The 38 Best Restaurants in New Orleans
Eater New Orleans · updated July 2026 · 38 restaurants. Read the original list.
Restaurants on this list
- Acamaya — Bywater, New Orleans
- Addis Nola — 7th Ward, New Orleans
- Afrodisiac — Gentilly, New Orleans
- Atchafalaya — Irish Channel, New Orleans
- Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits — Bywater, New Orleans
- Brigtsen's Restaurant — Riverbend, New Orleans
- Cafe Malou — Uptown, New Orleans
- Café Reconcile — Central City, New Orleans
- Casamento's — Uptown, New Orleans
- Chada — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Chicken's Kitchen — Gretna
- Commander's Palace — Garden District, New Orleans
- Coquette — Garden District, New Orleans
- Dakar NOLA — Uptown, New Orleans
- Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar — Uptown, New Orleans
- Dooky Chase Restaurant — Treme, New Orleans
- Emeril's — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Fritai — Treme, New Orleans
- GW Fins — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Jamila's Cafe — Uptown, New Orleans
- Li'l Dizzy's Cafe — Treme, New Orleans
- Liuzza's by the Track — Fair Grounds, New Orleans
- Luvi Restaurant — Uptown, New Orleans
- Maïs Arepas — Central City, New Orleans
- Mamou — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Mister Mao — Uptown, New Orleans
- Munch Factory — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Origen Venezuelan Bistro — Bywater, New Orleans
- Pêche Seafood Grill — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Queen Trini Lisa — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Rosedale — Navarre, New Orleans
- Saffron NOLA — Uptown, New Orleans
- Saint-Germain — Bywater, New Orleans
- Tân Định — Gretna
- Turkey and the Wolf — Lower Garden District, New Orleans
- Vaucresson's Creole Cafe — 7th Ward, New Orleans
- Vyoone's — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Zasu — Mid-City, New Orleans
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