Reviews of French Quarter hotel lobbies’ ambience, service levels and activities available. For people who also spend their time people-watching in air-conditioned comfort. Find all my reviews by searching “hotel lobby reviews” among tags. More will be added from time to time.
Large lobby in the middle of the nuttiest part of Bourbon Street. Small bar with piano, some seating. Staff seems stressed a lot of the time.
Reviews of French Quarter hotel lobbies’ ambience, service levels and activities available. For people who also spend their time people-watching in air-conditioned comfort. Find all my reviews by searching “hotel lobby reviews” among tags. More will be added from time to time.
Long, narrow space with three entrances; one at the Royal Street end, in the middle of the 600 block of St. Louis Street and the last through the lower level parking garage/men’s barber floor. It offers various comfortable seating configurations and Starbucks drip coffee at the hotel sundry shop at the lobby level. Bellmen are legendarily genial.
Bathrooms easily accessible and well-appointed with cloth-like hand towels. Bar in lobby. Noise dissipates well even when large groups congregate.
Reviews of French Quarter hotel lobbies’ ambience, service levels and activities available. For people who also spend their time people-watching in air-conditioned comfort. Find all my reviews by searching “hotel lobby reviews” among tags. More will be added from time to time.
Small lobby between Dauphine and Burgundy on Toulouse. Front desk clerks are friendly, no bellman available.
Seating is limited with no bar or shopping available.
Well, the end of an era. Simply the best courtyard to sit and relax in the Quarter. Coffee-passable, food pretty good. Service usually excellent.
Sounds like the Canal Street Maison Blanche building:
“Feelings are strong because La Samaritaine isn’t just a regular store. With its central position in the city extending over several blocks, the building is a sight in itself, a Belle Époque/art deco hybrid that’s somehow halfway between a late Victorian casino and a 1930s ocean liner. The shop was a Parisian institution (think Macy’s, not Barney’s) until its building’s failure to meet current safety codes saw it closed in 2005. “You could buy something better at La Samaritaine” used to be a common Parisian put-down for people who were too proud of a new possession. The makeover always planned to keep the main, most recognizable façade intact, but this was never a building with which you could mess with impunity.”
The Anxiety of Paris, Captured in a Single Department Store – CityLab.
“In the morning, Wink’s also serves hot items, such as grits, eggs and hash brown. At lunch, there are po-boys and daily specials.
Wink’s is open Sunday through Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday from 6 a.m. to midnight.”
Wink’s Buttermilk Drop Bakery and Bistro: 1218 Decatur St., New Orleans, 504.309.2481
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