Insiders Guide

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Insiders Guide

Drinks & Nightlife

Food
The music, the food & the wonderful people. Frenchmen Street
273 locals recommend
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
626 Frenchmen St
273 locals recommend
The music, the food & the wonderful people. Frenchmen Street
It's right across the street! Sit on your balcony and enjoy! Frenchmen St
521 locals recommend
The Spotted Cat Music Club
623 Frenchmen St
521 locals recommend
It's right across the street! Sit on your balcony and enjoy! Frenchmen St
Great spirits! Great music! Frenchmen St
387 locals recommend
d.b.a.
618 Frenchmen St
387 locals recommend
Great spirits! Great music! Frenchmen St
Wow! Again, across the street. Wonderful food, try the any fish with the ocean sauce. Frenchmen Street
137 locals recommend
Adolfo's
611 Frenchmen St
137 locals recommend
Wow! Again, across the street. Wonderful food, try the any fish with the ocean sauce. Frenchmen Street
Right off of Frenchmen and Esplanade
234 locals recommend
The Dragon's Den
508 Frenchmen St
234 locals recommend
Right off of Frenchmen and Esplanade
429 locals recommend
Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Ave
429 locals recommend
384 locals recommend
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak St
384 locals recommend
Everything you wanted to know about New Orleans, on Royal Street in the French Quarter
85 locals recommend
The Historic New Orleans Collection
410 Chartres St
85 locals recommend
Everything you wanted to know about New Orleans, on Royal Street in the French Quarter
A must. Classical music, cocktails and a muffelata. Historic Building
112 locals recommend
Napoleon House
500 Chartres St
112 locals recommend
A must. Classical music, cocktails and a muffelata. Historic Building
Beautiful courtyard on a beautiful day.
115 locals recommend
Cafe Amelie
900 Royal St
115 locals recommend
Beautiful courtyard on a beautiful day.
Farmers Market, food vendors,
217 locals recommend
Shops of the Colonnade - French Market
1008 N Peters St
217 locals recommend
Farmers Market, food vendors,
SideBar Nola
New Orleans Airlift
4559 N Rampart St
34 locals recommend
Marigny Opera House
725 St Ferdinand St
34 locals recommend
Get a Birds Eye view of Jackson Square when you sit up on the balcony. Great Happy Hour!
48 locals recommend
Tableau
616 St Peter
48 locals recommend
Get a Birds Eye view of Jackson Square when you sit up on the balcony. Great Happy Hour!
Try the food! Delicious! Great Chef! Nina Compton, award winner.
105 locals recommend
Bywater American Bistro
2900 Chartres St
105 locals recommend
Try the food! Delicious! Great Chef! Nina Compton, award winner.
The wine bar that could, big backyard, casual, music, wine, food.
839 locals recommend
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
839 locals recommend
The wine bar that could, big backyard, casual, music, wine, food.
My to go place when there are too many tourists to go to the quarter. lovely quiet ambiance, good food!
155 locals recommend
The Franklin
2600 Dauphine Street
155 locals recommend
My to go place when there are too many tourists to go to the quarter. lovely quiet ambiance, good food!

Sightseeing

477 locals recommend
Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
477 locals recommend
Window shopping
156 locals recommend
Royal Street
Royal Street
156 locals recommend
Window shopping
Six miles of shops & restaurants
396 locals recommend
Magazine Street
Magazine Street
396 locals recommend
Six miles of shops & restaurants
Take the trolley and enjoy the scenery on St Charles Ave.
150 locals recommend
Saint Charles Avenue
Saint Charles Avenue
150 locals recommend
Take the trolley and enjoy the scenery on St Charles Ave.

Essentials

54 locals recommend
Regional Transit Authority
2817 Canal St
54 locals recommend

Food scene

90 locals recommend
Saba
5757 Magazine St
90 locals recommend
218 locals recommend
Shaya
4213 Magazine St
218 locals recommend
92 locals recommend
Brigtsen's Restaurant
723 Dante Street
92 locals recommend
Simply the best!
574 locals recommend
Commander's Palace
1403 Washington Ave
574 locals recommend
Simply the best!
Hands down, one of my favorites! Great seafood and service!
114 locals recommend
GW Fins
808 Bienville St
114 locals recommend
Hands down, one of my favorites! Great seafood and service!
Great location at the Square in the French Quarter, lovely brunch, dinner!
95 locals recommend
Muriel's Jackson Square
801 Chartres St
95 locals recommend
Great location at the Square in the French Quarter, lovely brunch, dinner!
48 locals recommend
Tableau
616 St Peter
48 locals recommend
Barbecue in the Bywater
405 locals recommend
The Joint
701 Mazant St
405 locals recommend
Barbecue in the Bywater
Eclectic, mounds of food! Home of the praline bacon craze.
442 locals recommend
Elizabeth's
601 Gallier St
442 locals recommend
Eclectic, mounds of food! Home of the praline bacon craze.
Drag brunches are so much fun! Great decor, pool in the back, Day passes available.
451 locals recommend
The Country Club
634 Louisa Street
451 locals recommend
Drag brunches are so much fun! Great decor, pool in the back, Day passes available.
Great for brunch on the weekends but make reservations on open table. Nearby, easy to walk to.
203 locals recommend
Paladar 511
511 Marigny St
203 locals recommend
Great for brunch on the weekends but make reservations on open table. Nearby, easy to walk to.
Excellent seafood and service!
114 locals recommend
GW Fins
808 Bienville St
114 locals recommend
Excellent seafood and service!

Neighborhoods

Visit Audubon Park and University area
77 locals recommend
Uptown/Carrollton
77 locals recommend
Visit Audubon Park and University area
130 locals recommend
Marigny
130 locals recommend
Arts District
7 locals recommend
Julia Street
Julia Street
7 locals recommend
Arts District
Esplanade to Bayou St John, ride a bike!
238 locals recommend
Bayou St John
238 locals recommend
Esplanade to Bayou St John, ride a bike!
At the entrance to City Park! Wonderful area, sculpture gardens in the back, lakes, kayaking, biking, even a gondola for your romantic ride around a lake.
782 locals recommend
New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Cir
782 locals recommend
At the entrance to City Park! Wonderful area, sculpture gardens in the back, lakes, kayaking, biking, even a gondola for your romantic ride around a lake.

Favorite jazz performance space & museum

Wonderful performance space with state of the art equipment, shows, and jazz museum.
109 locals recommend
New Orleans Jazz Museum
400 Esplanade Ave
109 locals recommend
Wonderful performance space with state of the art equipment, shows, and jazz museum.
27 locals recommend
Snug Harbor
1228 Gordon St
27 locals recommend
Incredible and free performances on the third floor. Shop and art on the first and second floors.
109 locals recommend
New Orleans Jazz Museum
400 Esplanade Ave
109 locals recommend
Incredible and free performances on the third floor. Shop and art on the first and second floors.

City advice

Getting around

Regional Transit Authority, RTA (found online)

Grocery Stores, 1) Verti Mart delivers (in the FrenchQuarter) 2) Small convenience store on the same block 3) Larger grocery store is 3 blocks away @ Elysian & St. Claude