Hotel Peter and Paul

TL;DR

• Atmosphere: Design-forward, history-rich boutique hotel in NOLA’s Marigny neighborhood.
• Style: “Boarding school with upscale bar menus” aesthetic, meticulously detailed and film-worthy.
• Property: Historic Rectory, Convent, and School House offering charming common areas, shops, and bars.
• Check prices here

This boutique addition to Ash Hotels’ cadre of design-forward renovations encapsulates the hotelier’s uncanny ability to make history feel alive, and somehow exquisite.

Comparisons to Wes Anderson are overused, we know, but the “Catholic boarding school with upscale bar menus” aesthetic feels like that kind of hipster theatrical.

This movie-set church school experience is a treasure of meticulous detail to make your vacation auteur film-worthy.

A historic Rectory, Convent, and School House make up the property, having gone through extensive renovations.

Today, each building offers luxury accommodation. Charming common areas, shops and bars are tucked into the corners.

What are the rooms like?

• Rooms: 71 rooms across School House, Rectory, and Convent buildings.
• Variety: Cozy bunks to plush lofts, Queen and King rooms, indulgent limestone tubs, luxurious interiors.
• Amenities: TVs, luxury Italian linens, bespoke toiletries, antiques, and textiles that match each building’s atmosphere.
• See all rooms in detail here on the booking page

Your room’s decor and atmosphere will be dictated by building. The School House offers the widest range of rooms, from cozy bunks to plush lofts with separate seating areas and fabulous tiled showers.

Textiles are soft ivories and muted ginghams that lend a sophisticated vintage feel, supported by genuine antiques throughout the three buildings. There’s a perfect balance of elegance and homeliness.

The Rectory is luxurious reds with soft florals, canopy beds and marble in the bathrooms. Most rooms are intimate Queens, with one spacious King room that includes a limestone soaking tub.

The convent is the place of repose. The sleek blue curtains, tasseled canopies, and friendly gingham couches invite relaxation.

The Mother Superior room even offers an indulgent limestone bathroom with a bathtub you’ll want to spend all day in.

In every room you’ll find TVs, luxury Italian linens, and bespoke toiletries perfectly crafted to match the atmosphere of the hotel.

What are prices like?

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And what’s the food like? Any facilities we should know about?

• Bar: On-site Elysian Bar with antique wood, lavish furnishings, country-style linens.
• Coffee & Shop: Morning coffee and tea in the Rectory side chapel, hotel shop in the Convent.
• Event space: Historic church used for events with Bacchanal Catering service.
• Concierge: Provides event recommendations, dry-cleaning, restaurant reservations, and local artisan info.
• Fitness: No on-site gym; discounted passes available nearby.

The on-site Elysian Bar shares the distinctive design, melding antique wood and lavish furnishings with country-style linens that keep it from getting too gauche. It smoothly serves both a discerning neighborhood crowd and hotel guests.

For your morning coffee and tea, check out the side chapel in the Rectory, plus there’s a hotel shop in the Convent.

This building is a well preserved red-brick church enclosed by masterful stained-glass. The church mainly serves as an event space, serviced by the amusingly-named Bacchanal Catering.

The concierge will make the rest of your trip. Ask them about event recommendations, dry-cleaning, restaurant reservations, or even flower arrangements.

They’re experts on the hotel and can provide information about local artisans and site history.

There is no gym at Hotel Peter & Paul but discounted passes to a nearby gym can be requested at reception.

How is the neighborhood? Anything interesting nearby?

• Location: Marigny neighborhood on the outskirts of the French Quarter.
• Nightlife: Musical nightlife along Frenchmen Street.
• Daytime: Walking distance to New Orleans Jazz Museum, Colonnade shops, Crescent Park Trail, and waterfront Bywater area.
• Transport: Waterfront tram from French Market station; nearby City Park and New Orleans Museum of Art.

Marigny, a gentrified Creole neighborhood on the outskirts of the famed French Quarter, is a creative powerhouse.

It’s the top spot for musical nightlife, where you just start with a stroll down Frenchmen Street and see where the night takes you.

In the daytime, you’ll be walking distance from the New Orleans Jazz Museum and the market-like Colonnade shops.

The Crescent Park Trail makes a fantastic daytime stroll, especially if you stop for a spritz in the arty, boozy Bywater.

You can also catch the waterfront tram from the French Market station into the heart of the city. If you need a break from the party, head north to towards Lake Ponchartrain to catch the New Orleans Museum of Art and the peaceful City Park.

And what about the reviews? What did other guests think?

Some things guests liked:

”Beautiful renovated church in a great part of the city! The property is beautiful and well maintained, the staff was all super friendly and helpful. We’ll definitely be staying here again next time we come to town. Loved that there was private parking and the onsite cafe and restaurant were wonderful…..”

”Wonderful place to stay in Nola – beautiful, interesting, quiet, caring staff and so on 🙂 Recommend to have breakfast at the Elysian bar next doors. Was very good!….”

Some things guests didn’t like:

”Housekeeping knocking on the door at 9 am and especially on my checkout day when the checkout time is 11 am. When people are on vacation, they want rest. In NOLA, people are up late. It’s not cool to have a housekeeping check at 9 am in this particular city but maybe ever. Housekeeping should be given a list of those rooms checking out and not knock on that room until the front desk informs them that the guest has checked out. I used to work in a hotel and know that can be done. :)….”

”The mattress in the first room wasn’t comfortable at all, but your staff switched up to another room with no problem…..”

Read all the reviews right here