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The Tastiest Dive Bars in New Orleans

Turtle Bay

Turtle Bay

★★★★☆ 4.1 (383) • $$

Maria M. "Turtle Bay always greets us awesomely for our annual Very Bad Santa Crawl. We have tons of fun and this is one of our favorite spots. They have great drinks and awesome food. We tend to spend more time at this location than any of our other stops. Thanks to the staff for having all of us and putting up with our holiday shenanigans!!"

Pizza Burgers
Marie's Bar and Kitchen

Marie's Bar and Kitchen

★★★★☆ 4.4 (87) • $

Shawn C. "Best burgers in the city. Love Dana at the bar. Great dive bar with fantastic burgers. Slap burgers. Get the double OG. Or if you like it hot get the Heater burger"

Sandwiches
The Alibi

The Alibi

★★★★☆ 3.6 (125) • $

Jennifer B. "Hubbers, Big Bro and I wanted to explore for after dinner drinks! So many choices but we ended up here somehow. Didn't want anything heavy, so I went for the hurricane. Quite refreshing especially for a warm and humid NOLA night. Servers were nice and friendly. It's a pretty chill, no nonsense place. A good start for a night of exploring!"

Recent Reviews for Dive Bars Restaurants

Del S.

★★★★★

Feb 9, 2025


Came back for the wings and fell in love with the lemon drop. The wings was a 10/10 and the lemon drop with a 10/10. Not everyone knows how to make a lemon drop and this place nailed it! I'll be back soon

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Megan D.

★★★★★

Jul 20, 2024


My husband and I saw this was close by and decided to give it a try! One of the BEST burgers I've had and their "Rum Punch" is better than a hurricane (in my opinion). We will definitely be back!

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Coy W.

★★★☆☆

Feb 29, 2024


After a experiencing Bourbon St we were trying to decide if we wanted a second wind then doing another round on the street or if we wanted to pack it in. I worked up an epic pep talk that had us decide on hitting up a side street and finding a small quiet bar until we felt we were ready for another round up and down the street.We ended up looking into The Alibi. I can't tell if it's going for the dive bar feel or not. We decided this was the place for us to grab a few drinks and just kick back. The bartender was super friendly and from what I remember, the drinks were pretty cheap as well. We had a bunch of drinks and in no time we were on our way to experience another round and more importantly later round of Bourbon St

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Angie C.

★★★★★

Jun 25, 2021


Look. You want some good azz biria drizzled over chessy Mac n cheese that when you bite it- you back in you tia Petras house in Santa Ana eating it on tostadas. It's home cooking, at least it's my home cooking, and it's delicious. But wait, the bread pudding, GET IT!!!

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Pour House - Bourbon

Pour House - Bourbon

★★★★☆ 4 (46)

Ellery D. "My roommate and I came to a burlesque show here recently and had a great time. It was free for starters, and who doesn't love that? The performances were great--all unique and entertaining. There is both indoor and balcony seating and several different bars for service so you don't have to go far to re-up on beverages. I had several of their special sex on the beach syringe shots. Tasty and they got me pretty trashed, I won't lie. Bourbon St isn't where we normally go for a night out but I'd go back to this place, happily."

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