Napoleon House Bar & Cafe

05/27/2008 Posted by cagey_a

Didn't have a chance to eat there, but did enjoy sitting at the beautiful old bar on two occasions. Mario at the bar makes the best bloody mary EVER! Cheap beer and good Pimm's cups. Great atmosphere!

05/02/2008 Posted by mary1raymond

We love Napoleon House. You can stop in for a helping of affordable jambalaya/muffaletta, and it's GOOD! Unless you're famished, you could split one muffaletta with someone, along with a cold Abita Springs beer, and feel content. One day we did have to wait awhile for our waiter, but it happened only once. Atmosphere is casual to quaint, depending on where you sit, and the place is clean. The courtyard is delightful. It may be best to go there at "inbetween times" when they're not so busy.

Pros: Sections in menu are very affordable ~ and GOOD!

Cons: Service can be spotty but overcome with a little patience.

08/04/2006 Posted by flapperdiner

Even after the hurricane, Napolean House survives! Love the Pimm's cups, and their bread pudding is a;ways a treat!

07/05/2006 Posted by Carlosbob

Napoleon House is one of my favorite haunts in the French Quarter. I was hugely relieved when I found it intact and, mostly, unchanged in my first visit since Katrina. The atmosphere is wonderful, the historical surroundings, dim lighting, and classical music really set mood. The staff is very friendly, the food is great, and the drinks are cold. Right now they have limited hours and menu, due to a shortage of staff (which is pretty common in New Orleans right now). You must have the Jambalaya. If the cheese tray is available when you visit, it makes for a great mid-day snack. It's located on the corner of St. Louis and Chartres, so if you are staying at the Omni Hotel across the street, you have no excuse for not stopping by.

08/09/2005 Posted by mwparks

My wife and I visit NO as often as possible. And Napoleon House is always a must visit experience. The bar, inside dining, and court yard are all wonderful experiences. One one of our visits it was my wife's birthday, and the dining room was closed...but they allowed us to sit anyway...and it was so cool as we were the only diners in the room with candlelight and an attentive waiter. It was a birthday we will never forget. It isn't really possible for my wife and I to visit New Orleans without one or two stops at Napoleon House.

Pros: Ambience, Service, Food

07/07/2005 Posted by jreeves997

This is by far the best restaurant I have ever been to. The food is excellent and reasonably priced and the service is very professional. The bar makes you feel like you are in a movie, too. However, the ambience takes the cake, ESPECIALLY the courtyard. Top notch, highly recommended, period, end of sentence!

Pros: Ambience, Food, Price

06/15/2005 Posted by jeverett_81

Picture it! You're in the middle of the french quater, its a toasty 95 degrees, the air's as thick as the mud the Mississippi flows over, and it seems as tho there isn't a breeze in the entire state of luzianna! Suddenly you see the green coppola and you know you're saved!! NAPOLEON HOUSE!!! have a seat at the bar for a pimms, or get a table and experience the joy that is the muffaletta! Enjoy a nice long refreshing sit, and take in the atmosphere! but beware if u have tourist written all over your face, the wait staff can smell you a mile away!

Pros: Atmosphere, PIMMS CUP, classical music

05/26/2005 Posted by snoopy1977

I really enjoyed my dining experience at The Napolean House. We had lunch there on the last day of our trip and it was a great send off. Although we had to wait 40 minutes for a table, it was well worth it. We were seated in the patio area in the back and that added to the ambience. We ordered 2 Pimm's Cups (the restaurant's signature drink) and the Muffulata for 2. The food was SO good (the Pimm's Cups were very refreshing). Although the service was average, the waiter did bring me some additional souvenirs I hadn't expected for my scrapbook. The value was very reasonable. The history made the dining experience even more exciting!

Pros: Food, ambience

Cons: The wait was long, Service a hit & miss

07/19/2004 Posted by clouie

Our waiter was very cute and very good- but I saw other waiters being extremely rude to other customers. I'm guessing they don't get paid very much? The food isn't very good- my food wasn't very tasty or hot nor was my friends' food. I would go if it's warm just for the patio, but otherwise there really isn't anything very good about this place. It's not bad considering the location (everything is around it)

Pros: location, convenient, one cute server

Cons: , rude people

06/09/2004 Posted by absinthe01

I think I picked this place because it had a courtyard which pumped up its romantic rating. I would say that it could have been a lot nicer, it's not that romantic. The waitstaff didn't look like they wanted to be there. That said it all. The beer choices were better than at other places, meaning they had dark beer.

Pros: courtyard, ambience

Cons: , service