Café Du Monde
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Café Du Monde
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Cafe
Meal types
Breakfast
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FEATURES
Accepts Credit Cards
Live Music
Outdoor Seating
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Takeout
Wheelchair Accessible
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Hours
Closed now
• Opens at 7:15 AM
Sunday
7:15 am - 12:00 am7:15 am - 11:00 pm
Monday
7:15 am - 11:00 pm
Tuesday
7:15 am - 11:00 pm
Wednesday
7:15 am - 11:00 pm
Thursday
7:15 am - 11:00 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
7:15 am - 12:00 am
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Mark Bennett
Northampton600 contributions
Feb 2024 • couples
A quick Coffee and to try the Beignets was our plan and that's what we got. Take a seat, have your order taken quickly by the efficient staff, then sit back and enjoy the sugary treats. With a brass band playing outside it made for a short but enjoyable visit with a reasonable price for three Beignets and two coffees. A nice area to walk the calories off in the French Market behind afterwards.
Written 20 February 2024
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Thomas M
Potsdam492 contributions
Aug 2023 • couples
My wife and I decided to go to New Orleans in August (2023) - the travel rates are much lower and places not as busy (of course, some are on limited hours as a result). The down side is that it was so very hot, ranging from high 80s and 90s to over 100F and very humid. We still had a great time and enjoyed the food as well as generally excellent service everywhere.
We got up early on our first morning there and walked down to the famous Cafe du Monde (and the shopping nearby in the French Market). I had cafe au lait (with chicory coffee) and we had the beignets - very, very good although they are loaded with powdered sugar (if you wear black, beware!)
There was a band playing on the sidewalk and they really loved the place up. Customers (and staff) were smiling and dancing and enjoying their food. This really was a highlight of our trip!
Written 6 August 2023
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Simon G
Milton Keynes1100 contributions
Jan 2023 • couples
Of course I had heard about the famous beignets before coming to New Orleans and so wanted to find the best establishment that sell them. Clearly this place is very popular and we queued for about 15 minutes at 09:30 in the morning (please note both trip advisor and Google’s opening hours are wrong). The service is good, there is a band playing for tips as you queue which was fun, but I have to say I was not upset when the rain stopped them for a bit just so you can hear the general buzz of the customers.
The beignets did not let us down we ordered 1 portion to share which was enough for us, the dough was fluffy and warm and they make a delicious breakfast. My wife had a hot chocolate which was amazing and creamy. My coffee was ok but would expect better from a cafe of this reputation. I came for the memories and they were made, the value for money question is an interesting one and for me fell just short but for New Orleans prices you could imagine they could charge more and still have a lot of customers.
Written 21 January 2023
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HeinoP123
Spring Grove451 contributions
May 2023 • couples
We visited the Cafe Du Monde located at the French Market, near the French Quarter. This is a must do activity when New Orleans. So what is a beignet? Simply put, a light dough, shaped in a square, fried and mounded with powdered sugar. You enter into a open space covered with a canopy and these very nice workers wearing aprons and white paper hats will tell you to sit where you like. A very short menu is posted on columns in the dining area. The staff brings out ice water to every table and takes your order and even though there are many people here all the time, the service is surprisingly efficient. We ordered one order of beignets, 3 to the order ($3.85), and my wife ordered a Iced Cafe Au Lait coffee (regular size $4.53). Within a few minutes our order was brought to our table and nothing beats a warm beignet! Just watch the powdered sugar if you have on dark clothes. My wife's coffee was perfect. So set a spell, enjoy a little decadence then go ahead and bar hop.
Written 26 May 2023
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QuailWatcher
Anacortes12 contributions
May 2022 • none
I often went to the cafe when I was in college in New Orleans. It was open all day and almost all night. They brought fluffy coffee in white cups with saucers and beignets on white plates to our table. We never had to wait in line, even though the place was busy. But now? You have to wait, take paper cups of coffee and paper plates of beignets to a messy, sugary table surrounded by people all talking loudly. Not recommended.
Written 15 May 2022
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gringatx
McKinney566 contributions
Feb 2025 • couples
I have been here a long time ago and had a good experience but yesterday's experience was not that great. we stood in the takeout line and the lady who was taking our order did not smile once , seems like she was having the worst day of her life and was not a friendly face to any customer.
we asked for beignets without sugar and It took a few minutes to cook fresh. when we got them they were very greasy. I guess some of the sugar normally absorbs the grease but they just didn't taste very good and we didn't even finish our order.
Our Lyft driver said that a place called Cafe Beignet was better and we should have listened to him.
The hot chocolate was good though.
Written 26 February 2025
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Tom L
Ottawa467 contributions
Feb 2023 • none
This place is really quite unpretentious. Actually rather modest & a tad disappointing in the total lack of ambience. Seating is mostly outdoors (but you are covered). They do process a lot of people so maybe their format works best.. One order of three beignets is quite filling. We ordered a medium sized cafe au last & it came in a styrofoam cup which was not super pleasant. The toilets are in rather rough shape. The bonus is that it is open 24 hours a day. Yes, we agree that it is a NOLA essential stop but we would not rush back.
Written 13 February 2023
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Bernie O
Brigantine202 contributions
Oct 2023 • friends
Everyone said that we had to go to Cafe du Monde for the beignets. Well, we did. The beignets were okay... could have done with significantly less powdered sugar on them. The wait, and the chaos to find a place to sit was crazy, and trying to find someone to take our order was even worse. We should have just gone to the to go window and eaten them somewhere else where we could shake the excess powdered sugar off.
Written 3 November 2023
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Ben D
4 contributions
Oct 2022 • none
Beignet in Cafe Du Monde used to be a work of art. Sorry, the art is lost
Open the Wikipedia and you will see what a beignet used to (ought to) look like; even with a reference to Cafe Du Monde. It is a squarish pastry with the air pocket in the center. People from Southwest may confuse with a sopapilla (different flour, though).
What Cafe Du Monde serves this days is glob of deep fried dough. It has more in common with a doughnut hole than with a beignet.
Foam cups and plates do not add to the ambiance. Cafeteria level service does not compare with what it could have been.
The idea of coming the to Cafe Du Monde and spending a morning sipping chicory coffee and eating beignets does not exist any more
Written 10 November 2022
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Travelling_Tigers
224 contributions
Aug 2023 • couples
The service was so unbelievably rude and totally lacking in any form of service it was actually comical. There were more waiters sitting around on their phones talking amongst themselves than customers and when you tried to get someone to actually give you a menu or take your order you were treated with disdain. Thankfully the beignets and coffee were delicious and the musicians in the street gave the place some ambience and enjoyment. And don't even go to the bathrooms they were filthy. This place is only surviving because of its supposed reputation - how are the owners and managers allowing a business to run like this - it was quite appalling.
Written 1 September 2023
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islandlovingtwosome
Lake Forest125 contributions
June 2024 • friends
We were so looking forward to our beignets at Cafe Du Monde. The location was perfect..just down the street from our hotel. We went twice. Beignets were inconsistent, some were flat and some were puffy. Neither of them were that good. We didn't realize if we went thru the to-go line that we couldn't sit at a table in their large patio. The first time we went it was not an issue, the second time, a waitress (for lack of a better term) yelled at us and was extremely rude. She basically told us we needed to leave, but we stayed and finished our beignets anyway.
Written 14 June 2024
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Adrienne C
New York City583 contributions
Dec 2023 • couples
This was such a fun experience. A must-do when visiting NOLA. The line moves fairly quickly, and once you’re seated you get served pretty quick. We didn’t realize initially it was cash only, but luckily had enough to cover coffee and an order of beignets. They are huge, piled with powdered sugar, and absolutely delicious. Totally worth it!
Written 7 March 2024
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giakreen
Baltimore3 contributions
May 2022 • none
We previously visited pre-pandemic and returned this past weekend. It was a must when visiting New Orleans! What a let down! Lines were extremely long but would be worth it if the beignets were good. They used to make them to order, now they are premade and sitting in a box off to the side and taste stale and crunchy. The inside of the restaurant is closed off to customers and the staff act like they wish you would go somewhere else. Coffee used to be served in a mug, now the only option is from a styrofoam cup. No table service and the outside dining area is poorly tended to. Table tops were dirty, floor even dirtier and the trash is pulled and left out in the dining area, which made it all smell and look like you were eating from a dumpster. I will never, ever return--this restaurant needs to close.
Written 17 May 2022
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mettraveler
New York City42 contributions
Nov 2023 • friends
Most people say this is a must do in New Orleans. Hard to judge given the many positive reviews. Bottom line: the beignet is a total waste of time and health. A nasty piece of fried dough drowned in Walmart quality powdered sugar. There is only one reason the place is in business. Poor tourists hear this is a must-do from travel bloggers who can point at little else that is good about New Orleans. I would never eat a beignet from this dirty place again. One must be clinical to do so.
Written 13 November 2023
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Windrush
Orange97 contributions
Oct 2023 • couples
Dirty and Crowded place. After lining up for 30 minutes we were ushered to a table that was left filthy. Even trying to get attention to have it cleaned up took at least another 10 minutes. A cursory wipe of the table after everything was cleared the floor and surrounds show filth everywhere.
Once we ordered our Beignet and watered down coffee the wait person wanted a tip.
I say wanted because that's exactly what was asked of us. My reply? No way!
Written 15 October 2023
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