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Montauk, NY · Hamptons

Daunt's Albatross Motel

Family-run since 1960, blocks from the village and the beach — the last of the honest, unrenovated Montauk motels.

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7.6/10Very good.How we score
Why we’d stay

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge. Google guests rate it 4.6★ across 316 reviews.

Best for
familiestime on the watera group of friends
Not for
light sleepers who want total silence
Best time to go

Late May through September for the water; September in particular, when the crowds thin and the ocean's still warm.

Our verdict

Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.

Rate
from about $249/night
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Daunt's Albatross Motel is a retro motor lodge hotel in Montauk, NY, part of the Hamptons. Family-run since 1960, blocks from the village and the beach — the last of the honest, unrenovated Montauk motels.

It sits in our Retro Motor Lodge category, occupying a reimagined motor lodge, with a playful · retro mood. 21 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: POOL, PADDLE.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Daunt's Albatross Motelyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.

See similar hotels: more Retro Motor Lodge hotels · every Hamptons hotel · more reimagined motor lodge conversions

The Le Hotelist Score
7.6/10
Very good.
Assessed September 2026
Design7.2

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge.

Location7.1

A quiet spot near the center of things.

Service8.5

Google guests rate it 4.6★ across 316 reviews.

Value8.0

In line with the mid-luxury field (from about $249/night) for the room, setting and design you get.

Quiet7.0

10–25 rooms.

Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.

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