349 restaurants in New Orleans that earn more on your cards

14 dining programs and card perks like Resy credits apply across New Orleans. Pick your cards to see what each restaurant earns you.

349 restaurants

  • Boucherie

    up to20%

    Southern · $$ · Uptown Riverbend

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • South American Steakhouse · $$$ · Old Metairie

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+8 more
  • Charmant

    up to20%

    Bistro · $ · Mid-City

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Espiritu

    up to20%

    Mexican · $ · Warehouse District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
  • Modern Mexican · $ · Mid-City

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
  • Fives

    up to20%

    Oysters · $ · French Quarter

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Cajun & Creole · $$ · Treme

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Jolie

    up to20%

    French - American · $ · Warehouse District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Palm&Pine

    up to20%

    American · $$ · French Quarter

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
  • The Columns

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Uptown

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Addis NOLA

    up to20%

    Ethiopian · Seventh Ward

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Bacchanal

    up to20%

    Bywater

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • South American · $$ · Central Business District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+6 more
  • Byblos

    up to20%

    Mediterranean · Harahan

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • American · $$$$ · Fairgrounds

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more
  • Due

    up to20%

    Bayou St. John

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • South American · Audubon

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • South American · Garden District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Argentinian · French Quarter

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Mexican · $$ · St Thomas

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Bilt Dining1x
Restaurants
349
Neighborhoods
79
Cuisines
84
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
108

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in New Orleans

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. Upside (174 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (139) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 349 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

14 dining programs that pay in New Orleans

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

84 cuisines in New Orleans

79 neighborhoods in New Orleans

79 more cities and towns in Louisiana

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

Editorial disclosure: CardRewards.ai is an independent comparison service. Card data comes from issuers' published terms; catalog last published October 12, 2026, and each card page shows when its terms were last checked. Card issuers do not influence our rankings or content.