My spouse and I stayed at the Omni Royal Orleans for four
nights in late September 2000. We
stayed in a Petite Room, which was a cozy 175 square feet and featured one
queen bed. Our room was beautifully appointed with Creole and French accents
and offered a view of the courtyard.
The Omni Royal
Orleans is located in the French Quarter at the corner of St. Louis and Royal.
The hotel has received the Four Diamond luxury award for the past 31 years. The
hotel’s popular Zagat-rated Rib Room – Rotisserie Extraordinaire has been the
haunt of literary greats and the politically infamous for more than 50 years.
Omni Royal Orleans French Quarter hotel is just 12 miles from Louis Armstrong
International Airport. The hotel features a rooftop outdoor swimming pool.
A few of those
naming the hotel their “favorite” over the years include David Brinkley,
Luciano Pavarotti, Muhamad Ali, Arthur Hailey,( who wrote the book Hotel based
on his stays at the Royal Orleans), The Rolling Stones, Jane Fonda, Robert
Redford, Charlton Heston, Louis Armstrong (whose last stay in the city was at
the Royal Orleans) Richard Nixon, Three Dog Night, Patti LaBelle (who received
the key to the city in the Josephine Bonaparte Salon) Bette Davis (while
filming the classic Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte) Paul Newman, Mick Jagger, Don
King, Lillian Carter, Chita Rivera (Broadway dance star), Aaron Neville, Rueben
Stoddard (recent American Idol winner) and even Lassie the dog.
