The Veranda Restaurant Restaurant Review:
The Veranda is one of the loveliest hotel restaurants in the city. Breakfast is an elegant meal, although not very creative. The Sunday jazz brunch, however, is a must, especially during the fall before a football game at the Superdome. A strolling jazz band and multiple buffets and food stations make it an affair to remember. The two dining rooms are so dissimilar that they could be mistaken...
This is one of the more unusual dining spaces in town, thanks to a glass-enclosed courtyard (one heck of a show during a thunderstorm -- and yes, it all broke during the hurricane. But it was all repaired). Buffet buffs will think themselves in heaven with a buffet lunch option; you will find no gloppy macaroni and cheese here but rather all sorts of culinary wonders. Regular dining is less...