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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation and Time Out New Orleans. Updated August 2026.
Antoine's Restaurant · French Quarter
The country's oldest continually family-run restaurant (1840), birthplace of Oysters Rockefeller, with fifteen old-world dining rooms.
Galatoire's · French Quarter
Friday lunch here is a NOLA rite of passage, tuxedoed servers, shrimp rémoulade and gumbo in the mirror-lined downstairs room.
Arnaud's New Orleans · French Quarter
Classic Creole since 1918, soufflé potatoes and turtle soup, with a pre-dinner cocktail at the award-winning French 75 Bar.
Brennan's · French Quarter
The pink Royal Street landmark that invented bananas Foster, tableside theater, turtle soup and a famous breakfast.
Tujague's · French Quarter
New Orleans's second-oldest restaurant (1856), the original Grasshopper cocktail and a classic Creole beef brisket with horseradish.