Sweet Lorraine’s

OMG! Just celebrated my BD here, in conjunction with BAMBOULA 2000’s CD «WILD BAMBOULAS» release party and it was DA BOMBDIGGIDY!!! The music was AWESOME & the food was GREAT! It’s a beautiful club, too., black & silver Art Deco! It’s my BD, but it’s ALWAYS fun here!

Great music (Angela Bell!), great food (bbq shrimp is a contender) and great dessert (bread pudding with rum sauce).
The cover was only $ 10. Well worth it for a great band, great venue, a private table, plenty of space with no frat boys spilling drinks or talking throughout the set.
If this was in NYC, it would be at least $ 50 with a 2 drink minimum (and you know how expensive those drinks are.)
If you are visiting, this is the one spot you need to go to. If you live here, shame on you for staying in tonight.

Great place…(not fond of the smoking inside the building), the people here are sweet and the music, comedy, and other acts are a plus. PLUS, PLUS! I enjoyed the food. Loving those crab cakes! Yummy! xoxo

Oh me oh my Sweet Lorraine’s you have made my heart skip a beat. From the moment that I walked into the Bar I could tell that the place was something special. Perhaps it was the décor, perhaps it was the warm smile of the people that inhabited the bar, either way I felt oh so very welcomed. It take a lot of things to make a place great, for Sweet Lorraine’s it is definitely the people that make it happen– the musicians, the poets, the bartenders. Lots of Love for this place, NOLA stays strong.

St. Claude is coming back, and Sweet Lorraine’s is in the middle of it all.
PROS:
— Super knowledgeable bartenders even when the selection of booze and drinks is low.
— Great music!
— Locals are in abundance — this is most definitely an «authentic» experience
— See above… not a tourist trap
CONS:
— The neighborhood is shifty with a lack of street lights and available parking near by
Sweet Lorraine’s a great place to bring out of towners for a a truly New Orleans experience. It is high on my list of must do’s when visiting.

This is a great place to go for cool, slow jazz. There’s a bar in the front which you walk through to get to the music area. This is the kind of place where you sit and listen to the music, so there’s ample seating. They also have a waitress who takes your order from your seat, so you don’t have to keep getting up.
I just found our that they have Creole cuisine, so I can’t wait to check that out!

I’ve only been there once but was impressed because of the situation.
There was a power outage at the time but that didn’t stop the management from improvising. They lit candles for all of the tables and put candles out on the front of the stage too. The musicians all had acoustical instruments so the music continued. It all made for a great atmosphere.

Delicious Sunday Brunch with beautiful live music. Endless mimosas and outstanding French toast. Don’t forget the omelet bar – it is off to the side and I sometimes forget it is there.

This is jazz as it is. Musicians can feel comfortable here playing the music they want, not music that tourists want. It is a bit of a hike beyond Frenchman’s Street. If you are a tourist in French Quarter, just take a cab. I was very happy with my Red Beans and Rice, Sausage, and Corn Bread. Beer selection somewhat limited, so go with a cocktail instead. In a nutshell, it is a down home venue with good food, good music, good people. If you are into jazz, well worth a visit.

I got the stuffed shrimp. It was pretty much like eating jumbo shrimp wrapped in a crab cake. Pretty good. Also tried the fried mushrooms. This place is certainly confident in its frying abilities.
There was also some jazz or something going. The place was almost deserted so we got to chat with the musicians. They were really good and looked like they were enjoying themselves.

Very good, local music. They get top acts in, the sound is amazing, and the stage and seating is perfectly setup. There is also a bar with TVs in case you want to have the ultimate evening of: good cocktails, catching a little football, and then walking over to your table and having a great dinner while listening to unbelievable music.

I’m very biased toward this place, because I do my comedy shows here. :-) And here’s why I do my shows here…
The atmosphere is very cool. Classy ambiance with great people. The musicians who pass through are awesome. Please make sure you make it to Sweet Lorraine’s whenever the Kurt Brunus Project performs!
Being a native New Orleanian, however, I go nuts over the Creole cuisine. Yum. .. yum. .. YUM.

This bar has an amazing feel to it. Nice, but not arrogant.
The service is great, prices are reasonable, and they have great music. If you really want to experience New Orleans this is one of the places to go. You will actually see people who live in the city at this bar which is a lot to say in itself! I wish we could have spent more time here and will be back every time we visit.

LOVE IT!
We went here to watch New Orleans win the SuperBowl, so admittedly we were in a good mood for this review, however on ANY night Sweet Lorraine’s is a great place.
The owner Paul, and his staff were amazingly welcoming and friendly to us. We had our two little kids with us, and everyone in the place was talking to them and making them feel comfortable.
The food was delicious, and the drinks generous.
Maybe I’m thick skinned, but I didn’t really think the neighborhood was all that bad. I’ve certainly seen worse in New Orleans. We walked here through the French Quarter from Canal street. It was a fair hike, but we never felt uncomfortable.
So many of the jazz places in New Orleans are pretentious and trying to live up to the brand of ‘New Orlean’s Jazz” — Sweet Lorraine’s on the other hand seem down home, comfortable and focused on providing a great experience and great music.
I would definitely recommend it to others. Thanks for a great night. Geaux Saints!

There are parts of New Orleans that never came back after the storms. Full neighborhoods-​buildings and all-​that no one ever returned to. The city abandoned them, too; entire swaths of residential district left as dark, foreboding streets. We crossed through, eyeing stray dogs and still forms, and eventually found ourselves at a place called Sweet Lorraine’s. Externally austere, we walked through the front door to find a busy, full jazz club. Ethan and I were the only white folks in the room, and all three of us were woefully underdressed in hooded sweatshirts and cargo shorts. This was a well-​heeled crowd –suits on the men and hats on the ladies — but we acted normal and everyone was watching the stage anyway. We sat near the back.
The girl could sing! She personified soul — confident, loud, sensual. She laughed after each song, and called out to the audience, «Am I right?» «Do you feel that?»
Her back-​up singers swayed, demure, and filled out the harmonies. They were down from Atlanta, but every few songs she reminded us that her keyboardist was ‘One of New Orleans’ Own,’ drawing cheers.
I ordered my Sazerac, and we watched, grooved. The last song was a two-​step, and the place erupted — the crowd jumped to their feet and whipped out white kerchiefs, waving them and hollering along with her song. Kerchief-​less and uneducated, we watched, I finished my drink, and we headed out for a few moments of sleep before my too early return to Florida.

Super friendly service, reasonable prices, consistently good music. I’ve been on an «on» night– when things are hopping, and on an «off» night– and things are still good.
This place is so NO, it’s unbelievable. Our waitress disappeared for a bit ’cause she had to go home and check on her kids– «The 16 year old is OK, but that 12 year old, she gonna be TROUBLE.» That might be a bad sign in a lot of places, but it made me feel oh so at home.
Get here on a Friday or Saturday when you wanna shake it and relax & unwind with a few drinks and listen to excellent LIVE LOCAL MUSIC.