The Bar/Lounge at Omni Royal Orleans

"If you don't stay here yourself, try to cozy up to someone who does -- at least long enough to access the rooftop pool and Observation Bar, with its stunning 360-degree views"

"It offers 345 elegant (if small) rooms featuring solid amenities, including flat-screen TVs with LodgeNet system, iPod docks, and stocked minibars"

"A "fantastic" French Quarter location "in the heart of it all" and an "excellent" staff with "exceptional knowledge of the city" make for a "lovely, lovely" stay at this "beautiful" belle; rooms are "rather small" and the "oldie" is "really showing its age" gripe critics, but with the "great" on-site Rib Room and a "pretty" rooftop pool and bar, loyal royalists would "definitely stay here again"

"The Rib Room has an elegant oak bar, where Touché Bar, overlooking Royal Street, is more casual than the rest of the hotel, with a pub-like atmosphere and open doors on all sides for excellent people watching"

"Specialty coffees, tea, French pastries, drinks and piano jazz beckon guests to the residential-style lobby lounge"