HotelChatter - Stories about Hotel Monteleone New Orleans http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T20:51:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/689 The Five Best Hotels For Halloween Weekend http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/11023/581 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hweenkitty.jpg" class="top"><p> It's the most wonderful time of the year--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/halloween hotels"><b>Halloween</b></a>! Even better, our favorite holidays falls on a weekend this year so you can celebrate both Mischief Night and Halloween without having to deal with a hangover at work the next day. Although we can't promise you that your coworkers won't show up in witch, cat and devil costumes on Friday anyways. <p>If you're planning on taking your costumes to another city this Halloween, we've put together a list of five hotels that are close enough to the scary action in town but at which you can still get a good night's sleep. After all, who really wants to sleep in a room haunted by ghosts or juliana 2009-10-19T16:03:40-05:00 New Orleans: Last-Minute Revelry: You Can Still Make it to NoLa For Mardi Gras http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/23/13153/3961

Mardi Gras is about spontaneity, so we bet a few of you out there haven’t even bothered to check whether there are still hotel rooms available for you to sleep it off after all the festivities down in NoLa. It's lucky you have us to do that for you, and we’ve been looking for rooms on a budget since chances are you won’t be spending any time there anyway. Here’s what we found.

We did a quick search on our hotel rates search engine, and came up with a few options that aren’t exactly budget, but are still pretty good.

]]> EricRosen 2009-02-23T17:09:40-05:00 New Orleans: Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar and Rooftop Pool http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/27/102526/13 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana">Juliana</a> recently spent a few days in New Orleans checking out the city's still-booming business of live music, haunted tours and good cookin' all the while still maintaining its ability to overserve visitors on Bourbon Street (and pretty much everywhere else.) This week, she'll be sending back some thoughts on the hotel scene.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelmonteleonebar.jpg" class="top"><p>When one thinks of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/us/LA/New%20Orleans"><b>New Orleans</b></a>, two things probably come to mind--Hurricane Katrina and Bourbon Street. While the city is in the midst of rebuilding the areas damaged by Katrina as well as rebuilding its morale, liquor has been a constant.<p>And it's served everywhere without judgment. You can just as easily order a beer at 9am as you can at 4am without anyone wondering juliana 2008-10-27T13:27:50-05:00 30.0191370 -90.166653 New Orleans: Hotel Video Tour :: Hotel Monteleone http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/24/195524/515 <![CDATA[<p><object width="425" height="350"> <param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F2B7t7mxdMM" name="movie"> </param> <embed width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F2B7t7mxdMM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350"> </embed> </object><p><b>[Ed. Note: Contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/pbb">PBB</a> has taken a <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/New-Orleans-Travel-Map">field trip</a> to New Orleans where he put his handy camera skills to work for us.]</b><p>I was a little nervous about staying in the French Quarter. Bourbon Street, boozing, that whole thing. But then again, I went to New Orleans for <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2007/6/28/222843/813/travel/120-Hour+Cocktail+Party+Coming+to+New+Orleans">Tales of the Cocktail</a>, so shouldn't I be praising the proximity to drinks? The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Monteleone+New+Orleans/local/689"><b>Hotel Monteleone</b></a> was ground zero for the event, and it was buzzing with cocktailians during my stay last week.<br> <p>But on the sauce or off, how are the rooms? Mine was quite nice, if a little worn around the edges. pbb 2007-07-25T09:31:59-05:00 29.954210 -90.068150 New Orleans: Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/22/15431/0017

If you're not a fan of the circus, then the bar at Hotel Monteleone might scare you away.

Appropriately named the Carousel Bar, the place features a circus motif and the round bar looks like a lit-up carousel sans mechanical horses.

A favorite of New Orleans locals, [the bar] is often filled with colorful local characters telling stories about Hotel Monteleone and our celebrated city.

If you're a fan of Carnivale then you will probably dig the place. But hit it up on Wednesday through Saturday nights when acclaimed pianist John Autin plays from 9pm til closing.

Image via Deepfriedkudzu/Flickr

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