Below is my list of the top fine dining restaurants in New Orleans, a MUST dining experience while you are in New Orleans! These are places I've eaten, impressed out of town friends with and am excited to share with you. Many of New Orleans fine restaurants offer treats for the eyes because of the atmosphere they provide however all have great food, very comfortable to elegant atmospheres, and good service. The chefs at these restaurants are world renowned and will make your New Orleans dining experience unforgettable. So before your visit to New Orleans ends spice up your life and taste some of the Best Food New Orleans has to offer at one of the fine restaurants below.
Olivier's Creole Restaurant * Best French Quarter Dining
Olivier�s is an authentic place to eat Creole cusine in the French Quarter. Olivier's Creole restaurant cooks dishes handed down through five generations. They are family-owned and operated, moderately priced, and quintessentially New Orleans, right down to they�re renowned Southern hospitality. Olivier's dishes represent five generations of Creole tradition, beginning with the woman known in the family as Gramma Gaudet, Chef Armand's great, great grandmother. Olivier�s Creole restaurant prides its self on serving authentic Creole recipes handed down through the generations they trace back in New Orleans and innovative recipes and ideas in the tradition of Creole culture. It is this combination of tradition and innovation which sets Olivier's Restaurant apart from imitators. Olivier�s is located at 204 Decatur Street.
Mr. B�s Bistro * Top French Quarter Dining
Mr. B�s Bistro, a New Orleans restaurant famous for its Creole cuisine offers a top French Quarter Fine Dining experience. Whether a lunch or dinner, Mr B�s is where locals choose to �celebrate special occasions� and �Impress out of town friends�. Mr. B�s is located at 201 Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter. Considered the original New Orleans gourmet bistro, Mr. B's Bistro is owned and managed by Cindy Brennan, a member of the legendary New Orleans' Brennan Family. Their BarBQue shrimp is over the top, their shrimp and grits to die for, and their Carmelized Tuna and Pepper Crusted Duck are two spectacular dinner entrees not to be missed! Join them for Sunday Jazz Brunch featuring live Jazz music.
Dickie Brennan�s Bourbon House * Best French Quarter Dining
Fine dining at its best, Dickie Brennan�s Bourbon House is all about local seafood. If it�s not in season, you won�t find it on the menu. Stop in and enjoy authentic New Orleans fine dining for breakfast, lunch or dinner at Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House Seafood restaurant. Bourbon House boasts a lively atmosphere with huge picture windows overlooking Bourbon Street. The dining rooms of this famous French Quarter restaurant are indicative of New Orleans� European heritage, with handcrafted wrought iron and custom millwork. Dickie Brennan and his culinary team have created an incredible menu of classic New Orleans Creole dishes complemented by new favorites. Dine at New Orleans favorite oyster bar and enjoy local Louisiana oysters on the half shell either straight up, or topped with champagne mignonette and Cajun caviar. The Plateaux de Fruits de Mer is a great way to start a meal, featuring an impressive selection of shucked oysters, Gulf shrimp, assorted seasonal seafood salads and marinated crab fingers. Signature favorites include Redfish on the Half Shell (grilled skin on) and New Orleans style Barbeque Shrimp. And Bourbon House is also more than just a name�the restaurant offers New Orleans most extensive and impressive selection of small batch and single barrel bourbons, a delicious Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch, and the one and only New Orleans Bourbon Society. The Bourbon House restaurant is located at 144 Bourbon Street.