The staff is definitely the best asset. We found them to be most helpful. David was very knowledgable about the area. Rose was ready with breakfast, and always pleasent. Although some updates could be made.(We had a lumpy mattress)
I would stay again, it was convenient to the trolly line, to the interstate, and several restaurants.
Clean and cozy.

we stayed in the fairchild house for 9 nights, oct 18. we found it a very nice place, beautiful decorated, quiet part of the city (if you compare with the noise in the high priced french quarter!). Beatriz does here job very well: it's allways nice talking to her and she gives you a lot of information. She also makes your reservations for tours, taxi's ,... There is a garden in the back of the house where it is nice to sit and read. We would go back there !!!! thanks to Beatriz !

This was my third stay at the Fairchild House, this time I brought five girlfriends with me to celebrate a special birthday -- and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. We stayed in two adjacent suites for extremely reasonable rates, we had all the comforts of home and the friendly staff, as always, was a pleasure to interact with -- our every need was accommodated. We really enjoyed our suites, especially the suite in the front ot the house with the balcony overlooking the street, the charming antique furniture gives it that "old world" New Orleans feel, both suites were spacious and comfortable giving six girls room to spread out. Having the kitchen facilities in the suites available to us was a wonderful convenience -- a coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave, dishes and pots and pans enabled us to make ourselves snacks when our busy schedule didn't allow time for a meal out. But, of course, we also did plenty of sampling of New Orleans' fabulous restaurants! We also enjoyed the cheerful, homey atmosphere and convenience of the breakfast room, and in the afternoons we took a load off our tired feet with a glass of wine in the charming garden in the back. My friends came to feel about the Fairchild House the way I do, a comfortable home-away-from-home while visiting the fascinating city of New Orleans. I have also recommended the Fairchild House to several other friends planning a trip to New Orleans, and everyone was extremely happy with their stay there. A stay at the Fairchild House is much better than a stay in a sterile hotel -- at this bed & breakfast, you really feel like you are staying with friends in an authentic New Orleans home, but with the privacy of a hotel room -- I have stayed at other B&Bs where the staff was a little too much in your face -- the staff at the Fairchild House knows how to do it just right. I would recommend the Fairchild House to anyone looking for a charming, comfortable place to stay in The Big Easy.

I just returned from 6 nights at the Fairchild House, 1518 Prytania St., New Orleans, for which I paid a totally unreasonable $90 a night. The photos on the Fairchild House website are pure fiction. It looks nothing like that in real life. I was shocked when I was shown my room. The large place appeared mostly empty of guests; I might have asked for a nicer room, but I now think it's entirely possible that I was already placed into one of the nicest rooms. If the place had been dirty, I would have demanded a refund and left, and disputed any charges with my credit card company. But there were no roaches and it was indeed kept as clean as a run-down place can be kept. So I reluctantly decided to avoid a fight and stick it out. Also, I am not a review writer but this is the kind of place that could definitely ruin someone's trip, so I feel obliged to tell you what I observed. I'm a journalist by trade, a road warrior for years, and this is the worst B&B I have ever stayed at. I've stayed at more than I can remember. This place is not romantic, not charming, not even funky like an old hippie commune I stayed at once in New Mexico, which had "hippie carpentry" so that half knobs and latches didn't fit together. This is, at best, your grandmother's house, and she's on a small pension and struggling to get by. The good news: It is kept very clean and is in an excellent location for walking to the Morial Convention Center and to fine local restaurants. The housekeeper/maid is very nice. The A/C worked great, the light bulbs all worked, I had a little refrigerator, coffee maker, with coffee in the fridge, all fine. The bed was fine. The toilet flushed, there was abundant hot water. The towels were fine, adequately supplied, and clean. Breakfast is basic and you can get by with it. The coffee is good (but all the coffee in New Orleans seems to be good). But this place is so run-down, I was depressed every night at the thought of going "home" to it. A few specifics: two pieces of furniture in my room, the wardrobe and a table, were literally falling apart. Pieces of lumber have fallen loose, with exposed nails, in the back of the wardrobe. These are not "antiques," they are just junk that either need to be repaired or thrown out. The floor, carpeted by badly stained carpet, is so sagging that a piece of wood was just nailed on top of the carpet so that an occasional table could stand level. The top molding of the kitchen area consists of a piece of cheap wood that has yet to be finished -- not even painted (this would take 25 cents' worth of paint and 30 minutes). The TV turns on but I could only get one station clearly.Old mars to the walls have been sloppily patched with spackle and then painted over. They couldn't even bother to level and smooth the spackle first. I've done that work myself, it's not a big deal. Why does it have to be so ugly? The natural light was virtually nonexistent. The window is covered with cheap whitewashed lattice, such as seen in a garden, apparently to preserve the privacy of the people who live on the other side of the walkway. The plastic bathroom floor is severely worn and just plain unsightly. The neighborhood is going upscale rapidly but it is not there just yet. This place is situated between a rough part of town and the Garden District, which is a wealthy area. If you plan to be on foot a lot, bring your street smarts. But I did not feel unsafe anytime on the street. At $40-50 a night this place might make sense for the budget traveler, perhaps a student. But not for a normal middle-class person. Home never looked so good when I got back here!Advice: Buy an independent guidebook, look up B&B's, and reserve many months in advance so you can get something nice. The other thing I learned is, take negative reviews on this website seriously. There was an earlier negative review of this place, and a spirited reply by the management, so I decided the negative reviewer was just being spiteful. I've learned my lesson. It takes time to write one of these reviews. If somebody bothers to do it, pay attention before you plunk down your credit card.