The 30 best New Orleans restaurants in 2025 in every price range, picked for the locals
The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com · 2025 · 30 restaurants. Read the original list.
Restaurants on this list
- Acamaya — Bywater, New Orleans
- Brennan's Restaurant — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Brigtsen's Restaurant — Riverbend, New Orleans
- Café Degas — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Clancy's — Uptown, New Orleans
- Commander's Palace — Garden District, New Orleans
- Compère Lapin — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Coquette — Garden District, New Orleans
- Dooky Chase's Restaurant — Treme, New Orleans
- Dr. Jones — Metairie
- Emeril's — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Galatoire's Restaurant — French Quarter, New Orleans
- GW Fins — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Jewel of the South — French Quarter, New Orleans
- La Petite Grocery — Uptown, New Orleans
- Li'l Dizzy's Cafe — Treme, New Orleans
- Liuzza's by the Track — Fair Grounds, New Orleans
- Mamou — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Mandina's Restaurant — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Mosca's — Avondale, LA
- N7 — 9th Ward, New Orleans
- Palm & Pine — French Quarter, New Orleans
- Pêche Seafood Grill — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Porgy's Seafood Market — Mid-City, New Orleans
- Restaurant August — CBD, New Orleans
- Saffron NOLA — Uptown, New Orleans
- Station 6 — Bucktown, Metairie
- TANA — Old Metairie, Metairie
- Willie Mae's NOLA — Warehouse District, New Orleans
- Yakuza House — Metairie
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