Shippy's — Restaurant in Town of Southampton

One of the last handful of the original restaurants of Southampton's still thriving and operating in this town! And so happy it is! No clue what these negative nelly reviewers have to complain about. The food is solid and stick to your ribs good, the portions to price ratio is also very balanced plus the waitresses have been there 30-40 years and know their loyal based customer's usual orders over the phone just by hearing their voice. There are old pictures of what the restaurant looked like back in the early days and other fine memorabilia on the walls too.

Menu is part German and part Americana but I'm not mad at that at all. Ordered the escargot stuffed into white mushroom caps with delicious generous dollops of toasted minced garlic and butter. The Bavarian combo platter was not too salty at the least bit, the wienerschnitzel a la Holstein came perfectly topped with a fried egg, lovely plump pan seared filets of anchovies and fresh capers. The mashed potatoes was super buttery, the creamed spinach was divine and the saukraut had just the right amount of vinegar fermented kick to keep you coming back for another bite. Loved their lentil and bean soup of the day and I'm usually not a fan of blue cheese dressing at a restaurant but this one was worth licking the plate clean for. Wish I had more space for dessert but that just means we come back for about...

Wow what a disappointment… I’ve been going to Shippy’s for decades and decided to celebrate a special occasion there tonight. I was excited to check out the renovation and to bring my friends from Shelter Island who had never been there before. We were a group of 6. A friend made the reservation days ago so we would be sure to get a table…. We arrived early for our reservation and the hostess briskly told me our table wasn’t ready. We said “no problem” and waited at the bar. I ran into an old friend who was with a large group and she told me they were hoping for a table since they didn’t have a reservation. After waiting for 45 minutes (patiently), the hostess sat their group and when I questioned her, she said “they’ve been waiting for 2 hours.” Which I guess in her mind trumps a reservation that was made days prior. What’s the point of accepting reservations if they don’t mean anything? We opted to eat at the bar, and the food was not as good as it used to be…at all. The bartender was nice and I appreciated her efforts to soften the blow to our night. I was disappointed to not be able to sit and talk to the group like we would have at a table, and I will never go back again due to the horrible manager and...

I gave Shippy’s a 1 because the wine was good. (We bought a bottle of Cabernet). My grandparents had eaten there many times and I was visiting Southampton. I was so NOT prepared for our sad evening. I was with my brother, mother, sister I law, my husband and I. We live in Florida, although Southampton is the place I call my happy place. I waitressed at Herb McCarthy’s Bowden Square as a high school, college student. Our waitress, Zena thought we were bad because we didn’t call her back as soon as we realized the Prime Rib was gristly. She never came back for us to complain. However, I have NEVER eaten in a restaurant that my (the customer) opinion didn’t count. As far as Zena was concerned- when she delivered the food to the table- and we said it was okay- that was good for her. However, when we tried the meat, it was so gristly (only 2 of us) she told us we needed a better knife and we should have complained sooner. She told me, she would not take anything off my meal (even though I couldn’t eat it) and she would call the Southampton Police if I didn’t pay. As far as I know- I am still hungry, and I hope NOONE ever deals with this...