Fodor's Choice: The Best Restaurants in New Orleans

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Fodor's Choice New Orleans Restaurants

Restaurants Overview
Name	Price/ Cuisine	Location

Acme Oyster House A rough-edge classic in every way, this no-nonsense eatery at...	$ Seafood	French Quarter

August If the Gilded Age is long gone, someone forgot to tell the folks...	$$$$ Cuisine, American: Modern American	CBD

Bayona "New World" is the label Louisiana native Susan Spicer applies... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American: Modern American	French Quarter

Boucherie Nathanial Zimet's gutsy, down-home cooking, a unique blend of...	$ American: Southern	Carrollton-Riverbend

Café du Monde No visit to New Orleans is complete without a chicory-laced café...	$ Cafe	French Quarter


Cochon Chef-owned restaurants are common in New Orleans, but this one... Reserve	$$ Cuisine, American: Cajun	Warehouse District

Cochon Butcher Around the corner from its big brother Cochon, Butcher packs...	$ Cuisine, American: Southern	Warehouse District

Company Burger At the Company Burger, you'll have it their way. The amazing...	$ American	Uptown

Coquette Every neighborhood needs a hangout, and the dwellers of the Garden... Reserve	$$$ American	Uptown

Domenica Local celebrity-chef John Besh and executive chef Alon Shaya... Reserve	$$ Italian	CBD

Emeril's Delmonico Chef Emeril Lagasse bought the century-old Delmonico restaurant... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American: Creole	Garden District

Galatoire's With many of its recipes dating to 1905, Galatoire's epitomizes... Reserve	$$$$ Cuisine, American: Creole	French Quarter

Herbsaint Chef Donald Link (also of Cochon and Cochon Butcher) turns out... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American: Southern	CBD

Mosca's The food here—combining Louisiana ingredients and Italian...	$$ Cuisine, Italian	Outside City Limits

Patois Hidden on a quiet residential corner, this bustling bistro could... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, French	Uptown

Stella! Louisiana-born chef Scott Boswell has evolved into one of New... Reserve	$$$$ American: Modern American	French Quarter

Sucré Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, make sure to stop in at Sucré...	$ Cuisine, Cafe	Garden District

Upperline For more than 25 years, this gaily colored cottage filled with...	$$$ American: Creole	Uptown
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