Best Hotels in
New Orleans

A 1300-room Beaux-Arts tower that has anchored the Quarter since 1886, famous for its rotating Carousel Bar — a 25-seat merry-go-round cocktail lounge that turns slowly enough to maintain the illusion of sobriety. The hotel has hosted Hemingway, Faulkner, and Tennessee Williams, all of whom have rooms named after them.

• French Quarter
• Historic
• Iconic

Occupying a pair of landmark Beaux-Arts buildings on Canal Street, the Ritz offers the French Quarter's most polished luxury experience — the M Bistro breakfast is excellent, the spa is the best in the city, and the hotel's jazz concierge can get you into the right clubs before they fill up.

• French Quarter
• Luxury
• Spa

A 33-room hidden masterpiece tucked into two adjoining 1830s Creole townhouses, with antique-filled rooms around a magnolia courtyard and a service philosophy modelled on a private house party. There's no restaurant (intentionally), no pool, and no pool bar — and yet guests return year after year because the romance and quiet are irreplaceable.

• French Quarter
• Boutique
• Couples

A beloved 1927 Garden District landmark recently restored to its full Jazz Age splendour, with hand-painted murals, the exceptional Caribbean Room restaurant, and a rooftop with views across the city's oak-canopied residential landscape. The Magazine Street streetcar stops outside the door.

• Garden District
• Historic
• Boutique

The team behind the legendary Brennan's Restaurant has created an intimate 15-room hotel where New Orleans excess is celebrated with theatrical conviction — a 24-hour kitchen, a stunning courtyard pool flanked by cocktail-dispensing antique carts, and suites themed around the city's great culinary personalities.

• French Quarter
• Luxury
• Food

Seven private cottages (and one 7,000 sq ft villa) in a walled garden where John James Audubon once painted — the most exclusive accommodation in the French Quarter, with private pools, a dedicated butler for each cottage, and absolute privacy amid the neighbourhood's perpetual carnival.

• French Quarter
• Luxury
• Privacy

A converted 1928 pharmaceutical warehouse in the Arts/Warehouse District with the Seaworthy raw-bar restaurant, an excellent pool deck, and the social energy that Ace properties always generate. The neighbourhood location puts you near the National WWII Museum and the Contemporary Arts Center.

• Warehouse District
• Boutique
• Arts

A 27-room boutique on the edge of the Marigny, steps from Frenchmen Street's legendary live music strip — the real New Orleans jazz experience that Bourbon Street has long since forfeited. Two courtyards, a small pool, and a jazz-community energy make this an ideal base for serious music fans.

• Faubourg Marigny
• Music
• Boutique

Built in 1907 as the New Hotel Denechaud, Le Pavillon has been independently owned since the 1970s and operates with a fierce idiosyncratic personality — including the legendary nightly peanut butter and jelly sandwich service at the front desk and a stunning lobby marble colonnade imported from Europe.

• CBD
• Historic
• Value

The best budget accommodation in New Orleans, housed in a converted Victorian mansion with a pool, a porch scene that turns into an impromptu party most evenings, and a genuine community of travellers passing through. Private rooms are available, and the price-to-experience ratio is almost absurdly generous.

• Mid-City
• Budget
• Social