Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette Hotel

This is my go-​to hotel when in town for business in NOLA. From the moment I drop off my car in the valet and check in, I feel like I am right at home. The staff is amazing. Rashad at the front desk is one of the best in the business. Rooms are extremely clean and housekeeping is consistent as well. The beds are super comfy. I usually request a higher floor so the church bell is almost impossible to hear. Mila’s is right downstairs and has a great breakfast. The bar is happening with guests and love that there’s a Starbucks in here too. Very happy with this hotel and can’t wait to go back.

Beautiful hotel, great location, nicely designed and elegant. It’s walking distance to Bourbon Street and French Quarter. Parking was $ 36/​day. We enjoyed our stay here for 2 nights. Staff was attentive, very friendly and valet was quick.

Great service as is expected at a renaissance. I’m a Marriott gold member and was happy with the accommodation and breakfast. Concierge lounge is just a small room with a refrigerator but they offer gold and platinum members vouchers for apps and drinks at the bar. Much better hotel than the dated JW down the street…

Three words: Gorgeous, sleek and sexy.
I stayed here for a week for my birthday in December with my boyfriend and we both loved the hotel. I would recommend and definitely would stay here again.

Very pleased with my 5 night stay at Pere Marquette. Clean rooms, great location and wonderful staff.
The hotel is in the business district and walking distance to Bourbon St. insanity, Royal St. music and Jackson Square river walks.
My one king room with one roll away was comfortable, clean and spacious. I was on the 12^th floor and had no issues with street noise or neighbors.
Front desk staff were very hospitable and helpful with any questions and requests I had and tour options/​booking.
Mila restaurant on 1^st floor offered breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast can certainly be improved, as we ate the same food every morning. Perhaps some change in the menu once in a while? There is a coffee and tea lounge open until 10pm for Marriott gold members. Gold members also get free WiFi.
Suggestions: Café Amelie, Three Muses for music, Carousel Bar, Steamboat Cruise on river, French Market for souvenirs, Garden District homes and eat char-​grilled oysters!

Very nice hotel. Great place if you’re looking to be close to the activity of he French quarter and still far enough that it’s quite a night. I think it was a little farther than I was hoping. It is very pricey, so be prepared for that. All in all decent service (we did put a points tag in our door for the first couple of nights so the housekeeper didn’t have to clean, but took the tag off so we could get fresh towels, sheets, etc but they didn’t clean – call for fresh towels if you want them). If you want charm of the French quarter, stay a little deeper into the quarter. I probably wouldn’t stay again. Too pricey for what you get.

Recently spent 3 nights here. Although I booked a king bed, when I arrived the hotel was oversold so we ended up in a room with 2 doubles. I tried many times to change rooms over the next few days and had no luck.
On the second morning at 6am the fire alarm went off in the hotel, which meant strobe lights in our room and a truly terrifying wake up call. Come to find out it was the hotel’s own kitchen staff that set off the alarm by burning toast.
The bathroom has no fan, so the moisture from your shower seeps into the room; which the AC unit already has a hard time keeping cool. Our room was hot and humid the entire trip.
After our 3 nights, we were thrilled to move to another hotel to finally get some rest. The Pere Marquette is over priced and under serves, and was generally an uncomfortable hotel to stay.

I was the very privileged recipient of a one night free stay at the hotel so my boyfriend and I decided to celebrate our anniversary by playing tourist for a night and staying downtown at the lovely Pere Marquette. We arrived shortly after 4pm on a Saturday and the front desk was backed up by several members of a wedding party checking in. The concierge, with her smile beaming, offered to check us in so we wouldn’t have to wait. She expertly, and quickly checked us in and informed us we would be staying on the 14^th floor. (Oowee!) Through the dark marbled elevator bank we went to ascend to our room.
Using key card access we entered our VERY LARGE room! It was clean, recently renovated to reflect a modern, clean look with pops of color. The room was so big! What do you do with all that room??! I should have packed my game of Twister!
The king size bed was covered with a fluffy duvet and 4 down filled over-​sized pillows. These were so comfortable and soft, I’ve been on a pillow hunt ever since we checked out! I also slept like a baby on the bed and we are now considering that when we upgrade our mattress at home, that we go for a king size.
The closet of our room had all the amenities of a proper hotel room, iron and ironing board, safe and hangers. *Less one star for the iron which was still filled water from the previous guest. Note that these rooms do NOT include a robe or slippers for guests.
The bathroom was VERY large! The shower rod bowed out so that there was more elbow room while in the tub. Nice touch! The abode was also stocked with Aveda products which included bar soap, daily facial moisturizer, shampoo and conditioner and a vanity kit with contained cotton balls, and cotton swabs. (Great, because I forgot to pack Q-​tips!)
I also utilized room service by requesting two Champagne flutes and they were delivered promptly by a friendly attendant.
Outside noise was VERY minimal, unlike other hotels I’ve stayed in we were able to sleep soundly and were not subjected to other guests or outside voices in the hall.
I very much enjoyed my stay and would recommend the hotel to anyone that inquires. I was sad that we only stayed one night, I would have enjoyed more time away in such a hospitable place. Thank you to Alicia Trahan who was the manager that booked our room for us, as well as the General Manager Reggie, who provided the gift certificates and the opportunity to enjoy this divine hotel stay.

The staff was extremely attentive and helpful, with the exception of a bellhop who was overdoing his helpfulness and was patronizing. The hotel is very nice and quiet, I was there during the week of Mardi Gras and did not hear the parades or people on the street. The Friday I checked out an entire fraternity and sororiety checked in so I imagine it was loud during the weekend, but that is to be expected during the weekend of Mardi Gras.
The snack room was well stocked in the beginning and conveniently located in the hotel. The bar was very limited on food options but the beers were reasonably priced. The bar even had a sampler of a special drink that you could try one night.
The breakfast at Mila was filling and well stocked. My only request would be to change the buffet up a little more. It was the same breakfast 3 mornings in a row with no variety.

Deciding to stay ONE MORE DAY we crossed our fingers and bid on a 4 star hotel on Priceline. This hotel was a pleasant surprise for the $ 139 we paid during Mardi Gras week. We had the no-​frills «Priceline» room.
Meaning small room, no ice bucket or water or extras… But who hangs out in the room during Mardi Gras? The bed was comfortable and that’s all that mattered.
Special shout out to our valet Marcel. He helped us both arriving and departing. A friendly, helpful employee that makes one want to return!

I had the tiny room which has a queen bed in it. It was small. But didn’t mind since all I needed the room for, was to sleep.
Nice clean room
Location. Location. Location

This hotel lets you experience all the sights and sounds of New Orleans without ever leaving your room. If you love hearing everything your neighbors say, their early morning sexercise and literally every sounds from the street below than these rooms are excellent for you! Close by is a lovely church that will start chiming their bells at 7:55 every morning so you don’t need to set an alarm. There is no longer a pool but if you’re lucky enough to get a room on one of the higher floors you can look directly into the neighboring hotels beautiful roof top pool. And really isn’t that your favorite part about hotel pool time — watching other tourist have fun while you freeze your ass off in your drafty hotel room? I can definitely tell you it’s not haunted — that chill just comes from the incredibly poor choice of windows.
The staff is incredibly helpful and there always seems to be a million of them ready to help you when you walk/​stumble through the door from a long night of Bourbon street. The room was clean for the most part and larger than the previous hotel we had on this trip but these rooms are not made for light sleepers or people that want to sleep in past early morning mass. I think I’d stay here again but I would definitely talk to the staff about my options before ultimately deciding.

We had a large room, the elevators were quick, and they had full size candied apples for Halloween. Like most places in NOLA, they jack the rates for a few days around Halloween. In classic Marriott, and likely other hotel chains, the more you pay = the less you get. Fee for the wifi (which is starting to be included at other higher end chains), no receptions or meals.
Staff were top notch professionals and very friendly.

Beautiful hotel and close waking distance to French quarter. We went over Halloween weekend and they had fun decorations and put out candied apples for the guests one afternoon. We had a great stay and highly recommend

Parking is a nightmare and valet is only option, which is no problem if service was well run. Took awhile to get someone to take car and they didn’t explain much. Takes 20 plus min to get car, so don’t think it’s easy to come and go. Check-​in was even worse. They didn’t explain where anything was in hotel, acted pretentious and clearly didn’t review requests on reservation. Why ask for a high floor or extra pillows if you don’t get them? We checked in on a Sunday afternoon and know the hotel wasn’t sold out! Shouldn’t they have pre-​blocked my room? I almost didn’t get two beds and I have family of 4. Took 30 minutes to get my luggage and he wasn’t overly friendly either. Most Renaissance hotels bellman explain where ice is and at least 2 – 3 amenities. We stay with Marriott at least 50 nights a year minimum. Pool is a joke and closed a lot of the time. Outside of hotel is not taken care of and extremely filthy. Concierge didn’t really offer us things to do and we are use to getting all the great places to eat from personal recommendations. I get hotel brand is trying to be hip, so children may not play into style but for concierge to say they didn’t know seemed ridiculous. Ordered room service and it was best employee we encountered. Food was typical of Marriott, but guy who delivered it was spot on. Trash (not ours) was dumped outside our room in hallway a few doors down and for 18 hours we walked by… Doesn’t anyone do walks of floor anymore. Soda machine on 5 didn’t work and had to go up a floor. We choose hotel because it wasn’t in the center of Bourbon and we had our kids, but next time we will try a different Marriott.

I just got home from a few day stay in New Orleans with a group of ladies celebrating a low key bachelorette party. I think my favorite part about this hotel was the location! Can’t beat it. Walking distance to everything and if not a cheap Über ride away.
I have to say that I DID NOT fall in love with the service of this hotel. Good grief.
The bride to be was awesome in that she booked our reservation. We booked two rooms with two double beds. When we showed up we were told that the two double bedrooms were not guaranteed and we had one with a double bed and another with a king. hmmm… how do 4 guests stay in a room with only a king bed? You’d think MAYBE someone might catch that and warn us upon arrival? nope.
The confirmation clearly stated two rooms with two double beds in each. Anyway… this just so happens to be the week of a festival and a volleyball tournament thing so we have no other options. They tell us they can either refund our money and we could go find another hotel… which would NEVER happen. We would be sleeping on the street basically due to how busy the city was withe events or they could bring us some rolling beds and they’d work it out in the morning.
We decide to go with the rolling beds. Which are not ideal but whatever we are pretty easy going. We check in… we hang out for a while and we head out to dinner and drinks. etc. We do not arrive back to our room until around midnight and what do you think we find? No rolling beds. Argh!
We had to call down to the front desk 3 different times to check on them because we were exhausted and wanted to go to sleep so badly. Finally in about an hour we had two rolling beds that were terrible with one awful pillow each and something that did not even resemble a blanket or sheet? I really do not know what I slept on.
The bed had some kind of plastic cover on it. I think it was made for a child. I was so exhausted I managed to fall asleep on the life raft.
Also are you serious with calling your «pool». Just call it a lap pool please. We actually switched hotels for that thing.
All in all we enjoyed the company of each other and had a great time exploring NOLA! Thanks for making something work for us!

Clean, nice hotel with Friendly Staff Close to the French Quarter.
This Marriott hotel is located on Common Street within a few blocks of the French Quarter making walking everywhere very easy and convenient. A huge shout out to the staff who are incredibly friendly and helpful — no matter where you need to go, they are familiar with it and give great directions! Truly unique any more!
The lobby is partitioned well with both a bar/​restaurant and a small café. There are sectioned seating areas that create a comfortable, modern atmosphere with clean lines. The pool area is trendy and on the 3^rd floor. Small groups gathered there regularly. Rooms were a little on the smaller side as you often find in older buildings, but very clean and neat. The bathroom was a little small for a business conference with shared rooms but again, very clean and maintained. Overall this was a terrific place to stay and I would return on another visit.
Tips: There are quite a few street construction projects constantly going on in NOLA so if you are a light sleeper I would ask about construction sounds when reserving your room. The rooms facing the Waldorf or the church should be quiet.
Meeting Rooms on the 2^nd floor were open and had nice seating arrangements outside allowing for business phone call privacy on breaks. The conference room food was good if not too imaginative throughout the conference. Once again the conference service was outstanding and responsive which is very unusual and appreciated.

The hotel is just off Bourbon and Canal street which is right where you want to be. We got a suite and the room was extremely impressive. Lots of space, very modern, and well taken care of.
At the hotel bar they had drink specials which were very reasonable only $ 5 each. They had a good amount of appetizers to eat from as well, if you’re an elite member you get two free between the hours of 5 – 7, which was great!
I had also forgotten my work phone in the room Cornell had given me a call and got it shipped out to me right away, no questions asked. Talk about WOW and great customer service, this hotel had it all!
Very impressed would recommend to anyone and thank you Cornell!

I spent three nights here while attending the National Roofing Contractor Association (NRCA) 2015 convention. I am a platinum member so my rate and amenities reflected my loyalty.
Pros: nice and convenient. It is a 15 minute walk to the convention center and for that walk I saved $ 100 per night. The lobby bar is nice however the seating is low to the ground so it looks nice but is uncomfortable. Prices at the bar are average.
Cons: it is an old building that has been rehabbed and is full of charm… It is an old building. One of the charming aspects of my room is the large «warehouse» windows. Unfortunately, it was very cold the week I was here and the windows are not double panes so I could not get the room warm very easily. Thermostat was set at 77 the whole time.

Way to go Renaissance, you have a winner with this location! Stayed here for a couple of nights during NYE 2015, and this place really knows how to host their customers, especially platinum Marriott members. Honestly, just about every perk you could want was available at this place. The building was super clean, the staff was super friendly, the amenities were plentiful and getting a cab etc was a breeze! For platinum guests– you get two free appetizers per day at the uncommon bar, which are delicious, free buffet breakfast at the Mila, free refreshments (Starbucks, chips, soft drinks etc) at their small refreshment area, there was complementary champagne before 6pm and a free room upgrade to the top floor corner room. The location is perfect for walking to bourbon st, French quarter, the superdome and the smoothie king center. Overall I would highly recommend this place to anyone staying in N’awlins!
Pros–
Room
Location
Amenities
Service
Cleanliness
Dining options
Platinum amenities
Accessibility
Taxi options
Friendliness
Updated and modern
Cons–
Pricey
Can hear the church bell
Small elevators