The Iberville Suite (in Leah Helen’s Grey Gardens) was sparkling clean, just as advertised. It offers everything a hotel room may offer. The only exception is that Grey Gardens is affordable and conveniently located in a central, historical New Orleans neighborhood. It has beautiful high ceilings and an antique charm to it. It was also decorated nicely. It was bright and well lit in the day time. There was not much noise outside except for a rooster that crowed around 5:55am every morning (which I found helpful to help me start my day earlier).
Grey Gardens is within 2 miles of everything we needed to get to. We were able to walk to a lot of places during the day, and we would take Uber/drive if we were returning at night. We used Uber/a rental car to get to 2-3 places. We also utilized RTA and bought 3-day passes on the RTA app, which allowed us to have unlimited access to buses and streetcars, the transit schedule, and the exact locations of the buses we were trying to catch.
We found that a lot of clubs, lounges, and restaurants were either closed permanently, closed temporarily or operating on limited hours due to COVID, including some of Leah Helen’s recommendations. However, we read that New Orleans was actually starting to open up more the weekend we left. There were still a number of places open, and we still didn’t hit every open place on our list - there’s still so much to do!
When we arrived, she messaged us to make sure we were comfortable and to see if we had any questions. We told her there was only 1 roll of toilet paper, and she had another roll delivered within hours while we were out. She was extremely responsive (she always replied within 5 minutes).
We had a lovely stay. We were comfortable and felt safe. We appreciated the central location, and we could tell Leah Helen puts a lot of effort into ensuring her guests have a pleasant stay. We would definitely stay here again!