so my officiant had to line everyone up for the ceremony which is not her job at all. They had no music playing and told me they would put on pandora for us. Thank god my husband brought a speaker with him. My photographer was even annoyed and said you would they would of power washed the outside deck that would of took 5 mins when they knew they had a wedding going on and we're going to take pictures out there. They never put out table numbers on the tables like I asked about 3 times even wrote it in the note that I left. read more

Ok so the veiw sent my wife and myself a 100.00 gift certificate for our last disaster. So tonight we went in to give them another chance, the service was great we were seated right away we got our drinks in a timely manner. The bread was out of this world and the food was excellent, I am glad the management made it possible for us to try the veiw again. We will definitely go back there it was a real pleasure and really great food, I would like to thank them for great customer service. read more

THE worst service I have ever received at a restaurant on Long Island. Went on a Thursday night, place was hardly half full. Took a half hour to take our drink orders. Then took 2 HOURS to bring out 2 appetizers total, for a party of 5. Then after another reminder, had to wait another 45 minutes for entrees, while we had dirty dishes on our table. After everything, my entree was not even made how I had asked it to be. Waitress only took 1 dish off the check, ONLY because it was made incorrectly. Like waiting almost 3 hours for food itself isn't enough for a compensation? Poor customer service. Our waters were refilled maybe twice all the while. Could not wait to get out of there. Will not be going back. Will not be recommending to friends. Would recommend The Lakehouse in Bayshore over View in a second! read more

We went to View for our anniversary dinner and the food was spectacular. Everything from the crab cake appetizer to the scallops risotto and filet dinners to the drinks and desert was delicious. The service was excellent and the view breathtaking. We would highly recommended this restaurant for dinner as well as any occasion! Thumbs up to the chef read more

This place is very beautiful and the food was delicious . My family and I love coming here

---------------------------------------------- ========================== I went to this restaurant on a couple of occasions because I was invited to events and a brunch there. I wanted to like this place because the inside decor is well done and the water view is beautiful, but the food, service, and management are unfortunately lacking. The outside of the building is disgusting. There are bottles and boxes piled up by the back door and the smell of garbage is not good for the appetite. The parking lot needs major repair and the valet guys are rude. The strip steak I got was so thin it looked like a belt and the waiter dropped it off and ran away. I ordered the steak mid-rare but it was well done and the waiter never asked if everything was okay. I didn't want to make a scene about tracking down someone to help me because I was a guest at a party so...I didn't eat it. I wasn't the only one with this problem. Also, the food was not served all at once at each table so some people had food and others didn't. It didn't seem like there was any management making sure everything was taken care of. It was really hard just to get what i think is basic service because the staff was in the dining room on their cell phones or talking amongst each other. I have never seen anything like it before. ---------when I was invited here for a family brunch it was the same thing with the staff but on top of the bad service it seemed like the staff was drunk. Our waitress was knocking things over and slurring her speech-----perhaps she got into the unlimited mimosas? Where are the people who are running this place??? The people paying lots of money to eat here desperately need you!----------------- read more

Good afternoon. This is my first review on yelp. I would rate my experience at "The View Restaurant" as 2.5 starts (Meh. I've experienced better/ A-OK). I went to dinner at "View" this last Friday. I was not particularly impressed. I gave them three stars anyway. When I walked in I noticed there had been renovations. I remember the old decor was pretty dated. The music was very loud, but it was a Friday night so what can you do, that's what the kids these days enjoy, the rap music. I don't understand why a place like this would feel the need to cater to that crowd but what can you do??? My wife agreed it was too loud, we asked to be seated further from the bar area. The view was great but I wish we could have been closer to the water. But the music, like I said. Food was good. Oyster appetizer was was delicious but the portion was small. The short rip entree, however, was filling and satisfying. My wife got the salad and tried a few different drinks, which were on the strong side. Needless to say I had to drive home, but I'm used to that. All in all not a great experience because of the noise. This is just my opinion, but my wife agrees with me. Thank you. Dino DiFonzo read more

I went here couple of time. Amazing view and wonderful service. There is a bar where you can seat and and spent time in afternoon also. The restaurant is clean and staffs are friendly. We ordered club sandwich and wrap. Overall experiences are great. read more

Panoramic "view" of the Connetquot river and Great South Bay (expected from the name), but still more beautiful than most waterfront restaurants on the south shore. The decor in the restaurant and bar was lovely, reminded me of a Nancy Myers movie. A beachy, polished, chic ambiance made ever more impressive by the crisp summer breeze and pink sunset. I started with a red Sangria, tuna tartar appetizer and a lobster roll from the sushi menu. All of which were delicious, my only criticism would be that the guacamole on the tuna seemed store bought. My main course was excellent. The Montauk sea scallops (4) over a lobster risotto in what tasted like a maple butter sauce- perhaps the best I have had (I order scallops everywhere so this is impressive). The swordfish special was also outstanding. Last but not least we ordered the Nutella peanut butter box dessert. Just heaven. I took off a star for the waitress. Although she was friendly, forgot a dessert order and was missing in action much of the night. Our busboy was excellent, we wanted to hand him the tip. Overall an excellent restaurant and backdrop for a special occasion. Weddings here must be fabulous. read more

Don't Valet your car!!! They first came to me with someone else's car. Then they lost my key fav . This happened December 9/2017. I'm still fighting with Valet company for payment in full for fav that they lost. The manager told me the owner David of Valet company would make it right. It's 5/11/17 and still have not got payment read more

I have been here several times for the Sunday brunch they offer . The restaurant itself is beautiful, very clean, bright and inviting , and right on the water. The food was okay, had decent variety. They had bagels and muffins , salads , bacon, sausage , eggs Benedict, sushi, ravioli, penne alla vodka , short rib, crab legs , turkey craving station and a omelette bar. I get so excited for sushi but they only offer two different rolls , California and tempura shrimp, and they weren't that great. The bacon and sausage were very greasy. On the other hand the ravioli and short rib were fantastic , best food they had . They also had a very basic dessert table with a cheesecake , chocolate cake, caramel cake , apple crumb and pastries. I only tried the apple crumb and cannolis both were good. The price is ridiculous at $35.95 for brunch considering most of it I didn't like . If they stepped up the quality a bit it would be worth the price. read more

Pretty view - bad food! Definitely not worth the money! Won't go back! Really wanted to like it. Sad L. I. Doesn't good restaurants on the water. read more

Dirty plates and my cup had a bug on it, server kept dripping water on the floor and pouring water into the cup, and the server poured water on me ,they looked young ,only put 5 stars just so people can read this review read more

This is a sad one for me to write because I've been coming here since I was a kid, I grew up Down the block. So I've been coming on Fridays on and off for years and should of wrote this review sooner. I've had a lot of good times here in the past but last few times I came I was rudely spoken to by the old woman behind the bar on many occasions!! She has been treating customers badly for years don't know why she's still there! She gives people nasty looks and yells at them. If she's so miserable why is she working with people that are trying to have a good time. I came in with about 15 people and her attitude turned my group off so we took our business elsewhere! Maybe her crap attitude has finally killed the crowd bc it was dead and never saw it like that. Get some younger happy people behind the bar not a nasty grumpy miserable old lady!! Beyond turned off I will take my large groups somewhere else where we are treated nicely read more

This spot was known as the Riverview Restaurant but has recently been re-vamped and re-named The View. Very appropriate as the views of the open water were beautiful. Went on July 4th with my best friend for dinner and drinks. The weather was perfect so we sat outside. A bit windy, we had to hold onto our menus for dear life. Started out with a delicious drink called the FIreIslander. Then we both opt-ed for the Three Course Pre-FIxe Menu. First came the Shredded Iceberg Salad. SO GOOD and way too big to be an app but I ate the whole thing anyway. Main course -Pappardelle Bolognese - already was a bit full but thoroughly enjoyed this hearty pasta dish. Had to take most of it home because I wanted to leave room for my desert, the Chocolate Bomb. TO DIE FOR! Very rich and chocolatey, just the way I like it. The only reason this was not a 5 star review was because our waiteress was so slow. She was very friendly and helpful, but when we needed her she was no where to be found. She never even came over to see how our dinner was! read more

Went for dinner last night for Valentines day... Amazing from the time we walked in until the time we left. Place is beautiful, staff and service was incredible, especially it being a busy night. Food was outstanding, best meal my girlfriend and I have had in a while. The duck tacos are a must! The steak and lobster was delicious as well. We will definitely be coming back read more

Unfortunately my experience here was not what I was expecting. Our waitress was awful. She never once checked on us. We constantly had to ask other waitstaff to get our waitress to order. It was so disorganized. Waiters bringing out the food brought 3 different orders to our table thinking they were ours, and brought our order to another table first. Our waitress forgot our drinks, and anytime one of us ordered something she was so quick to run away that another one of us couldn't order something else as well. We stayed there 3.5 hours and not by choice. We waited so long for our waitress to get to us, getting the check etc. I am very disappointed with the service here and will definitely not be revisiting anytime soon, which is a shame because the restaurant is absolutely beautiful. read more

We read the poor reviews but decided to try anyway. The service was excellent- thank you Ed. The meals were excellent. Banana sushi roll and the Montauk fluke were delicious. Great view of the bay as well. Only negative- the coconut-tini sounded good but was disappointing. We will return! read more

Just left there a bit ago and the place is really just good....for the scenery. The service sucked out waitress was def new and by new I mean like probably her first night.. She knew nothing about the menu items (ie: side dishes of main entrees and what specifically some apps consisted of). My group (including a baby) and I ordered an app,5 meals, and some fun drinks.. We literally had to wait for everrrrr for any of these things to come including the bread that we noticed every table had except ours. Truly annoying. Finally they brought the baby's grilled chicken out bc he was about to lose it he was sensing that we were annoyed and started yelling with out him, we probably would have gone unnoticed.. Anyway the meals consisted of a lobster roll, fish tacos, bacon cheeseburger, ahi tuna BLT, and the chicken ranch wrap.. All of it was basic.. Being in this type of place and on the water I decided on the fish tacos.. There was legit a baby sized fried fish finger on each taco.. Rather annoying. Also do not get the crab appetizer from the raw menu it's def like out of the can crab and not worth it. I'm truly only rating this place 3 stars bc the rest of the others food wasn't that bad and really who doesn't love to eat by the water on a warm day with some tasty alcoholic beverages to quench your thirst. read more

Horrible place, patiently waited an hour for soup and 2 appetizers that we never received. Restaurant wasn't even busy and we were never once checked on by our waitress to see how we were doing. The icing on the cake was, after waiting an hour for our 2 appetizers the table of 10 behind us who were only seated for 5 minutes got complimentary surf and turf from the chef. After that my girlfriend and I walked out. Will never go back there ever again. read more

Came here for a company holiday dinner tonight. First let me say the place is beautiful. Very tastefully decorated for the holidays. The staff, especially our waitress, was phenomenal. We were a party of five. We ordered clams on the half shell, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes and lobster bisque as appetizers. All were excellent. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for the dinner. Three of the guests ordered surf and turf and two of the guests ordered the strip steak. The steaks that came with the surf and turf were in no way filet mignon. Very poor quality. Even worse were the NY strip steaks. They were so tough that we honestly couldn't even eat them. We spoke to the manager, who was pretty nice, said he would show it to the chef. He came back to the table and said basically that the chef agreed that the steaks were tough, and he apologized and gave us dessert on the house. Personally, I think he should have at least taken those NY strip steaks off the check since they were returned barely touched. Extremely poor quality steaks, which was so surprising to us because the restaurant is so elegant and classy. Also wouldn't recommend the creamed spinach. Way too salty and that was returned barely touched. If you're going here for a nice steak dinner, don't! You will be very disappointed. Unfortunately, I highly doubt that we would return because the menu is pretty limited and being steak eaters, there wasn't much else on the menu that we would be willing to go back for. read more

Beautiful outdoor patio overlooking the water, attentive wait staff and bartender. Then we moved inside for dinner; colossal tactical error. Fiancée had the shrimp "special," which it was not. I, attempting a healthier diet, tried the swordfish instead of beef. Shoulda stuck with the artery-flogger. I've never had the dubious pleasure of dining on yak testicles, but I feel fairly certain that's what my fish tasted like. Spent the early AM hours giving it all back.... Note to chef: peoe get sick on three day-old fish -- or yak nuts, as it turns out. read more

View AKA Riverview-popular location. Valet parking was the only means of parking on Sunday. One of my guests did not like the speed with which the cars were being parked and she took her new vehicle and left! The elec. went out and we were asked to leave since svc was impossible. Back on Thur....allowed to park my own car. Ten of us w/o reservation were given a table! Good of them, but the svc was dreadful. It was busy both at the bar and elsewhere. A steel drum band played and thank God they were more band than steel drum. We were seated inside near open doors. The acoustics of the place did not allow for conversation...noisy enough to be very uncomfortable. A lettuce salad arrived-half lettuce and half goat ch., tomato, red onion and bacon. It was heavy and too satiating. The muscles were raved abt. as tasting like parm. w/bacon. The spicy tuna sushi was so so. I wanted to sit outdoors for an after dinner sip, but the area would fill before that become a possibility and a mosquito had started taking its own sip from me. I won't trouble myself to return. read more

I guess my expectations were too high. I was hoping for yummy seafood and a great experience. Instead we got bland food ( first time my husband ever added salt), bad service and overpriced kid meals. The busboy however was very attentive. read more

Absolutely terrible experience. After valeting our vehicle we we forced to wait in a line OUTSIDE a for 45 minutes. One person in my group had to use the restroom, however they refused to let us in to do so. Finally after a lengthy wait standing outside we were seated. What boggled my mind the most was that the dining room was nearly empty, with more than enough seating for the crowd. Upon being seated it was now late and the waitress was in a rush to get us to order and get our food out to us. The food was well cooked and nicely prepared, yet as I previously stated I did have an overall negative experience and I can guarantee I will never return this establishment. read more

So disappointing. Just left The View after a 45 minute ride. We were put outside with the wind whipping. Our water glasses flew over water everywhere. They would not move us inside. It was impossible to stay seated at this table. Many tables were empty in the restaurant, but management would not accommodate us. Such bad customer service. read more

The view at View is wonderful. Everything else is okay to downright disappointing. It is mostly disappointing because of the service aspects. Some examples: we ordered drinks and three of us got drinks. One of us who ordered a beer was told, after a long wait, that the keg was being tapped. Then they were told that brand beer was actually not available. Second beer ordered and then we were told again after a wait, that brand beer was not available too. Third beer ordered with apology from waitress and promise that the beer was on the house. Not true until we asked for or bill to be adjusted. Bread was brought out but no bread plates. Regular tea was ordered and decaf arrived. When asked waitress assured us she would get correct tea. Then waitress returned to report they were out of regular tea but still charged $3 for the wrong tea. Now to be fair, this was a fathers day but although View was full it was not crazy crowd. Interesting insight into the mindset of the service here , when an optimistic and clearly wrong person attempted to sit at a reserved table, the manager rather publically and rudely chased the person away. They were wrong but the manager had zero people skills and made no effort to win a possible customer over and seemed to find every way of confronting them. Finally the food was okay but not at all price justified. Bolognese pasta was so-so, General Taos's lobster was good, strip steak was dry. read more

I have only been here twice but the food is definitely delicious! My boyfriend actually works here a couple of days. Went with my two coworkers and it was such an excellent experience! The music they play is great variety. Servers are very attentative and sweet. Would like to go again soon! Awesome place! Of course my hunny cooked my food. Delicious as always! Never expect less! read more

The best thing about this restaurant is the view. I was looking forward to cocktails and a nice meal but was disappointed in many ways. We decided to meet friends here on a Friday night, as we pulled in to the lot we were surprised to learn that they charge $10 to valet park your car. Seriously, they charge to park, no validation, straight fee to park, wth?. Although I've never had to pay to park in a restaurants own lot we handed over the fee anticipating a delicious meal; what a disappointment. The bar was very loud, more like a club than a restaurant. Our waitress was nice but not very attentive. The arugula salad was very good as was the shredded iceberg salad. The crab cakes were fresh but the calamari was rubbery and a very small portion (even for tapas). It went down hill from there. Instead of bringing all 4 entrees to the table at the same time they brought 3 and we sat waiting for the 4th to arrive. Quite a bit later it arrived with 2 of the 4 scallops burnt, and the soybean in the dish that my friend specifically asked not to be included. The pasta in the shrimp fettuccine was stuck together, but the shrimp and sauce were very tasty. The seared tuna was cooked a bit more than expected, a seafood restaurant should know how to sear tuna. They were out of the salted caramel gelato and cheesecake. Apparently they were also out of the almond cream for the Wild berry tart because the dessert arrived as whipped cream in a shell with raspberries and blueberries on top. All in all I was disappointed with food and service. There are many good restaurants on Long Island so I would rather check out another then return here have to pay to park and have a mediocre meal. read more

I went here about a year ago and it was very good, so when my bf mentioned it last week for LI Restaurant Week, I couldn't wait to go. As I said, the first time around, it was delicious. I wish I could say the same for my most recent visit. The food was just mediocre....nothing to really rave about and not what you would expect from an expensive restaurant striving to be 5-stars. Our waitress was pretty awful-very inattentive & lacked motivation. She took a long time to take our order & when we asked for more bread (we had to ask multiple times), it took over 25 minutes to get. I chose the Artisan Flatbread as my appetizer (with mozz. cheese instead of gorgonzola) and it tasted exactly like Pizza Hut pizza! My bf ordered the beef short ribs and I ordered the glazed pork chop. His short ribs were good, but tasted more like pot roast and he felt like it missed the mark. My pork chop was pretty good, but I loved the vanilla infused sweet potato puree that came with it. That was the best part of my meal. read more

Went to "The View" for dinner and all I had was a view with a glass of wine. The servers need to learn their job. My party and I are restaurant owners and chefs who like to enjoy our meal. The first rule in all fine restaurants is to introduce yourself and ask for drink orders while your assistant or busboy brings the bread basket. They had no bread or the experience to deal with the issues at hand. The food was not timed properly and after one and a half hours we finally received the dinners. They did not know who ordered what and we had to assist them in dropping the entrees. The surf and turf was cold and not the weight advertised. They advertise 7 ounce lobster tail and they were barely 5 ounces. The meat looked like it was defrosted and put In the microwave...it did not even have a crust from being seared or charcoal lines. The mash potatoes were also cold. The plates were even cold. As we were walking out we saw the servers counting their tips and snacking on appetizers while the business is still open. They constantly rubbed their faces with their hands. One star from me for the busboys who finally brought us bread and apologized for the delay. Looks like we will not be going there again. read more

Where to begin? All started off good. 10 friends, good drinks at bar and beautiful atmosphere. Sat down for dinner and all went bad. The waitress being the worst of it. She had no idea how to wait in any food estsblishment let alone in a higher end nice restaurant. To start, she never came over to the table one time to ask if anyone needed another drink. Never asked or checked to see how our appetizers came out and never realized one of our dinners didn't come out. Everyone but one of our party of 10 got there dinner. As the rest of us waited 10 minutes as our meals were getting cold, no sign of waitress. I got up and asked for a manager. He came to the table and apologized. He left and returned with the missing meal. Another in my party ordered a med. rare steak. It had to be sent back because it was very well done and dried out. My meal was however was delicious, had a seafood platter. I did have to ask for more water and a spoon for my coffee. Overall extremly disappointing for what was suppose to be a happy birthday celebration at a nice restaurant. Would not return or recommend. read more

Came here on a Friday evening for a bite at the bar and patio. Everything was perfect. The staff was very friendly. I can't wait to go again. Thanks it was a lovely evening with my wife. read more

Ate at the View Saturday night and very disappointed . The service was slow and inconsistent. The food was good, the view perfect, but wouldn't go back soon. The difference between a good restaurant and a great restaurant is the diner not having to be a bobble head trying to get bt he attention of the staff to provide water, drinks, bread. We had 3 couples at our table and ordered 3 separate checks, the waitress brought our checks and dropped them on the table and didn't bother to give each individual there own check. She was not attentive. The wait service should be better trained or they should hire expereienced waiters. Overall, I will not go back for another year. read more

Just got home from doing brunch with Santa. Food was really good, better than Lombardi's on the sound (which our group had gone to for the past 2 years). We decided to try somewhere new. Be warned if your chid wants icecream for dessert (which was offered) or a glass of milk it is $6 and $7!!!!! Charging $6 for a child's glass of milk when we are already spending $37 per adult and $19 per child is ridiculous. What is worse no one told us it would be extra. They offered the icecream to the kids and they should have mentioned that is was extra, and never said anything when the milk was ordered. Because of that we will not go back. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth when getting ripped off. So after having 10 kids and 11 adults. $600 for serving ourselves buffet food only to be charged $7 for ice cream and $6 for a small glass of milk??? Not very cool. read more

Good location on the water and the food was good but not equal to the price. Had to look for the server to get a second glass of wine and on in our party didn't get his meal until 5 minutes after the other three of us did. read more

I'm generally not one to write reviews but I was so disappointed in the food that I had to go out of my way to writ this one. It's true that the atmosphere is beautiful although the decor lacks a solid direction. We sat outside which was lovely. I live locally and was looking forward to trying it for quite a while but will not be in a rush to get back there. read more

Not sure about the decor, especially in the winter. Frozen beer mugs would help the draft beer but I am picky about draft beer .Dinner was very good, especially the appetizers...duck quesadilla and yellowfin tuna tartar. read more

Our evening started well with duck tacos and the kale salad, very tasty and highly recommended. Main course not so well. I had the Cedar Roasted Salmon with brussel sprouts. The salmon was short on flavor, but both, yes I said both of my brussel sprouts were good. Really? Two dime size brussel sprouts cut in half? Maybe a half dozen decent size would make me feel better. My wife had the Red Snapper which she said was also lacking flavor. Dessert and the service were the highlight of our visit. Our waitress, Carol and the other servers were polite, timely and attentive to our needs. Thank you. The Pistachio gelato is a generous serving that can easily satisfy two gelato lovers. Would I return, not sure. read more

Sat outside right on the water. Food was good but after ordering heard another waitress explain the specials. Had to call our waitress over to ask about them. Kinda annoying. Great location but won't be back. read more