Girls TripNOLA 🍸 PLAN YOUR TRIP
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Let the good times roll.

PLAN YOUR GIRLS TRIP

THE SHORT LIST

The New Orleans Girls Trip Guide

Curated tips for unforgettable memories

Eat and drinkEAT & DRINK Where to staySTAY ExperiencesEXPERIENCES NeighborhoodsNEIGHBORHOODS Custom merchandiseCUSTOM MERCH

PLAN BY THE QUESTION YOU’RE ACTUALLY ASKING

New Orleans, edited for a girls trip

Use this as your starting point for a New Orleans girls weekend or bachelorette trip: where to stay, celebration restaurants, beautiful cocktail bars, live music, shopping, neighborhoods and a realistic 72-hour itinerary.

Where should we stay?Neighborhoods, hotels vs. houses + group logistics →Where should we eat?Celebration dinners, brunch + late-night favorites →What should we do?A Friday-to-Sunday itinerary that leaves room for detours →Planning a bachelorette?The complete non-basic New Orleans edit →
First-time group?

Stay near the French Quarter, Marigny or Esplanade if nightlife and Frenchmen Street matter most; choose the CBD for full-service luxury hotels; choose Uptown when Magazine Street, restaurants and a quieter rhythm matter more.

Frenchmen for the music. Bourbon for the evidence.

Original luxury pop-art New Orleans girls-trip scene with fashion luggage, champagne, florals and statement typography

PLACES TO STAY

Same city. Different moods.

OUR TOP PICK ♡Maison St. LaFleur on Esplanade Avenue at night

Maison St. LaFleur

ESPLANADE AVENUE

Historic Greek Revival, Parisian interiors, private balcony, and a soul you can feel. The ultimate girls-trip home base.

VIEW DETAILS → Four Seasons New Orleans

Four Seasons

CANAL STREET

World-class service, spa, rooftop pool and riverfront views when you want five-star everything.

VIEW DETAILS → The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans

The Ritz-Carlton

CANAL STREET

Timeless elegance, luxe suites and a serious spa — perfect for a decadent reset.

VIEW DETAILS → The Roosevelt New Orleans

The Roosevelt

LOYOLA AVENUE

Historic, glamorous and full of character. A grand New Orleans icon just outside the Quarter.

VIEW DETAILS →

Different beds. Same bad decisions. ♡

Good friends, good drinks, good times New Orleans still life

What happens in New Orleans becomes brunch conversation.

BEST RESTAURANTS FOR A NEW ORLEANS GIRLS TRIP

Eighteen restaurants. Eighteen little works of art.

Our curated New Orleans restaurant recommendations span Creole institutions, destination tasting menus, seafood, sushi, steak and late-night classics. Click any original painting to visit the restaurant.

BRUNCH + DAYTIME

Start cute. Stay hydrated-ish.

Hydration, but make it a French 75.

HAVE A DRINK

Cocktails, anyone?

Raise a glass to the best bars in NOLA. Every coupe in the tower is clickable — and every glass is alive with champagne bubbles. Pick your mood and go straight to the bar.

Sip champagne. Do dangerous things. ♡

Original pop-art champagne tower with sparkling coupe glasses and animated champagne bubbles
Sazerac House Jewel of the South Bar Tonique Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop The Columns The Chloe The Country Club Hot Tin Jolie

OUR FAVORITE THINGS

Do New Orleans properly

Live jazzLIVE JAZZFrenchmen Street + Tipitina's
CocktailSIGNATURE COCKTAILSSazeracs, French 75s + classics
BeignetsBEIGNETSPowdered sugar is an accessory
Mardi Gras maskMARDI GRAS MAGICCostumes, culture + color
Jackson SquareICONIC VIEWSArchitecture worth wandering for

AFTER DARK

Music, dancing & the night comes alive

Frenchmen Street

Start here when the group wants live music without making Bourbon Street the entire personality of the evening.

French Quarter

Classic architecture, legendary bars, galleries, restaurants, Jackson Square, and just enough chaos when you want it.

Garden District + Uptown

Beautiful houses, leafy streets, Magazine Street shopping, destination restaurants, and a slower daytime rhythm.

Marigny + Bywater

Colorful architecture, neighborhood bars, music, cafés, and an artsier side of the city.

PLAY + EXPERIENCE

Things worth leaving brunch for

A balanced diet is a beignet in each hand.

BUILD YOUR WEEKEND

The 72-hour girls trip

A flexible framework—not a military operation.

FRIDAY

Check in + make an entrance

Settle into Maison St. LaFleur, cocktails at Columns or The Chloe, dinner at MaMou or Compère Lapin, then live music on Frenchmen Street.

SATURDAY

Brunch, wander, dress up

Bearcat or Brennan's, shopping and architecture, afternoon Sazerac House, then a big dinner—Restaurant R'evolution, Emeril's tasting menu, Irene's, or Doris Metropolitan.

SUNDAY

Recover beautifully

Commander’s Palace jazz brunch or 25¢ martini lunch, beignets, a streetcar ride, and one final cocktail before departure.

A FEW LOCAL TRUTHS

Things we'd avoid

Over-scheduling. New Orleans is better with room for detours.

Making Bourbon Street the whole trip. Visit it, laugh, leave with your dignity mostly intact.

Bad shoes. Cobblestones and long walks do not care about your outfit.

Ignoring distance at night. Use rideshare when the route feels isolated or unfamiliar.

SHOP THE TRIP

Custom merch for the bride, the krewe & the weekend.

Personalized totes, hats, tees, sweatshirts, tumblers, koozies, makeup bags, pajamas and trip-specific keepsakes.

SHOP CUSTOM MERCH
Custom girls trip merchandise

THE NON-BASIC BACHELORETTE EDIT

Planning a New Orleans bachelorette?

Start with the question your group is actually asking. Every guide is written to be useful on its own, with a New Orleans point of view—not a copy-and-paste party checklist.

New Orleans Bachelorette GuideWhere to stay, eat, drink + go →Where to StayBest areas for a bachelorette group →3-Day ItineraryA stylish Friday-to-Sunday plan →Best RestaurantsBig-night dinners + brunch →Best Cocktail BarsClassics, hotel bars + local favorites →Unique Things to DoBeyond Bourbon Street →

WE LOVE NOLA

Good friends. Good drinks. Good times.

This guide is built for women who want the version of New Orleans that mixes beautiful interiors, serious food, live music, neighborhood character, cocktails, and just enough mischief.