New Orleans is a city that attracts people from all over the world to visit. Many who come to visit stay to make New Orleans their home.

New Orleans provides a special brand of Southern Hospitality that's heavily influenced by its history and location.

Best Food in the World
When Travel + Leisure readers were asked “what are your favorite cities in the world for great food?”, they ranked New Orleans #2. Magazine readers found that sometimes, home is best. The five top cities, in order of preference were:

1 New York
2 New Orleans
3 San Francisco
4 Paris
5 Rome

As Travel + Leisure put it, “the results reveal that globe-trotting gourmands would do well to take a second look at places closer to home: for the second year in a row, it’s destinations in the United States come out on top.”

We invite you to come to New Orleans to experience one of our 3800 restaurants. From the most elegant repast to the funky and down-home, there is a restaurant to suit every taste in New Orleans.