Best Historic Restaurants in Central Business District

We went with the omakase option, and it was outstanding. All the food was delicious and you could see and taste the care and expertise. Our server was amazing. Able to answer all our questions and provide color with stories about the dishes and the restaurant. All set to the backdrop of New Orleans

Overall the experience was enjoyable. The service from the head waiter and assistant waiter was top tier. The young lady running food was seemingly having a grumpy evening. The food was delicious. The shrimp cold appetizer and red snapper entree were well prepared and the presentation was perfect. The black and blue gnocchi was good but over shadowed by the cold shrimp appetizer. The triple tail was heavily seasoned borderline salty and was an odd pairing of textures and flavors with the oysters but all the individual parts were well prepared and the seasoning could be diluted using the warm coconut soup. Dessert was ok. Life is about experiences, this was one we’re glad we could enjoy. Not perfect in its entirety but a solid 4.7/5

Had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner at The Palace Cafe. The interior was gorgeously decorated for the holidays. The crabmeat cheesecake really is out of this world. The bread pudding was also a stand out! Impeccable service too!

It is not often that I rate a venue five-star, but this one deserves it. It was our first visit and not our last. Even the valet was personable and with complementary parking what was there not to like. Their attention to detail was never more evident as we watched our server at another table polishing the flatware. We had ordered the aged prime rib and it was the best prime rib we had ever tasted. (Yes, medium rare!). It was accompanied by little au jus candle fed cups that kept the jus warm. (How's that for detail?) The onion rings were crispy (a bit salty but fine.) and delicious. We did suggest other vegetable choice besides the menu listed broccoli and brussel sprouts, such as a carrot or green bean dish. Had they been on the menu we would have ordered. Finally, though we are not big dessert eaters (it was Xmas eve, give us a break!) we ordered the lemon merangue pie and it only enhanced our great rating of this place. BTW, we made our vegetable suggestions to management and it was greeted with interest. Next time we'll try the steak!

There were 8 of us and the Revellion menu had something for us all. Not one of the group was dissatisfied with any part of the meal. Two meals of particular brilliance were the chopping and the roasted duck. The ciopino was all Louisiana in style and in flavor. The roasted duck in a grape blueberry confit was genius and easily the best game bird I ever tasted. An honorable mention and very honorable indeed was the pork chop which was thick delicious and tender. Randy provided an excellent night of service, knowledgeable and attentive. A very professionable waiter.