In a city where traditional Creole and Cajun cuisine reign supreme, BACCO Restaurant’s award winning assortment of homemade pastas and fresh regional seafood offer guests a refreshing dining alternative.

Upon opening, BACCO was named one of Esquire Magazine’s top ten best new restaurants in America. In 1999, BACCO was named a ‘Top Ten Taste’ by Southern Living Magazine and was named the Magazine’s ‘Best Lovely Lunch’ in February of 2000. BACCO has earned a four bean rating from the Times Picayune and has been Voted New Orleans’ ‘Best Italian Restaurant’ 3 years in row by readers of Where Magazine. In 2004, the New Orleans Gambit Weekly named Bacco one of 'New Orleans Best Lunch Specials.'

Housed in a historic building in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter, BACCO’s pampering service and whimsical interior of Gothic arches, Venetian silk chandeliers, and Baroque ceiling paintings transform the ordinariness of eating into an extraordinary experience

In addition to its culinary offerings, BACCO is also well known for its “whimsical decor”... from the dining booths inscribed with Italian love poems to the ‘piped-in’ Italian language lessons, every detail of the restaurant was carefully designed to create a breathtaking interior of gothic arches, Venetian chandeliers, hand-painted murals and Baroque ceiling paintings.

The Skylight Room
Separated from BACCO'S Wine Room by an antique, French gate, this room is twice the size of the other dinings rooms and features a beautiful vaulted ceiling with skylights. An authentic 18th century French compass point, elaborate in detail and grand in size, graces the west wall. Golden cherubs hang from the wall sconces assuring a good time for all.

The Courtyard
Overlooking the lush courtyard and pool of W. French Quarter Hotel, this room is bright and tropical during the day and decidedly romantic at night. Gas lanterns continuously flicker across the pool illuminating the room with soft light. The room is magnificently adorned with a hand painted mural of a trompe l'oeil representation of a stone castle on one wall and hand blown Venetian glass sconces on the other.

The Chartres Street Room
This room features floor to ceiling windows that overlook historic Chartres Street, hand blown Venetian glass wall sconces, and a hand painted mural of Bacchus (the god of wine and BACCO'S namesake) proffering a cup to a nymph on the ceiling.

The Wine Room
The Wine Room, home to a portion of BACCO'S vast wine collection, is bathed in soft buttery light from three beautiful, hand painted silk chandeliers imported from Venice, Italy. This room is framed by a large window overlooking Chartres Street and is divided from the Skylight Room by an antique, French iron gate.