Dining in The French Quarter: Arnaud's Jazz Bistro

Dining at Arnaud's Restaurant

 What a day my first day in New Orleans was! It was 8:00 p.m. and I was exhausted from not sleeping, my flight, and walking around for the day. Those early flights are killers, but trick you in believing you'll have the entire day to travel and explore. It's true you get there early, but you may also experience your eyes feeling like they will pop out of your head! LOL All I wanted to do was have something to eat and pass out. My hotel St. Louis was on Beinville just off of Bourbon St. in the French Quarter in the heart of it all. There were tons of places to drink and eat all in this quarter! I wanted to eat somewhere really authentic to dine at. You always hear everyone talking about how yummy Creole cuisine is in New Orleans is. I chose Arnaud's Jazz Bistro. http://www.arnaudsrestaurant.com/

 I walked inside to see 6 waiters standing right at the door in suits wearing bow ties greeting me at the same time. Wow, why thank you! I think they really were by the door looking at the reservations to see how busy it was going to be for the night. :) I told the hostess it was for just one to dine. She advised me there were two places to choose from being a dining room with live music with an extra charge of $4 or the other side which was more casual and had no music. I'm in New Orleans for New Orleans, pay the $4 and bring it on! I was so happy to experience being somewhere to dine and hear jazz music!

The restaurant wasn't full as it was still early which was fine by me! If I ordered a glass of wine, I would have just passed out so I opted for a cup of earl grey tea. I ordered the set menu which was Shrimp Arnaud ( Shrimps with a hot creole sauce), Gulf Fish Amandine ( fish with almonds) and a slice of pecan pie! mmm Heaven! I fell in love with the ambiance! The jazz music just brought you back in time to long ago. The lights were dim. The furniture was full of antiques which I love love!  This bistro/restaurant was so romantic feeling/looking and here I was dining alone! lol I still enjoyed it! I'm just saying it's a romantic place! :P 

You could feel the presence of the past! There have been several incidents of ghost sightings  reported in the establishment. Dou dou dou dou dou , the twilight zone! AHHHHHHHHHHH! LOL Love it! Well, I mean I love how it adds to the ambiance is taking you back to the past. I'm a bit scared to see and speak to entities. Not there yet!

The food was all delicious. YUM New Orleans! mmmmmm  There is a lot of seafood in this city! It's heaven for seafood lovers! If you aren't a seafood lover, maybe not so much! lol It's interesting how many people actually don't like seafood. That's ok, more seafood for the seafood lovers! :P  There really wasn't any more room for dessert, but somehow I managed to make it work! lol And then I was stuffed and even more ready to pass out. Until I saw the bright lights on Bourbon St. and decided to go for a walk!