4. Desire Oyster Bar
7.9
300 Bourbon St (at Bienville St), New Orleans, LA
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · French Quarter · 103 tips and reviews
Emily Thousand: The broiled oysters are "the best ever" - the Jambalaya was also perfect, not too spicy.
Tamara KB: Oysters, alligator meatballs and fried platters are delicious. Make sure to go with friends to share.
Catarina Ferraz: The crab cake and the grilled oysters are amazing. The bloody mary is good also.
5. Restaurant R'evolution
9.0
777 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · French Quarter · 81 tips and reviews
Dan Schiaffo: Crab beignets, filet, crawfish stuffed flounder, seafood gumbo, asparagus, gratin potatoes. Everything. Was. Amazing! Service was excellent as well!
Mehmet Orun: Snapping turtle soup, oysters revolution style, cold meat platters are excellent. Service is meticulous, atmosphere relaxed and intimate. Leave room for the souffle. Skip entrees if you must.
Diana Pfaff: Best Sunday brunch I've had. Strolling musicians, crab beignets, molten chocolate soufflé w Cracker Jack ice cream and amazing, amazing team service. Hidden gem in NOLA.
7. Meals From The Heart Cafe
8.4
1100 N Peters St #13 (French Market), New Orleans, LA
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · French Quarter · 44 tips and reviews
Abby DeMillo: For all of my friends who love NO but are allergic to gluten - this gem is gluten free and the food is fabulous!. Try the roasted beet salad or crab cakes - yum!
Jeb Ro: The crab cake + poached egg was excellent. Their homemade sauce really made it. Great place if you don't want to wait in a big line.
Ivan Lee: Amazing place, food and service. Strongly recommend for a real Nola experience at French Market. mr Roland and staff are fabulous. Best crab cake and pancakes ever.
Sam S: Start w/ an Abita & 1/2 doz raw oysters, then jump into the fried seafood platter (scratch the fish an add extra shrimp, oysters or soft shell crabs) YUMMY! Walk back to your hotel 2 work it all off!
Suzanne Mullinnix: Omg the grilled oysters were so good a member of our group ate three! I had the bayou platter and it was amazing!
Tony Hill: Great place for shrimp, crawfish or crab Boils! Drinks are great as well!
10. Galatoire's
7.6
209 Bourbon St (at Iberville St), New Orleans, LA
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · French Quarter · 101 tips and reviews
Pete Greenhaw: Broiled pompano topped with crab is terrific (and the shrimp remoulade)
Meg Lake: Amazing. The soft shelled crab is delicious, the oysters Rockefeller are wonderful, and the bananas foster is a treat!!
Erin Carrigan: Wasn't a huge fan of the place, but they make a good pimm's cup and they have fried oysters and good crawfish étouffée
11. Brennan's
9.2
417 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · French Quarter · 161 tips and reviews
David Sequeira: Great brunch. Turtle soup and Oysters Bennedict are a must!
León Ruiz: Awesome fine dinning! Try Gumbo, New Orleans BBQ Lobster, and Lamb Racks 👌🏼 Banana Dessert 🤘🏼
Emily E: This is the absolute best spot to be in New Orleans for fine dining. The service is impeccable (thank you Shawn and Nick), food incredible (the BBQ lobster!) and the cocktail/wine list is fabulous.
13. The Pelican Club
8.1
312 Exchange Pl (corner of Bienville Street and Exchange Place), New Orleans, LA
French Restaurant · French Quarter · 28 tips and reviews
Amanda Graves: Seafood Martini is one of my favorite dishes - I also always get the filet with crab cake & bread pudding for dessert :) One of my fav restaurants!
Alexa Bollinger: Awesome lobster entree. Filet was fabulous too! Crab and shrimp cakes great as well as the oysters. House bread is phenomenal! Banana Creme Brule was amazing too!
Christine Nolan: We had a reservation but still waited 15-20 minutes for our table. Fish and crab entree was very good as well as the crab bisque. Try the Moscow Mule cocktail and bread pudding for dessert.