Planning a trip to New Orleans in mid April - recommendations please

we recently stayed at the st Vincent on magazine and it was incredible. Expensive but well worth it for the accommodations and location

Don’t stay on canal street
Either stay in the lower garden or inside the quarter (royal orleans or monteleone etc)

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What are the must eat restaurants?

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Peche
R'evolution
Commander's Palace
Brigtsen's
Cochon
La Petite Grocery
Saba
Herbsaint
GW Fins (not a fan but this board likes it)

Bevi Seafood
Parkway Poboys
Bacchanal (wine place)
Cochon Butcher
Blue Oak BBQ
Toup's Meatery
High Hat Cafe
St James Cheese Company
Turkey and the Wolf

We recently stayed at the Higgins and visited the ww 2 museum . Had a blast .

Be careful at night, if a place looks sketchy, if probably is.

Stay at a place that has a safe place to put your car.

Solid list of restaurants and I second the st. Vincent’s. It’s a wonderful hotel and provides a real experience.

Few other hotels:

Maison de la luz in warehouse district
Four seasons (but only if riverside. Canal street rooms face a construction site at the casino and it’s noisy)
Columns hotel - have not been, but have heard positive things about rooms post renovations.

Additional restaurants:

Clancy’s - uptown bistro experience

Luvi - if you want sushi/soup dumplings

Lilly’s cafe on magazine - Vietnamese food

Saint-Germaine - prix-fix restaurant

Marjie’s Grill - solid spicy fushion

Barrow’s catfish - only if you want fried catfish plate

El Pavo Real - a terrific great weekend brunch spot that is never crowded and has great daily specials

Casamento’s - go only if you want raw and fried oysters. My personal happy place.

Not for a tourist but they are great restaurants.

Thanks for the recs everyone! Keep ‘em coming if y’all think of more.