Just wondering if any fellow Vancouverites have been to New Orleans and what their experience as a Canadian was like being there..... and possibly some tips on Dining and Sights?

Very friendly and very chill, it's the BIG easy.  The prices of food and drinks will be shocking ( in a good way).  If its your first time you have to spend a day or two in the French Quarters, Cafe Du Monde and take a River boat tour.  It also depends on what you like to do.  If you're a shutter bug there are plenty of photo ops everywhere you look.

Yelp around for food,  I haven't been in a while.

Loved New Orleans.  Always some type of festival going on so don't worry about entertainment.  You'll probably just walk right into them!  I highly recommend Domenica - awesome happy hour.  I still dream about their pizza today.  Have fun!!!

I started a thread on their site last year when I was going to visit. Went to Chicago instead as flights were cheaper and weather was allegedly better. You might want to check out their talk site if u haven't already.

Yes!! It's great! French quarter, bourbon st you have to see and do it all! If you have a chance check out the Baton Rouge about an hour away from NOLA.

Food- there's a lot of traditional French-Cajun cuisine out there as well as some more contemporary Cajun options. Definitely try the seafood, nothing imported from BC or the East (prawns, lobster etc) cuz it's stinking expensive. Try out a crawfish boil. Embrace the spicy cuisine. Gumbo, jambalaya, étouffée are must tries as well as cafe du monde beignets and coffee.

Too bad you missed Mardi gras lol.

We're all headed down for Yelp Spring Break!

can't give you the canadian perspective since i'm an american expat, BUT, i can tell you that you'll forget you're in the US at all at some point while you're there.

Jacques Imos. one of my fav restaurants.you should try the Godzilla (a stack of fried green tomatoes and crabcake with a fried softshell crab on top). can't make reservations, so plan on waiting at least an hour for a table. while you wait, you can go across the street and go to Frenchy's gallery (he is an icon in NOLA for his paintings), or you can go down the street to the Maple Leaf Bar. they have live music every night starting around 10:30 or 11.
 
also, make sure you go to Muriel's at Jackson Square. Fantastic jazz brunch.

there are also a ton of cheap eats in New Orleans. one of my favorite places was Verti Marte -- get the "All That Jazz" po'boy. if you want good cheap eats, definitely go to Mother's. think:  Soup Nazi on Seinfeld. you better know what you want to order when you get to the register and be sure to have your cash already out and ready or they will NOT be happy! they have some good po'boys and all the NOLA specialties like jambalaya, red beans and rice, crawfish etoufee, etc. if you want to try them all at once you should get the Ferdi special (it's a little bit of everything).
 
when you go to Bourbon Street try not to get suckered into all of the ridiculous bars with "drink specials", and definitely DO NOT eat anywhere on Bourbon. the food is sub-par and expensive. however, if you go all the way down Bourbon through the gay district, there's a bar called Lafitte's Piano Bar. it is one of the oldest buildings in NOLA and it's really kind of a cool dive.

you pretty much can not have a bad meal (or drink) in New Orleans (unless you eat/drink on Bourbon St). stay away from the tourist traps and you'll have an amazing time. the photo opps are incredible, too. do a swamp tour while you're there. visit the garden district and the cemeteries. stay in the french quarter.

oh. i'm jealous. i can't wait to go back again.

Wow Meana u give better tips than the Nola board!

Is it a good place to go with kids? I've always wanted to go but now I've got a little one that I always need to consider before going anywhere.

Are you kidding, I was there. The thing that caught me about the place? It even smells old!! Beignets on the river. Great BBQ. Strolling through the French  Quarter, music in the park, jazz music pon the street, the Garden District,trolleys, ummm, I could go on and on. But do not forget you are in the deep South. They are not as liberal thinking as we are and they have gravy for breakfast. Chicken gravy with fried chicken and biscuits for breakfast!!!  :D. I never heard of a po' boy until i went there. and you know why they r called po' boys, right? b/c they were so poor they could not afford the 'o & r", so just "po' Lol, have fun!

Don't miss Cochon Butcher. (Think the New Orleans version of Meat & Bread + Save-On Meats.) I recommend the muffaletta! It's often crowded, but there's a green park just a block north.

Actually the park is EAST of Cochon Butcher. Just walk from Cochon towards the Convention Centre and you'll see it on your right.

I love New Orleans.  It's tied with NYC as my favourite American city.  Everyone is super friendly, and the city has the most amazing laid back yet festive vibe.

If you drink outside the tourist spots in the French Quarter, it is insanely cheap.  Vaughn's in the Bywater (short cab ride, long walk) had 3 dollar drinks that were free poured as triples or more.  Also stopped at a couple of other hole in the wall type places in the neighbourhood (with no noticeable name) that were similarly cheap.

Our first day there we did a bike tour with Confederacy of Cruisers, and it was a great way to get an overview of some areas outside the French Quarter without getting on a bus.  Our tour guide gave awesome advice on where to eat and drink, and offered his cell number so you could text him with tourist questions any time during your stay in the city.  

In the French Quarter, we liked Molly's on Decatur, and Ryan's sports bar, which turned on Canuck games for us when we asked.  Really friendly bartenders at both places.  For good cheap eats, Camellia Grill and Coop's were great.  The Praline Connection in the Marigny neighbourhood was good for reasonably priced Southern food, and was right by the strip of live music bars on Frenchman street.

Cafe du Monde is open really late, maybe 24 hours, so if there's a line up, just go at a weird off time.  We went twice around 1am, and the beignets and cafe au lait are great for after or between drinking.

Walk Bourbon street once, just to see it, but it's pretty much a cesspool of frat boy types & woo girls and cruise ship escapees acting like frat boys and woo girls.  There are much better places to get your debauchery on.