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101 New Orleans restaurants where The Platinum Card from American Express unlocks more

The Platinum Card from American Express's dining credits or reservation access apply at these restaurants. Figures are what the card earns here; a credit is listed beside them, never added. Top neighborhoods: French Quarter (21), Uptown (11), and Warehouse District (9).

101 restaurants

  • Costera

    1.5%

    Spanish · $$ · Uptown

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  • Coterie

    1.5%

    Local · $ · French Quarter

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  • Criollo Restaurant

    1.5%

    Cajun & Creole · $$ · French Quarter

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  • Dolfy's

    1.5%

    Basque · $ · Freret

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  • Fausto's Bistro

    1.5%

    Italian American · $$ · Metairie

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  • Holywater

    1.5%

    Seafood · $$ · French Quarter

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  • Junior's on Harrison

    1.5%

    American · $$ · Lakeview

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  • La Boca Steakhouse

    1.5%

    Steakhouse · $$ · Lower Garden District

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  • Lilette

    1.5%

    European · $$ · Uptown

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  • Lufu Nola

    1.5%

    Indian · $ · Central Business District, Downtown New Orleans

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  • Manolito

    1.5%

    Cuban · $$ · French Quarter

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  • Mulate's

    1.5%

    Cajun & Creole · $ · Warehouse District

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  • Namaste Nola

    1.5%

    Indian · $ · CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD)

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  • Osteria Lupo

    1.5%

    Italian · $$ · West Riverside

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  • Paladar 511

    1.5%

    Italian · $$ · Faubourg Marigny

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  • Patois

    1.5%

    French · $$ · Audubon

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Restaurants
101
Neighborhoods
32
Cuisines
37
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
101

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Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (11 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (11) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 101 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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37 cuisines in New Orleans

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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