The Hedges Inn

Five dates a year, and a two night buyout attached to each

Scarcity here is a stated policy rather than an impression. The inn hosts five weddings annually. That is the number on its own weddings site, and it explains why the calendar conversation happens before the money conversation.

The buyout requirement is equally plain. All 13 rooms, Friday and Saturday. Room rates vary by time of year and are not published, so the de facto site cost is a two night hotel block whose price you cannot look up. No separate site fee is published either.

The upside is real exclusivity. Nobody else is on the property, there is no second wedding down the lawn, and the inn confirms the arrangement itself rather than leaving it to a listing.

What the quoted price includes, and the expensive thing it does not

The inn states that its pricing includes all food, alcohol and service charges. That is an unusually clean structure for the Hamptons, where service charges and administrative fees are normally the surprise on the second page of a contract.

Then read the exclusion. Tables, chairs, china, glassware and flatware are not included, and couples arrange their own rentals. The inn does provide 150 ceremony chairs at no charge, which it stores in the barn.

So the all in number covers the catering and the labour and not the things guests sit on and eat off. At Hamptons rental rates, a full table and place setting package for 150 people is a line item in its own right. Price it separately before comparing this venue to any other.

In house catering only, and a caterer who says otherwise

The inn states that outside caterers are not permitted. Tent vendors must be approved by the venue. Tastings are offered only after booking, so you commit before you taste.

Against that, Elegant Affairs Caterers publicly markets itself as catering at The Hedges Inn on its own venue page. The two claims sit awkwardly together and we could not reconcile them from published sources.

It is worth resolving directly, because the answer changes the budget. If an approved outside caterer is genuinely possible, the food line stops being fixed. If it is not, the caterer's page is out of date and the inn's policy stands.

Marketplace capacity figures that differ by 100 guests

The Knot puts the inn at 201 to 250 guests and says up to 250. WeddingWire says up to 150, with a 50 guest minimum. That is not a rounding difference. One of those numbers describes a different wedding from the other.

The inn publishes no capacity of its own. The only headcount figure it does publish is the 150 ceremony chairs it owns, which is at least a hint about the scale the property is set up for.

Both listings were read on 10 September 2026 and neither has been reconciled. Ask what the lawn holds under a tent, seated, with a dance floor, and ask what the village permits for that footprint.

Two live domains, one inn, and no published prices on either

The hotel runs at thehedgeseasthampton.com and the weddings operation at weddings.thehedgesinn.com. Both load and both are the same property. The inn is currently owned by Sarah and Andrew Wetenhall, and Swifty's is the on site dining room.

Not one dollar figure appears on either site. A wedding brochure with menus exists but sits behind an inquiry form. The venue does say that spring and late fall cost less than high summer and early fall, which implies year round availability with seasonal pricing rather than a closed season.

Wedding visits are by appointment, Saturday and Sunday between 8am and 12pm. Given five dates a year, the visit is the negotiation. Bring the rental question, the caterer question and the room block question with you.

The barn is storage, and the lawn is the reception

The named spaces are few: the lawn where the tent goes, the barn that holds the venue's 150 ceremony chairs, the 13 hotel rooms and Swifty's as the dining room. No individual capacity is published for any of them.

The barn is worth understanding before anyone builds a plan around it. The inn describes it as the store for its ceremony chairs. The tent on the lawn is where the reception happens, and the tent comes from a vendor the inn has to approve.

Nothing is published about a curfew. East Hampton Village noise rules are the usual constraint on a tented lawn in a residential block, and the inn does not address them, so ask what time amplified music has to stop.

There is also no rain policy on record. A tent is a rain plan of sorts, and the inn's 13 rooms and dining room are not sized for a seated reception on paper. Ask what happens to a 150 guest dinner in a September storm.