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Le Meridien New OrleansvsColumns
Le Meridien New Orleans and Columns Hotel are both praised by professional reviewers. Overall, Le Meridien New Orleans is the choice of most professionals compared to Columns Hotel. Le Meridien New Orleans comes in at 86 with praise from 12 publications including Lonely Planet, Gayot and Zagat.
Le Meridien New Orleans
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333 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70130
From $91/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"While we have strong feelings indeed about staying in more New Orleans-appropriate, site-specific accommodations, we cheerfully admit that this is one fun hotel, and what is New Orleans about if not fun?" Full review
"You have to hand it to W – this suave chain does things right." Full review
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"The W New Orleans is a hip upper-middle-range hotel located in the Central Business District, within walking distance of both the French Quarter and the Museum District." Full review
"This seriously hip hotel has more going for it than design. Rooms have super-luxurious beds and all the electronic amenities."
"This 23-story tower of reflecting glass is the trendiest of the bunch, thanks to its uber-contemporary decor and club scene courtesy of Rande Gerber's Whiskey Blue lounge." Full review
"The W puts the L.A. in Nola. Like its sister hotels, its rooms and lobby boasts striking colors and sharp angles, all of it easy on the eye."
3.8
"Attracting the "younger set", these "cutting-edge" digs "close to the French Quarter" provide "luxurious" "fun" with "chic" public spaces and "typical W bars and crowds"."
"This hotel is giddy with ironic design twists, from the waiting bed in the lobby to the mega-size chairs in the sarcastically stocked library."
"This hip property won't disappoint loyal W fans, with its sleek blend of East Coast sophistication and Southern charm." Full review
"Although the room count here is quite high, the hallmark touchpoints and French amenities make a strong impression.
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3811 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70115
From $175/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"The Columns is worth a stay if you can get a low rate; otherwise, come by for a drink." Full review
"This white-columned 1883 Victorian hotel drips with local charm and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places." Full review
"That a landmark so rife with atmosphere could also function as a workaday tavern is one of the Columns’s singular charms." Full review
"This small hotel is famous as the set for the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby and has plenty of fans for its laid-back ambience."
"Deliciously atmospheric uptown hotel in a stately 1883 mansion on the streetcar line."
"This hotel was built in an opulent Italianate style in 1883. Locals meet for drinks on its huge front porch that, flanked by the hotel's namesake columns, faces St. Charles Avenue."
"The Columns is where to stay if you're doing the whole antebellum New Orleans routine, though the mansion itself--fronted by immense, Doric columns--was constructed after the Civil War."
"This stately 1883 Italianate mansion in the Garden District is both elegant and relaxed, boasting all sorts of extraordinary original features." Full review
"A step back in time, and home to one of uptown's preeminent bars."
8.0
"This uptown mansion on the city’s most atmospheric avenue is a perfect backdrop for fulfilling your mint julep-fuelled Southern fantasies." Full review