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The turquoise landmark has defined haute Creole cooking for over a century, turtle soup, impeccable service, and the famous bread pudding souffle. It's the room every New Orleanian sends first-timers to.
Start with the turtle soup finished tableside with sherry, take a Creole main, and finish with the bread pudding souffle. It's a set piece, and it delivers.
Reserve well ahead, jackets are the norm, and treat it as the occasion. The upstairs Garden Room is the seat to request.
The lobbies themselves are worth the visit, gilded, historic and quintessentially New Orleans, and a single well-made cocktail is a perfect, low-cost end to a milestone night.
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