Restaurant Iris – relaxing atmosphere great food in the quarter
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Seared Scallops with Vietnamese Greens and Shitake Mushrooms
The fabulous Restaurant Iris has a light green almost art nouveau feeling interior and is newly housed next to the Bienville Hotel in the French Quarter (recently moved from uptown Jeanette Street).
The menu is mostly French with an oriental twist. I loved the place when it was uptown but enjoy the feeling even more in the French Quarter. The food is always excellent and the service is efficient and a little sassy in a good way.
This place is definitely more for an upmarket crowd, so don’t turn up in your sneakers. Prices are very fair, however, and the quality is consistently good. A lovely treat; you can hit the town afterwards for some more beverages or live music or just a stroll through the historical French Quarter.
I enjoyed a wonderful skirt steak with truffle marrow and parmesan home-made fries washed down with a great Scholium Project Petit Syrah wine which was quite remarkable and recommended by our very friendly waiter.
With Jazz Fest coming up last weekend April first weekend May its advisable to start booking these better restaurants up in advance if you want to tantalise your tastebuds as well as your eardrums….
Open Mon-Sat 6pm-10pm. Dinner only.
321 N. Peters Street, 70130 Tel. 504. 299 3944
