Best Restaurants in New Orleans
America's most delicious argument between past and present.
New Orleans doesn't need your validation — it's been the most important food city in America for two centuries. Creole grande dames, backstreet po-boys, Vietnamese bakeries, and a new generation cooking like the ancestors are watching. Eating here isn't tourism. It's participation.
The Spots
The spotThe rating
1Emeril'sLower Garden District · American · $$$Delicious as F*ck2Dakar NOLALeonidas · Senegalese · $$Delicious as F*ck3AcamayaBywater · Mexican · $$Delicious as F*ck4Saint-GermainBywater · French · $$$$Delicious as F*ck5ZasuMid-City · $$$$Delicious as F*ck6Turkey and the WolfLower Garden District · American · $$Delicious7Compère LapinCentral Business District · American · $$$Delicious8Saffron NolaUptown · Indian · $$$Delicious9Pêche Seafood GrillLower Garden District · American · $$$Delicious10MaMouFrench Quarter · French · $$DeliciousBrowse all 231 New Orleans restaurantsWhat movedOct 24Café ConmigoBacklog →Worth TryingOct 24Tia Maria's KitchenOn the Radar →Worth TryingOct 24Chemin à la MerBacklog →Worth TryingOct 24Sidecar Patio & Oyster BarOn the Radar →Worth TryingOct 24Vaucresson Creole Cafe & DeliWorth Trying →Damn GoodOct 24Mandina's RestaurantDamn Good →Worth Trying
The beef
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Nope ListGalatoire'sFrench Quarter · AmericanNopeAcme Oyster HouseCentral Business District · SeafoodNopeAntoine's RestaurantFrench Quarter · FrenchNopeArnaud's New OrleansFrench Quarter · Fine DiningNopeMother's RestaurantCentral Business District · AmericanNopeOceana GrillFrench Quarter · SeafoodNopeThe Court of Two SistersFrench Quarter · AmericanNopeSee all 7 Nopes in New Orleans
Guides
CajunOctober 2026AmericanJuly 2026BywaterJuly 2026Central Business DistrictJuly 2026CreoleJuly 2026Delicious as F*ck RecognitionJuly 2026
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