7 splurge rooms in New Orleans, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in New Orleans. All New Orleans food.
Dakar NOLA ★ 4.9
carrollton-riverbend · 937 Leonidas St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Dakar NOLA in New Orleans is Serigne Mbaye's James Beard Best New Restaurant winning Senegalese Creole tasting room, relocated in 2025 to a Carrollton cottage near the levee.
Tip: Tickets sell out within days of release. Sign up for the newsletter for booking-window alerts.
Commander's Palace ★ 4.8
garden-district · 1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
Commander's Palace in New Orleans is the 1893 Garden District grande dame on Washington Avenue, the Brennan family flag with turtle soup, jacket-required brunch and quarter martinis.
Tip: Book the upstairs Garden Room for the live courtyard view; the dress code requires collared shirts at dinner.
Saint-Germain ★ 4.8
bywater · 3054 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117
Saint-Germain in New Orleans is the Michelin-starred ten-course tasting menu inside a Bywater double-shotgun from chefs Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith, with a natural-wine garden behind.
Tip: Reservations open monthly. If you can't get a seat, the wine garden out back takes walk-ups and serves bottles with snacks.
Mosquito Supper Club ★ 4.7
uptown · 3824 Dryades St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Mosquito Supper Club in New Orleans is Melissa Martin's Uptown communal-table Cajun room in an 1898 cottage on Dryades Street, with a single fixed Cajun menu and a Bayou Lafourche cookbook lineage.
Tip: Reservations open the first of the month for the next month. Book the moment they appear.
GW Fins ★ 4.6
french-quarter · 808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112
GW Fins in New Orleans is Tenney Flynn's Bienville Street fine-dining seafood room, with a daily-changing menu sourced from the Gulf and the docks of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Tip: Reservations are easier on weeknights; bar dining serves the same menu with shorter waits.
Boucherie ★ 4.5
carrollton-riverbend · 1506 S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Boucherie in New Orleans is Nathanial Zimet's Carrollton tasting-menu room, a former food truck turned Southern-modern five-course degustation with the Krispy Kreme bread pudding still on the list.
Tip: Bourree next door is the daiquiri and wings spinoff; sit there first for a cocktail before dinner.
Restaurant August ★ 4.5
warehouse-district · 301 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Restaurant August in New Orleans is the 2001 modern Creole flagship in an 1830s Tchoupitoulas warehouse, originally John Besh's room and now in the 2025 Michelin Guide for the American South.
Tip: Tasting menu is the most-rewarded path; book a window-side table for the brick-arch view.