Hotel Bars in New Orleans
New Orleans hotel bars are institutions, and several still pour the classics they made famous. The best hotel bars in New Orleans start in the French Quarter at the Carousel Bar & Lounge in Hotel Monteleone, where the Vieux Carré was created in 1938; the bar itself has turned since 1949. The Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt pours its namesake with Peychaud's and Herbsaint, and Chandelier Bar at the Four Seasons hangs 15,000 Bohemian crystals over the lobby. Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 revives lost tiki recipes, Loa Bar is a candlelit room at the International House, and The Elysian Bar fills a former church complex in the Marigny. These are the six we would start with.
- Carousel Bar & Lounge★ TOP 10Hotel Bar
Carousel Bar & Lounge
The Carousel Bar & Lounge at the Hotel Monteleone is New Orleans' rotating bar, spinning since 1949 and completing a full turn every fifteen minutes for a slowly moving view of the French Quarter. There is live music seven nights a week, and the room stands among the most iconic drinking destinations in the city.
214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130Daily 11am-12amFull profile - Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTTiki Bar
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29
Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, cocktail historian and author of the definitive tiki reference library, opened this full-service tiki restaurant and bar at the Bienville House Hotel in November 2014. Esquire named it among America's Best Bars within five months. At No. 80 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2025, the program resurrects lost recipes from Berry's decades of research alongside original creations and Chef Joel White's Hawaiian-Asian-Southern fusion menu. Latitude 29 treats tiki history with the rigour of a museum and the hospitality of a bar. Berry wrote the books; now he pours them.
321 N Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130Mon-Thu 4pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-11pm, Sun 4pm-10pmFull profile - Loa Bar★ TOP 10Hotel Bar
Loa Bar
Bar Director Abigail Gullo, an internationally recognized bartender, runs a vodou-inspired program at the International House Hotel where divine spirits inform both the aesthetic and the menu. European romance, Caribbean influence, and African design elements converge beneath a hand-crafted ceiling by lighting designer Peter Manukyan. The cocktail list includes zero-alcohol options that carry the same creative weight as their spirited counterparts. Loa treats the spiritual tradition that inspires its name with respect rather than appropriation, and the drinks reflect that care.
221 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United StatesDaily 4pm-2amFull profile - Chandelier BarHotel Bar
Chandelier Bar
The Chandelier Bar occupies the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans, under a namesake chandelier built from fifteen thousand hand-strung Bohemian crystals. Its list celebrates the city's cocktail history with renditions of the Sazerac, French 75 and Brandy Crusta alongside house builds, and guests can book classes on the classics.
2 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130Sun-Wed 10am-12am; Thu-Sat 10am-1amFull profile 
Hotel BarThe Elysian Bar
The Elysian Bar sits inside Hotel Peter and Paul in the Marigny, a boutique hotel converted from a former church, schoolhouse, rectory and convent a few blocks from Frenchmen Street. It works as restaurant, bar and cafe at once, and its name plays on both Elysian Fields as paradise and the avenue that divides the neighborhood.
2317 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70117The Café Daily: 7AM - 8PM Breakfast Mon - Thurs: 7AM - 12PM Brunch Fri - Sun: 9AM - 2PM Dinner Hours Daily: 5PM - 10PM Happy Hour Daily: 3PM - 5PMFull profile
More of New Orleans
These are the hotel bars specifically. The full New Orleans guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 24 with a map and filters.
