Bellocq

Such an interesting little cocktail bar. The atmosphere inside is so warm and inviting, very cozy. This is the place that made me fall head over heels in love with the pims cup! Tried another drink as well but I honestly don’t’ remember anything about it other than it was just as great as my pims!

Great people who are dedicated to their craft. Some of the best original cocktails in the cocktails. I’m a huge fan of Gin Fizz cocktails and very few can get it right but this place got it done to perfection.

If you are ever in town during Mardi Gras stop by this bar! Great ambience. Great service. Great cocktails. Best of all, they have restrooms! During Fat Tuesday most places will be closed and you’ll have to use a port a potty to use the restroom. So a place with great drinks and a restroom is a rarity. Try out this gem. Keep your tab open and the drinks coming.

This bar is hands down one of the top bars in the country! It offers a great ambiance and is located right near the trolley stop.
I was impressed with the lightly dimmed lights and intimate setting. The bar has a dark red color scheme with thick curtains and antique seating. The bartenders Mike and Adam were friendly and really knew their craft. They also had really eclectic music taste!
I would recommend going during their happy hour (5 – 7) to take advantage of the delectable appetizers and drink specials.

Awesome atmosphere here. The bartenders were really nice and they played good music. I loved the décor and seating areas. It felt very intimate even though the room was pretty large and open. It had a very «modern» Victorian gothic feel.

Decided to visit Bellocq on our recent short trip to NOLA.
What I loved:
— Ambiance — it is the kind of place where you want to hunker down on the sofas and sip on your cocktails.
— Location — right off of Lee Circle in the Modern Hotel. I like that it’s more quiet here than near the quarter.
— Happy Hour Pricing — happy hour from 5 – 7.
— Cocktails — We got the Sazerac’s — they hit the spot!
What wasn’t as great:
— Food menu wasn’t great. I wanted simple apps (like they had on the old menu), but the short menu seemed to heavy.
— Only the one bartender and couldn’t really catch him to place a food order. We decided to move on to somewhere else for dinner and more drinks.
We’ll be back!

Wow! Alison&Matt are phenomenal. Not only good company and fantastic to look at. BUTT Perfect old fashions and old school daiquiris. I recommend this place to anyone and everyone. But only if you gots $$

The head bartender Matt is awesome. The drinks were fantastic. The ambience was really great as well. Love this bar!

Matt was incredibly hospitable and extremely knowledgeable about cocktail mixology. Incredible experience and vibe. Also great music. Highly recommended!

This place has ambiance down pat. My moscow mule was delicious and gingery just how I like it, but the bartender wasn’t super friendly and took a while even though the place was pretty empty. They have a little outside area complete with a BED, yes, a bed to lounge on. Definitely pricey if you don’t go during happy hour, so I’d recommend trying to get there while their specials are still going on ($ 6 classic cocktails)

Gorgeous lounge/​bar. Went to the Jazz party, and the setting was perfect. Looks like something out of that era!

The cocktails here are pretty darn good, but you can get good cocktails all over New Orleans. This place wins on the ambiance. Although it is small and seating is limited, the place is dimly lit with old school light bulbs, and you can’t not imagine yourself having a drink as part of a scene from some noir crime novel.
This place is probably best to enjoy a drink alone or with an intimate group of friends. It’s not the best place for mixing it up with strangers. But it certainly sets an atmosphere to drown your sorrows, to people-​watch, or just to pass some time.
The cocktail menu is pretty complete and the drinks I’ve had here have all been satisfying.
This spot is not really walking distance to the social spots in NOLA (at least nightlife) and so I consider it a secluded, off-​the-​beaten-​path type spot. It can get crowded due to how small it is, but you’re not going to be fighting for a drink like you might in the French Quarter.
I dig it. I’m sure you will too.

One of the coolest, sexiest, trendiest bar’s in all of New Orleans. And they make an awesome Sazerac!

Came here for a friend’s bday and eh… Idk if I’ll come back again.
We had a nice time hanging out. But the superrrrrrr salty fries threw us off. As well as the extra drink the bartender charged us for even though we only ordered three.
We talked to the bartender about it and he said he made us four of whatever those drinks were called. Well there’s only three glasses on the table, but hey, whatever.
We have places to go, so yeah… Never again. Besides that part of the night, it’s a nice area to chill.

My husband and I really liked Cure, but we LOVED Bellocq. We stayed at Hotel Modern and were so ridiculously happy that this fantastic cocktail bar was just outside our front door. Cocktails were great, even the mystery punch in the big bowl on the bar was impressive, and the bartenders were very friendly. Highly recommend.

This seems like the kind of place John Waters or maybe David Fincher would hang out in. It was a little odd to be honest. The music playing was some weird creepy electronic music, while the décor could only be described as creepy crossed with cheesy. It’s like a bad knockoff of a boudoir-​themed bar. Maison 140 in LA is a good example of how to execute this idea properly. This was not. The paintings on the wall were hideous.
Having said that the cocktails were delicious and pretty to look at. But at the end of the day I want to go to a bar for the ambiance more than the cocktails and this wasn’t doing it for me.

This reimagined hotel bar is a great stop for fans of interesting cocktails. I went with my cousin on a weeknight and we bellied up to the bar. The hipster bartender seemed a bit aloof at first, but quickly warmed up to our chatty ways.
The drink menu has changed since I’ve been there (so I can’t say exactly what I had), but I did ask the bartender for recommendations, gave some broad guidelines (sweet vs. sour, type of spirit, etc.) and was treated to some very tasty cocktails presented most festively. The small plates looked intriguing, but we’d already eaten our fill.
I did notice a couple engaging in some NC-​17 behavior (Monica/​Bill style), but thankfully the lights were dim enough that I was spared any gory details. And that’s a risk you run anytime you’re in New Orleans … some tourists think they have license to engage in a sexual free-​for-​all in the Big Easy. The aforementioned bartender didn’t seem too surprised.

The organization I work for recently held an event here. The event was lovely, the space provided a chill ambience, and the staff was on the ball.
We received no complaints from attendees (which is actually a feat in itself), and everything from service at the bar to the employees who were running to keep the space clean, ran like smooth clockwork.

I know right? 2 extra stars!
The lights were turned up to a pleasant dim where menus were decipherable. I moved toward the bar reluctantly, but found Monday’s bartender to be sweet as pie. He promptly presented me with a menu though I was there to enjoy the Rougaroux Rum Punch. While he prepared my drink, he asked me about my day, and not in that obligatory «I have to ask you cause your a customer» way. Very sweet.
They use the crushed ball ice and garnished with a big ol’ blackberry. I may have had two and sampled the LA-​1 Whiskey while I was there. Monday, shmonday.
It was pretty empty but for a few patrons. I ordered a bowl of olives and fries to curb my appetite. The olives were pitted, and the kind I like, kalamata and the really green ones, Castelvetrano maybe? I devoured this pretty sizable bowl of olives. The fries were sprinkled with Gruyère, and were good for fries. Both were $ 6 each.
I’ve also since learned the story behind the bar’s name E.J.Bellocq, a photographer who would, after his death, be known for his intriguing and largely undeveloped films of Storyville prostitutes.
All this being said, the mood of this bar may still not be my Friday night bag, necessarily, but I really did enjoy this Monday jaunt, and would be willing to make a return visit for an early week get-​together with friends.

Oh, I want to live here! I have been meaning to go, for reasons I will get in to later, but it is not in my usual path of travel. However, a friend who recently moved to New Orleans and I wanted to go to a Happy Hour and I thought it would be a good time to try Bellocq.
I thought the happy hour deal was good. I had the champagne cocktail. It was good. I do love a Sazerac and will try Bellocq’s when I have a designated driver.
We shared a «small plate» of the chicken liver pâté. It came with little slices of bread and a couple of pickled items and a cloud. I’m not kidding. We decided it was egg whites. This was delicious and I put small plate in quotes because it was a fairly massive portion. Between two women, we left some pâté on the plate.
So, my great-​great grandmother was first cousin to Ernst Bellocq and the grandfather who Bellocq and his family lived with was my greatx4 grandfather…
Okay, I give you a picture of Mr. Bellocq:
A picture of my great-​great grandmother:
And a picture of their grandfather (my greatx4):
Ah! I forgot to rave about the atmosphere. When I popped in at 5, right after work, I was the only one in there for a bit, before my friend joined me and a few other people came in. I sat by the window, read on my Kindle Paperwhite, and gazed out the window on the goings-​on at Lee Circle until my friend came. The décor is cool and there is a lot of comfortable seating.