I wanted to experience staying in a home that was typical of the New Orleans area, and this place was really cool. It’s older, so don’t expect perfection, but it was very clean, and the AC worked great keeping the whole place cool and comfortable.
The neighborhood was a little sketchy, and that made me nervous at first. I saw a number of inebriated people as we walked across the street to the grocery store on the first afternoon. I would recommend having a buddy to walk with, but no one bothered us. The longer we were there, the safer it felt.
We went to the New Orleans Country Club for the pool. Got there early (10:30) and the salt water pool was divine. By 2:30pm it was crowded and had quite the party atmosphere. Interesting place.
On the last day we ate lunched at Stuph’d across the street from the airbnb. It was SO good! The people were incredibly nice, the restaurant was so much nicer than I expected, and the stuffed beignets were yummy! If you are in a hurry, I recommend you order ahead. Everything is made to order so it takes a little time.
We did not have a car and we ubered everywhere. 10+ minutes to the French quarter. It worked out well. We would have liked to try more restaurants near the airbnb (like Morrows), maybe next time…
Last note, I expected it would be noisier from the reviews. I don’t think that was an issue at all for us.