Burgundy Bar

Where it is

The Burgundy Bar is the lounge of The Saint Hotel, Autograph Collection, at 931 Canal Street. A 2012 blog post places it on the corner of Burgundy and Canal Streets, which fits the name, though no source here says the name came from the street. The hotel’s own site calls the bar “our sumptuously appointed den of vice.”

The hotel and the building

The Saint is the 29th Autograph Collection hotel, part of a Marriott collection of more than 200. Its pitch is Play Naughty, Sleep Saintly: white drapery and blue ceilings upstairs, with the Burgundy Bar and a Lucifer Suite carrying the “naughty” side.

The building’s dates depend on who tells it. The hotel says it was built in 1910 as the Audubon Building and held offices and retail space before 2012. A neworleans.com article says construction began in September 1907 and it became an office building in June 1908. It says the building never operated as a hotel and closed in 1997, and that D. Mark Wyant bought it in 2010. The French Quarter directory says the building first ran as a hotel, and Gayot repeats that. Those accounts cannot all be right.

The opening is steadier: Gayot says the official opening was winter 2012, and the 2012 blog post calls the hotel’s debut early that year. The hotel’s history page also repeats a rumor, labeled as one, that Lee Harvey Oswald’s attorney met the FBI on the eighth floor the day Jack Ruby shot Oswald.

The room

The same neworleans.com article, last updated November 1, 2022, describes a speakeasy-style lounge surrounded by draped burgundy velvet walls and accented with custom red Venetian chandeliers, dedicated to the memory and music of Louis Armstrong. A 2025 Gulf Coast Journeys visit mentions varied seating, an alcove with a red leather couch, and glass chandeliers. The hotel says the bar offers a glimpse of the Garden of Eden. A Pearl listing calls the decor “bordello-chic.”

What to drink

The hotel’s history page says the bar has a “7 Deadly Sins” cocktail menu. In 2012, the blog post photographed a bartender making Pride with Belvedere vodka, St Germain, and lime. The hotel’s current dining page lists no drinks.

The newest menu found is from Gulf Coast Journeys, published May 24, 2025 and modified July 3, 2025. It lists one drink per sin: Envy (Dickel bourbon, pomegranate liqueur, lemon), Gluttony, Greed (white and spiced rum, Campari, pineapple), Pride (Botanist gin, pineapple, sage), Lust (blanco tequila, hibiscus, Cointreau), Sloth (vodka, Kahlua, espresso liqueur, cream), and Wrath (reposado tequila, mango chili, jalapeño). Gluttony is listed as “Ketel One grapefruit & Rose, Aperol, lemon, simple syrup, unicorn sparkling rose.”

So a drink named Gluttony was on the menu as of mid-2025. No source here confirms it is on the menu now, and no source says who created it. Charles’s Coconut Sin is credited as “Inspired by Gluttony at the Burgundy Bar in the Saint Hotel, New Orleans.” Its ingredients (Don Q Coco, cranberry juice, orange juice, and Coco Real) differ from the listing above, so it reads as a riff and not a copy.

Music and events

The hotel’s home page says the bar’s atmosphere embraces the building’s past, present, and future “with live jazz and musicians” and gives no schedule. The hotel’s history page also mentions Snake Dancer performances. Pearl’s listing, with details “as of August 2026,” says the music is live jazz and big band standards, sometimes paired with burlesque.

An undated French Quarter listing for Trixie Minx’s Burgundy Burlesque says it ran Fridays at the hotel, at $25 for table seating with no cover for standing room. Because it has no year, treat it as a lead and not a current schedule.

Before you go

As of November 2026, the hotel’s dining page lists Burgundy Bar hours of Sunday through Thursday, 5 to 11 PM, and Friday and Saturday, 5 PM to midnight. Marriott’s page matches those hours and lists a casual dress code. The phone is 504-522-5400. No source here states a reservation policy for the bar, so call about shows.

The bar appears to be open: the hotel’s site (footer 2026) lists current hours, and the Pearl listing is dated August 2026.