Loft 523, New Orleans, United States
Loft 523 4 Stars
"Hip and low key, this boutique hotel in the French Quarter has a spare design ethic and enormous loft bedrooms."
Hotel Overview
Review of Loft 523, by Ken Scrudato
New Orleans isn't exactly short on quasi-gothic lodgings, though it's more about spirits than spires in this city. Last year's opening of Loft 523, however, finally added some industrial to the gothic. More Corbusier than Anne Rice, the 18 rooms in this concrete masterpiece--housed in a 19th Century warehouse just beyond the French Quarter--boast 12-foot ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, limestone bathrooms and groovy, egg shaped tubs. 523's bar features a private grotto and alternating light patterns (which could be quite entertaining after a bit of tippling). The overall aesthetic conception is both soothingly Zen and ominously majestic. And, quite likely, the only "Ghost" you'll find here will be on the clothing label of a fashionable fellow guest.
Facilities
Awards
"101 Best Hotels" in Tatler 04; Conde Nast Hotlist 03Come for...
- The famed "Milk Bath", inspired by Cleopatra herself
- Cool minimalist surroundings
Not Suitable for...
- A lack of amenities, like a pool or restaurant, may annoy some
Eating in
No restaurant in hotel, though plenty of good restaurants in the surrounding French QuarterThe Press Say
"The oversized loft-style rooms and suites manage a middle-gray minimalist aesthetic that's simultaneously luxurious and spare." New York Times 05"…egg-shaped limestone Spoon baths by Agape, Finnish Vola taps, Frette linen and Herman Miller desk chairs..." Guardian 03