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April 2024 by Sarah Franczak
Traditional plantation house with full guided tour. Great to hear about the evolved design of the house and the activities of its owners. Landscaped grounds are lovely to walk through. We understand that this house had a good relationship with its slaves and gifted them land when the regime came to an end, therefore there isn't so much on the history of slavery it's very much about the house.Allow a couple of hours to visit. There is also a cafe. At the time of our visit it closed at 2pm, had assumed it might be open later and this is the only food outlet so keep the timings in mind.Note the Great River Road museum is not included in the main house ticket price, we decided not to pay the extra.
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April 2024 by Jan Brown
Wonderful experience every time I go!!Buffet was excellent with great choices especially the creamy red beans!
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April 2024 by Ryan “JRyanB” Breivik
Decadent food! Had the shrimp avocado toast! Beautiful grounds! Amazing wildlife exhibit
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March 2024 by Tilly Lo
20240329 Everyone is so nice here. The VIKING Cruise was here today, and there was a tour group. This garden is beautiful! Dogfriendly too!! There is a cost for admissions, but if you eat at the Carriage House, admission is free. We did have lunch there. The food and service were excellent! Walk across the red Bridge from the parking lot will take you closer to the Mississippi River where the VIKING Cruise Ship docked.
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March 2024 by Shelley U.
This place is the bomb for lunch or dinner. Ask for Hunter and Parker who are servers and so sweet and attentive. If you get the chance to have lunch and walk the grounds I highly recommend this place. Off the chart good.
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March 2024 by Lynette R.
My sister and I just had lunch here at the carriage house. Hunter was our server which was awesome. He has a brother here Parker that also works with them. We had a bisque curry, pumpkin crawfish, corn soup, which was to die for. Then we also had a roasted beet salad. Then we decided to have the diver scallops, which was a scallops that was seared with a humus beehive, honey sauce, the bomb. then we had the Cajun shrimp, avocado toast folks. You got to try it. We also had a bottle of champagne with me and a brandy Alexander. We are now sitting in the courtyard having to cosmopolitans in front of a water fountain that is just unbelievable. If you're ever in this area, please please come and experience this plantation.
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March 2024 by Valentina Saltane
We visited the Houmas House with the entire family. The grounds and gardens are nice (with many eccentric and some creepy pieces of art). We also did a Houmas House tour, which was fine but completely dismissive of the entire slave history of this place. When the group asked questions about slavery the guide said that they cannot really talk about it. What?! I know the website does not mention anything about slavery (let’s conveniently ignore the subject matter and pretend this never happened) but not even to mention all those hundreds of people on whose sweat and blood this place flourished while these Barons lived in luxury is very disrespectful in my view. So, after finishing the tour with much of it focused on the owner and his dogs and nothing on the true and meaningful history of this place, I left with a “something is not right” feeling.
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March 2024 by Christopher Dubea
Beautiful old plantation, well kept.Perhaps a bit spendy.The museum has fairly limited artifacts. It's mostly just placards with dialog, which was interesting, but for the price a little more was expected./
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March 2024 by Victor Escalante
Very beautiful place
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March 2024 by Darlene F.
Very interesting tour. Many things from daily life from years ago. Very well preserved. The garden was beautiful and so well-maintained. Susanna was a fantastic guide. She is so knowledgeable and really fun.
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March 2024 by Michel Grimes
Nice old plantation with beautiful gardens.
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March 2024 by What do you think? (Todd)
Had a good time, guided tour. We are from Michigan In this part of the country it gets hot should I say it again Hot! late spring early fall is probably the best time to go. Anywhere in Louisiana In summer is hot and humid. Like I said I'm from Michigan I know what humidity is like. And 88° day in Michigan is chilly compared to an '98° day in Louisiana.
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March 2024 by Orlando M.
What a beautiful place! The trees and gardens always seem to enhance a historic plantation building in Louisiana. And the history of the various owners, the house's main source of income (sugar) and the amazing additions to the house made this visit special. Our guide Darren was very knowledgeable and attentive and answered our group's questions.
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March 2024 by Angela W.
Houmas House is definitely worth the visit. The grounds are beautiful and equally as impressive as the house. All of the employees ... from the grounds people to the housekeepers and restaurant staff were super friendly and helpful. We stayed at the cottages on the grounds and ate at Latil's. We had a five course meal that was one of the best meals I have eaten. The owner of the house, who did not identify himself as the owner, actually gave the group in front of mine a tour of the house. I only knew he was the owner after I did some Google research. We did not visit the museum on the grounds but it looked like it would have been worth it. You won't be disappointed with a stop at the Houmas House
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March 2024 by Mariah Leggett
I worked a vendor booth at the Bridal show yesterday. My husband and I have toured the house and gardens before and it is absolutely beautiful I did want to take a second to brag on Coby. He was in the golf cart by our booth and offered to help multiple times while we were setting up & he was nice enough to help us pack up and get everything to my bosses car at the end of the show ❤️