Want to enjoy an Easter brunch, but don’t feel like hosting? There are plenty of options in New Orleans if you want to go out to eat.
Several restaurants are hosting buffets or will have special brunch menus with breakfast items and Easter favorites like lamb, scalloped potatoes, spring vegetables.
The restaurants below will be open Sunday, April 20. Reservations can book up fast, so you’ll want to make them in advance.
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Location: 3835 Iberville Street
Time: 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
For Easter Sunday, the restaurant has curated a $70 pre-fixed menu featuring Shrimp Cake Benedict, Pork Tenderloin, and a White Chocolate and Coconut Bread Pudding. It's also offering kids plates for $25 per child. Reservations are required, and can be made on the restaurant’s website.
You can view the full menu here.
Location: 417 Royal Street
Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For $75 per person, you can enjoy a three-course Easter meal with dishes like Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib and the restaurant’s World Famous Bananas Foster. Reservations can be made online. For parties larger than six, call 504-525-9711.
Columns’ Easter Fried Chicken Brunch
Location: 3811 St. Charles Avenue
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Celebrate Easter with live music and a family-style brunch featuring deviled eggs, warm biscuits with honey butter, a Bloody Mary bar and more. Tickets are $75 plus tax and gratuity. You can RSVP here.
Location: 315 Magazine Street (inside the Eliza Jane Hotel)
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
The French-inspired brunch will feature dishes like Huîtres Frites, crawfish hash, braised lamb benedict and more for $62 per person. Reservations are recommended.
Location: 40136 LA-942, Darrow
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m
The historic plantation house will host its Annual Easter Buffet on the front lawn from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. If the weather doesn’t permit, the buffet will move to the ballroom indoors. Reservations and a payment in advance are required. For reservations, call 225-473-9380.
Location: 6001 Stars and Stripes Boulevard
Time: 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
The restaurant’s special Easter menu features fluffy scrambled eggs, scalloped potatoes, Creole marinated crab claws and apricot glazed cornish hens and more. For reservations, call 504-241-5300.
Location: 900 City Park Avenue
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For $85 per person, you can get a three-course meal with dishes like Bananas Foster Dutch Baby Pancake, Roy Red Shrimp & Unicorn Grits and more. Kids can get three courses for $25. View the menu here.
Location: 115 Bourbon Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The restaurant will host its Annual Easter Buffet from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The menu is posted on the restaurant’s website. It’s $75 for adults, $29 for children ages 12 and under. Kids 2 and under eat for free. Reservations are required. To book one in advance, call 504-598-1200.
Rizzuto's Ristorante & Chop House
Location: 6262 Fleur De Lis Drive
Time: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The restaurant’s 4-course prix fixe Easter dinner includes entrees like Gulf Fish, Veal Rizutto, Colorado Lamb Chop and Panna Cotta. You can book a reservation on the restaurant’s website.
Steamboat Natchez Easter Bunny Jazz Cruise
Location: 400 Toulouse Street
Time: 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Celebrate Easter on the river on Steamboat Natchez’s Easter Bunny Brunch Jazz Cruise. They’ll have brunch, live jazz and photo ops with the Easter Bunny. There are two sailings at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Location: 725 St. Peter
Time: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Vampire Apothecary’s "Magical Easter Brunch" features a buffet with dishes like Spinach and Feta Frittata and House Made Biscuits, plus bottomless Mimosas or champagne for $22. Tickets are $75, including tax and gratuity, and can be purchased on their website. View the menu here.
Vessel NOLA
Location: 3835 Iberville Street
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
