Old Field Club

Having attended a wedding here on Sunday, these are my impressions.
Yes, the scenery from the outside deck was beautiful. We even saw three swans glide on by.
Yes, the scenery in the banquet room was beautiful too. Gorgeous tablescapes and very pretty lighting with chandeliers and accent lighting on the exposed roof trusses.
Yes the food was excellent all evening. Some really wonderful bites (high marks for the tuna ahi and stellar scallops) during the cocktail hour and a wonderful plated dinner. It’s worth mentioning we had a choice of four entrees — NY Sliced Sirloin, Chicken Asiago, Crispy Red Snapper, and Vegetable Quinoa. My fish was the size of my sneaker!
But to my mind, the most impressive part of our experience was the service. There were so many servers and clearers (most of them young) who worked so hard, they made us feel as though we were royalty at a state dinner. They were all dressed in black, and they were buzzing around the banquet room as if they were a swarm of wasps. When they brought out the dinners, they poured out of the kitchen in a black clad singe file parade.
And to finish off the evening, as the guests were leaving through the lobby, there was a popcorn bar, where you could fill up a small snack bag with your choice of six different popcorns– check out the photo. I had Zebra popcorn with dark and white chocolate drizzles.
A fittingly sweet way to finish off a sweet evening.

First of all, I have to just address Alan W. Seriously one of the most ridiculous reviews I have ever read. I can only assume you are not married yourself, but also have not been to too many weddings before. Alan, the bride and groom choose the order of events at the wedding, not the venue. Could you imagine? The venue stating it had to be done in a certain order? The bride and groom had to pay for whatever the venue chose? That is one of the most absurd things I have ever heard… Ha, the «normal plan.» HA! And the wedding starting 45 mins late… again I’m sure that had literally nothing to do with the venue. My own wedding started 30 minutes late because a family member who was important got stuck in traffic and was late. In fact, I can’t think of one single wedding I have ever been to that started on time. I can only hope Unilocalers don’t attend to your review because it is quite literally, useless.
Now onto the actual review of the place. My sister in law had her wedding here over the weekend. Located in East Setauket directly on the water, you could not ask for a better more picturesque view. It is absolutely breathtaking and would be at any time of the year. Really great for pictures. The venue itself has a more rustic, barn like, and old fashioned feel to it. Great for a rustic style wedding or event. The space holds about 150 – 175 people and has a large bridal room for before the wedding. The bathrooms are large and kept very clean. The dance floor area is a bit small. There are 2 bars, one right by the dance floor and one where the cocktail hour is located. There are some tables and a fire pit area outside and while the bridal party was freezing their butts off during this unseasonable cold spell, the staff of the venue rushed out and brought heaters for us to keep warm.
The food was pretty mediocre, but edible. They should think about hiring a better chef and step this up a bit to become a must use wedding venue. Ben, the maitre d, was on top of literally everything. He help plan every aspect of the wedding itself with the timing right down to every minute. He helped plan the bridal party entrance to the reception. But most importantly, he helped wrangle a tipsy/​drunk bridal party and family to where they needed to be after the cocktail hour in a calm and patient manner.
This was a beautiful venue and if they step up their food game, they would be really really great.

Had my wedding here in 2012. It was gorgeous and perfect. Everyone had a great time, enjoyed the beautiful weather, and people are still raving about the food.

For starters, it took me a very long time to find a place on Long Island that would cater to a smaller wedding (100 guests) on a Friday/​Saturday night, with good food, that was not a typical granite/​marble, catering hall with ugly purple up-​lighting and no personality.
Enter Old Field Club– when I first saw this place in person it was absolutely perfect and everything I imagined in a venue for my wedding day. 1. On the water, 2. ceremony could be on site, 3. option for ceremony to be indoors if inclement weather, 4. Beers on tap, 5. small, intimate setting, 6. many nearby locations for photos. The venue feels like a rustic farmhouse in Vermont, definitely not your typical Long Island venue. Flash forward to the planning process: Sabine and Ben were fantastic to deal with– I could not sing them enough praise. They executed every single one of my crazy ideas perfectly and without batting an eye. I was nervous not having a wedding planner but they proved to me that I did not need one. I provided a lot of decorations for the venue and was nervous it would not be set up how I had visioned it and Ben absolutely killed it. Candle sticks, centerpieces, everything was perfection. Now on to the food. They recently changed their menu, and it is absolutely fantastic. The cocktail hour was amazing, we upgraded a few things and let me tell you– 100% worth it. Lamb chops are insane, and the duck guyere grilled cheese is ridiculously delicious. I have never had such great food at a wedding, I wish I could eat there on a daily basis because the food was so fresh and delicious. I was blown away. The service was also fantastic– our guests raved that their steaks were actually cooked how they ordered them. Only downside was I wish they wrapped up our food for us and the food for guests who could not make the wedding. Overall there is no better wedding venue on Long Island (I have truly been to them all). I almost don’t want people to know about it because it is a ‘best kept secret’ of the area. If you are looking for a smaller, initmate, quaint wedding with fabulous food, and local on tap beer (where the heck can you get that at a wedding) then this is your venue!

came here for a company banquet. place is f**** old, and its for old people. no offense to old peole but they clearly dont care about this business. its a place where they serve 50 hockey pucks for dinner and call it «filet». would never come here on my own. in the back, the lcoation is kinda cool but doens’t make up for hte very bad quality food. it strikes me asa place that was relevant 20 yrs ago and never switched it up

Went to a wedding at the Old Filed Club yesterday late afternoon.
There were a lot of negatives and some positives I will have too talk about.
First the negatives!!!
My wife and I got there at the scheduled 3:30 start time, We walked in and were stuffed into a non air conditioned room with aprox 75 people.
Whats with the no air conditioning on a 89 degree day???
The wedding service did not start until 4:15, Which was 45 minutes late.
During the time me got there until the service there was no drinks or appetizers served, Pretty bad considering it was super hot.
After the wedding ceremony, Everyone was brought in for horderves and appetizers and open bar.
Unfortunately just after the hour long food fest, They brought everyone in for diner…
Dont they know they just fed us 10 minutes before.
The servers for the dinner portion were slow and not very organized.
Overall the planning was terrible and wedding was not formatted correctly.
Generally you go too a wedding or any affair, And they follow a normal plan which is
#1 appetizers and bar and quick food
#2 wedding ceremony
#3 dinner
#4 desert
By the time i finished with the horderves hour i was stuffed, And there was no way I was going to eat anything.
Now the positives?
Th Old Field Club is directly on the water in east setauket, Totally beautiful outside.
The venue is big enough for aprox 175 people and is well laid out.
The horderves and appetizers were amazingly super delicious UMMMMMMMM.
I stuffed my self on the best flank steak I ever had along with other items.
The actual wedding ceremony was outside and totally beautiful right on the water.
Overall I was not very happy with the venue, Found the service not too good and the format totally wrong.
I know if I ever had a party or wedding too plan I certainly would not go there, Unless they really got there act together.

Sales woman Deb was so sales shark, rude and dismissive. It was my # 1 pick until I met with her. Within our budget but will celebrate my wedding some where with better service. Do not meet with this woman/​she was disgusting.

If you grew up in the Three Village Area like I did and call it home, you’ve probably been to the OFC at least ONCE in your life. I’ve been there several times over the course of many, many years, for catered events and parties. Truth be told, I’ve never actually hosted a party here of my own but I have attended several. They usually do a pretty good job of taking care of the guests, the food is usually pretty good (as far as catering places are concerned) and is kinda’ off the beaten path close to the beach. It’s still kinda’ quaint and serves as a staple in the Three Village area… I’m glad to see that they’re still around and looking to host dinners with wine pairings… nice touch guys! Keep up the good work!
THIS has been a review by Gaurav