The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Daily price line
Upcoming nightly rates
Review
Character and identity
A grande dame of New Orleans hospitality dating to 1893, The Roosevelt occupies an imposing building a short walk from the French Quarter, with a marble lobby of gilded pillars, crystal chandeliers and the signature Mystery Lady Timepiece setting the tone the moment you arrive. Across 504 rooms, the scale is genuinely hotel-built: wide corridors, high ceilings, mahogany furnishings and Art Deco lamps. The Sazerac Bar anchors the drinking scene, Domenica delivers some of the city's best Italian, and a rooftop pool and ten-treatment Waldorf Astoria Spa round out a polished, classically attentive service register.
Who's it for
Best for:
Couples and affluent leisure travellers who want a sense of occasion and old-school city-hotel grandeur, business guests who value a central CBD address, and anyone who'd happily build an evening around a sazerac at a historic bar. Spa-goers and design traditionalists who appreciate mahogany, marble and crystal will feel at home.
Should look elsewhere:
Modern minimalists and boutique-hotel devotees may find the aesthetic too formal and traditional. Bathrooms run on the smaller side, and at 500-plus rooms with a steady tourist flow through the lobby, this isn't the place for an intimate, hideaway feel. Budget-sensitive travellers will notice the price, plus paid Wi-Fi for non-Hilton Honors members.
Bottom line
What you're really paying for here is heritage delivered with genuine craft: the lobby, the Sazerac Bar and the staff's discretion add up to a property that still feels like the city's living room. Rates sit at the upper end of New Orleans, so book a Superior Room or above, target shoulder-season midweek nights, and enrol in Hilton Honors before arrival to skip the Wi-Fi charge.