The cocktails - conceived by award-winning mixologist Nick Jarrett - are of the understated blockbuster variety.
Just a few yards from the bacchanalian bombardment of Bourbon Street, its hidden, fountain-adorned courtyard (part of the Maison de Ville hotel) feels like a genuine oasis. This sleek, stylish establishment - the latest French Quarter cocktail bar - from the team behind Cure is situated in the former home of Antoine Peychaud, the father of the sazerac. Hot Tin is indisputably a party bar (one of its best sellers is a feisty tequila number called chasing sunrise), but it also boasts an impressive selection of delicious mocktails. Situated atop the stylish Pontchartrain Hotel in the Garden District, it’s adorned with a wonderfully eclectic selection of paintings, photographs and objets d’art (apparently, the designers drove here from Chicago with an empty van, stopping at every thrift store they passed on their 925-mile journey). The Hot Tin rooftop bar boasts one of the most astonishing skyline views you’ll find anywhere in New Orleans. The whole place, right down to the bar staff in their immaculate, white tuxedos, feels like throwback to a sophisticated Parisian brasserie of the 1930s. Meanwhile, the bar is also home to a little-known secret: upstairs is a quirky museum of ornate Mardi Gras gowns, collected over the past century. Oozing historical elegance, drinkers flock to this refined establishment - part of feted French restaurant Arnaud’s - for its eponymous signature French 75 cocktail: a delicate blend of Cognac and Champagne.
It’s a great spot to toast a New Orleans sunset in true Big Easy style. At its heart is an understated but outstanding cocktail bar, where you should grab a delicious pre-dinner drink (ask bar manager Jason Sorbet to mix yours, but don’t let him hustle you at dominoes), before moving to the rocking chairs on the picture-perfect front porch. Lying on an oak-lined avenue in the city’s bucolic Garden District, boutique hotel The Chloe opened in October 2020.
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The trick is to make each drink last a full two turns - and to recognise when your head starts spinning faster than the bar. Famed for its Vieux Carré cocktail (rye whiskey, Cognac, sweet vermouth, Benedictine and bitters). Its centrepiece is a 25-seat, circular bar built into a grand, gold-and-red merry-go-round, which takes 15 minutes to make a complete turn. Part drinking establishment, part fairground ride, the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone has been a New Orleans staple since 1949. Read more: A city guide to New Orleans, America's cocktail capital 3. The brainchild of co-owner Chris Hannah - one of the doyens of the city’s cocktail scene - its menu changes monthly, but always contains the house special, brandy crusta: a refreshing blend of Cognac and citrus, garnished with lemon peel and a sugared rim. Jewel of the SouthĪn elegant tavern tucked into an old Creole cottage in a tranquil corner of the French Quarter, Jewel of the South is a treat just to sit in, never mind drink in.
The elite ‘reserve cocktails’ (referred to informally as ‘baller cocktails’) are a particular treat, particularly the 1980s martini, made with genuine vintage Plymouth Gin from this decade. Still considered one of the finest mixology spots in town, the cocktail menu here seeks to reinvent the classics while rebooting long-forgotten gems. Housed in a magnificent Edwardian former fire station, Cure opened its doors in 2009, reigniting the Freret neighbourhood and sparking New Orleans’ current cocktail renaissance.
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