PLEASE NOTE THIS GUIDE IS FOR 2011
It’s that time of year again….to find the perfect outfit, make the resolutions you will stick to until about January 5, and make your New Year’s Eve plans! Here is your go to guide for all your possible options:
Left Coast Kitchen and Cocktails
1810 Merrick Road, Merrick, 516-868-5338
The pub hosts a New Year’s Eve dinner party beginning at 9 p.m. Cost is $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The evening includes a top shelf, open bar cocktail party with appetizers in the Tap Room, followed by a steak and lobster buffet, with all the trimmings, in the dining room. The buffet will include lobster tails, Prime Rib, Porterhouse steaks, truffled mac n cheese and shrimp cocktail. At midnight, ring in 2012 with a champagne toast and dance the night away when the dining room is converted to a dance floor and a DJ spins. Reservations are limited to 50 guests.
274 Main Street, Farmingdale, 516-752-7678
This upscale bar hosts a party starting at 9 p.m. The evening includes open bar, hot and cold buffet, champagne toast, party favors and a breakfast buffet at 2 a.m. The cost is $50 per person, gratuity not included.
598 Broadhollow Road, Melville, 631-845-1000
The gala featues a four-course dinner including a duet plate of scallops and filet mignon. The evening also features an open bar, Champagne toast at midnight and breakfast buffet the next morning. Overnight accommodations are available. It’s all for $499 for two including tax and gratuity.
Novita
860 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, 516-739-7660
At Novita you can choose to join the Wine Dinner offered for $79 per person, including wine, or $55 per person without. Reservations are available until 7 pm and the menu includes a 3 course meal with antipasto, osso bucco or scallops, and dessert. If you want more of a party, choose the Party option for $125 per person plus tax and service charge. The party includes a DJ, cocktail hour, three course sit down dinner, and a top shelf open bar.
21 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon Village, 631-422-5161
Join in the early-bird dinner from 2-6:30 p.m. ($39.95) Savor soup or salad, appetizer, entree and dessert. From 9 p.m.-1 a.m., a special five-course menu ($109.95) includes a full open bar. Deejay TJ and Claudio entertain from 10 p.m. on. A full bar-only option (9 p.m.-1 a.m.) is available for $75. 
80 West Broadway, Long Beach, 888-759-6219
Situated right on the Long Beach Boardwalk, the New Year’s Eve events will take place in the Atlantica Restaurant, L’onda and rooftop lounges. The hotel is also offering a private party in the rooftop lounge, Jack’s on the Rocks, with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and the New York City skyline. Room packages are available.
Choose from a sit-down dinner from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. featuring live entertainment by the Skyline Orchestra ($130 pp). Or enjoy a buffet dinner served from 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., with tunes by That 70s Band ($120 pp). Both INCLUDE tax and gratuity (which is rare) and come with Breakfast To Go.
515 Broadhollow Road, Melville, 631-577-4444
Four offers a variety of packages. There is a four course meal from 7-9 pm, including an open bar, for $85 per person. The Sit, Stay and Play option is $125 per person and is the same four course meal with the open bar continuing until 2 am. The Just Drinks option is available from 9 pm until 2 am with an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres for $75 per person. The VIP Lounge package starts at 10 pm and includes a complimentary bottle and a reserved section of the lounge for $150 each. Finally, the 5-course dinner goes from 9:30 pm until 2 am and includes a 5 course tasting menu, open bar, DJ, hats and noisemakers.
1270 Union Turnpike, New Hyde Park, 516-358-2222
Two offers both an à la carte menu or, for the dancers, a buffet, open bar, champagne toast and DJ from 8:30pm-midnight for $65 per person at the restaurant’s lower level. If you have 6 or more people, you can sign up for the VIP package with personal table service and a complimentary bottle for $150 per person.
1 Railroad Avenue, Roslyn, 516-621-7975
Attention NYE experts! Your quest for a private party in a public place has been answered. The Chalet offers room rentals for 10-15 people in its intimately appointed den-like space. This 5-hour event includes open bar, dinner and champagne toast. Smaller groups can join the festivities at 9pm for $100 per person.
246 Voice Road, Carle Place, 516-248-7600
For those interested in “The Scene.” TKA, the kings of freestyle and the Lords of New Year’s Eve, will be on stage to ring in the New Year. DJ Serg will spin the best house, hip hop and top hits. Sugar is offering two separate packages—Silver and Gold. The Gold offers a buffet dinner and the Silver offers an open bar starting at 10:30pm.
330 New York Avenue, Huntington, 631-923-2442
This is your place to spend New Year’s Eve if you are looking for a way to celebrate on the smaller, more intimate side in the lounge’s speakeasy atmosphere. There will be two seatings held at 7 and 9pm of fixed-course dinners with different options. The later seating will include midnight festivities that feature a champagne toast, open bar, live music and dancing. Guests that want to celebrate but skip dinner may enter at 11pm to enjoy the late night action for a cover at the door.
370 New York Avenue, Huntington, 631-673-7300
The Paramount theater may not seem like the venue to spend your New Year’s, however doing something different is what it’s all about. This brand-spanking new venue is full of entertainment and character with a downtown vibe. Dennis Rodman (yes, the former b-baller) will be the main event on New Year’s Eve DJing with Vic Latino on The Redemption Tour. This spectacular show includes special guest Mia Martina who sings the hit “Stereo Love.”
45 Seventh Street, Garden City, 516-747-3000
The luxurious Garden City Hotel provides a spectacular countdown to the New Year with two options for an extravagant evening held in either the hotel’s Rein restaurant or the Grand Ballroom. Starting at 8:30pm in the private dining room, a jazz trio will accompany a five-course meal paired with five exceptional wines. Guests can watch Times Square light up on any of the four flat screens while they also enjoy an open bar for $250 per person. An elite gala dinner being held in the Grand Ballroom kicks off at 8:30pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres for an hour followed by an evening of live music including the best current dance, rock and throwback 80s hits until 2am. The evening also includes a delectable three-course meal and open bar for $195 per person. Afterwards is the option to spend the night (and play it safe) with the New Year’s Eve Overnight Extravaganza package available for $695 per couple including champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries, gala dinner, overnight accommodations and breakfast buffet the next day.
440 Old Country Road, Carle Place, 516-334-6125
Four different tiers of celebrating offer guests the option of customizing the evening to fit their own style. Enjoy an extensive cocktail hour starting at 8:30pm and a sit-down dinner while listening to a live band until 2am for $150 per person. If you are into dancing to the hottest hits, join Body Rock DJ Entertainment during two separate time frames: 9pm-2:30am or 9:30pm-3am, both for $150 per person. If you prefer to skip on the sit-down dinner, start your 2012 with the late-night party beginning with an extensive cocktail hour and buffet dinner at 10pm and going until 2:30am, for $100 per person.
7755 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, 800-291-8090
Whether you plan to spend the night or just celebrate until the wee hours, you will enjoy a full cocktail hour, premium open bar and extensive dinner menu, which includes live entertainment from either 7:30-1pm or 8pm-1:30am depending on your time slot. Another option for partying is at The Somerley, set apart from the main estate, where a delectable menu, cocktail hour and dinner reception including a dessert lounge featuring the best exotic chocolate, dessert wines and even more tantalizing sweets are on the agenda. This party runs 7pm-1am with live entertainment and light show by Body Rock DJ. Overnight accommodations for a variety of suite packages include a bottle of champagne and breakfast buffet on New Year’s Day. Tickets for the events run from $150 to $175 per person, for overnight packages there are additional charges.
25 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, 800-332-6367
The end of your 2011 can begin with dinner arrangements at Wave Seafood Kitchen at either 6 or 9pm for a four-course meal ($89 per person). Dine while listening to a live jazz band overlooking the distant twinkles of Connecticut. If you are looking to extend your evening, take advantage of Danfords hotel package that includes overnight accommodations, four-course dinner for two and breakfast buffet on New Year’s Day (starting at $449).
Prime-An American Kitchen and Bar
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