The Carriage House, Houmas House's newest restaurant, redefines the luxury dining experience, combining intimacy and comfort in a breathtaking relaxed club environment with personalized service and attention to detail.  

With continuous culinary offerings throughout the day (breakfast, light snacks, hors d'oeuvres, beverages and sweets), The Carriage House along with the Turtle Bar will host Breakfast, Afternoon Tea and casual Evening Dining.

Stay all day and enjoy the lush gardens, ponds, fountains and statuary all set in the shadows of the majestic ancient moss draped oaks surrounding the famed colonial - revival mansion of Houmas.  

John Burnside, an Irish immigrant, purchased the Houmas from the estate of Wade Hampton in 1858 for $1,000,000.   The Houmas was the largest sugar plantation in America. The following year, John Burnside purchased the famed Garden District villa of James Robb for $55,000.   The villa became known as Burnside Place. Mr. Burnside owned 10 of the most valuable plantations in Louisiana and became known as the Sugar Prince of Louisiana and his Houmas became The Sugar Palace.

James Gallier, famed Irish architect of New Orleans, designed a pair of carriage houses for Mr. Burnside in 1860.   The Gallier designs were not built, but the original designs survived in the archives of New Orleans.   Over 150 years later, the Gallier fa�ade is finally constructed at Houmas.