Oakview Bed and Breakfast

After the blandness of chain hotels this eclectic B&B is most welcome. Breakfast is home cooked and enough to keep you going for hours sightseeing. The trolley bus direct downtown runs frequently and is cheap and the stop is just over the road. Beautiful area of the city with a park opposite. Our host, Russell, was welcoming and helpful. Free parking is a bonus.

Me. Russell is amazing! He made the stay excellent.

Short walk across the avenue to City Park and the New Orleans Museum of Art, where my business was. Proprietor totally friendly, seemed to enjoy welcoming guests. (Could talk b'ball, a bonus for me.) Other guests at breakfast--a chef and his wife/business-manager--fascinating. I was on expenses, could've stayed at a luxuriously sterile $350 a night hotel and taxi'd to the Museum, but I like to keep my traveling habits (personal, recreational, business) on the same track, so I picked Oakview mostly for location, partly because it seemed (and was) real New Orleans, partly for price. Turned out I was real smart. Feeling that way is another bonus.

Great location near the trolley and museum. Russell, the host was amazing and the shower is out of this world. Will feel like a stay at your grandmothers

Location was good. It was much more peaceful than to be downtown. A streetcar line is very close by. Russell is a most accommodating host. The breakfast is ample and quite good. I enjoyed getting to know the other guests at breakfast. The house is unique.

Great personal service from Russell and good breakfast(albeit at 9am). He makes you feel at home and provides extras like complimentary wine and soft drinks

Very individual B and B. Russell can’t do enough for you. Directly opposite city park which is lovely to walk round and 10 minute drive to the centre of New Orleans. Definitely full of character, which is what I loved about it. Oh and the home made biscuits........ say no more!

The oak view bed and breakfast was wonderful. Only problem was the phone number on hotel.com was incorrect making it difficult to communicate with the owner. A link to the oakview on hotel.com would also have been helpful.

Wifi internet and cable did not work in our room. Also, the owner was very unprofessional. He was yelling in front of us about the previous tenants using up all the ice, including the expletive “God****”. He also made sure to make a rude comment when we left about us not eating his breakfast. Not a hospitable stay, but the room itself was fine.

The location was great for going to the art museum and catching the streetcar into the French Quarter. There were plenty of good restaurants and local markets nearby. A house this old though is in constant need of repairs. The outside could use some TLC.