# Best restaurants in New Orleans

Creole grande dames, po-boys and beignets: the New Orleans restaurants food writers call essential.

- 129 votes · 12 items
- Jul 19, 2021 · roamer_detroit
- https://even.best/en/l/1077/best-restaurants-in-new-orleans

## Top 10

1. **Arnaud's** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Creole dining rooms plus the French 75 Bar.
2. **Galatoire's** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Bourbon Street French-Creole classic with legendary Friday lunches.
3. **Dooky Chase's** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Leah Chase's legendary Creole soul food restaurant.
4. **Brennan's** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Pink building where bananas Foster was invented.
5. **Antoine's** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Founded in 1840, birthplace of oysters Rockefeller.
6. **Commander's Palace** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — Garden District Creole institution and its 25-cent martinis at lunch.
7. **Café du Monde** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Beignets and chicory coffee in the French Quarter.
8. **Parkway Bakery & Tavern** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Roast beef and shrimp po-boys since 1911.
9. **Willie Mae's Scotch House** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Award-winning fried chicken in Tremé.
10. **Herbsaint** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Donald Link's bistro on St Charles Avenue.
11. **Cochon** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Donald Link's Cajun cooking in the Warehouse District.
12. **Acme Oyster House** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Raw and chargrilled oysters in the French Quarter.

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