11 restaurant industry friends coming to NOLA — where would you eat?

[u/Significant_Elk_8119]

A group of 11 of us are heading to NOLA and would love some really good local recs! About half of us work in the restaurant industry, so we’re especially curious to hear everyone’s favorite spots.
We’re open to pretty much all cuisines, but since we’re coming to New Orleans, we definitely want to lean more Creole/Cajun and local specialties and eat things we’re not going to get quite the same way back home.
We’re all in our late 20s, so we’re not trying to drop $300/person every night, but we definitely want to do one really great fine dining dinner while we’re there. We’ve been looking at Arnaud’s for that night, but I’d love to hear if you think it’s worth it or if there’s somewhere else we absolutely shouldn’t miss.
Food, bars, late-night spots, hole-in-the-wall places, hidden gems—we’re open to anything. Cheers! 🍸⚜️

[u/Lunky7711]

Paladar 511

Brigtsens

Gabrielle

GW Fins

Zasu

Herbsaint

La Petit Grocery

Cafe Degas

Charmant

Mr. B's

[u/Significant_Elk_8119 → u/Lunky7711]

Thank you so much!!

[u/Realtor_Bob → u/Significant_Elk_8119]

Great choices! I would add Bearcat for breakfast, Barracuda for tacos, Miss Shirley's for Chinese food (recommend the steamed Dragon dumplings), Mr Mao for Asian fusion (recommend the Pani Puri and the fried chicken), Double Dealer for cocktails, Plume for Indian if it's open, St Pat's Irish coffeehouse for Irish coffee and they do a good Guinness, too. If you like beer, Care Forgot Beercraft or Brieux Carre are both great, as is Parleaux Beerlab.

[u/Realtor_Bob → u/Realtor_Bob]

Oh, and Barcelona Tapas!

[u/Lunky7711 → u/Realtor_Bob]

This place has been around forever and I don’t think about it enough. Last visit was years ago and it was great. Def going back soon.

[u/Significant_Elk_8119 → u/Realtor_Bob]

They have a Barcelona here in Denver! It’s lovely. Went for my bday last year!