The Bar/Lounge at International House Hotel

"All that cool, including craft cocktail bar Loa, make this popular with business types and film crews"

"The split-level lobby bar, Loa, is awash in natural light during the day and romantically candlelit after sunset"

"Spot guests lounging on the ample plush couches in the lounge area, or playing chess at the long work table well into the night"

"Be aware that 11th-floor 'Rockstar' rooms are windowless and may come with a pull-chain hatch that leads to the roof – or perhaps a parallel New Orleans? The fashionable Loa bar sits amid soaring columns and plush tufted ottomans"

"At night, the hotel’s Loa Bar (just off the rose-scented lobby) serves fancy libations by candlelight"

"The Loa bar is a local hot spot"

""Incredibly modern" but still "romantic", this design-forward boutique nestled in a beaux arts building "just outside the French Quarter" woos with "stunning" decor and a bustling on-site bar; "fresh" digs range from "small" and windowless to rooftop penthouses with river views (all boast flat-screens and free WiFi), and staffers are "helpful" and "friendly"

"If there had been a chair and a bartender, I wouldn’t have left"

"The Loa lounge serves craft cocktails made with house-made syrups"

"To one side of the lobby is the minimalist voodoo lounge, Loa, where martinis meet mantras in a narrow salon with neutral urban hues, chic seating and candle-only lighting after dark"