We loved our stay at the Avenue Inn. We could catch the streetcar straight to the French Quarter. St. Charles Avenue is lovely beyond words. Joe and Bebe are hospitable and the room is pretty and comfortable. Have breakfast on the front patio, with the lush foliage all around you and the streetcars running past you. A little piece of heaven!

Joe and Bebe are truly friendly and hospitable! I enjoyed my stay on St. Charles Street! I look forward to my next trip to New Orleans and to the Avenue Inn.

We stayed only 3 nights, Wish we could have stayed the hole wk.. The house is a grand old place with 15ft. ceilings the room was large and the beds were very nice, everything work well. nice and quiet too. The continental Breakfast was more than ample and you can grab a snack when ever you want to. They have a nice din. area and a large front porch whre you can sit and read the morning paper and have your coffee. The place is on the trolly line so getting around is a snap, buy the pass from Joe ride it every where its a lot more fun than the taxi . The local eateries are very good too. The city is not at all dead or dying. It is alive and being rebuilt, their is plenty to do and see and eat and eat and eat! Our hosts Joe and Bebe Rabhan were very nice and very knowledgeable. Its a very laid back kind of place to stay. We enjoyed ourselves and are planning to return as soon as we can

We found Avenue Inn through the Tulane website and it was wonderful! The access to everything--campus, French Quarter, Garden District, neighborhood restaurants--was great. The St. Charles streetcar stops in front of the Inn, so you can leave your car behind in the private lot (no extra charge!) The first floor public space retains the character of the original mansion with dark woodwork, carved mantels and antique furnishings. Our room had two four poster rice style beds with private bath and was spacious and homey. The ceiling height was unbelievable. My teenagers appreciated the free late-night access to the snack tower and free wireless Internet access. We met new people every morning over our yummy continental breakfast. Joe was great for providing restaurant recommendations and help with cabs and booking attractions. Put aside any worries that New Orleans is a crippled city. It's full of life and beauty. You can find abandoned houses and blue tarps if you go trawling, but the areas of interest to most visitors show no signs of Katrina. The real story according to Joe is that over a million people were evacuated safely and returned quickly.