Fountain Lounge

80’s music played all night, really cool dj, so many fun people dancing .ps. Bartender rocked oh yeah and the door guys had great smiles and a perfect attitude!.Thanks for the good time

Stopped in for some after dinner drinks and dessert.
French 75 was one of the best in the city.
The Crème Brûlée was very good with a twist. I’ll let you experience it for yourself.
But and that’s a big BUT. The warm brownie with the amaretto ice cream is worth killing your best friend for.
Lindsey provided great service and conversation.

Live entertainment on the night we were there –that was our main draw!
The food was very good! The lower star is due to the price point for the dishes. My son was delighted to see fresh truffle in his risotto! Very good quality and great service.

food is okay — barely any service here even not crowded at all and very loud/​noisy atmosphere

I’d like to say that the Roosevelt hotel is beautiful! However, the fountain lounge was not very accommodating with a «large» party. We had 14 ladies and it took over an hour and a half past the reservation time to get seated. The best they could do was offer us a glass of champagne and free drink. honestly, I expect them to be more accommodating seeing that we are spending hundreds of dollars here! being the bride, I’m very upset that me and my ladies weren’t able to eat when expected, especially since we were planning this trip since July.
Our food came out an hour late and I’m very disappointed! not the pleasant experience I expected.

I’m pretty torn about this place. It’s a nice alternative to the Roosevelt’s popular Sazerac Bar which is much smaller and much more crowded. If you’re going with a group of 4+, you’re likely going to be out of luck to get space at the bar or a table.
Fountain Lounge is spacious and affords you a great vantage point if you’re into people watching (and the people who are typically strolling through the Roosevelt are uh, interesting to say the least). The ambience is really just perfect old school luxe hotel lounge. It’s both classy and comfortable. You could easily lose the better part of an evening in here.
That said, the service is infinitely better at the Sazerac bar. It’s kind of a big deal. My group of 10 the other night had to flag our waiter down on several occasions to order more drinks. It was not crowded either. Being that we were there 2 hours, I could see our tab would have easily been twice what it was had the service been better. When we decided it was time to leave, I had to get up and find our waiter (I stood at the bar for a few minutes before he appeared. He was not the bartender, by the way, and the 2 bartenders barely acknowledged me as I stood there waiting).
This was the second or third time where I felt service was lacking here and that’s about as many visits I’ve made to Fountain Lounge. It’s really too bad because I think I like the space better than Sazerac Bar. I’m not saying that I won’t give it another shot, but probably not with a crowd and I’d probably opt to sit at the bar so that I can drink more than 1 drink in 2 hours.

Perfectly Roosevelt. This lounge filled with brown leather club chairs well groomed staff and upscale dishware has «Roosevelt» written all over it. Hence, it’s theme stems from the fact it’s in the Roosevelt Hotel. The waitstaff offered service a cut above the rest. Suggestively selling drinks, food as well as who and what time the music starts. Awesome live music tonight provided by Nayo Jones Trio. She bolted out favorites from the past such as «At Last «and other Natalie Cole songs and the like.

The Brussels sprouts are worth every bite! Those get 5 stars… Breakfast seems to be challenging for them but I will say the manager did make great efforts to make sure we left satisfied.

I highly recommend the fountain lounge for breakfast. I had the eggs Benedict served over boudin sausage with fried crawfish tails along with an order of cheesy grits. My breakfast was absolutely phenomenal. The egg was poached perfectly, the boudin sausage was spot on and tasty, fried crawfish tails were just incredible. Our server Kim, was so good we asked to speak to the manager so we could tell her what a treasure the Roosevelt had. We’ve never done that before but then again we’ve never had a server this good. When you go ask for Kim and have the Cajun eggs Benedict breakfast, I think you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.

We were staying at the Roosevelt for two nights and went for a late dinner/​drinks and then we also had breakfast here. The breakfast was pretty good, although overpriced of course.
For dinner, we ordered the chargrilled oysters which, to be honest, were pretty awful compared to the two other places we had them in NOLA (Felix’s and Acme). Very disappointing.
The food here is overall, not of great quality. The live music during dinner was nice, but WAY too loud. I probably wouldn’t recommend this place.

The food used to be really great here but sadly the prices have substantially increased while the quality of the food and service have tanked. I recently had the single worst fish dish I’ve EVER had in New Orleans here which consisted of blackfish on a bed of fried green tomatoes all resting on a huge slimy sea of tartar sauce. The service, food quality and prices are all failures to me at this point. The one high point was the live music. There are so many restaurants providing such better food at better prices with attentive service there is no reason to bother with eating here and dealing with poor service. The drink prices demonstrate that they have morphed into a tourist trap so when one beer costs as much as an entire six pack you are being gouged at rip off tourist prices.

This is a fantastic little bar to hang out in, if you aren’t really in the mood for the hustle and bustle of the Sazerac Bar. The vibe here is extremely laid back and on the nights I have been, there has been a jazz band playing. Food is served here and they have an assortment of specialty cocktails. I enjoy the Bayou Swizzle, which is a yummy rum drink with juice.
For a really romantic feel: sit in one of the corner booths. It’s the perfect spot to sit and enjoy the music and atmosphere with a date.

Fancy but touristy and a rip off.

I love this place. First of all, there is live jazz music, and it’s in an intimate setting — no matter where you sit, you are close to the stage. The bar tenders know their stuff. I told mine I liked tequila drinks that aren’t two sweet and he made three different cocktails that did not disappoint. You can also get food if you are in the mood, but I definitely at least stop by for some cocktails and jazz if you are in the area or staying in the hotel.

We were going to a wedding across the street and since we were way early, decided to go a for a cocktail in the Roosevelt. The Sazarac was packed, so we wandered into the Fountain Lounge. It was not near as crowded as next door. We were greeted just inside the door and led to a table. There was plenty of tables and a couple of areas with couches around cocktail tables. The room had a light lavish feeling, as an upscale hotel bar should. We ordered cocktails from their list of specialties and skipped the food as we would be eating later. It was early for the music that would be playing later in the evening.

After my first visit to the refurbished Saenger Theatre we decided to visit the Roosevelt and have a cocktail while the lines at the parking garage diminished. The first choice was the Sazerac but the bar was three deep. It was then we discovered the new Fountain Lounge just down the corridor.
A classy place to enjoy a drink. First of all there is a manager who seats you. All very professional and competent. Live combo was playing soft New Orleans music and at a volume that does not interfere with your conversation. Service is also attentive and pleasant. Not only did Danielle take care of business and made my wife and I feel welcomed she had personality that makes us want to return.
There is a small menu and the Crab Claws we tried were both tasty and flavorful. Just the right amount to share for a late night snack.
Artemus the manager took the time to check up on us and told us about future artists that will be playing at the Lounge.
This is a place we shall return to and the kind of laid back drinking establishment with good music and a friendly professional staff.

A crowded Saturday night at the height of the holiday season, we entered the new (ish) Fountain Lounge. Why? we talked into the Sazarac bar and the crowd was the Tales of the Toddy diaspora.
It feels like most hotel bars: plush, inviting seating, wait staff that speaks to you in hushed and pleasant tones and exorbitant prices. My paltry pour of single malt was $ 18. I do mean paltry. Miserly, really.
i would like to head back when there’s live music — seems like a lovely place to take a break with a simple martini.

Bf and I decided to come here for fancy Christmas dinner in between going to some friends’ for a quiet dinner. I absolutely love this hotel during the holidays. The lights that are set up in the lobby are quite stunning and really get you in the holiday spirit.
The meal itself for the holiday was from a set menu with choices of soup (turtle vs butternut squash), salad (beet or some sore of iceberg lettuce), mains (rack of lamb, snapper, or something I don’t remember), and dessert (chocolate mousse or cheesecake) for $ 80 per person. On a normal basis, I would absolutely not want to pay that much for a meal, but we got some money as a gift and decided to spurge. All of the food was delicious except for the crab served on top of the snapper (tasted fishy, like it had been left out).
Something that irked me: they asked us to move our reservation up by 15 minutes, so we did. Then they sat us more than 20 minutes late. To be fair, things in New Orleans rarely run on time. However, we were on time — so I feel like they should have either at least acknowledged that or comped drinks.
Hints: there’s usually free parking on the street in the nearby area. The 2 hour pay to park spots are free after 6pm. The bar was very accommodating and can make things off menu. Ex — they kindly served me a quite strong brandy milk punch. I still think Dante’s Kitchen has the best one in the city, but this was a close second.

It’s hard for me to believe that this beautiful opened up space used to be the old Sazerac restaurant. It only makes sense to expand to another lounge… especially one that serves food. The space is spacious and airy although it does get loud depending on the crowd.
The evening I was there, the service was slow but they were slammed. My old fashioned was OK but not great. Next time I’ll get a straight pour here and same the fancier drinks for the Sazerac Bar.
Benefit of this space… since it serves food, it is not exclusively 21 and over if you have younger family members with you.

Posh, posh, posh. My date and I wanted a sumptuous, seductive date during the Reveillon season, and we thought the Fountain Lounge fit the bill. Their menu was full of special dishes, and the ambience was just what I hoped.
There was a lot of hype in my head about this place. I caught mention of it in the Gambit. I watched the crowds roll in as I wandered through the lobby of the Roosevelt. I saw the check-​ins start to pile up. The magic was certainly there, and I knew it had to be mine. Hot tip: make reservations. This is a hopping spot! One magic moment with Open Table later, I had a table for two at this swank lounge on a Friday night! Ooh la la!
Let’s run through the staff real quick: the hosts and hostesses were so on point. They made me feel special from the very first moment. The various support staffers were great, too. Present without being obtrusive is the term, I think. The bar staff were fast and precise, all kinds of good. My problem, of course, was with the server. My server was a guy named Ryan. He made me question if he had any fine dining experience. It was a little like «Hi, welcome to Applebees. Your first course tonight will be a choice of mozzarella sticks or onion petals.» Despite the posh setting and the beautiful food, he was putting off the wrong vibe. This wasn’t the elegant service I was waiting for, and his general presence put me off the perfect 5 star experience.
The food was absolutely on point until we got to the dessert. The lemon tart was extra tart (two thumbs up), but the pastry chef mixed pop rocks in with the dried raspberries. That was a little bit of WUT?!? And my dessert was a total flop. What was supposed to be crème brûlée was actually just custard with pineapple on top. I was honestly not sure the kitchen could do any better so I decided not to send it back. The custard was good, but who wants custard when you ordered crème brûlée, you know? I have some big questions about the pastry chef’s continued menu design if that is what they put forth on the Reveillon menu. But let’s loop back to the masterful moments on the menu like the Duck Wellington, Blue Crab and Lobster Bisque, and the Ahi Tuna app. Drool, drool, drool.
If the service and the pastry chef can get up to speed, the Fountain Lounge will live up to its swank pedigree. Worth a revisit, though!
Accessibility notes: space gets loud easily. Tables close together for mobility devices. No Braille menu or signage. Ramp up into the hotel. Dimly lit. High bar and hostess stand.