Nyack Seaport

Was there at a wedding this weekend. Food was terrible. 6 of the ten people at our table had the ribeye choice and not one of us ate it. The others chose salmon and said it was bland. Ribeye was thin well done and chewy. Cocktail hour food was cold and tasteless. Soggy knishes cold hot dogs and pot stickers. Bar sucked. Pinot was undrinkable. Very few top brands.
Service and staff was excellent. Presentation was very good. Venue was nice. Great view of the Hudson.

I was married at the seaport in June 2014. It seemed like the perfect venue for a 100+ person wedding. The location was great. The venue was tastefully decorated and well maintained. The owner, Angelo Rubino was kind and professional. He offered us a great deal. Needles to say, I was quite excited with our choice of venue. Upon meeting the onsite «coordinator,» Valicite, I was pleased with her seemingly honest and professional demeanor. Before I go into the negatives of our experience, I’d like to point out some some of the positives: Angelo rubino was a pleasure to work with. The food was delicious. The venue is reasonably priced. The maître d and staff were attentive and, the location is desirable. As for the negatives, and I feel that I must be forthcoming with them as I still have a bad taste in my mouth after 7 months. My major issue was with the on site coordinator, Valicite. After we signed with the seaport, her whole attitude seemed to change. Originally we were told we could use special table clothes at no extra cost, only to be told a month before the wedding, that if we wanted to use them we would be charged extra per table. I received a gorgeous wreath as a gift and wanted to display it at the wedding. At first valicite told us that she would find a place to hang it. A week before the big day, she told us that the seaport doesn’t hang things from the walls. Thankfully the maître d told me that she would find someplace to showcase the wreath. On the day of the wedding, valicite make snarky comments to my husband in regards to him forgetting the marriage certificate at home. She was rude to several of my early arriving guests turning them Away at the door and not allowing them to be seated for the ceremony. It’s been over 7 months and I still cannot get over how unprofessional, cold, and condescending this woman behaved. My husband was so upset he refused to return to the seaport for a free dinner we were offered. I’m not sure if miss rubino was just going through something In her personal life and we were experiencing the backlash or if this is the norm. Regardless, I would forwarn anyone desiring to marry at the seaport to avoid working with Valicite a Rubino. I would recommend working directly with Angelo rubino if you can or else avoid this venue. A wedding should be a warm, special,‘and inviting occasion. What we were met with was the compete opposite.

We were here for a graduation party and the food was ridiculously amazing! The only thing I could even remotely complain about is the confusing parking situation and trying to figure out which door to go in to get to the banquet room. The cosmos were perfect, the appetizers delectable and the seafood stuffed sole was exquisite! Best fish I have ever had in a banquet setting. Found one pin bone but otherwise it was flaky deliciousness without being dry and overdone. The location is cute and the outdoor deck/​patio is a great place to sit.

We went to the Nyack Seaport in October 2013 because we were considering having our wedding here. We didn’t end up using the Nyack Seaport (lots of family compromises had to be made…), but we had such a great experience working with them that I thought it was worth writing a review.
The hall itself is really nice — bright and classy but not overdone (no obnoxious chandeliers), with large windows overlooking the Hudson. Angelo was great to work with — he returned all of my calls/​emails same day (which is way more than I can say for most of the venue we looked at).
We looked at many, many wedding venues, and this was the first one where they said «tell us the vision you have for your wedding, we will make it happen», instead of «this is how we do things here, take it or leave it». We also needed kosher food, and they were extremely accommodating in helping us find a kosher caterer (I believe they do their own catering for all events that don’t require kosher food). They were very competitively priced for a kosher wedding in NY of that quality.

We planned our high school reunion at the Seaport Inn, and the event was really wonderful. The room, the food, the planning attention from Angelo, and the price made the evening quite a success. Special thanks to our maitre d’ Audrey for making us feel pampered and well organized all night! We highly recommend the venue for special events like ours.

This review is for the services I had for our wedding here.
I booked my wedding almost exactly 1 year out with the Seaport. I was reluctant to book so far in advance and make such a huge decision, but the presentation and service seemed lovely (and better than any other venue I had visited so far) so I figured this was a great idea. They were also the only venue who openly offered the 3pm timeslot to us without charging us a small fortune. We were required to purchase the Platinum package to hold the afternoon timeslot, but it was well worth it.
From the moment I booked with the Seaport until the day of our wedding everything was planned out to a T. The Seaport did an excellent job contacting me at certain checkpoints throughout the year to talk food, décor, place cards, times, etc. They were very organized and always treated me like our wedding was the most important one they were going to have. They also accepted the payments in increments throughout the year — so it wasn’t like we paid the entire balance on booking.
The food selection is outstanding in both cocktail hour and dinner. Our guests raved about the food and how stuffed they were (in a good way!) by the end of the day. They have an enormous selection of options for your event and everything was cooked fresh and really hot. My favorite part of the food was that nobody pre-​chose their food on the rsvp cards we sent them — they had waiters come around and take orders from the 4 options we chose (ny strip steak, salmon, apple stuffed chicken, and vegetarian risotto). The service on the day of was impeccable. They made sure everyone was comfortable and properly attended to, with water and drinks. Valicitie and Angelo even went around themselves to make sure that everyone had everything they wanted or needed.
Everything was perfectly timed out and I barely had to do any work for timing schedules at all. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our day and we even got to eat, drink, and dance like everyone else. Working with Valicitie and Angelo at the Seaport was the perfect choice for our wedding and if I had to do it all over again I would choose them again and again.