The best surf & design hotels · Montauk
Marram
Marram is named after the grass — the long-rooted dune grass that holds the sand in place along the Montauk shoreline. The hotel is built into those dunes, ninety-six rooms across the Atlantic-facing bluff, designed by Studio Tack's W. Brian Smith with hand-plastered walls, exposed white oak beams, reclaimed wood from old fishing boats, tadelakt plaster and concrete floors that keep the rooms cool and reduce energy consumption. No televisions anywhere on the property. The restaurant Mostrador Marram was conceived by the owners during travels in Uruguay — they brought back Fernando Trocca and Martín Pittaluga of José Ignacio's La Huella to recreate the market-counter dining format in Montauk, and the result is the best meal on the East End. Surf lessons run at the Terrace break a short walk along the beach. Yoga runs in the mornings. The hotel works with the Save the Waves Foundation. Marram is the hotel that makes it possible to be in the Hamptons and feel none of it.
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The hotel
The Design
Named after the grass that holds the dunes in place. The hotel is built the same way.
Brian Smith drew the design narrative from Montauk's cattle ranch history and its blue-collar origins — hand-plastered walls, reclaimed timber from old fishing boats and houses, tadelakt plaster bathrooms, concrete floors. The palette is pared down to sand and oak and shadow. Low-E glass windows. Private balconies. Every room faces the Atlantic.
The Design
Named after the grass that holds the dunes in place. The hotel is built the same way.
Brian Smith drew the design narrative from Montauk's cattle ranch history and its blue-collar origins — hand-plastered walls, reclaimed timber from old fishing boats and houses, tadelakt plaster bathrooms, concrete floors. The palette is pared down to sand and oak and shadow. Low-E glass windows. Private balconies. Every room faces the Atlantic.
The Food
Mostrador Marram. Conceived in Uruguay, built in Montauk. Fernando Trocca, Martín Pittaluga, the La Huella approach applied to the East End.
Pittaluga's La Huella in José Ignacio is one of the defining beach restaurants on earth — a market counter, local ingredients, the fire, the sand. Mostrador Marram applies the same logic to Montauk: Latin American flavours, foraged and wild-fished ingredients, a format that is both open and relaxed. The best outdoor table in Montauk.
The Food
Mostrador Marram. Conceived in Uruguay, built in Montauk. Fernando Trocca, Martín Pittaluga, the La Huella approach applied to the East End.
Pittaluga's La Huella in José Ignacio is one of the defining beach restaurants on earth — a market counter, local ingredients, the fire, the sand. Mostrador Marram applies the same logic to Montauk: Latin American flavours, foraged and wild-fished ingredients, a format that is both open and relaxed. The best outdoor table in Montauk.
