All the Colors of the Rainbow

Colorful Dining Rooms To Begin Your Year.

All the trees may be brown and the sky may be gray, but there’s no reason to dream of getting away when there are so many compelling reasons to stay right here in New York. Case in point: the colorful and delightful dining rooms waiting to welcome you in for dinner here on the East End. Our favorites are saturated, whimsical, experiential spaces that embrace color as part of the dining experience. From Westhampton Beach to Bridgehampton, here are some of the places we’re dining at in full color in 2025. 

It may feel like winter on the East End, but you wouldn’t know it from the interior at Flora, the restaurant from Rooted Hospitality Group that opened in 2020. With a floral motif that is translated to diners through vibrant wallpapers, hanging plants, painted ceilings, and stylish light fixtures, Flora employs color in a light and playful way, wearing its name proudly. The menu is playful, too; in addition to carefully curated dishes, like blackberry-glazed Crescent Farm duck and pumpkin ravioli finished in a butternut squash velouté, diners can expect a whimsical take on dessert: the so-called Flower Pot, featuring French vanilla ice cream, Tate’s cookies, caramel, Nutella mousse, and Oreo cookie crumbles, all served in an actual terra cotta vessel. 

An equally enchanting take on the color wheel is Flora’s sibling restaurant, Westhampton Beach’s Fauna. (The restaurant group added it to their portfolio in 2022 in the space that was famously Starr Boggs.) Inside, diners can expect a highly decorative space, with wood-paneling and wallpaper and plenty of dark, saturated, and intimate spaces. The moody space is rooted in terra firma both in design and in concept; the menu is essentially a steakhouse menu, with a selection of prime steaks offered a la carte, a signature chicken for two, and a Berkshire pork chop served with whipped sweet potatoes and an Espagnole sauce.  

At El Verano, in Southampton, chef Julian Medina does, in fact, harness summer, with rosy shades. Banquettes are deep mauve, walls are painted a seashell pink, and the room is accented by delicate wallpaper, giving the room a cozy and ethereal feel. It’s a bright and colorful spin on a space that has often struggled to keep its identity. But with soulful, Mexican-inspired cuisine and a colorful palette that feels calming and subdued irrespective of the season, this restaurant feels like the right fit for this slice of the Hamptons. 

Farther East, in Bridgehampton, head to Almond for a quick pop of color. The restaurant is much beloved for executive chef Jason Weiner’s locally focused fare, of course, but design lovers are also equally obsessed with the restaurant’s wallpaper. That’s House of Scalamandre’s zebras pattern, by the way, in the Masai Red colorway, an accent wall that provides one of the most beautiful and memorable pops in all of the East End. The food, naturally, remains consistent and delightful. Almond is an East End stalwart for a reason, and the zebra wallpaper is just one reason to head in for a visit.