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#129 of 141 B&Bs in New Orleans
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  • Rooms: 9
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1227 Esplanade Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70116
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“Making a Come Back!”

Rathbone

Mar 24, 2008

What a pleasant surprise! The Rathbone is on the upswing, and it's evident a lot of work and effort is going into bringing the Inns up to the level these wonderful old mansions deserve! We have stayed previously at the Rathbone, approximately 9 months ago, and chose to stay again with this visit to New Orleans. (the location is so convenient and perfect for us!)

Our suite was clean, attractive, comfortable....and any imperfections were over-shadowed by the friendly, "welcome home" service received by the staff. They score an A+ with us!

Given a choice, we always choose a Bed and Breakfast type Inn over the major hotel chains, as we prefer the charm and character associated with these beautiful old gems. The Rathbone isn't perfect, but it's on it's way!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Service and historic charm.
    • Disliked — Cranky taxi driver!
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LeighMiller's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 50-64
Member since: March 24, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Concerts / Music festival, Other
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“Decent stay and we'll return for 2008”

Rathbone

3 of 5 stars
Berk, CA
Jan 30, 2008

We had a good stay during Fest 2007. Not like the experiences otherwise recently cataloged here. We got into our room on arrival and it was sufficiently clean, provisioned, and decorated. There was continental breakfast every day during our stay. Our room was cleaned each day. When we asked for additional things, we got them. The pool was clean and refreshing. The neighborhood is cool, close to Fest and the Quarter and we never had any concerns about safety.

We're just rebooked with Tina for Fest '08, and I'm happy to stay there.

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MarkWass's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2007
Member since: January 30, 2008
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“PIG - Stye”

Rathbone

Jan 16, 2008

No towels in room upon arrival! Request for towels ignored! Had to call another party to get towels. 2nd day - No maid service!!! Again no towels, Again promised towels, was told in dryer and upon completion will be placed in room and beds made up. Again neither done. Listened to Owner (Tina) excuses for lack of service. She has not credited promised amount back to my credit card and has not returned any of my calls. She did extend an excuse as to why credit not on ( three days ago) machine broken, did not even ask how charge got on then???? Just more excuses! LACK OF SERVICE ! NO PROMISE FULFILLED !!!!

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billtine's Summary
Date of Stay: January 2008
Member since: January 16, 2008
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“The Worst place I have EVER spent money on!!”

Rathbone

Jan 7, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

This is more like a Half Way house than a bed and breakfast Inn. There are rats in the rooms, rat turds everywhere. The showers are cold. They don't provide you with bath towels. There are live in residents who do drugs and stay up all night in the building. They didn't serve breakfast or the promised wine and cheese because they were "too busy." Too busy doing what? Certainly not cleaning. It's a shame because the building has potential to be nice, but whoever runs this place does a horrible job. The whole building smells like cigarette smoke. They tell you it's a block and a half from the French Quarter, but that block and a half is through the ghetto. You risk your life just to walk to the French Quarter. It is truly disgusting! I would have rather slept on the street.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Leaving
    • Disliked — Checking in
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phili25's Summary
Date of Stay: January 2008
Traveled with: Family (extended)
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 50-64
Member since: January 07, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
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“Don't Stay Here!!!”

Rathbone

Jan 5, 2008
4/4 found this review helpful

This place is a complete dump and totally misrepresents itself online. First of all, We were supposed to check in at 3pm, our room wasn't "ready" until 6pm. They continued to tell us it would be ready in 20 minutes...well it was ready 3 hours later. One would think that since they inconvienced us with the wait, we would have been able to enjoy the evening wine and cheese...but they were too busy to serve wine and cheese that day. Upon arrival to the room, there were rats turds on the bed, cockroaches on the floor, broken mirrors, dirty counter tops, no towels in the bathroom. So we asked for towels...18 hours later, the next afternoon, they finally brought us towels, telling us that they had just finished in the dryer. (That is some dryer!) It is like a homeless shelter inside. There are people who live there who are less than respectful to short term guests. They scream and fight all hours of the night, bang on the door and the walls, run up and down the stairs and share the hallucinating behaviors with you. It is so awful...I could go on for days, just do yourself and me a favor...NEVER STAY HERE!!!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Nothing!
    • Disliked — Everything!
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travelallRhodeIsland's Summary
Date of Stay: December 2007
Traveled with: Family (extended)
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 25-34
Member since: January 05, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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1227 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116