NEW ORLEANS BACHELORETTE GUIDE

Best Cocktail Bars for a New Orleans Bachelorette Weekend

Start polished: Champagne, rooftops, courtyards, classic New Orleans rooms and a few places where the drink itself is the destination.

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Make cocktail hour the hinge between day and night.

The strongest New Orleans bachelorette bar plan mixes one iconic classic with one beautiful room and one genuinely good cocktail program. Choose by neighborhood and mood instead of trying to cross the entire city for every round.

FRENCH QUARTER

Jewel of the South

award-winning cocktails in a historic Creole cottage — ideal for a polished first round or pre-dinner stop ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ WAREHOUSE DISTRICT

Jolie

French-inspired cocktail lounge and brasserie with an elevated, feminine room that works beautifully for a dressed-up group ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ GARDEN DISTRICT

Hot Tin

rooftop cocktails above the Pontchartrain Hotel with sweeping downtown and Mississippi River views ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ CBD / CANAL

Sazerac House

make this a daytime cocktail experience: immersive New Orleans cocktail history, tastings and bookable cocktail-making classes rather than a traditional bar stop ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ FRENCH QUARTER EDGE

Bar Tonique

low-key, local-feeling craft cocktails without the velvet-rope energy — excellent when the group wants serious drinks but a relaxed room ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ BOURBON STREET

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

historic candlelit French Colonial bar and piano stop — the Bourbon Street exception worth making for atmosphere and a little New Orleans legend ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ UPTOWN

Columns

porch cocktails on St. Charles Avenue in a restored 1883 mansion — beautiful for a slower afternoon drink, happy hour or pre-dinner round ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ UPTOWN

The Chloe

stylish mansion bar, front porch and pool bar with handcrafted cocktails — one of the prettiest daytime-to-evening options for a group ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ BYWATER

The Country Club

lush poolside oasis, butterfly lounge, creative cocktails and weekend drag brunch — best when drinks are part of a full afternoon experience ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ ROYAL STREET

Carousel Bar

an iconic rotating French Quarter bar with classic cocktails and live music nightly — touristy in the right way and great for a first-timer photo stop ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ FRENCH QUARTER

French 75 Bar

tiny, elegant and classically New Orleans — polished French 75s, Sazeracs and pre-dinner cocktails in an old-school room ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ LOWER DECATUR

Cane & Table

Caribbean-inspired cocktails and a tucked-away courtyard — a strong choice when the group wants excellent drinks with a relaxed tropical feel ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ RIVERFRONT

Chandelier Bar

Four Seasons polish, Champagne and refined New Orleans cocktails beneath the dramatic chandelier — ideal for a glamorous first drink ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ CBD

The Sazerac Bar

historic Roosevelt Hotel bar for the classic Sazerac in its grand old-world setting — different from Sazerac House and worth knowing about ↗

VISIT WEBSITE ↗ FRERET STREET

Cure

a modern New Orleans cocktail institution in a converted firehouse — go when the drinks themselves are the destination ↗

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