Dec. 04–Maison de la Luz, a new luxury guest house being developed in New Orleans by the same team behind the trendy Ace Hotel, will open in April 2019.
The six-story, 67-room is moving into the old City Hall annex at 546 Carondelet St., and will include a craft cocktail bar that will be open to the public as well as a private dining room for guests, according to a news release. Rooms will start at $389 a night.
The hotel on Tuesday (Dec. 4) released new concept photos and interior illustrations of the what the property will look like when it opens. The property's design "luxuriates in the details, from silk-tasseled keys to patterned wallpaper to a simple bowl of oranges," the release said.
The quiet guest house will be a contrast to the 234-room Ace Hotel next door, which opened in 2016 and boasts a busy lobby, music venue and rooftop pool and bar. Maison de la Luz on the other hand will be "private sanctuary" for guests, the release said. The public bar, which will be located in the building's former library, will have a separate entrance and address from the hotel.
Quixotic Projects, a celebrated Parisian bar group, will oversee the Maison de la Luz bar, its first project outside of France. Josh Fontaine, a partner in Quixotic, told NOLA.com — The Times-Picayune the bar's cocktail lineup will be inspired by "the easy conviviality of French aperitif culture." It will also serve charcuterie, pickles and larger plates.
The property is being developed by The Domain Cos. in partnership with Atelier Ace, the parent company behind the Ace hotel brand, and Los Angeles-based Studio Shimshiri, which is overseeing the hotel's design.
Maison de la Luz will open April 1, 2019.