Address
Pontchartrain Hotel
2031 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
Lowest upcoming
$114
28 May 2026
Highest upcoming
$670
23 Oct 2026
Median nightly
$174
across 365 upcoming days
Cheapest week
31 Jul to 6 Aug
22% below annual median
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Cheapest week ahead: 31 Jul–6 Aug 2026
at $136/night
(22% below median)
Review
Condé Nast Readers' Choice 2023 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019
Character and identity
This 106-room Garden District property has held its 1940s posture intact: a façade unchanged in decades, a lobby of crimson and emerald, gilded mirrors with gold leaf, and analogue elevators that feel deliberate rather than dated. Rooms layer mint, peony and ivy with velvet headboards, tiki-influenced art and faux-antique cabinets stocked with curio "medicines". Dining runs from The Jack Rose, an opulent room serving New Orleans cooking with European inflections, to the more casual Bayou Bar, with Hot Tin on the roof pulling locals up for the skyline. The register throughout is refined rather than rowdy.
Who's it for
Best for:
Design-literate couples and grown-up travellers who want New Orleans on quieter terms, with cocktail culture, considered interiors and a well-dressed crowd. Anyone curious to base themselves beyond the French Quarter, who appreciates Le Labo in the bath, Mad Men-era barware in the minibar, and a rooftop where locals actually drink, will feel at home.
Should look elsewhere:
Travellers who want to roll out of bed into Bourbon Street energy, families needing kids' programming or pools, or anyone after a large-scale resort with multiple restaurants and a full spa. The aesthetic is theatrical and curated, which won't suit guests who prefer minimalist contemporary rooms.
Bottom line
The draw here is design conviction matched to genuine value: a small, characterful house where the cocktails, cooking and interiors all pull in the same direction, in a neighbourhood that rewards stepping away from the Quarter. Book a Clio King for the full post-war fantasy, and time a drink at Hot Tin for sunset.
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Location
2031 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
Louisiana, United States · 29.9350° N, 90.0797° W
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Smoke-free property
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Full service laundry
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