Now on Resy: Fritai, Manolito, Clancy’s, and More Local Favorites
From a destination for Haitian cuisine to a bar where the daiquiris shine, these are just a few of the beloved New Orleans spots that are now bookable on Resy. Right this way.
Note: This list will be updated regularly with new additions each month, so be sure to check back often. For New Orleans’ newest restaurant openings, head here.
Fritai Treme
Newly added!
What started as a stall at St. Roch Market is now a vibrant brick-and-mortar, where chef Charly Pierre goes deep on flavor-packed Haitian specialties. Get ready for Haitian fish fry, double-cooked pork, and smothered greens, plus an incredible Creole-style chicken, inspired by Pierre’s mother’s recipe.
Manolito French Quarter
Newly added!
Manuel Carbajo “Manolito” Aguilar was a legendary bartender at El Floridita — Ernest Hemingway’s favorite bar in Havana and the birthplace of the daiquiri — and this lively French Quarter gem is here to honor him. Expect countless daiquiri variations, plus plenty of other classic libations, and Cuban dishes like black bean soup, arroz con pollo, and ropa vieja.
The Husky Freret
Newly added!
A ski lodge ambience might be the last thing you’d expect in New Orleans, but this deliciously offbeat steakhouse (from the team behind Pigeon & Whale across the street), is so colorful, cool, and high-spirited that its Alpine references seem to fit right in. Expect pasta, burgers, and plenty of meat (steak and otherwise), alongside fish and shellfish, too.
Vogue Hookah Lounge Metairie
Newly added!
At this buzzy cocktail-meets-hookah parlor in Metairie, expect a range of premium shisha, a kitchen serving comfort foods, impeccable drinks, and a terrific outdoor space.
Clancy’s Audubon
This quietly excellent New Orleans classic has been in business since the 1940s, and in the early ‘80s helped spearhead the modern Creole bistro scene. The vibe is homey and the food is multi-layered with flavor. The gumbo is essential, and seafood and veal are featured on the ever-changing menu (and if smoked softshell crab is available, order it).
Emeril’s Warehouse District
Famed culinary celebrity Emeril Lagasse’s flagship restaurant, a Warehouse District landmark since 1992, is now in the hands of his son, E.J. Lagasse, who’s definitely kicking it up a notch with an all-stops-out nightly tasting menu that might range from smoked salmon cheesecake with Petrossian caviar to lobster gumbo, to good old banana cream pie.
Restaurant R’evolution French Quarter
St. James Parish-born star chef John Folse has served Cajun and Creole fare around the world for decades, and his urbane variations on these world-class cuisines at this warm NOLA essential are a high point of dining in the city. Don’t miss his trademark Death by Gumbo (with quail, andouille, and oysters).
Mosquito Supper Club Uptown New Orleans
This is the real thing: a homey, beautifully refurbished Uptown Victorian cottage, where chef Melissa Martin celebrates the richness of traditional Cajun cuisine and the wealth of seafood found in local waters with a nightly fixed-price menu that might include pickled shrimp, fried stuffed crab, and — if you’re lucky — Velma Marie’s oyster soup.
Fausto’s Bistro Metairie
When Fausto’s in Metairie changed hands a while back, the new proprietors knew just what to do: keep the romantic white-tablecloth atmosphere and not mess with the classic old-school Italian menu that’s been drawing diners for decades with chicken fettuccine Alfredo, veal marsala, and all the other dishes everybody loves.
Del Porto Ristorante Covington
If you’re in Covington, you already know all about Torre and David Solazzo’s longstanding, world-class Italian restaurant, famed for its knockout antipasto plate, housemade pastas, and a garlic-rosemary grilled chicken that defines the genre. And if you’re in New Orleans? It’s less than an hour across the Causeway, and definitely worth the trip.
The Wine Bar at Emeril’s Warehouse District
While the famed Emeril’s now serves only a nightly tasting menu, this more casual sister spot, accessible through the restaurant’s Julia Street door, offers an à la carte menu of things like salmon rillettes, Wagyu Bolognese rigatoni, and even a perfect ham–and–cheese sandwich — along with classy cocktails and endless wines from the extensive Emeril’s cellar.
Vampire Apothecary French Quarter
You don’t have to be an Anne Rice fan to enjoy this vampire-themed bar and restaurant, where the atmosphere is spooky fun, the cocktails include a Blood Bag (i.e., vodka pomegranate lemonade), the menu ranges from oysters to panini to signature short ribs, and there are tarot card and tea leaf readings. You can even be custom fitted with a pair of fangs.
The Greyhound Covington
Torre and David Solazzo’s popular Del Porto is a Covington essential for Italian fare, but you won’t want to miss their casual, high-energy gastropub a block away, where Italian dishes (including wood-fired pizzas) are supplemented with pitch-perfect references to Mexico, the Middle East, Central Europe, and beyond.
Vyoone’s Warehouse District
Vyoone Segue Lewis is a classical clarinetist, a pediatric geneticist, and a real estate developer with French and Afro-Creole roots — so why wouldn’t she run a French restaurant in a historic Warehouse District building? Expect an impeccable French onion soup, duck à l’orange, and other Gallic classics that are well-loved.
Carousel Bar and Lounge French Quarter
You’ll definitely want a seat at the revolving bar — on an actual carousel that’s been languidly rotating for 75 years — at this historic, extravagantly detailed NOLA classic. The cocktails are nonpareil (the iconic Vieux Carré was invented here), the bar bites include oysters Rockefeller and fried chicken sliders, and there’s live music four nights a week.
Smoke & Honey Mid-City
At her Mid-City dining destination, evolved out of a popular pop-up, Vassiliki Ellwood Yiagazis features both Greek and traditional Jewish dishes (gyros, yes, but also matzo ball soup). Not to be missed: her signature Lambeaux — braised leg of lamb with whipped feta and onion-garlic jam on John Gendusa French bread.
Vincent’s Italian Cuisine – Metairie Metairie
Long before they launched their popular Uptown version of Vincent’s, Vincent Catalanotto and Tony Imbraguglio gifted Metairie with this warm and friendly Italian treasure, featuring dishes you know and love — cannelloni, chicken Marsala, osso buco — plus house specialties like artichoke hearts (battered and fried, with crabmeat and shrimp).
Saint-Germain Bywater
Chefs Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith, along with co-owner Drew Delaughter, used the wine bars and neobistros of France to create a neighborhood spot that highlights a wine-friendly experience. Head to the small, homey dining room for a ten-course tasting menu that reflects the seasons. In the mood for something more casual? Head to the garden patio (no Resys needed) for natural wines and classic cocktails.
Brasa New Orleans Downtown New Orleans
Here’s a place to come for both the sizzle and the steak: a Colombian-style churrasquería, courtesy of Antonio Mata and chef Edgar Caro of Basin Seafood & Spirits fame, with steaks (plus a whole fish and a half-chicken) cooked perfectly on a wood-burning grill alongside five kinds of potatoes that’ll make you want to toss your low-carb diet on the fire.
Junior’s on Harrison Lakeview
Nick Hufft and Lon Marchand, who run a couple of restaurants and an ice creamery in Baton Rouge, go American-international at this bright and breezy “neighborhood joint” in Lakeview, with its café feel downstairs and enticing bar on the second level, and its pork-bun-to-shrimp-taco menu.
Effervescence French Quarter
This one’s worth a toast: Effervescence boasts 200 labels of bubbly wines, ranging from affordable fizz to top-of-the-line Champagne, all of which are best sipped with something from their small bites menu — think Gulf oysters and crispy crawfish crêpes — caviar service included.
Odelia Mandeville
Dress stylish and bring someone special to this très chic Mandeville bistro and café, making an impression with its mostly French menu, plus its excellent cocktails and well-chosen wines. Or come casual in the morning, when pain au chocolat and salmon avocado toast with goat cheese await.
Bar Pomona Marigny
Part jam shop (where co-owner Sara Levasseur makes her Jamboree Jams), part wine bar, this tiny but alluring Marigny favorite offers an array of snacks from kale salad to dill meatballs, serious weekend brunches, and homemade soft-serve ice cream. Potable essential: the martini with fig-leaf-infused vermouth and anchovy-stuffed olives.
Hungry Eyes East Riverside
You’ll definitely have a good time at this whimsical hot spot from the team behind Turkey and the Wolf, with its retro décor full of neon, lucite, and vintage tchotchkes; its selection of quirky house cocktails, assorted martinis, and apéritif-of-the-moment vermouths; and its short but definitely tempting crudo-to-curry menu.
Mulate’s Warehouse District
Take a deep dive into Southern Louisiana culture and cuisine at the Boutté family’s “original Cajun restaurant,” where there’s music every night (with dancing practically obligatory) and the menu lets the good food roll, with hand-me-down-recipe crawfish pie, jambalaya, étouffée, and all the other irresistible specialties of the Cajun kitchen.
Addis NOLA Treme
Dr. Biruk Alemayehu and her family beguiled New Orleans with their authentic family-style Ethiopian cuisine when they opened the original Addis in 2019, and the magic lives on at this larger Bayou Road follow-up. Be sure to order the Ethiopian coffee: The beans are pan-roasted and ground before your very eyes.
Gautreau’s Restaurant Uptown
This elegant little gem of a place, installed in an old Uptown pharmacy building decades ago, has new owners, but maintains the same kind of sophisticated and modern French-American-international menu that has long made it an under-the-radar favorite.
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