🕯️ Best Date Night in New Orleans
72 date night spots in New Orleans, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Date Night Spots
1
Dakar NOLA
Chef Serigne Mbaye runs a Senegalese tasting menu out of an Uptown cottage on Leonidas, threading his Dakar childhood through Gulf seafood and Louisiana produce. The pescatarian courses move from blac...
96
2
Emeril's
The 1990 flagship that built the Emeril Lagasse empire, now run by his son E.J., who reworks the elder's Louisiana canon into Classic, Seasonal, and Vegetarian tastings. The BBQ shrimp tarts and gumbo...
95
3
Commander's Palace
The turquoise Victorian at Washington and Coliseum has anchored the Garden District since 1893, dealing in New Haute Creole and full-tilt Louisiana hospitality. Order the turtle soup, the pecan-cruste...
95
4
Restaurant August
John Besh's CBD flagship occupies a 19th-century French-Creole building on Tchoupitoulas, and it has set the bar for grand New Orleans dining for over two decades. The potato gnocchi with blue crab an...
92
5
Acamaya
Sisters Ana and Lydia Castro give Gulf seafood the Mexico City treatment in a Bywater room, pulling from childhood trips to the capital's mariscos markets. The mostly-pescatarian menu runs hamachi tos...
91
6
Compere Lapin
Nina Compton's St. Lucia upbringing meets French-Italian technique and Gulf ingredients inside the Old No. 77 Hotel. The name comes from a Creole folktale rabbit, and the curried goat over sweet-potat...
91
7
Preservation Hall
The French Quarter room that's done one thing since 1961: traditional New Orleans jazz, played acoustic on a tiny stage in a candle-lit space with no bar, no AC to speak of, and mostly floor seating. ...
91
8
Mosquito Supper Club
Melissa Martin turned a restored Uptown cottage into a communal table for the bayou cooking she grew up on in Chauvin. Dinner is a prepaid prix-fixe served family-style — you buy a ticket, sit down, a...
91
9
Shaya
Alon Shaya's modern Israeli room on Magazine Street in Uptown is built around the wood-fired pita that hits the table puffed and blistered, made to order. Order a spread of hummus variations and pile ...
91
10
Bayona
Susan Spicer's French Quarter cottage has held its line since 1990, plating a globe-trotting menu that always circles back to Louisiana. The 200-year-old Creole building on Dauphine Street is all cand...
91
All 72 Date Night Spots in New Orleans
Cochon
90
Carousel Bar & Lounge
90
Miss River
90
MaMou
90
Plates Restaurant & Bar
90
The Sazerac Bar
89
Jacques-Imo's Cafe
89
Lufu Nola
89
The Kingsway
89
Saint Claire
89
Mosca's Restaurant
89
Jewel of the South
88
Cure
88
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
88
Restaurant Patois
88
LUVI Restaurant
88
Saffron NOLA
88
Sukeban
88
Café Degas
88
Evviva
88
Addis NOLA
88
Dr. Jones
88
Étoile
88
Paladar 511
88
Palm&Pine
88
Crescent City Steaks
87
Patula
87
Station 6
87
Delacroix
87
Charlie's Steak House
87
Koru
87
Studio
87
Seiji's Omakase by Little Tokyo
87
TANA
87
Pluck Wine Bar & Restaurant
87
Maïs Arepas
87
Peychaud's
87
Napoleon House
86
Junebug
86
Nighthawk Napoletana
86
Suis Generis
86
Charmant
86
Nanami Sushi Diner & Onigiri
86
Succotash Nola
86
Couvant
86
Nikkei Izakaya
86
Dolfy's
86
Baru Bistro & Tapas
86
Fives Bar
86
MRB Bar & Kitchen
86
Bacchanal Wine
85
Really Really Nice Wines
85
The Husky
85
Vincent's Italian Cuisine
85
Chada
85
Lost Coyote
84
Maria's Oyster & Wine Bar
84
Charles & Julia
84
Bon Ton Prime Rib
83
Sushi by Us
82
Nightbloom
82
The Italian Barrel
80
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