Arnaud's Restaurant Review
813 Bienville St. (Bourbon St.) 
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New Orleans, LA 70112
504-523-5433 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.Features
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Entertainment (cover)
- Business casual
Wine
Great Wine List* Click here for rating key
 Arnaud’s defines fine dining in New Orleans, and consistently upholds its hard-earned reputation. Spend three hours at the table as if nothing else mattered. A maze of spaces takes up much of the block of Bienville Street, but the lofty, early nineteenth-century main dining room, with its huge expanse of etched, leaded glass, is the place to be. Swiftly moving tuxedo-clad waiters glide along the patterned ceramic-tile floors with pots of café brûlot emitting blue flames and the aroma of citrus, liqueur and spices. The chef is as adept with seafood (the pompano en croûte is singular) as he is with meats (we suggest the sweetbreads). The signature Shrimp Arnaud---giant prawns served cold with a spicy rémoulade sauce---vie for attention with Oysters Bienville, baked with green onions, herbs and seasonings in a white wine sauce. The airy pommes de terre soufflés are oblong bubbles of fried potato that make glorious munching over an apéritif. Classic Creole sauces, enriched with cream, wine or both, flow freely. A restaurant of Arnaud’s caliber deserves a long, well-constructed wine list such as this one. Elaborate desserts include Strawberries Arnaud, marinated in port, red wine and spices and topped with Angelo Brocato’s ice cream. Service is polished and attentive. The glossy-wood bar offers a fine selection of cigars and liqueurs. First-timers will want to tour the Mardi Gras Museum upstairs.
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