Hotel Choices

Hello! Myself and a friend are planning a visit to NO in October or November. We are so excited and love to people watch. We are looking for a hotel with a nice view, guaranteed private balcony room with 2 beds in the French Quarter and NOT on Bourbon Street. We have a modest budget and are looking for the nicest place possible for our money.

Private balconies seem kind of hard to find and to guarantee. I think St. Marie and maybe Dauphine Orleans (I think that%26#39;s the one I%26#39;m thinking of?) have private balconies available for rooms with two beds. BUT then I%26#39;ve read in the reviews that rooms can vary greatly. Some have no view. Some are over parking garages, etc.

Anyone have any hotel advice or experience that can offer advice on a specific room number or floor to reserve? Or maybe other hotels to look at that have something nice like this available? I think the Bienville does but last I checked their pricing was almost $300/night, which is too high for us these days.

I%26#39;m hoping by planning this far in advance we may have some decent options. Thanks!

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Contact the Hotel Provincial to see if they have it; we were there is Dec and had a very nice stay. They have 3-4 buildings one faces Decatur so I%26#39;m thinking that may work for you.

$300 per night for Bienville House is crazy; we stayed there for under $100 per night!

Dauphine Orleans also has about 3 buildings, we had a good stay thru in 1997 but no view.

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*bumping this thread because I stayed at the Provincial this past January, but it was a ground-floor room with a non-existent view (inside of the room was lovely, though).

I really want a room with a balcony overlooking the street next time I stay, and would love to know which room(s) to request/reserve.

2 separate beds would be ideal, but would be willing to share a large king bed with my friend if absolutely necessary.

Can anyone help? Nothing on a street that%26#39;s too busy (i.e. Bourbon), but I%26#39;d kill to stay in a room with a streetview balcony in NOLa (not literally, but you know what I mean).

Thanks in advance.

Okay, I am a big fan of having a balcony room when visiting NOLA. In fact I%26#39;ve never not had a balcony room. It all depends on how busy of a street you want. The St. Marie has private balcony rooms on the Dauphine side. They are very good about honoring requests via email. Just request a single balcony room facing dauphine. That being said their balconies are not my favorite.

My favorite is the Villa Convento. With them you can request specific rooms that you are guarenteed to get. They have 6 balcony rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors with private balconies. We prefer the 3rd floor. The view from up there is amazing, you can see the rooftops across the quarter. These are larger queen beds only though but with Croissant d%26#39;Or across the street it%26#39;s a great choice.

The Dauphine Orleans does have some balconies, but not the view you%26#39;re looking for, mostly courtyard or pool views, which are nice, but not for people watching.

Mimi

I have stayed at Hotel Provencial where we had a nice room, with 2 beds, and a nice balcony with a decent view. I don%26#39;t remember which building or room, but it was one of their older rooms.

We wound up booking at the Place D%26#39;Armes actually. The courtyard looks really nice and although they can%26#39;t guarantee a courtyard balcony, I%26#39;m hoping our chances are good considering we%26#39;re booking like 7 months in advance! If anyone has any tips on how to officially seal the deal with hotel management or reservations desk there, please let me know! :)

I just stayed at the Place for my 1st trip to NO last month, and it%26#39;s the perfect location! Everything is close in the FQ, but the Place is smack dab in the middle, just at Jackson Square. You%26#39;re going to love it.

I booked 10 months in advance, and I got my request of a balcony room overlooking the Quarter. They said that they do take that into consideration, how long ahead of time you booked, so hopefully it%26#39;ll work out.

But worse case scenario, the courtyard is a great 2nd option to spend time outside. When u%26#39;re there, it%26#39;s hard to believe you%26#39;re in the middle of the French Quarter, just 1%26amp;1/2 blocks from Bourbon.

We have had a balcony room every time we stayed at LeRichelieu, although there really isn%26#39;t a lot to watch from your balcony in that quiet area of the French Quarter.