Spirits On Bourbon

Great bar. Great atmosphere. Hang out with Chris. He’s a great bartender. Ps. The barber chair is haunted!

The Spirits Bar doesn’t exactly look like it did when it was given it’s makeover during Bar Rescue. The décor is a bit cluttered and the place looks like any other bar on Bourbon St. The dueling piano part of this bar is what makes it fun. While they arent the best we’ve ever heard, it was the only reason we stayed as long as we did. Corey was our server and kept the tables laughing; quite the character, lol. Their Resurrection drink with flashing mug is actually a nice touch… the drink tastes a lot like a Blue Hawaiian… very good. Overall, not a bad place to visit!

I really enjoyed Spirits, I never knew they were featured on Bar Rescue until I arrived with friends on our first night on Bourbon. It was a Monday night and wasn’t too crowded but a good enough crowd. My friend had ordered the Resurrection drink, I tried it and tasted pretty strong like every Unilocaler has said. I really enjoyed the dueling pianos it reminded me much of Howl at the Moon. The staff was very friendly and funny. We spent our night there for awhile singing old and new songs. Every bar table provides sticky notes and pencils to write your song you’d like to hear on the piano. Everybody was singing along which made for a good atmosphere. The other thing that I liked was that there were no annoying shot girls which makes this bar different from all the others. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to witness the famous shot chair no did I have the courage to do it. Make sure you stop by Spirits and have yourself a good time!

Hey I know things are slower here but 15 minutes for a drink? Our server got the order in quickly, I watched the ticket print, then sat at my table for 15 minutes, while Chris, the bar tender, play on his phone while my ticket sat there.
I thought maybe this was a fluke, but the two tables next to me had the same issue. Hell, he even walked by the printer twice to go talk to people by the bathroom. Not sure if we’ll be stopping by unless there’s a different bartender on duty.
PS we sat here watching the awesome dueling pianists and I times Chris. He was rarely making drinks. Just doing everything he could to socialize instead of making everyone’s drinks. Time to find a new job.
Thanks to the dueling pianists & our waiter we at least didn’t waste our whole visit. Thanks guys!

We had to come here after seeing it on Bar Rescue — one of our favorite shows. Yes, this place is touristy, just like the rest of Bourbon Street, so I’m not knocking it for that. Sometimes I just embrace being a tourist.
I actually really liked this place. It combined the party atmosphere with a chill hangout. I love a place with dueling pianos, and Spirits has that… Chill hangout. Along with a girl with massive knockers that she rubs in your face before spinning you around and feeding you a shot… Party. Plus I enjoyed their signature drinks. The Barber Beer tasted exactly like a root beer float and was topped with whipped cream made with real cream. And it was strong. Win, win, win, win.
And to top it off, the servers were friendly and seemed like they legit wanted to engage in conversatiion with you.
Didn’t try the food, as it didn’t sound appealing to me.
So call me a tourist if you want, but if you’re looking for a fun place on Bourbon, Spirits made me happy.

It, actually, really doesn’t feel right to post a negative review because I grew up in the food industry and I don’t like to knock anybody trying to run a business… BUT… To find yourself in a situation where you are concerned for the safety of our group. This place should just shut the doors. I was actually waiting for Jon Taffer to barge in and shut them down. He didn’t. This shit show was real. We are so understanding of the stress that comes with being busy and yes this place was busy… It was great until the waiter (I’ll leave his name off of here) decided that I should pay my bill twice. This is after we had a great time drinking and actually enjoying the piano show. Apparently, ordering food here is a hassle for this crew. Ordered apps but never got them, no problem (we didn’t even mention it, he forgot but he was very busy. Although «the waiter» gladly accepted the five I threw him early on in the night). To be honest we made the mistake of trying to eat on bourbon. We kinda figured, oh well, we are having a blast with our drinks and the good piano show and we will pick at the food and move on to someplace else. Well, when it was time to pay, we gave «the waiter» cash. Our friends still had full drinks so I ordered two more for my girl and one for myself. When «the waiter» brought the receipt I mentioned to him that he didn’t close out our first check and from that point on all hell broke loose among the staff. I had a 15? 16? Year old boy that was apparently a «bouncer/​greeter» confront me while these maniacs were yelling and screaming and threatening my girl friend. The female «waitress» was very busy all night. (It’s what I do for a living so I pay attention to «help». The only «help» these idiots will do for this owner will be to help him/​her eventually shudder his business.) Eventually we stepped outside so we could get out of that hostile environment and these maniacs continued to yell, scream and like fools in the middle of Bourbon… So we walked away figuring we didn’t want to end up in a Nola jail for the night. These geniuses call the cops. The cops actually track us down and pull us out of a cab. Could not believe what the night had turned into… Thankfully one officer understood the situation from our perspective. Kind of. We paid the bill again because I didn’t have a receipt haha. Because when you pay cash at a bar you always leave with a receipt right? Chalk it up as all part of the New Orleans experience, I guess. Fortunately, the next day, we were talking with the employee at little Vic’s and explained to him the night before and he actually tried to not charge us for a gelato. That guy and the rest of NOLA salvaged that one bad New Orleans experience. Taffer would be ashamed of them. It’s unfortunate because they have an opportunity to run a bar on bourbon. That is a dream to so many people in the bar business. Still so aggravated. It has zero to do with money and all to do with killing the vibe of what was a great night.
P.S.
If you want good food in the quarter head to Acme… Charbroiled oysters is the best way to go and their staff… The exact opposite of these people.
Unilocal is making me put this one star up. Terrible

F**K this place. Waiters and waitresses are thieves! Paid our bill in cash … Decided to stay and ordered more drinks. The waiter (Korey V) took our cash, never closed out and kept charging on our original bill. Not to mention the other waitress that was a complete C*N* ! Bouncer (17 if that) lied and said we threatened them! Our last night and it got ruined by the criminal staff at this place! Couldn’t wait to come back … Until tonight! Way to kill New Orleans!

I came here after seeing it rescued from the TV show «Bar Rescue» on a Saturday night at 10:30pm it was not on and popping. The dueling piano was not in sync with each other. I tried their known drink «Resurrection» it was very sweet I paid $ 15 which was pricey compared to other drinks on Bourbon Street; I can assume the price is due to the flashy cup which I ended leaving in the trashcan as the drink was super sugary I would not order it again. The shot chair was interesting but they you have the shot girl shoving her boobs in your face, please respect yourself sweetie
Not impressed better bars on. Bourbon Street with much reasonable prices. The décor did not even look like how the program showed guess the owner went to some of his old ways.

We stopped in here to try the drink that is this bar’s claim to fame… The Resurrection. It comes in a plastic skull mug that lights up. The drink itself was pretty tasty. Paul described it as tasting like a pixie stick. The bartender was very sweet and she even added some more liquor to remove some of the over sweetness (this was towards the end of the night and we had consumed so many overly sweet drinks already). We actually hung out at this bar for quite a while and ended up ordering the Alligator Poppers. They were ok, standard bar food, hitting the spot after hours of drinking. I would return to this bar for sure!

Ok you must get a resurrection drink. Best ever and flashing glass make the best keep sack.
Best drinks.

Barbara is awesome!!! Resurrection is way better than a Hand Gernade. Do the shot chair!!!

I went to this bar because of Bar Rescue. There are a ton of places to drink on Bourbon street, all offering cheap booze in funny cups. This place was empty at 6pm on a Friday. Bartender was friendly enough, I asked for a 7n7 and she said for $ 2 more I would get a double… sure, why not. The drinks were strong and good, no complaints there.
I did not have any food but then again I would not eat at any bar on Bourbon Street. The barber chair is interesting, you sit in it and get poured booze by a bartender and then she spins you around. While I was there an older guy got it and well, I;m too old for that s%it and so was he, It’s very fratty.
Spirits seemed like every other bar on Bourbon. I can only imagine what this place was like before TAffer «rescued» it.

Oh gosh, this place is bad, like really bad. I’m sorry, I really like to give great reviews but sometimes you go into a place and it’s failure all the way around from the drinks to staff to food. Sadly, Spirits is one of them :(I like the idea of Bar Rescue and I think he’s got great wisdom to share with places but they seriously need to take his advice or the rescue is for nothing.
Place was relatively empty with only a couple of people at the bar. Bartender approached immediately, no smile, no greeting just «What are you having». I wanted something special and unique so wanted to look at the drink specials but he was extremely impatient and actually kept stepping away like he was in a hurry. The place was empty! Settled on the blue Resurrection — bad sweet thick syrupy choice! Bartender wouldn’t come back to our end of the bar, took our food order from the other end, I had to point and yell the order? Weird! When two new bartenders came on shift we thought oh, they save the good ones for late night, now we’ll get some service! They wouldn’t even look at us! One gal finally came over and asked if we were okay, hubby said he’d like another drink and she smiled, turned and walked away! No, seriously, I’m not kidding — she literally turned around and walked away! We did too!
Food was borderline gross! The bombs were gorgeous but the dough inside was completely raw, seriously drip out the side globby raw dough! The shrimp potato skins were cold in a funny weird way! The cheese was half melted but then looked like they put them back in the fridge or something then maybe microwaved them? They had hot spots on the outside but the inside was cold. Sent them back right away for a warm up and still, came out looking weirdly melted and only barely warm.
Dueling pianos is a joke! They shouldn’t be allowed to call themselves that if they have no clue how to duel! They’re just a couple piano players, that’s all, nothing fun, nothing new, just plain ol’ piano players and there’s two of them taking turns playing a song.
Bad service, bad food, bad entertainment… not much of a rescue at all.

Chair shots, boobs, repeat! Love this place! The mascot ain’t too bad either! If I’m on Bourbon, I’ll be stopping here every time! Gotta love the blinking skull mug shot too

This place is a weird balance between chill and wild. The barber shop chair where a woman pours shots in your mouth may lure the street spectator. Then, there are the mixed drinks in the flashy skull cups. The Ressurection (blue drink) was a little too tart and sweet. The jalapeño was a weird kick in this concoction. The hurricane is a more balanced, drinkable drink if you want to enjoy a large drink in a fun cup.
The dueling pianists were fun for sure. Save any Queen songs for Pat O’Brians. Bohemian Rhapsody was an ambitious request for this bar.

Must try their cheese fries that are topped with a crawfish sauce that has everyone asking what you ordered. These fries were amazing in flavor and served on a fajita style plate which kept the fries so so hot and crispy! A fun place for a drink and appetizer but there is a ton going on that its hard to walk threw or focus on one thing. Spinning chair, with shots pop up bar at entrance, piano/​karaōke and a few other things I can’t remember exactly.

Company and I came here because it was featured on Food Networks Bar Rescue. It was a cool spot, live music, and attentive staff even though it was packed.
We had their claim to fame Resurrection, made with rum and other citrus juices and it was good.
It cost $ 10 for the drink and $ 15 for the souvenir cup, which is a light up skull. However the eats were the reason why it got a low score for me. Their featured dishes (shrimp beignets and gumbo) were not good at all. The gumbo was super salty and had no flavor. And the shrimp beignets were under cooked and left a bad raw flour taste. My company got an alligator sausage poboy with a Cajun mayo which was good to taste. But it sat like a rock afterwards.
Their next claim to fame is getting a shot in a barber chair. You pay $ 6 for a shot of your choice, a cute bartender lays you flat in the chair, spins you around, pours the shot in your mouth, and then spins you some more. And if you desire you can get motorboated by the bartender. It’s really fun for videos and pictures so give it a shot. Pun unintended.

We thought this place is fantastic. Here me out. We do watch Bar Rescue, and stopped in on a whim. Our expectations were fairly low, but this place is legit. The dueling pianos are great. The musicians are great and hilarious. Someone bought me their signature coctail, The Resurrection, and it’s not half bad! We ended up filling the souvenir glass with bourbon and Coke the rest of the night but love it still. We met the owners briefly and also got a shot from a lovely bar tender in front barber’s chair. Give it a try!

We stop by for lunch. We had nachos and a burger. The nachos were good but the burger left alot to be desired. I can’t comment on drinks since we decided to go alcohol free, but i was not very impressed.
If your going to check it out best go in the evenings after 8:00 when they have live entertainment.

I was in New Orleans and I HAD to try it after Bar Rescue.
I went on a Saturday night. Live music and big crowd. They wisely have a station for selling the Jon Taffer designed cups right at the entrance.
The Taffer cup is a chalice of glory. It holds a drink my friend accurately described as «tasting like a Jolly Rancher» and has a flashing light. If I could save one possession in the event of a fire, it is this cup.