Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette Hotel, New Orleans

First, the hotel is cool and chic, the bar is hip and the restaurant, MiLa is fantastic! Make a reservation for MiLa if you're planning on eating Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights. It is award-winning and it is a new local favorite. The food is eclectic and smooth. The rooms are nice, a little small, but just perfect for a few nights! The location is great, and the neighborhood is coming back to life (slowly) and there are condos, businesses and the hotel next to it is reopening in a few months. There is a little bit of construction around the hotel from the surrounding renovation (condos, shops, etc, not the hotel). The staff is friendly and helpful. I was always greeted with a smile when walking around the hotel. Will definitely be back and recommend you stay!

We stayed at this hotel for the VooDoo Music experience. I chose this hotel because they offered military/Gov. rates during the weekend and during this special event, which doesn't happen very often. Also, they were able to guarantee a double room, which we needed as there were to be four guests. The whole experience was very pleasant, and I actually looked forward to going to the hotel for the peace and quiet. The place had a very calming effect on me. The room was nice and clean, and the bed was very comfortable. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We also enjoyed the 3rd floor pool, and the work out area which has a washer and dryer, a private bath with a shower, and fresh fruit was offered. The parking attendants were very friendly, as well. I would stay here again in a heart beat. It was really a nice place to go to after a very busy/hectic day to unwind and feel a little pampered.

first time down in new orleans and would definitely go back to this hotel. it was very clean and very well kept. room's were a bit on the small size, but definitely okay. rooms and not to mention the beautiful lobby are decorated so well. bar in the lobby and restauarant attached to the hotel. the pool was great too. walking distance to everything! two blocks from bourbon & canal streets. valet parking! overall, had a great stay and would definitely recommend it.

When some friends of ours decided to attend a recent music festival in New Orleans, we decided on this hotel. I have to admit that I was looking forward to staying at one of Mariott's flagship hotels. We did enjoy our stay, but it was lacking in some areas which give it a "less than optimal" review in my opinion. Check in went smooth as silk. In fact the staff was able to let us check into a king room when we first arrived around 10:00 a.m. The staff was courtious and professional, and the room was neat and well kept. This gave me the feeling that I was staying in a four star hotel. The Bell staff was always cheerful and attentive. It seemed that we were going to be looked after in true style, but that's where the illusion started to fade. Concierge service was spotty at best, and even though I did get reservations, the staff was only at their desk for what seemed to be two to three hours all weekend. We had a full day, and decided to check in for the evening early one night. At 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night I repeatedly tried to reach room service to place an order with no answer. It would seem that prime time on Saturday night would have someone on staff to take an order. The hotel restaurant seemed to have new staff that were inexperienced. When we got up to have the breakfast buffet one morning, the hostess sat another couple at our table. Remember, this is the same hostess that sat us down at that table to start. Bar service was spotty as well, since several key employees "didn't show up for work". However, when we did have real service, the barkeep was top notch (with great stories and all". In all it was a great experience, but not the experience you would be expecting in a top of the line luxury hotel.

The location was perfect and the staff went out of their way to assist us with information on ski packages, tours and shopping. The service was great! The complimentary breakfast was a real treat and a money saver. We met other guests from all over the United States and enjoyed visiting with them.

Avoid the sychophantic bellman. He blew kisses at me, kept calling me "lovely, beautiful queen" - "jewel" and any number of other odd names. He never once carried our bags, summoned our car from parking, or did anything helpful. He just made self-serving, fawning comments. He was very, very annoying. I saw him do the same to several other women. At the end of our stay (as we carried our own luggage toward valet parking)he actually grabbed me by the hand and asked for a tip, proposing $8 for him for each day of our stay! Believe it or not, he was not as as creepy as the other one who offered to "keep an eye on" my teenage girls (who were staying in a separte room on another floor). Clean hotel - In the middle of remodeling the ground floor (as are many hotels in New Orleans). Convenient location. Scarry, creepy staff. We won't be back.

I went to Jazz Fest and was so incredibly happy at this hotel. Yes, there are still some problems associated with Hurricane Katrina i.e. no room service or on-site restaurant/bar or mini bar in room and sketchy wi-fi but they go 1000% out of their way to accomodate you as best they can. The staff is so nice and pleasant it was definintely a highlight. The room was gorgeous and modern and felt like my home. I will not hesitate to stay there again.

this place is great. Stayed there with my boyfriend, daughter her boyfriend and grandchildren. We had a great time the kids went to the pool and we went to the gym. I love this place and will stay there again we live in metairie and just wanted to stay the weekend to see our city we also took the streetcar to go out eating everything is very close to the hotel the staff is excellent if you need a nice place to stay this is it like we say in new orleans y'all come back

This was our first and definitely not our last trip to New Orleans. This hotel is within walking distance of the French Quarter, the Riverwalk, and the casino. The room was not huge, but was incredibly clean, the bed had the whitest sheets I have ever seen. Th A/C was excellent. I highly recommend this hotel.

We stayed at the Renaissance Pere Marquette during June 2005. We paid $85/night via priceline.com. This is a great hotel. Everyone was extremely friendly, helpful during check-in, etc. Anytime you passed a maid, bellboy, etc anywhere in the hotel, it was always, "HI, how are you? How's your stay so far? etc" The staff was excellent. Overall, the hotel is very nice, done up in a modern style. The lobby is super air-conditioned, you'll appreciate this in muggy NOLA. The lobby is big, plush chairs. The overall hotel was kept CLEAN, including the lobby, the hallways, the rooms, etc. The rooms themselves are smallish, with one table and a Herman Miller chair, one king-sized bed (in our case), and a small bench at the edge of the bed. The bathrooms are spacious, but only have a shower, and no bath-tub, jacuzzi, etc. There is a safe in the room that is large enough to accomodate a laptop --- which is very nice, and got its use while we were there. There's a closet with plenty of hangers, and free robes for your use(we didn't use them) Overall the rooms are modern, up to date, very clean, etc. The maid always had the room cleaned from the time we left, 'til the time got back. We often slept in, and so we might leave at 11am, and be back within a couple hours. A lot of hotels don't pay attention to your schedule, or bang on the door at 9am or 10am. The cleaning staff was very attentive. The room size is quite acceptable at the price we paid. I would have been upset had I paid more than $200/night and got this room. I still think this hotel would be a bargain at twice the price, however. The in-room adjustable air-conditioner worked great, which is sometimes shaky in hotels in warm areas. There is in-room high speed internet access ($10 extra per night), but we didn't need it. My laptop picked up a free dhcp-providing wireless internet access from somewhere --- not sure if it was the hotel's or a neighboring business in the tall office building next door. The pool, btw, is small and only 3.6ft deep. There are perhaps only 8 chairs around the pool, but we had no problem getting in and out of the pool. The free health club/gym that was there had enough equipment including treadmills, weights, etc. The location is just outside of the French Quarter, one block west of Canal St, and one block North of Bourbon street. Definitely far enough from the noise/commotion, and not a bad walk to the French Quarter. Crossing Canal can sort of be a pain in the butt, but there are 'walk' lights for pedestrians. The St. Charles streetcar stops right at the edge of the hotel's street (Common Street), and provides easy access to various parts of New Orleans including Garden District, Riverfront, etc etc. The location is good. I saw some negative reviews of the hotel listed here, and I wonder if they even stayed at the same hotel as we did. We won this hotel via Priceline, and wondered what we had got ourselves into. When we arrived, everything was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better place to stay. And couldn't have asked for anything more at the price-point we paid.....