Try the Royal Sonesta. Its right on Bourbon and it damn rocks! We were in NOLA for Mardi Gras in 97 and we just stumbled from the hotel to the street and let the crowd take us and we'd end up back at the Sonesta two or three hours later without even trying. Then we'd hit the toilet in our room and fill up with more beer! Everybody else was begging to use the bathrooms in restaurants or waiting in wicked long lines at the clubs. The room was expensive but the easy pee break alone was worth it!