Hotel Henrietta is set along storied St Charles Avenue, which runs through the Garden district in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Planes
International and domestic flights touch down at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport, which is around 30 minutes away by car.
Trains
Amtrak trains service New Orleans, with direct links from major US hubs (including Jackson, Memphis, Houston, Chicago and New York) that take you straight into the Union Passenger Terminal, less than a 10-minute drive from the hotel.
Automobiles
You shouldn’t need a car to get around New Orleans; but if you are arriving with your own set of wheels, there’s a carpark onsite that’s also fitted with four electric-vehicle chargers.
Worth getting out of bed for
New Orleans is Louisiana’s artistic locus, and Hotel Henrietta puts you right along its social spine of St Charles Street. Jazz runs through this city’s veins (called home by greats such as Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino), and is the reason you’re followed by the sweet sound of jamming bands wherever you wander; but if you’re hoping to hear the talent on stage rather than streetside, head to unassuming Preservation Hall, where there are laidback concerts from local musicians several times a day. There’s more culture candy at Studio Be (a mural-mounted warehouse by Brandon Odums) and Treme’s Backstreet Cultural Museum, and sweeping cityscapes steal the scene at the Vue Orleans Observatory. If you’d rather improvise a saunter, Magazine Street is lined with burger joints and vintage stores, and the Mississippi runs alongside the city’s idyllic West Riverside neighborhood.
Local restaurants
Stop by Southern diner, the Camellia Grill, for fabled comfort food served by waiters in bow ties, with a side of nostalgia. Jack Rose takes things a little more upmarket, with opulent interiors and menus inspired by the city’s worldly heritage (short ribs braised in Chianti, parmesan-peppered fried chicken and duck gumbo with andouille are a few of its stars). You'll also find seasonally changing New American plates at the Columns, Henrietta’s sister hotel just down the street.
Local cafés
Hearty American breakfasts are rustled up at Molly’s Rise and Shine, a traditional diner with modest exteriors but a well-loved reputation and the dishes to back it.
Local bars
Of course jazz bars are your best bet for cocktails and beats, and the Spotted Cat Music Club may look rundown but it’s one of the city’s most renowned. Tiptinas is a bigger venue, hosting some impressive names behind its famed canary-yellow facade.
