Brennan's has operated on Royal Street in the French Quarter since 1946, part of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. The restaurant serves breakfast and dinner through a series of dining rooms, with the Roost Bar running as its own space within the building.
Executive Chef Slade Rushing runs a Creole menu built on French and Spanish ancestry, updated with modern touches and seasonal offerings. Turtle soup, eggs Benedict, steak Diane, crepes, rabbit, lobster, and bananas Foster are among the dishes diners regularly single out.
Rushing has been a James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef in 2015, 2016, and 2019, a finalist for Outstanding Restaurant in 2022, and a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant in 2023, with the restaurant also earning a 2026 semifinalist nod for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service. Rushing was also named a StarChefs Rising Star in 2022. NOLA.com and its Where NOLA Eats guide both named Brennan's among New Orleans' best restaurants in 2025.
Executive Chef Slade Rushing runs a Creole menu built on French and Spanish ancestry, updated with modern touches and seasonal offerings. Turtle soup, eggs Benedict, steak Diane, crepes, rabbit, lobster, and bananas Foster are among the dishes diners regularly single out.
Rushing has been a James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef in 2015, 2016, and 2019, a finalist for Outstanding Restaurant in 2022, and a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant in 2023, with the restaurant also earning a 2026 semifinalist nod for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service. Rushing was also named a StarChefs Rising Star in 2022. NOLA.com and its Where NOLA Eats guide both named Brennan's among New Orleans' best restaurants in 2025.