Most Iconic Restaurants

City guide

Iconic restaurants
in New Orleans

A personal guide to 6 remarkable rooms in New Orleans, selected for much more than the menu: their stories, rituals and unmistakable atmosphere.

Antoine’s Restaurant in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Antoine’s Restaurant

I selected it for its distinctive setting, atmosphere and sense of place.

View this place →Café du Monde in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Café du Monde

I selected it for its distinctive setting, atmosphere and sense of place.

View this place →Arnaud’s in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Arnaud’s

A complete expression of the French Quarter: historic rooms, Creole ritual, carnival culture and old-school hospitality under one roof.

View this place →Commander’s Palace in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Commander’s Palace

A defining New Orleans dining institution where historic surroundings, exuberant service and modern Creole cuisine remain inseparable.

View this place →Galatoire’s in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Galatoire’s

This is not a museum-like room but a living social stage: elegant, noisy, multigenerational and inseparable from New Orleans’ particular culture of public dining.

View this place →Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New OrleansNew Orleans, United States

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

The beauty here is cultural as much as decorative: chandeliers, white linen and vivid art frame a dining room whose hospitality helped shape American history, while the Chase family still serves gumbo, shrimp Creole and fried chicken.

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