The apartment was exactly like the pictures, and the original features in the living room (hardwood floors, shutters) were gorgeous. It was perfectly clean, and everything was easy to access. It’s just a few blocks walk from the French Quarter, which is nice if, like us, you’d rather not be right in the thick of the noise every night but you still like proximity to the action.
If you like having the personal touch of an actual host, this might not be the place for you. The building is run like an AirBnB hotel, but without a front desk. Any questions and requests I had were answered in a timely manner, but I never really knew who I was speaking to. Also, there are no windows in the bedrooms, which was super disorienting for me as I tend to wake up with the sun.
The only red flag for me was that the listing mentioned terrace access when I booked it, but on arrival we were told that the terrace was private to the main penthouse suite and the listing no longer mentions it. No explanation or apology for the mix up. In fact, if I hadn’t gone back and looked at previous reviews that mentioned the same issue I would have thought I’d imagined it, so I felt a little gaslit by the experience. I always book places with outdoor space as a preference, so that was disappointing.
Overall, a good visit! I don’t know that I’ll book it again, but I do think it was well worth the money.