Hotel Monteleone

Pros: Location - East side of French Quarter Carousel Bar - Live music where we ended our night, every night. Great bands. Colorful people, not just those staying at hotel. Hard to get a seat at the Carousel. Rooftop Pool - Was crowded event at 10 pm Rooms and Beds were nice. Cons: Although the hotel is "historic," the rooms were dated. Wallpaper was peeling. Couldn't find the creamer for coffee, until we noticed the little box of " We didn't eat at the hotel, or use the spa. I would stay here again.

We only stopped for a night but the hotel was wonderful. At breakfast at Criollo and it was delicous. The staff made the experience the best. Michael and Charmaine made the eating experience even better.

It is in a great location, the staff is knowledgeable and the lobby is beautiful lobby. The carousel bar is always packed and lively. Perfect place to stay for a short visit to the Big Easy. The architecture is grand.

My wife was working with a group of clients here for a board retreat and I got to come along as the "traveling spouse", an excellent gig, I might add. This hotel is nearly 140 years old and has the charm of a historic hotel but with all the modern amenities. Our room was small but nicely appointed. At check-in, we opted for a king bed but no view and our room looked out on an alley. In retrospect, we would opt for this room again as it was so quiet even though the hotel is in the French Quarter with pretty much round the clock noise. While there is so much to like about this hotel, some of the things we really appreciated were the little ones. For example, our room was made up early every day so we did not come back to unmade beds and wet towels. Another thing that I appreciated was LED three way lightbulbs in the lamps. We are at the age where we need good light to read and so many hotels scrimp on this minor feature. The first evening, we ate in the hotel with the group in a private event room. Hotels are notorious for mediocre food when serving large groups but our food was wonderful. Dishes included New Orleans favorites and all were prepared well. On our last day, we had breakfast in the main dining room. Again it was terrific. A note to management: what ever you are paying Deeana, it is not enough. She is terrific. We were surprised with a complementary first course of beignets, complete with a ramekin of melted honey butter. Forget Cafe Du Monde, these are beyond amazing. This is a terrific hotel, in a great location on Royal Street, with a staff that really seems to care. We highly recommend it.

stayed for business. I am not a big fan of old ornate hotels, they look haunted and eerie to me. Perhaps too many movies but just not my style. I live new fresh modern hotels that are chic and stylish. This hotel has an old world charm to it and overall the experience was ok. When ordering in the room and at the restaurant, they consistently had a hard time holding the cheese. I think they are so used to using butter, cream, and handfuls of cheese on everything, they just can't seem to stop. They messed up 2 orders. At the restaurant, they insisted there was no cheese in the potatoes when I could clearly see and smell it. A charming novelty hotel ok if you have to stay there.