Dinner
Morrow's
Larry Morrow and his mother Lenora Chong. New Orleans and Korean cooking on St. Claude. The page lists Sunday–Thursday 11–10 and Friday–Saturday 11–11, with a weekday happy hour 3–6. About 160k followers.
Marigny$$$
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Steak
Morrow Steak
Larry Morrow's see-and-be-seen steakhouse. Steaks, seafood, and the mashups his rooms are known for. Julia Street puts you by the galleries.
Warehouse District$$$$
Caribbean
Spicy Mango
Larry Morrow's Caribbean–New Orleans room on Frenchmen. Dinner, then you are already on the street where the bands are.
Frenchmen$$$
Wine garden
Bacchanal
A backyard of wine, cheese, a kitchen, and live music most nights. The Bywater evening visitors mean when they say they found the real one.
Bywater$$$
Pool & garden
The Country Club
A historic Bywater social club: pool, garden, Creole plates, and a drag brunch that sells out. The crowd is local, the light in the garden is the point.
Bywater$$
Cocktail bar
Bar Marilou
The candlelit bar inside Hotel Peter and Paul. A former church compound, a courtyard, and the cocktail people mean when they say staycation.
Marigny$$$
Cocktail bar
NightBloom
From the Bacchanal team. Late-night cocktails on St. Claude and Clouet, DJs, pop-ups, and a neighborhood bar that does not perform 'New Orleans' at you.
Bywater$$
Bar
The Double Club
A local favorite tucked off Bourbon: fair drinks, a kitchen that over-delivers, and an upstairs speakeasy with a different mood.
French Quarter$$
Rooftop
Hot Tin
The rooftop on the Pontchartrain Hotel. Skyline, river breeze, St. Charles streetcars crawling under you. One of the city's true roofs.
Garden District$$$
Rooftop pool
The Pool Club at Virgin Hotels
Thirteenth-floor pool and bar. Cabana seating, DJs, golden hour. The pool itself is guests and day-pass; the bar is the easy yes.
Warehouse District$$$
Rooftop pool
Above the Grid at NOPSI
Rooftop pool and cocktails on the NOPSI Hotel. A quieter skyline than the clubbier roofs, still very much a night out.
CBD$$$
Rooftop pool
High Five at The Barnett
The old Ace Hotel roof, now High Five on The Barnett. Pool, cabanas, fire, and a weeknight that is actually relaxed.
Warehouse District$$$
Hotel bar
Carousel Bar
The bar that actually rotates, inside Hotel Monteleone. One drink is the bit. A second drink is how you miss your reservation.
French Quarter$$$
Hotel bar
Sazerac Bar
The Roosevelt's bar, murals and all. Order the namesake once, then look at the lobby — at Christmas it becomes the city's living room.
CBD$$$
Hotel bar
The Columns porch
A drink on the porch while the streetcar rings. This is the staycation picture, and you do not have to sleep upstairs to sit down.
Garden District$$
Cocktail bar
Bar Tonique
The Rampart cocktail bar locals send you to when Bourbon has done enough. Classic drinks, fair prices, a stoop that feels like the edge of the Quarter.
Rampart$$
Bar
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The candlelit end of Bourbon, in a building that actually feels old. One drink, then you have done Bourbon with some dignity.
French Quarter$$
Cocktail bar
Manolito
A tiny Cuban bar. Daiquiris that are not the neon kind. Standing room, good humor, off the Bourbon current.
French Quarter$$
Cocktail bar
Jewel of the South
Chris Hannah's neighborhood cocktail bar. The drinks are the city's modern classic list, served like a regulars' room.
French Quarter$$$
Cocktail bar
French 75
Arnaud's bar. A French 75, a jacket-optional sense of occasion, and a room that has hosted this exact evening for a very long time.
French Quarter$$$
Brass
Little Gem Saloon
Brass where Rampart meets the history of Black music in the city. A better Rampart stop than anything with a neon hurricane.
Rampart$$
Live music
The Spotted Cat
No cover most nights, jazz that starts early enough to still feel like evening. The room is small and the band is close.
Frenchmen$
Live music
d.b.a.
The serious listening room on the block. Brass, funk, touring names, a cover that is still cheaper than a cocktail on Bourbon.
Frenchmen$$
Live music
The Maison
Several rooms, brass that spills toward the sidewalk, the high-energy end of Frenchmen.
Frenchmen$$
Live music
Tipitina's
The Uptown room. Funk, brass, indie, the occasional legend. A poster-covered hall that still feels like a neighborhood club.
Uptown$$
Live music
Maple Leaf Bar
A dance floor with a spring in it, brass and funk for people who came to move. Rebirth's old Sunday night is the legend; the room still works.
Carrollton$$
Venue
House of Blues
Touring acts and the big local DJ nights, including the hip-hop nights that raised a generation of New Orleans DJs.
French Quarter$$$
Venue
The Howlin' Wolf
A Warehouse District room for indie, brass blowouts, and late DJ nights. Easier in and out than a Quarter club.
Warehouse District$$
Shows
The Fillmore
The big standing-room theater by Champions Square. National tours, comedy, and the shows people plan a weekend around.
Downtown$$$
Drag & variety
AllWays Lounge & Theatre
Drag, variety, theater, and a late crowd that is more neighborhood than Bourbon. The St. Claude answer to a show night.
St. Claude$$
Dance
Bourbon Pub & Parade
The corner. Dance floor, balcony, video bar, the center of the Quarter's gay nightlife. Southern Decadence runs through here.
French Quarter$$
Late kitchen
Buffa's
Lounge sets and a kitchen that stays open when the rest of the city is only pouring. An actual meal after midnight.
Marigny$$
Hotel
Virgin Hotels New Orleans
Chambers instead of rooms, Commons Club for lobby music and dinner, and The Pool Club on the 13th floor. The rooftop day pass means you can use the pool even if you sleep elsewhere.
Warehouse District$$$
Hotel
Hotel Monteleone
The literary grandfather. Carousel Bar downstairs, Royal Street outside, a lobby you can use as a meeting point for the whole trip.
French Quarter$$$
Hotel
The Roosevelt
The block-long lobby, the Sazerac Bar, and December when the holiday decorations take over the city. A grand hotel that earns the word.
CBD$$$$
Hotel
International House
A smaller CBD hotel with a lobby bar that locals actually use. Less scene than the roofs, easier on the rate.
CBD$$
Hotel
The Barnett
The former Ace. High Five is the rooftop pool. The building still draws the same downtown crowd under a new name.
Warehouse District$$$
Sports bar
Bayou Beer Garden
Four bars, a porch, and the televisions for a Saints Sunday when you do not have a Dome ticket. The page says 21+. Happy hour runs mid-afternoon. The wine garden is the quieter yard next door.
Mid-City$$
Nightclub
Hide/Seek
Late Decatur nightclub. Tables are reserved, hookah specials show up on the flyers, and the door is an RSVP, not a wander-in. 21+.
French Quarter$$$
Hookah lounge
Treehouse
Indoor-outdoor lounge with hookah, cocktails, and late sets. Larry Morrow's Scorpio Stings party is here Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 10pm. 21+.
Central City$$
Lounge
Foundation Room
The members' room upstairs at House of Blues. A balcony over Decatur, a dressier door than the club below, and a guest list. 21+.
French Quarter$$$
Bar
Ugly Gator Saloon
A sing-along bar on Bourbon, not a karaoke booth. Their Halloween costume contest is Friday, October 31, 2026, free entry at 10pm, prizes, winner at midnight. Reviews of the room are mixed. 21+.
French Quarter$$
Nightclub
Ohm Lounge
A Warehouse District lounge and club, open Friday and Saturday from 10pm. The page also books private and corporate parties. 21+.
Warehouse District$$$
Wine bar
Cork Wine & Martini Bar
A wine and martini bar in Metairie. The page is posting a NOLA Out 20th anniversary night. No date was on the flyer you sent, so confirm it before you cross the parish line.
Metairie$$
Cocktail bar
The O Bar
A newer Mid-City cocktail room, about 5k followers. Listing hours are 5pm to midnight, and Friday and Saturday to 2am. They post a Tuesday unwind from 4 to 7. Drinks are priced like a lounge, not a neighborhood beer.
Mid-City$$$
Cocktail bar
NOLA Art Bar
A book-lined cocktail room on St. Claude. Their page says Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 5 to 10. Closed the other nights. About 27k followers, and it does not behave like a Bourbon bar.
St. Claude$$
Club
Empire
A Mid-City club, not the Poydras in the business district. Their site lists the garden Thursday through Sunday, 7pm to midnight. Saturday, October 24 is Reggae Bash Halloween Madness, 10pm to 3am: reggae, dancehall, soca, and Afrobeats. 21+.
Mid-City$$
Sports bar
The Oak
Sports screens and a bourbon house on the streetcar line. Thursdays they post old-school hip-hop and R&B: doors at 6, DJ Juane Jordan until 8, then DJ 2Ready. No cover. Jamaican food from Nyammins. Hookahs are $25 on that flyer. Text 504-342-7806 for a section.
Lower Garden District$$
Cocktail bar
Maze Cocktail Lounge
A Lakeview lounge, not the Canal Street in the Quarter. OpenTable lists Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday 5 to midnight, Friday and Saturday to 2am. Saturday, October 24 is a day party here from 3 to 8.
Lakeview$$$
Event space
The Nieux
A booked room on St. Charles, not a walk-in bar. Saturday, October 31 is Eyes Wide Shut, a 21+ costume ball, 10pm, with DJ Poppa on the flyer. Tickets are on their Eventbrite.
Lower Garden District$$$
Cocktail lounge
Fulton Alley
Bowling lanes and a prohibition-style cocktail room downtown. About 6.9k followers. November 19 is a Traitors finale watch party, 6:30 to 9, tickets from $10.
Warehouse District$$$
Lounge
Bayo Social
Restaurant, bar, and a private-event room. About 15.9k followers. The plate on the page is gumbo with grits and snow crab. Phone 504-581-8188. Tonight, October 22, they posted a Case versus Carl Thomas watch party.
Seventh Ward$$