Is Lafayette worth going to from NO?

Skip Nola

Short answer, no.

Long answer, hell no.

Why rent a car?

Lafayette is not really much of a tourist place in my experience, unless there's something specific going on. It's more of a bedroom community.

I am sure you can make it into a fun / interesting place to visit if you want to, but no more so than any number of other places in South Louisiana.

Save yourself the time and money renting a car, and just go on a meat tour in NO.
Go to Cochon Butcher, Piece of Meat, and Tres Bon

Skip Louisiana all together.

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Bon Temps and Billy’s

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Good, but I wouldn't drive two hours for it.

Skip Laffy all together and eat at Spahrs on Hwy 90, get you a Bloody Mary to go, then go a little bit further down 90, get off on Hwy 24 and load up at Bougerious Meat Market in Thibodaux. They have everything you could possibly want from jerkey, boudin, hogs head cheese, etc. Turn around and head back to NOLA, save yourself about 5 hours.

The real Cajun delicacies you mention are well worth the trip to the Acadians area . New Orleans has good food but the Lafayette area is miles above when talking food .

It's not worth renting a car and spending six hours on the road from NOLA to Laf and back for Billys and Bon Temps.

If you had other activities planned, Plantation tour, swamp tour, Avery Island, tour, then yeah, hit up those spots on the way.

You can get Billy's delivered in the mail, baw. And not blow 6 hours of your weekend.

Bon Temps is good, but there are probably 100 restaurants in NOLA that are 10x better.