i visited new orleans for 4 days covering the easter weekend. i split my stay between 2 hotels. i closed out my trip by staying sunday and monday nights at iberville.

others have already mentioned the tricky elevator situation so i wont go too far into that. there were a couple times i got outside and remembered i'd left something in the room. each time i just left it because i didnt feel like making the "trip" back to the room.

honestly i was VERY pleased with the room. usually my only requirements are location (close to where i want to go and do), cleanliness (please please please dont be a roach motel), price (atleast give me a fair price) and security (dont burglairze my room and dont rob me in the parking lot). iberville met my expectations in each of these areas.

location: the hotel is located at iberville and dauphine st. literally the very next street over is bourbon. this is significant because i spend a good deal of time there. :-) close to the action but amazing quiet.

cleanliness: not the most high end furniture but it was clean and comfortable. one thing i did notice is that the bathroom wasnt cleaned well. (hair in the shower from when i shaved the day before)

price: for the location and quality i think $80 is a great rate.

security: there are safes in the room to place valuables. the room doors has that "flip over thingy" (you know where a chain would be) anyway nobody can get in the room when you're there. even with a key. when i slept, i closed and locked the door to the bedroom(from the living room). even outside, being so close to bourbon there's people around. less chance of being 'caught' alone and becoming a victim of something.

parking: theres a self parking lot at burgundy and iberville. so from the hotel one block one way is bourbon. one block the other way is this parking lot. (didnt use it dont know the price). theres also another parking lot across the street from the hotel. standing on the balcony in the hotel lobby. toss a rock and you'd literally hit the side of the parking lot building. its valet.

breakfast is complimentary. dont hold me to the exact times but for some reason 6-10am is sticking with me. plenty of orange juice. cold cereal with 3 kinds of milk. make your own waffles. begals. muffins. its a nice spread. gets crowded tho and there's not alot of seating.

only negatives i can think of is the elevator situation. guess they did the best they could seeing how its more than one hotel combined (joined with the ritz carlton). second negative (to me) would be the low water pressure.

all in all i figure, with any hotel, if you look hard enough something can always be found to complain about. in my opinion iberville is a good value. if i can help it this is where i'll stay each time i go to new orleans.

Stayed there prior to Katrina and it was great. True Ritz Carlton service - fresh cookies at the desk at noon, real towels to dry your hands on in the lobby bathrooms, clean well appointed rooms in great condition, hot breakfast each morning.
Not this time. it was apparent that the management has cut back on all the little things that meant so much. The rooms were clean but felt tired, light bulds out, safe needed a new battery, checked in and was given a room that wasn't cleaned yet, breakfast was a modified continental, staff was courteous but it seemed forced with most.
For the price I've had better treatment and service in some of the small hotels in the french quarter.

Ritz Carlton Hotel? Maybe Ramada at best. Hopefully it will change but for the price per night you can do way better.

My wife and I took a 2 day trip to New Orleans and booked a room at the Iberville Suites based on the reviews here. We were pleasantly surprised. The room was just the right size in my opinion. The bathroom was just a tad on the small size compared to other hotels we have stayed at but it wasn't enough to raise an eyebrow to. Like some others, the one thing that did seem awkward was taking an elevator to the lobby and then having to switch to another to go to your room - a minor inconvenience, if any.

The hotel staff was super friendly and very accomodating, and the breakfast was plentiful- more than enough to fill even the biggest belly before a day on the town.

If you intend to spend a great deal of time in the French Quarter, this is the hotel for you. just a block over from Bourbon Street and not any of the noise or racket from the all-night parties. When to visit the big easy again, the Iberville will be on my short list of hotels.

After poring over reviews for hotels in the French Quarter, we reserved at Iberville Suites - and prayed we'd made a good choice... turns out, we chose very wisely.. it was incredible!! The location is great.. and, the hotel is owned and run by Ritz Carlton, in the same building as the Ritz (along with a third, a super-upscale hotel called Maison Orleans.) The rooms, the lobbies, even the complementary breakfasts were wonderful..crisp, clean and very caring people. (They even sent up an iced bottle of champagne to help us celebrate our anniversary.) And, all of the Ritz Carlton facilities are there for Iberville guests... lush & luscious! The most amazing thing that happened: I had to make a drug store run late at night and - the nearest open drug store was a mile or two away.. they asked if I had a car (we didn't rent one,) and then offered to drive me there (which they did, in a sleek high-end black Mercedes! Talk about above and beyond.) If you're looking for a great place where you're 100% taken care of, this is your hotel!