Best Places To Eat In New Orleans (Top Ten) | Travel Video

10 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans. New Orleans' culinary heritage and influences are celebrated throughout the city and country, with restaurants dating back a century, or even newer ones incorporating the city's food traditions into their menus. Local dishes have prominent African, Italian, French, Creole, and Cajun influences, and they are a must-try for both first-time tourists and long-time locals. In the city's defense, dishes such as muffaletta sandwiches, po' boy, Rockefeller oysters, beignets, and bananas foster, and even the famous Sazerac cocktail originated in the city, so you can be sure to have the best of dining. So, join Traveler's Nirvana as we explore 10 of the best restaurants in New Orleans. 10 Willa Jean This restaurant's breakfast service is a delight, and it has gained national acclaim since it opened in 2015. As its chef, Kelly Fields won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2015. Breakfast isn't the only cheerful service available. Brunch, lunch, and dinner are also available. Grain bowls and avocado toast with poached eggs, fried chicken biscuit drizzled with Tabasco honey, griddled banana bread with whipped butter, pimento cheese, barbecue shrimp on sour dough with burrata, and monkey bread are among the items on the menu. Kelly Fields' cookies are a must-try as they have a modern twist with names like chocolate chip cookies served with sea salt for dessert. The bechamel and gruyere drenched croque madame is gratifying, and for drinks, you can choose between a cup of Intelligentsia's Willa Jean coffee blend or a glass of vanilla milk. 9 Toop's Meadery When you visit Toop's Meadery in New Orleans, you get 300 years of experience integrated into the city's dining that is deeply rooted in Louisiana and Cajun family traditions. Chef Isaac Toop's, a James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Best Chef of the South in 2015 and 2014, runs the Mead City Restaurant, and few people in the city give meat the level of attention and care that he does. The small plates alleviate you tenderly. From the cheese board to the roasted gulf shrimps, foie gras torchon, marinated clam claws, and pork belly corndogs, you are in for a treat. Toop's incredible culinary skills are on display with the large plates. The lamb neck, confit chicken thighs, double-cut pork chop, and smoked beef back ribs showcase the chef's tender care for meat. The mustard-crusted venison are particularly memorable. Sandwiches on the menu include the iconic Toop's burger, which is made with Wagyu beef, pickled squash, cheddar, bacon, and Creole aioli. The buttermilk fried chicken sandwich and the fried bologna sandwich are also available. After-dinner drinks include Hennessy Vsaup and XO, Remy Martin's Vsaup and Cintar, and the Chateau de Labade Armagnac, which is an exquisite choice. The wine list, brown liquors, and cocktails are also outstanding, with options ranging from full-bodied reds to full-bodied whites, rosé, sparkling, to Oaxacan on sunshine, tea time, bourbons, and whiskey. Number 8. Peche Seafood Grill Peche Seafood Grill is one of the best seafood restaurants in New Orleans, and they use an innate approach to enjoying seafood, as you would be spoiled with a whole fish or 22-ounce ribeye, delivered and ready to be sliced up and shared among a table of family or friends. Peche serves simply prepared contemporary dishes, rustic creations cooked on an open hearth, and entrees such as baked drum with coconut and summer squash, grilled tuna with okra and tamarind, and grilled hanger steak with salsa verde are on the menu. You can also order appetizers like smoked tuna dip and hush puppies or small plates of catfish, grilled chicken, and spicy ground shrimp with noodles. Grilled tuna, gulf shrimps, hanger steak, and Louisiana shrimp roll are among the heavier dishes, not to mention the raw seafood and oyster bar, which serves fresh oysters, gulf fish, gulf shrimp, salmon ceviche, and steak tartare. For dessert, try the key lime pie with buttermilk chantilly or the grilled mahi with orzo and mushrooms. Number 7. Parkway Bakery and Tavern Parkway Bakery and Tavern has been a mid-city favorite since 1911 because they serve one of the best po'boys and their food and drinks are very affordable. Some of our favorites are the po'boy sandwich with wild-caught gulf shrimps, the golden-fried gulf oysters, deep-fried Creole barbecue shrimps, Louisiana catfish, and alligator smoked sausage. Beverages include beer, liquor, wine, and specialty cocktails such as frozen pork swing, Parkway Pimm's Cup, and Vanilla Crown Old Fashioned. Number 6. Brennan's The large pink restaurant on Roll Street in French Quarter, which has been in operation since 1946 and is known for its elegant breakfast, is difficult to miss. That's over seven decades of fine dining, and you should know that its origin of the iconic dessert, bananas, and this signature flaming dish is prepared tableside. The ambiance and setting are excellent, and there is a stately courtyard inside the restaurant with a pond that is home to a group of turtles. The innovative Creole menu borrows influences from French and Spanish ancestry, with modern updates and distinct seasonal offerings. Delight on appetizers such as the turtle soup, baked apple, oyster jamé, steak tartare with beef tenderloin, herb potato waffle, black garlic aioli, chicken egg, and botarga. Entrees include prime beef ribeye, fried chicken nantua, and blackened redfish. The restaurant has a wine cellar so you can be assured of getting the best wine available. Also, the Brennan's Roost, Sazerac selections, and cocktails are must-tries. Number 5. Café Du Monde The Café Du Monde only serves one dish, but if you want to try the best beignets, a New Orleans specialty, this is the place to go. The restaurant located in the French market is world-famous and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for Christmas Day and when a hurricane passes too close to New Orleans. The beignets are served in a group of three, and soft drinks and iced coffee are available on the menu. The Café Du Monde coffee and chicory is traditionally served au lait, a half-and-half mixture of hot milk and coffee. It's worth noting that the coffee served is decaffeinated as the restaurant decaffeinates the coffee using an ethyl acetate process. Number 4. Dookie Chase Dookie Chase is arguably New Orleans' premier restaurant for authentic Creole cuisine. It has had the pleasure of serving former U.S. President George W. Bush and Barack Obama. This restaurant's history includes not only the food, but also African American arts, civil rights movements, and jazz. Their menu includes Creole classics such as shrimp dookie, crab cake, and barbecue shrimp. Seafood dishes such as shrimp creole, crawfish etouffee, and shrimp clemenceau are also available. The fried chicken is a New Orleans favorite, but other meats on the menu include ribeye, braised duck, and grilled pork chop. Desserts such as the praline bread pudding and the peach cobbler are must-tries. Dookie Chase's bar, wine, and cocktail menu are also excellent, serving beer, red, white, and sparkling wines, and their specialty cocktails such as Dookie's Rum Punch and Creole 75. Number 3. Comper Lapine The Comper Lapine is a must-visit in New Orleans for contemporary Caribbean dishes that are not only excellent, but also memorable. The black girders, exposed brick, and mosaic tile floor create an industrial yet relaxing atmosphere. Nina Compton, the restaurant's chef, won the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the South in 2018. Caribbean dishes on the menu include blackened pig ears, curried goat or sweet potato gnocchi, mango creme brulee, and gulf shrimp. The bar, wine, and cocktail menus are equally impressive, serving beers, red, white, and sparkling wines, as well as cocktails from the House of Zanzibar. Frequent flying and curiouser and curiouser! Number 2. Commander's Palace Located in a famed Victorian-era mansion, the Commander's Palace is the Garden District's grand dame of New Orleans-style fine dining. This restaurant belongs on the top of any list of best places to eat, and not only because of the food, but because their hospitality and service are top-notch. They serve some of the best Creole dishes in New Orleans, and the menu features dishes like turtle soup, veal tenderloin and bone marrow, gumbo du jour, and La Ceiba gulf fish. For dessert, you should try the Creole bread pudding souffle and the Commander's creme brulee. They also have a large selection of wine, including dry rosé, red wine, chardonnay, and champagne. And their popular 25-cent martini is one of the best on their drink menu. Number 1. Antoine's Restaurant This is the oldest restaurant in New Orleans. Founded in 1840, it is also the country's oldest family-owned restaurant. The French Creole restaurant is credited with developing the recipes for oysters rockefeller, egg sardaux, and pommes de terre soufflés, which are puffed potatoes. They also serve the best flaming café brulee in town. The food menu is spectacular as have the pompano poncho train, which is a grilled delicate pompano filet with butter-poached jumbo lump, crab meat, fresh lemon, onion rice, and seasoned vegetables. Or, treat yourself to the Creole shrimp. Large gulf shrimp seasoned with Antoine's Creole sauce with savory onion rice and crispy fried onions as sides. The Hermès bar serves classic cocktails like Sazerac, French 75, and Vieux Carre. They also serve local beers and wines like rosé, red wine, sparkling, and white wine. You will definitely get your money's worth of food and experience at Antoine's. Well, there you have it, our list of the 10 best places to eat in New Orleans. Please comment below and let us know which of these is your favorite, or if there are others that you have tried and would like to share. Thanks for watching, and we will see you in the next video.