My wife and I stayed at this B&B for two nights in late January 2012. The house was built between 1841 and 1860 and as such doesn't have much, if any, insulation. Since it is the winter and temperatures do drop into the 30's and 40's in New Orleans, it was cold at night. Our two room suite had an electric heater in the living area which was not even close to being sufficient to heat this small area, so we had to wear warm clothes to be comfortable. The bedroom had a reverse window unit that was okay for heating the room. The bathroom was very small with a shower stall. The furnishings were very old, but thank goodness the king bed was comfortable. The breakfast for Sunday morning was sparse and there was even less for Monday morning.

This was the worst B&B we have ever stayed in. "It" is, actually, three buildings. There is not a sign on a building so we had to watch for the address number. We rang the bell at the front gate, and a young lady came out. She took us to the middle building, unlocked the door, and took us in to register....small, dark room...nothing attractive about it. She, then, gave us a set of keys that would (1) open the front gate (2) unlock the building our room was in (3) unlock our room (4) unlock the gate to the back parking lot. She told us that breakfast would be served in the third building...nothing attractive about that...just pointed to a side door. There was no "Wine and cheese served upon guests' arrival" (to quote our B&B book); there was no innkeeper welcome; there was no main room to gather in...sit in, meet other guests, etc. Our room, which was tiny and old (supposed to be but.....!!), had one small straight chair, a double bed, an old TV, and a dirty comforter. The front windows were shuttered so we had a small, side window...looked onto the next building which was very close. SO...with no main living room...where are two people supposed to sit at night? The gate to park in the back had to be manually opened and closed. The street was very crowded with cars and had we not driven a small rental car, it would have been very difficult for us to exit the parking area. It is a long way to points of interest so there is no walking to anywhere. One word for all of this...disgusting!

I'm honestly shocked at the good reviews below. The room was tiny, old (I know it's supposed to be that way..but not remodeled at all), and COLD! Honestly it's a great place for a photographer to do a session or a history buff..but not anyone that wants a nice room. It was like we were staying at our great grandmothers house..that never had any money to spruce the place up. 3 nights at $303. Parked on the street, although I was told there was a place to park in the back and people were checking out so I'd have plenty of room to park. The night we went looking for the parking space, the gate was locked, and there were tons of children playing in the area with 2 cars parked there. I'm not sure were I could have parked..but I sure wasn't going to park my car in there will all these kids playing games with balls. Thankfully nothing happened to it on the street. Let's get to the room, the a/c/heating window unit was not working. It would turn on and off every few minutes. The first night was so cold we couldn't sleep because we were freezing. Thankfully the next few nights it wasn't cold outside. The bathroom needed a major facelift. The shower faucet was broken and when you'd turn the hot water on it was too hot. I finally got it where I thought it would be warm and bam a stream of scalding hot water would come out. I had to jump out of the shower it burnt me pretty bad. So I turn it down to cooler level and bam stream of freezing water came out. It was horrible! The plug by the sink was put in wrong or the little ledge above the sink was. You couldn't plug in anything with a larger plug. No mirrors were on a decent level to see how you look. I had my hairdryer plugged up in the bedroom part, the flat iron in the bathroom, and my make-up airbrushing machine behind the bed and had to stand on the bed to see in the large mirror that was above it. It was a mess. Never went through so much trouble to get ready. Forget trying to watch any tv ..the little tv was up close to the ceiling and was like from the 80's. My friend never was able to get it to come on. About the front desk: We arrived kinda late since we were driving 3 hours away the girl told us that she'd get all the info the next day. 2 days after the girl comes running out saying I need to get your credit card info to charge your card but we were late for a meeting and clearly the taxi was right there beeping the horn. We told her we'd come back later to give it to her. My friend booked it online expedia and thought it was charged at the time. We read over the papers she printed off and it said that it was. We went looking for the girl that apparently takes care of things and eventually had to ring the gate bell to see if she'd come out. When she came out we went into her office..then says pulls out the paper says ..oh wait you've paid. :| Those 2 times were only 2 times we saw her so I never had a chance to mention any of the issues. We never had anymore towels...2nd shower I ended up having to use a hand towel to dry off with. So good luck..perhaps we just got a bad room on a bad week.

The Fairchild House is a great old house that reminds me of visiting old friends for a couple of days. The bed was comfortable and the room was clean and cozy. It isn't far from the streetcar line and the location is perfect for going anywhere in New Orleans. You won't need a car at all. This would be a great place to stay during Mardi Gras.