| NEW ORLEANS PREFERRED LIST | |||||
| RESTAURANTS | |||||
| Rating | Price | Remarks | |||
| French Quarter | |||||
| Acme Oyster House | ** | $$ | Great oyster bar & casual seafood. | ||
| Alpine | *** | $ | Good food, 3 meals, fast & cheap | ||
| Bayona | ***** | $$$ | Excellent food, pricey, food snob's heaven. | ||
| Bistro at Maison DeVille | **** | $$$ | Cool bistro setting, also serving lunch. | ||
| Bombay Club | **** | $$ | Good food, dark setting, great bar. | ||
|
Broussard's |
**** | $$$ | Good food, marvelous courtyard | ||
| Dickie Brennan's Steak House | **** | $$$ | Our favorite for steaks. | ||
| Felix's Oyster Bar | ** | $$ | Great oyster bar. Nix the seafood. | ||
| Galatoire's | **** | $$$ | THE place for Friday lunch and any other time, | ||
| Gumbo Shop | ** | $$ | Good for 3 meals a day. | ||
| Irene's Cuisine | **** | $$ | Italian with emphasis on seafood. Favorite of locals and travelers. | ||
| K-Paul's | **** | $$$ | Cajun cookin' at its best. Inventor of blackened redfish. | ||
| NOLA | **** | $$$ | Emeril's French Quarter restaurant | ||
| Orleans Grapevine | **** | $$ | Wine bar with great food. | ||
| Pelican Club | ***** | $$$ | Elegant and expensive. 5 stars. | ||
| Stanley | **** | $$$ | 3 great meals. Soda fountain. Stella's mate. | ||
| Stella | ***** | $$$ | Elegant and expensive. 5 stars. | ||
| CBD/Warehouse District | |||||
| Bon-Ton Cafe | *** | $ | Local favorite. | ||
| Herbsaint | **** | $$ | Nice, highly rated, serving lunch, too. | ||
| Luke | **** | $$ | Serves 3 meals. | ||
| Palace Cafe | **** | $$ | Surprisingly good from a Canal Street storefront. | ||
| Restaurant August | ***** | $$$ | Top notch. Patrict Van Hoorebeek, maitre'd extroidinaire. | ||
| Restaurant August | ***** | $$$ | Widely acclaimed. | ||
| Ruth's Chris | ***** | $$$ | Fine steak house near Harrah's | ||
| Tommy's | **** | $$ | Irene's ex - menu similar to Irene's | ||
| Uptown/Garden District | |||||
| Brigtsen's | ***** | $$ | Possibly New Orleans' very best. | ||
| Clancy's | **** | $$ | Local favorite, our's, too. | ||
| Commander's Palace | ***** | $$$ | Tourist favorite. | ||
| Gautreau's | **** | $$ | Local favorite in a residential area. No sign out front! | ||
| Jacques Imo's | *** | $$ | Lauded by locals and tourists alike. | ||
| Liuzza's | *** | $ | Local lunch favorite. | ||
| Mandina's | *** | $ | Local lunch favorite. | ||
| Parkway Bakery & Taven | *** | $ | Local lunch favorite, good bar. | ||
| Pascal's Manale | *** | $$ | Inventor of barbeque shrimp. Great oyster bar. | ||
| HOTELS | |||||
| Rating | Price | Remarks | |||
| French Quarter - Boutique/Historical | |||||
| Bienville House | *** | $$ | Great value on the edge of the Quarter. | ||
| Dauphine Orleans | *** | $$ | Nice boutique fashioned from an old Storyville bordello. | ||
| Historic French Market Inn | ** | $ | Quaint value with several meandering courtyards. | ||
| Le Richelieu | *** | $$ | Nice old hotel with the only free self-parking in the Quarter. | ||
| Place d'Armes | *** | $$ | Beautiful courtyard. | ||
| Prince Conti | ** | $ | Good value, one block from Bourbon St. | ||
| Provincial | *** | $$ | Historical boutique spanning several buildings. A favorite. | ||
| Soniat House | **** | $$$ | Impeccable restoration of a Creole Townhouse. | ||
| St. Marie | *** | $ | Old World charm one block from bourbon St. | ||
| W French Quarter | **** | $$$ | Old world setting with modern European flair. Wonderful courtyard. | ||
| French Quarter - Large | |||||
| Bourbon Orleans | *** | $$ | Good value and location, large courtyard. | ||
| Monteleone | **** | $$$ | Fine old hotel with al the amenities. | ||
| Omni Royal Orleans | **** | $$$ | Nice, small rooms,. Rooftop observation deck. | ||
| Royal Sonesta | **** | $$$ | Nice rooms, gorgeous lobby, full amenities. | ||
| CBD/Warehouse District | |||||
| International House | **** | $$ | Classy boutique, but no parking. | ||
| Ritz Carlton | **** | $$$ | It's the Ritz! Jeremy Davenport in the lounge. | ||
| St. James | *** | $$ | Quaint Carribean theme with small courtyard. | ||
| The Roosevelt | **** | $$$ | A gorgeous restoration of the legendary landmark | ||
| Windsor Court | ***** | $$$ | Posh! | ||
| Uptown/Garden District | |||||
| Columns | *** | $$$ | Victorian mansion, more like a large bed and breakfast. | ||
| BARS | |||||
| Rating | Price | Remarks | |||
| French Quarter | |||||
| Bombay Club (Prince Conti Hotel) | *** | $$ | Martinis, piano bar in a library setting. Good food, too. | ||
| Carousel Bar (Monteleone Hotel) | *** | $$$ | Revolving watering hole is popular with locals and travelers alike. | ||
| Harry's Corner | ** | $ | Great neighborhood bar | ||
| Kerry Irish Pub | *** | $ | One of the best music venues in the French Quarter. | ||
| LaFitte's Blacksmith Shop | *** | $$ | Local hangout on Bourbon St. | ||
| Napolean House | *** | $$ | Dark wood ambiance with classical music in the background. Very civilized. | ||
| Tujague's | *** | $$ | Old fashioned belly-up bar that hasn't changed in 150 years. | ||
| Uptown/Garden District | |||||
| Fat Harry's | ** | $ | A neighborhood tavern on the avenue. Great Mardi Gras venue.. | ||
| Victorian Lounge (Columns Hotel) | *** | $$ | Venue fits the name. Local gathering spot. | ||
| MUSIC | |||||
| Rating | Price | Remarks | |||
| French Quarter | |||||
| Bombay Club | ** | $$ | Piano bar & small groups in a quiet setting. | ||
| Donna' Bar & Grill | *** | $ | Good local jazz. | ||
| Famous Door | ** | $$$ | Loud rock & pop. | ||
| Funky Pirate | ** | $$$ | Big Al Carson & the Bluesmasters. Very good! | ||
| House of Blues | **** | $$$$ | Popular stop for touring bands - rock, pop, funk. | ||
| Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse | **** | $$$$ | Cool jazz in Royal Sonesta Bar. | ||
| Kerry Irish Pub | **** | $ | Various groups, Irish, rock & jazz. Excellent! | ||
| Krazy Corner | ** | $$$ | Loud rock, pop, & Cajun | ||
| LaFitte's Blacksmith Shop | *** | $$ | Good piano bar. | ||
| Olde Opera House | ** | $$$ | Loud rock, pop, & Cajun | ||
| Palm Court Jazz Cafe | *** | $$ | Traditional New Orleans Jazz. Very good. | ||
| Marigny (Frenchman Street) | |||||
| Apple Barrel | ** | $ | Good jazz & blues. | ||
| D.B.A. | *** | $ | Great jazz & blues. | ||
| Blue Nile | *** | $ | Great jazz & blues. | ||
| Snug Harbor | *** | $ | Great jazz & blues. | ||
| CBD | |||||
| Davenport Lounge (Ritz Carleton) | **** | $$$ | Jeremy Davenport group in namesake venue | ||
| Warehouse Dist. | |||||
| Howlin' Wolf | *** | $$$ | Pop, funk, blues. | ||
| Mulate's | *** | $$$ | Cajun music & dancing. | ||
| Uptown | |||||
| Columns Hotel Bar | ** | $ | Piano bar - very good. | ||
| Maple Leaf Bar | *** | $ | Jazz, blues, pop. | ||
| Mid City Lanes Rock & Bowl | *** | $ | Bowling and rock 'n roll - a New Orleans classic | ||
| Tipitina's | **** | $$ | Jazz, blues, Cajun, pop & funk. | ||