Gatsby on the Ocean

smooth and accessible. Our reception was on the beach with the most gorgeous setting of the beautiful sunset and ocean. Our guests and family can't stop talking about how special it was!! If you're thinking of having your wedding or event here, I could not recommend highly enough.

f and we can’t thank the team enough for their hard work, organization, happy and positive vibe, and genuine willingness to do whatever it took to make the day PERFECT for us, our families, and our friends! We were a huge bridal party and everything was perfect and ran smoothly- thanks to them! In addition to the most incredible staff, the venue is absolutely gorgeous, and we were able to make our dreams come true getting married at the beach while also having an upscale elegant venue. The ceremony, cocktail hour during sunset, and reception were perfect. The food and drinks were delicious thanks to an amazing chef, kitchen staff, and bartenders. My guests are still talking about what a great venue it is and I can’t recommend getting married there enough!! -Erin & Nick

and communication is what sold me on Gatsby. The ballroom is gorgeous and I loved how there were so many different options that we had for what we wanted with only needed about half of the event space (indoor vs outdoor, leaving the ballroom completely open, having a divider up between the restaurant and our side of the ballroom.) We were also able to make slight changes to their menu package to fit our guests’ needs.

ich history and Elyse walked us through every part of the building. As this was our first venue to look at, Elyse took the time to answer each and every question. Elyse also made sure we had other questions to ask potential venues as we hadn’t even thought of to ask yet. She gives us the ins and outs of what we could expect, and she was spot on. With it being COVID, she reassured us of all our worries, but did mention that with rescheduling and the current state, dates were getting booked up quickly. We visited 6 other venues in a 2 week time, and realized that not only was the Gatsby On The Ocean right for us, Elyse was also right for us. After committing to Gatsby On The Ocean, Elyse started to set up a time table and checklist of things we needed to get done. Elyse also provided a list of recommended vendors, and also encouraged us to find our own, but in the end, Elyse again, had the better insight and gave us the best list of vendors from the beginning. As the wedding date drew closer to us, Heather Breitman was introduced to us, and became a second set of hands to help us as things popped up. Heather was with us when we had our menu tasting and talked us through each of the options, which is needed because the amount of choices at Gatsby On The Ocean is incredible. Between Elyse and Heather, any last minute questions or problems that arose, they both answered timely via email, phone, even text, whichever was most comfortable for us. The days before, and day of the wedding, we were introduced to Brett Belferder and Kristen. Brett made sure that everything we dropped off beforehand, every centerpiece (we had 16 tables and each table had a different centerpiece), the arch, the decor…. Everything you can think of needing to have at the wedding, Brett made sure that we had it, and it was displayed the way it was intended. During the day of the wedding, Brett kept everyone on time, was with us while we talked to the other vendors to ensure every one was on the same page, Brett kept the ceremony on track and the nerves at a minimum! If you needed anything, Brett was easy to find and a pleasure to work with, he got everything handled quietly and quickly! Kristen helped Leia (Bride) with the dress, bustle, food and drinks for everyone in the bridal party. Anytime Leia needed anything, Kristen was always available and able to take care of it. The food for the wedding, from Chef Eric, was phenomenal. We are both culinary graduates, and Chef Eric was able to blow both of us away. From the passed hors d’oeuvres and food stations during the cocktail hour, to the entrees for dinner, everything was seasoned and presented perfectly. Also, if you choose not to get the mini lobster rolls at your event, you are doing yourself a disservice. The day after our event, Brett and Elyse had everything from our wedding, in one easy pickup location and assisted us on getting them out in one piece.Everyone at Gatsby On The Ocean, not mentioned above, was just as amazing. Every team member that worked our wedding was upbeat, positive, yes attitudes, and working non stop. I hope whomever reads this, will choose Gatsby On The Ocean, for whatever event they are having, as they will not be disappointed!

demic and she not only met with my in-laws and gave them an in person tour, but also did a separate tour with us via Facetime (we were planning long distance). Then there's Heather. Elyse and Heather are the two people you'll communicate with most leading up to the wedding and I could not have asked for two better people. They both responded quickly and thoroughly to my MANY emails and calls. Heather was truly amazing during our tasting and throughout the planning process - she and Elyse both made it FUN and not stressful. The day before the wedding, we went to Gatsby to drop off some things for the wedding and when we walked out on the grassy area where we were going to have the ceremony, we were COVERED in bugs. It had been downpouring throughout the week, so the grass was super saturated. This was not an issue - Elyse showed us an alternate way to set up the ceremony outside and the problem was solved (and barely a blip in the grand scheme of things). The day of, I was so happy to walk into the Gatsby and see Elyse and Heather. We'd been working together for so long and they had both been so wonderful - I knew everything was going to be perfect because of them. Kristen, my bridal attendant, was nothing short of perfect. She was so attentive and practically anticipated what I needed before I knew I needed it. The day ran so smoothly. Everything was on time, everything was exactly what we wanted - I can't say enough good things. People RAVED about the food (especially cocktail hour). Kristen was kind enough to bring us some apps even though we missed a good chunk of cocktail hour because of pictures :) The reception hall is just breathtaking at night with candles lit and lights lowered. Gatsby is perfect. Having good people to work with at a venue is crucial and you could not ask for better people than Elyse, Heather, and their team. Top it off with a gorgeous location, beautiful reception hall, and delicious food, and it does not get much better!!!

l and were genuinely excited for us. Elyse helped me bustle my dress at one point so we could get out on the dance floor. Cocktail hour was beautiful outside, we can’t say enough about how grateful we are for the beautiful venue and amazing staff!!

Elyse and Heather were wonderfully helpful along the way in helping our day come to life. The staff we had working was amazing. John was the best!!! Couldn’t be happier with choosing to have our wedding here!

to Jones Beach and my fiancee is a Jones Beach lifeguard so we immediately felt right at home. Elyse shared our enthusiasm and helped us plan the perfect day. She was honest and patient with us throughout our 8 months of planning and helped us plan a safe, and beautiful day following COVID restrictions. We had 50 of our closest family members and friends on 10/10/20. It wasn't the day we originally planned, but it was perfect. We will be back next year for our one year anniversary party with our original guest list. I highly recommend this venue! I'm sure that people reading this review have attended hundreds of weddings all around Long Island. So many of my guests shared that our wedding was the first they ever attended at Gatsby and they were very impressed with both the ambiance and service! Our photos from the day look like they are right out of a fairy tale and we can't wait to go back next year!

ngs had improved somewhat in New York, coronavirus was still a huge concern. On my husband's side especially, his family was very worried and did not feel comfortable attending an indoor ceremony and reception. There was absolutely no way we could get married without his family there. So we decided we needed to act quickly if we were going to save our wedding and still get married this year. Not only did we need to find a new venue with outdoor options for both ceremony and reception, we needed to change the date to early October so it wouldn't be too cold. This all happened very fast during the last week of August. In a bit of a frenzy, we were contacting and touring venues, which was not something we were expecting to do six weeks before our wedding. We were so incredibly fortunate to find Gatsby on the Ocean and especially Elyse, the coordinator there. As you can imagine, when we first met with her, we were in complete distress about our wedding and what we were going to do in light of coronavirus. She was nothing short of amazing in having a vision of how we could still have a beautiful and safe wedding in spite of all the circumstances. To see it come to fruition was a dream come true, and as I said, it was an absolutely perfect day. Never would I have imagined I would have been able to get married on the beach and have my wedding reception overlooking the ocean. It was gorgeous! And we were blessed with amazing weather! We had a full cocktail hour, but for covid-related safety, the passed hors d'oeuvres were individually plated and served by the waitstaff. The cocktail stations were served buffet style with plexiglass between the servers and guests and each table being called up one at a time, which worked really well. All the food was so delicious! The setups for both the ceremony and reception were really thoughtfully done to keep households together and separated from each other, again due to coronavirus concerns. Our wedding party and all our guests were so complimentary of Gatsby and enjoyed themselves immensely. As indicated, Elyse is amazing and just super impressive. She is creative, organized, easy to communicate with (we texted often) and a problem-solver. She is really a top-notch professional. In addition, my bridal attendant, Christian, was awesome and went above and beyond on our wedding day, everyone had a million kind things to say about him. There was a golf cart attendant, who was so helpful and nice. We were there all day, from 8 AM to 9 PM, including getting ready there (super convenient), and the whole staff was lovely. I really cannot recommend Gatsby on the Ocean enough! We just love it there. It still amazes me, after all the ups and downs the last few months due to the pandemic, that we were able to have such a beautiful, incredible wedding - I feel like it turned out better than what we had initially planned pre-covid! It felt like a "real" wedding and that we didn't lose out on anything. And also, another special thing about Gatsby on the Ocean is that it's a restaurant, so we will be able to revisit often for special occasions, like anniversary dinners, birthdays, etc.