- Neighbourhood
- French Quarter
- Style
- Hotel bar
- Known for
- A bar that completes one slow rotation roughly every 15 minutes · A regular haunt of Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Faulkner · Live music seven nights a week
- Prices
- $$$ · cocktails ~$17–21
- Getting in
- Walk-ins only. Resy accepted for groups
- Food
- Snacks and small plates
- Hours
- Daily 11am-12am; 21+ only after 6pm
- Recognition
- Hotel Monteleone is one of three U.S. hotels designated a Literary Landmark
- Address
- 214 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Checked: Confirmed via Hotel Monteleone's official page and listing updated November 2026.
Photo: an illustration of the mood, not this bar.
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