Where the Locals Eat Rating
Top 100 Restaurant, New Orleans
"In 1918, a colorful French wine salesman named Arnaud Cazenave opened the grand restaurant that bears his name. Count Arnaud (as he came to be called, without any bona fide claim to the title) . . . became so influential in his business that it can be said that the entire New Orleans restaurant community reflects, to one degree or another, his ideas. And the style he set inspires everything we do to this day at Arnaud's."
–Arnaud's website
"The 80-year-old Arnaud's tradition continues with signature items such as the spicy shrimp remoulade, frog legs and alligator sausage."
–Gambit Weekly
"Atmospherically, it's an exemplar of the old-style New Orleans Creole dining institution: tiled floors, tin ceilings, beveled-glass windows, and ancient overhead fans. The menu blends dishes created eons ago by Count Arnaud with spiffy new food -- all with an unmistakable Creole taste."
–Tom Fitzmorris, The New Orleans Menu
"Arnaud's seems to have the lowest profile of all the classic old New Orleans restaurants, but undeservedly so, since it tops them in quality."
–Frommer's
"Have you ever compared a spud to a baby's kiss or a May breeze? You will after tasting the soufflé potatoes at Arnaud's."
–Travel & Leisure
How Others Rate Arnaud's
Zagat 2008
26 Food Quality (extraordinary to perfection)
#27 on New Orleans Top Food list
Top Romantic in New Orleans
The Times-Picayune
Top 10 Sunday Brunch
The New Orleans Menu by Tom Fitzmorris
**** (excellent and ambitious)
Frommer's
** (very highly recommended)
Mobile Travel Guide
*** (of 5)
DiRoNa (Distinguished Restaurants of North America)
Award of Excellence