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The Pontchartrain Hotel

4.0 star property

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Property entrance
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace
City view
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2 bars/lounges, rooftop bar

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking available
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
2031 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70130
  • National World War II Museum
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Port of New Orleans
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • New Orleans, LA (MSY-Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl.)
    ‪23 min drive‬

Room options

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 39 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, City View

  • 39 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Suite, Multiple Beds

  • 49 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 47 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • 65 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 39 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Room (Product API Enablement)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 39 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

New Orleans

In the heart of New Orleans, The Pontchartrain Hotel is within a 5-minute drive of Magazine Street and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. .This hotel is 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Caesars Superdome and 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Smoothie King Center.

What's nearby

  • National World War II Museum - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Caesars Superdome - 2 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Port of New Orleans - 2 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Caesars New Orleans Casino - 3 min drive - 2.6 km

Getting around

  • St. Charles at Josephine Stop - 1 min walk
  • New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal - 20 min walk
  • Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl. Airport (MSY) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Hot Tin - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪HiVolt Coffee - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Houston's Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Lula Restaurant Distillery - ‬7 min walk

About this property

The Pontchartrain Hotel

Pet-friendly New Orleans hotel connected to a rail/subway station, a quick walk to Magazine Street
The Pontchartrain Hotel offers 106 accommodations with minibars and safes. This New Orleans hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

Bathrooms include bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 106 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility.
Enjoy American cuisine at Silver Whistle Cafe, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.
Silver Whistle Cafe - This café specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and light fare.
Jack Rose - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in southern cuisine and serves brunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Bayou Bar - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Open daily.
Hot Tin - Onsite rooftop bar. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Valet parking on site (USD 55.69 per day; includes in/out privileges)

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 3 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Restaurants on site

  • Bayou Bar
  • Hot Tin
  • Jack Rose
  • Silver Whistle Cafe

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift (97 centimetre wide door)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 building
  • 14 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1927
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total (up to 50 lbs per pet)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Resort fee: USD 25.00 per accommodation, per night
The resort fee includes:
  • Additional inclusions
  • Fitness center access
  • Health club access
  • In-room bottled water
  • In-room coffee
  • In-room safe
  • Nearby fitness center access
  • Phone calls

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Valet parking fee: USD 55.69 per day (in/out privileges)
  • Pet fee: USD 75 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Pontchartrain Hotel New Orleans
Pontchartrain Hotel
Pontchartrain New Orleans
Pontchartrain
The Pontchartrain
The Pontchartrain Hotel Hotel
The Pontchartrain Hotel New Orleans
The Pontchartrain Hotel Hotel New Orleans

The Pontchartrain Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 692 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 194 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 61 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 24 out of 1003 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Phoenix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kasey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Our spot

Love staying at the Pontchartrain Hotel. We have made this our regular spot when we visit NOLA. The area is beautiful with so many places to see and to eat. The Tin Roof bar on the roof is fantastic with a spectacular view, and cafe and restaurant in the hotel are very good. We walk through the garden district every morning and evening and love that the streetcar stops right in front of the hotel. It’s just a short ride (or $10 Lyft/uber) to the French quarter. The staff is super friendly and very accommodating. Great place!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Melissa

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I have mixed feelings about our stay at the hotel. The hotel did allow us to move our reservation during the recent snow storm without any additional fee, for which we were very grateful. We had a great time at the various restaurants and bars that are on property. Unfortunately, most everything else was disappointing. The front desk staff ranged from indifferent to downright hostile, they charged us for parking and an extra night stay (we had no car and had prepayed for our entire stay) and as other folk have noted - room photos are likely many years old. It's important to note that the rooms are locked with old school keys and you are required to leave your key with the front desk everytime you leave the hotel. We had several items stolen from our room during our stay. When we tried to work with the hotel on either recovering our items or figuring out how someone may have gotten into our room, we were told several things: 1. We checked with housekeeping and they don't have your items, if you can't track your items then you can't prove they were taken, and as a hotel we have never had this problem before. I'm not sure how other hotels deal with stolen items but these folks seem not interested in customer service or taking accountability for what seems to be, if you read other reviews, an ongoing problem. Stay at your own risk.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

david

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were not clean, there was no ventilation in the room, they were old and musty, they charge you a ridiculous Resort fee that gives you little to nothing in exchange, the bathroom amenities were lacking, it was hard to adjust the temperature in the room. There's a cute Bar and Restaurant in the building that's probably their best asset.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the old romantic vibe not cookiecutter
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Jada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Overall, an OK stay! Nice hotel for the price.

Overall, an OK stay! Nice hotel for the price. Front desk wasn't always all that friendly, but not unpleasant. Valet was always friendly and ready to suggest a restaurant! Hotel Restaurant/Bar kept music going until late in the night and people outside laughing/chatting until about 1am, all of which was pretty loud from our 2nd story, front facing room. Just thankful it didn't go on all night long! Try to get a room on one of the middle floors, if you can. Not too close to the rooftop bar or the bottom floor restaurant.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Noriko

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

KATHY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Kathy

Liked: Staff & service

Lovely

Lovely older hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Allison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When I decided to go to NOLA for a solo trip I knew I wanted to stay in a “boutique” property verses something large and commercial. The Pontchartrain came up in my search. The thing that attracted me right away were the aesthetics. I loved the colors and decorating style from the 1920s. I was not disappointed when I arrived! I loved my room. I loved the two restaurants I dined in regularly: 1. The Bayou and 2. The breakfast one across the hall (can’t remember the name). But try the grits, coddled egg and hollandaise breakfast with buttered toast. One of the most memorable breakfasts of my entire lifetime!! This hotel is also in a lovely location: the garden district, and a streetcar goes by right out front. I will definitely be going back to NOLA and this is where I will stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Marines

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Worst costumer service specially housekeeping
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Robert

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Rajini

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
The location was great. The service was also good. The restaurants and live music was great. For the price it was a fine hotel. However, the room had a strong musky smell from how old the hotel was. An update is absolutely needed.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Extremely content

Beautiful, quirky, artful. Hot Tin rooftop bar had amazing views of the city. Jack Rose has excellent food and super cute decor. Loved coming back to the hotel at night to spectacular jazz in the bar. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Dan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not a well kept property, things like windows painted shut scream amateur hour. I had to request to have my room cleaned at 5:00 pm two day out of five. With the added "resort fee," not a good value at all!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kylie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Kathrine

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Once great, now terrible

We’ve stayed at this hotel many times since they opened/ remodeled. This will probably be our last stay. Previously this was the nicest 3 star hotel, a great value with lots of lovely touches. This stay was more per night with less amenities. Google now rates this hotel as a 4 star, yet they’ve gotten rid of room service, they no longer give a lagniappe and the rooms have not been taken care of. Additionally they charge a resort fee for things that either no one asked for or should just be included in the room rate. I’d rather spend twice as much and have a luxury hotel stay than spend 250$ a night for a mediocre one. Our room was small and cramped, there were cleaning supplies outside of our door, the toilet cover was wood? And the toiletries which are normally a perk of staying there were terrible. Really cannot get over how this hotel used to be the best but there are now lots of boutique hotels in New Orleans and we will try one of them rather than paying more for less amenities.
View from our room
Painted wood
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Boulder

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024