Bottoms Up and Up and Up
New Orleans is arguably the best city in the world for festivals and large-scale events, and we're pretty well established for having an amazing bar scene, but what do you do when you want a more sophisticated birthday celebration with your closest friends?
Answer: You plan a boozy bottomless birthday brunch.
That might sound like a lot of "B's," but alliteration is our friend here—or rather bud. A boozy, bottomless, birthday brunch has it all: delicious favorite foods, alcohol that keeps on coming, as well as a celebration of life, and sometimes with added entertainment and photo opportunities to "boot."
How do you choose? After asking friends, Yelp, social media, and some local restaurateurs for their favorite bottomless brunches, here's what we came up with. We were specifically looking for places that either had interesting food options that were more suited for brunch than a lunch or dinner meal, drinks that might not be just mimosas—for variety—as well as locations that had extra bang for their buck with either entertainment or photo opportunities. Bonus points are always provided for locations that offer accommodations for our gluten free friends. There's nothing wrong with the standard bottomless mimosa brunch—there were just too many to feature all of them, which is a great problem to have.
Lost Coyote Restaurant is a Tremé beauty that opened in 2025 and features a menu that's a hybrid of New Orleans classics with influences from all over the world, synonymous with our melting pot of people. Try the shakshuka or the Moroccan braised duck that's soaked in Moroccan spices for hours and then fried in Cajun spices. The burlesque brunch (more "B" words) comes with bottomless mimosas that are $20 with purchase of entrée. There is also a small cover fee to get in the venue but that allows you to use the pool and other amenities—they have a piano, as well—and the venue provides ways for you to get cash to tip the entertainers. Make sure to feed and photograph their goat, Rosita, who lives in the ample parking lot. Lost Coyote is located at 1614 Esplanade Ave.
At Kingfish Kitchen and Cocktails, you can choose between a regular, blood orange, cranberry, or passionfruit mimosa for $20 with the purchase of an entrée or a bottomless Bloody Mary for the same price. The best part? If you can't decide, you can pay $22 and sip them all. This menu features all the staples, with creative twists: blue crab omelet, cochon de lait po-boy, crabcake Benedict, crème brûlée French toast, steak & eggs, and avocado toast. There's even catfish and grits, as well as jambalaya risotto and eggs. Kingfish is located at 337 Chartres in the French Quarter.
At a recent bottomless brunch visit at Broussard's Restaurant & Courtyard, our table enjoyed the option to choose between a mimosa or a delicious bottomless rosé, which is $22 with purchase of an entrée. The food was incredible, as one might expect. The favorites were the Southern fried chicken & waffles, the short rib & eggs, and the pork belly Benedict. The jazz brunch is Friday through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features a jazz band wandering table to table, taking requests from delighted diners. Broussard's is located at 819 Conti in the French Quarter.
JusTini's has brunch available on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For $25 with the purchase of an entrée, you can choose between a regular bottomless mimosa, sparkling lemondrop, or sangria. This is a smaller venue in a more relaxed setting, but the vibes are great, and multiple customers rave about the playlist. JusTini's is located at 3162 Dauphine in the Bywater.
Lula Restaurant & Distillery offers brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and starts even earlier on Saints game days, which has a bottomless vodka bar featuring their vodka and a variety of fresh-squeezed juices and mixers for $20. The usual food favorites apply: there's an omelet, chicken & biscuits, French toast, steak & eggs, avocado toast, and a pork osso buco. Lula is located at 1532 St. Charles Ave.
Flamingo A Go Go is a great place to grab some great photo ops, and they have a variety of different continuous alcohol options, depending on the day. The bottomless brunch there is available seven days a week with bottomless mimosas, but there's also bottomless margaritas on Monday for $19 with the purchase of an entrée and a bottomless frosé on Friday for $19 with the purchase of an entrée if you're looking to mix it up, literally. Flamingo A Go Go is located at 869 Magazine in the Warehouse District.
These spots are just the tip of the iceberg—we are far from the bottom of the barrel—so you can always explore the city's other options. Antoine's, Boulevard American Bistro, Rex House, Curio Bistro, Couvant, Café Maspero, Toups Meatery, Katie's, Neyow's XL, Rib Room, Sala Nola, Sofia, and Vampire Cafe all have bottomless brunches, as well. Most of these feature mimosas for between $16 to $28 with purchase of an entrée. Copper Vine is also gorgeous and has one from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding game days because of their proximity to the Dome and Smoothie King Center. There are some other amazing brunches, as well, but they weren't bottomless, even though they may have had more interesting carafe options.
So the next time you have a birthday, gather your best buddies, and bop on over to one of these beautifully brilliant, boozy brunch spots.
