The Ice Palace — Restaurant in Town of Brookhaven

I am a former employee there and One night I stayed there, I stayed for free and still feel like a should have a refund. The beds are more like cots and the room is very out dated. It smells in the rooms and the bathrooms are small and not clean. They don't change your sheets while u stay there. The stairs going to the upper floor rooms are falling apart as well as the decking in most of the place. Seems to me they just give a cheap coat of paint and call it a day. Its unsafe for the crew and for the guests alike. The store is nice and the dance floor/ bar is nice but still could use and update. The new owner DAVE is not a nice guy to work for. If you are looking to over pay for a dirty smelly run down hotel then this is the place for you. if not there are other options that are walking distance from the ICE PALACE. Hope this helps.Point of this post save your money and stay in a nice hotel besides you will have to save your money for the small over priced drinks anyway. The entertainment there is the only thing that saves that place. sometimes that is just not enough and it will all come to an end soon im sure. I see less and less people every year coming back and the new customers have nothing positive to say...

The Cherry Grove Beach Hotel is a hotel. The Ice Palace is a bar/nightclub recently acquired (after decades of mismanagement) by Daniel Nardicio, a seasoned promoter and producer of the decades- long Underwear Party in the same location. He has refurbished the physical space, and brought in a lot of nationally recognized entertainment talent. I’ve been there at least once a day since it’s been open, if only for the coffee service, from the only espresso machine in town.

It’s a fantastic space, and I’ve bought tickets to a number of events this season: the Hot Sardines, Joey Arias, Alaska, etc. the sound system and general look are much improved, and the talent is nationally recognized and top-notch.

To repeat, the Ice Palace is the club, the Cherry Grove Beach Hotel is the hotel. The club is top notch, the hotel is still a work in progress, without a pool or pool deck...

Greeted by a beautiful bartender who had to tell us, three times over the course of the evening, that he did not have a bar back and the Friday night crew left him with a mess. Overheard him scoff at a customer placing an order for four drinks.....four. Then, he also charged girls for bottled water while giving free water to the guys who came to the bar....even if those guys were straight with their girlfriends. So, this display of archaic policy was embarrassing especially to our group of 23 out of towners who heard nothing but great things about Ice Palace and Fire Island in general. The rest of the progressive gay business gay community doesn't operate with disdain, scoffing and alienation against our allies. Just show everyone a good time! And, management should support the staff so they don't air their complaints to any customer who will...