R Bar (The)

Situated in New Orleans, this inn is within a 10-minute walk of Gallier House and French Market. Jackson Square and National World War II Museum are also within 2 mi (3 km).

Things really get going after midnight, but you're just as likely to have a perfectly good time in the earlier evening hours.

Check out the rock-band equipment, complete with skeleton lead singer, hanging from the ceiling over the bar (it's not nearly as obtrusive or contrived as it sounds). Also keep an eye out for the giant shark.

This little offbeat establishment lies on the edge of the so-happening Frenchmen Street scene. It's loose but not disorganized (though you can only book rooms online), and there couldn't be a better choice for laid-back travelers. B&B stands for bed-and-beverage -- the lobby is the highly enjoyable R Bar, and as a guest, you are entitled to two complimentary cocktails.

The R (short for Royal St.) Bar is a little taste of New York's East Village in the Faubourg Marigny. It is a quintessential, cool neighborhood bar in a neighborhood full of artists, wannabe artists, punk-rock intellectuals, urban gentrifiers, and well-rounded hipsters (and it's their designated headquarters on Mardi Gras). It's a talkers' bar, with crowds gathered in layers along the bar, and...

It's deader than Kelsey's nuts until midnight, then gets stacked tooth-and-nail with local scenesters. Only moderately goth-y, and the random ironic bric-a-brac that festoons this sort of place is kept to a minimum. R Bar is dark enough to preserve anonymity but not obnoxiously so, insuring that those who wish to be seen may, in fact, be seen. Attached is a small inn, which explains the "You...

The Scene
Housed in the Royal Street Inn (a fancy name for a bar with a couple of rooms to rent), the R Bar sports a particularly unique blend of low-key sophistication and...

The Royal Street Inn & Bar is a New Orleans Bed & Beverage. Yes, Beverage. We don't feed you breakfast but we do treat you to a round of welcome drinks at our legendary neighborhood bar. You have access to quiet time in your lux accommodations upstairs. You have access to relaxation on our spacious wrap-around balcony. And, of course, you have access to the R Bar where you can share drinks and...