Best Mocktails in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans — one of America's great drinking cities — has a surprisingly deep alcohol-free scene. It's anchored by four fully zero-proof rooms: Dream House Lounge (the city's first zero-proof bar and bottle shop, in the CBD), Mélange by Cali Sober (the first alcohol-free bar on Frenchmen Street), and the kava bars Euphorbia (Oak Street) and Uxi Duxi (Mid-City). The city's world-class cocktail culture does the rest: James Beard "Outstanding Bar" winner Cure and 50 Best regular Jewel of the South run dedicated spirit-free menus, Brennan's pours a "Temperance, 1946" list, Cane & Table and Palm&Pine build named zero-proof cocktails, and Bar Tonique revives pre-Prohibition phosphates. Chef-driven kitchens — Compère Lapin, Saba, the Michelin-starred Saint-Germain — and local brewer Urban South round it out. (A few of the kava anchors also serve THC: alcohol-free, but not substance-free.)
20 verified venues · 19 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These New Orleans venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- ★★★★★?
Dream House Lounge is New Orleans' first brick-and-mortar zero-proof bar, opened in July 2022 in the Central Business District by Dr. David J. Wallace (Oba Yoko). It's a fully alcohol-free wellness lounge built around what Wallace calls "conscious cocktails," rooted in Black ancestral healing and mental-wellness programming. The drink menu is split into named sections — "Conscious Cocktails," "Shroomtails," and "Sophisticated Sips" — with house mocktails such as the Dreamarita, Lavender Dreams, and Dream Water, alongside canned Mocktail Club sips and zero-proof spirits like Cut Above. Beyond drinks, the space offers an oxygen bar, coffee and tea, small bites, classes, and an apothecary. It has since added THC- and adaptogenic-mushroom-infused beverages, so it is alcohol-free but not substance-free.
Signature NA drinks- Dreamarita
- Lavender Dreams
- Dream Water
- Dream 75
- ★★★★★?
Mélange by Cali Sober is billed as the first fully alcohol-free bar on Frenchmen Street, opened in November 2025 on the second floor above Bamboula's in the Marigny, with a balcony over the strip. It's the venture of New Orleanian Monica Olano ("Cali Sober Mom"), who stopped drinking in 2023 and also runs Cali Sober Market in Metairie. The speakeasy-style bar serves the full spectrum of alcohol-free drinks: house zero-proof cocktails built on non-alcoholic spirits infused with adaptogens and botanicals, kava, functional-mushroom and other wellness beverages, plus federally and state-legal THC drinks. Signature pours include the Cali Sober Love Potion (gingery and energizing) and the Cali Sober Night Kiss (with calming lemon balm and ashwagandha). It is alcohol-free, though not substance-free.
Signature NA drinks- Cali Sober Love Potion
- Cali Sober Night Kiss
- ★★★★★?
Euphorbia is New Orleans' original kava bar, open on the Uptown end of Oak Street since 2014. It's a fully alcohol-free space built around kava, the calming Pacific-island root beverage, and has spent over a decade as a refuge for the city's sober and recovery communities. In August 2025, Big Easy Magazine publisher Scott Ploof acquired it and relaunched it as Euphorbia Kava & Coffee Bar, adding a late-night coffee program with local roaster Hey! Café and house kava/coffee mocktails. The signature pour is the Supermoon, espresso blended with kava for "energy and calm," alongside traditional pure-noble kava and canned kava seltzers (Leilo, Vanua Bliss). Regulars describe it as a community hub for artists and people in recovery; it also stocks THC/CBD products.
Signature NA drinks- Supermoon
- Pure noble kava
- Leilo kava seltzer
- ★★★★★?
Uxi Duxi is a fully alcohol-free "smart bar" and smart shop in New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood, billing itself as the city's first smart bar/lounge "for the mind and body." It serves zero-proof, plant-based drinks built around kava, kratom, and functional mushrooms, alongside herbal teas, fresh juices, nitro coffee, and CBD items — Tripadvisor describes the offerings as "mocktails utilizing powerful plants." The bohemian, eclectic room positions itself as a relaxing sober alternative to the French Quarter bar scene, and the shop side stocks teas, herbs, candles, and books. Specialty house teas include blends named Fairy Magick, Throat Chakra, Morning Elixir, and Honeyroo. It is one of New Orleans' few dedicated alcohol-free social venues (alcohol-free, but not substance-free).
Signature NA drinks- Fairy Magick
- Throat Chakra
- Morning Elixir
- Honeyroo
- ★★★★★?
Cure is an Uptown New Orleans cocktail bar opened in 2009 by New Orleans native Neal Bodenheimer on a then-storm-damaged stretch of Freret Street — a move widely credited with sparking the corridor's revival. It won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2018 and placed No. 21 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026. Alongside its acclaimed classic and seasonal cocktails, Cure maintains a rotating "Zero Proof" section. Documented spirit-free builds include The Tide Is High (orange syrup, grapefruit, lemon, cinnamon, mint) and the Gulfside (cucumber, mint, lime, peach bitters, sparkling), plus The Eureka, built on Martini & Rossi Floreale with verjus blanc, black tea, demerara, and Fee's bitters. Einbecker Alkoholfrei is the house non-alcoholic beer.
Signature NA drinks- The Tide Is High
- Gulfside
- The Eureka
- ★★★★★?
Palm&Pine is a French Quarter restaurant at the edge of Rampart Street, opened in July 2019 by chef/owners and partners Amarys Koenig Herndon and Jordan Herndon, both James Beard Best Chef: South semifinalists. The kitchen draws on Louisiana, the broader South, and "South of That" — the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. The Pine Bar builds cocktails around agave and cane spirits, but its standout for non-drinkers is a dedicated, named spirit-free section called "Kitten Club," treated as seriously as the full bar. The current zero-proof list leans on Ritual and Pathfinder non-alcoholic spirits: the Heartfruit Tonic (Ritual NA Gin, strawberry, lime, tonic) and the Rosella Refresher (Pathfinder, hibiscus, lemon), plus St. Buena Vida NA sparkling and Untitled Art NA beer. The section rotates seasonally and has run as a Dry January feature.
Signature NA drinks- Heartfruit Tonic
- Rosella Refresher
- St. Buena Vida NA Sparkling
- ★★★★★?
Jewel of the South is a French Quarter cocktail bar and restaurant set in a renovated 1830s Creole cottage on St. Louis Street, with a courtyard and parlour rooms. It opened in 2019, co-founded by acclaimed bartender Chris Hannah (a French 75 Bar veteran) and Nick Detrich; Hannah remains beverage director. The bar ranked No. 6 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 — its fourth straight top-10 finish — and appeared on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Its cocktail menu carries a dedicated "Spirit-Free Sips" section with four named zero-proof drinks: the Floreal And Tonic (Martini & Rossi Floreale, tonic, lime), the Faux-Groni (Lyre's Dry London, Martini & Rossi Vibrante, Bols Fluère bitter), the Blueberry Sling (Mockly Blueberry, rose, mint, soda), and the Tangerine Daisy (Mockly Tangerine, basil, lemon).
Signature NA drinks- Floreal And Tonic
- Faux-Groni
- Blueberry Sling
- Tangerine Daisy
- ★★★★★?
Bar Tonique is a French Quarter craft-cocktail bar on N Rampart Street, opened in 2008 by Ed Diaz as one of the first stand-alone bars of New Orleans' modern cocktail revival (Neal Bodenheimer wrote its first menu). Beyond classics like its acclaimed Ramos Gin Fizz, the bar keeps a standing "Temperance" menu of non-alcoholic soda-fountain drinks modeled on pre-Prohibition phosphates and craft sodas — an idea Diaz drew from Darcy O'Neil's book "Fix the Pumps." The list includes pineapple and Angostura phosphates and house cream sodas built on made-from-scratch strawberry and pineapple syrups, plus a "milk shake" of cream, strawberry syrup, and a whole egg. Designated drivers can order from the Temperance menu free of charge.
Signature NA drinks- Pineapple Phosphate
- Angostura Phosphate
- House Cream Soda
- ★★★★★?
Brennan's is a New Orleans Creole landmark founded in 1946 by Owen Edward Brennan, at its present 417 Royal Street address — a 1795 Vieux Carré building — since 1956. Its kitchen originated Bananas Foster, and it's owned today by third-generation family member Ralph Brennan. Its spirit-free program is built into the cocktail menu under a dedicated section titled "Temperance, 1946 spirit-free selections," with named, seasonally rotating zero-proof drinks on non-alcoholic spirits — current builds include the Catalina Island (Seedlip Grove 42, local watermelon juice, tonic) and the Black Hills (Lyre's NA Agave Tequila, basil purée, lime). Beverage Director Braithe Gill was a 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service. The dining room sits around a courtyard in the heart of the French Quarter.
Signature NA drinks- Catalina Island
- Black Hills
- ★★★★★?
The Original Nite Cap is an intimate second-floor speakeasy above Pulcinella! in New Orleans' Seventh Ward, revived in 2024 by burlesque performer Bella Blue, her husband Andrew Principe, and partner JD Solomon. It takes its name from a mid-century Nite Cap whose original signage was found during renovation. With roughly 14 bar seats plus tables, it hosts burlesque, drag, comedy, and live music alongside a craft cocktail and Italian wine program. Its zero-proof list is fully built out with named drinks rather than afterthoughts: the Corset Strings (Lyre's NA dark cane, chai cordial, lemon, soda, NA bitters), the Stage Kitten (NA gin, hibiscus cordial, lime, NA bubbles), the Show Stopper (cold brew, coffee demerara, NA gin, foam), and Dazzle 'Em (NA rum, lime, ginger syrup, ginger beer).
Signature NA drinks- Corset Strings
- Stage Kitten
- Show Stopper
- Dazzle 'Em
- ★★★★★?
Cane & Table is a rum-focused "proto-tiki" cocktail bar and restaurant in the French Quarter, opened in July 2013 on Decatur Street by Nick Detrich with the Cure team (Neal Bodenheimer and Kirk Estopinal). The kitchen leans into Caribbean and Cuban flavors, and the bar — a James Beard Outstanding Bar Program semifinalist, named by Bon Appétit among the best new cocktail bars in America — carries a dedicated "Non-Alcoholic" section rather than a token mocktail. Named builds include the Safe Harbor (a smoky zero-proof negroni on Pathfinder NA aperitivo), the Just Like a Spritz (Giffard non-alcoholic aperitif cordial, sparkling, citrus), the savory-fruity Funky Fresh (strawberry, pineapple, NA beer, black pepper), and a house passionfruit ginger lemonade.
Signature NA drinks- Safe Harbor
- Just Like a Spritz
- Funky Fresh
- Passionfruit Ginger Lemonade
- ★★★★★?
The Bower is a seasonal, locally-sourced American restaurant and bar on Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District, opened in 2020 by Mark Latter of Latter Hospitality (the group behind Tujague's); an adjacent cocktail-focused Bower Bar followed in 2022. The kitchen and beverage programs are ingredient-driven, with menus shaped by produce, herbs, and flowers from Sugar Roots Farm. Under beverage director Mickey Mullins, the "field-to-glass" bar program extends to a dedicated non-alcoholic section, where house-made mocktails are built from the same fresh, garden-driven ingredients as the cocktail list rather than bottled zero-proof spirits. Current non-alcoholic offerings include Moody Judy (vanilla bean lemonade, butterfly pea flower), No-Loma (grapefruit, lime, soda), and Walk the Lime (sweet lime and coconut), all available at the daily happy hour.
Signature NA drinks- Moody Judy
- No-Loma
- Walk the Lime
- ★★★★★?
Compère Lapin is the New Orleans flagship of James Beard Award-winning chef Nina Compton, opened in 2015 inside The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery in the Warehouse District. Born and raised in St. Lucia and a Top Chef runner-up, Compton melds Caribbean and Creole cooking with French and Italian technique. The bar keeps a standing, named non-alcoholic section on both its dinner and brunch menus: the Sorrel Tea (house-made spiced hibiscus, ginger, lavender, lime), the Tell Tale Heart (strawberry balsamic shrub, tonic), and a brunch Garden Party built on Seedlip Garden, with canned Athletic Brewing NA IPA and a kombucha-style tea rounding it out. Compton won the 2018 James Beard Best Chef: South; the restaurant is Michelin-recommended.
Signature NA drinks- Sorrel Tea
- Tell Tale Heart
- Garden Party
- ★★★★★?
Seaworthy is an oyster bar inside the Ace Hotel in New Orleans' Central Business District, set in a restored 19th-century townhouse on Carondelet Street and open since 2016. It built its reputation on wild-caught, sustainably harvested oysters from the Gulf and both coasts, plus an acclaimed cocktail program. Within that program sit a handful of zero-proof options: Curious Elixirs No. 1, a non-alcoholic riff on a Negroni made with rhodiola and pomegranate, and a Lyre's Amalfi Spritz, plus lower-ABV "session" cocktails for guests cutting back. The New Orleans tourism board has singled out Seaworthy for its mocktail program, and daily happy hour runs 4–6pm.
Signature NA drinks- Curious Elixirs No. 1
- Lyre's Amalfi Spritz
- ★★★★★?
Urban South Brewery, founded in 2016 by Jacob Landry and Kyle Huling, is the largest brewery by volume in New Orleans, anchoring a family-friendly taproom on Tchoupitoulas Street in the Lower Garden District. It was the first brewery in the city to brew a non-alcoholic version of its own beer. The NA program is built around two in-house 0.5% ABV brews: N.A. Holy Roller, a hazy IPA that uses the same Mosaic, Citra, and Centennial hops as the flagship Holy Roller (only the yeast changes so it produces no meaningful alcohol), and N.A. Charming Wit. The brewery developed the NA Holy Roller over about two years and released it around New Year 2024 for Dry January participants, year-round sober drinkers, and designated drivers. The taproom also serves smash burgers.
Signature NA drinks- N.A. Holy Roller (hazy IPA)
- N.A. Charming Wit
- ★★★★★?
Saba is chef Alon Shaya's modern Israeli restaurant on Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans, the flagship of his Pomegranate Hospitality group (the name means "grandfather" in Hebrew). Known for blistered wood-fired pita and James Beard Award-winning Mediterranean cooking, it opened in 2018 and earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand. Its beverage program includes a deliberate non-alcoholic offering built around gazoz — a sparkling Turkish-style soda made in house with fresh fruit, house syrups, and seltzer, with flavors that rotate seasonally (recent examples include watermelon basil, cucumber agave, and pineapple shrub). The menu also stocks Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn non-alcoholic beer, and the zero-proof drinks feature during the Wednesday–Friday happy hour.
Signature NA drinks- Seasonal house gazoz
- Athletic Brewing Upside Dawn (NA)
- ★★★★★?
The Rum House is a Caribbean-inspired taqueria and rum bar that opened on Magazine Street in June 2009, founded by Baton Rouge natives Michael Buchert and Kelly Ponder. The Uptown spot is known for island-style tacos and a bar stocked with over 200 rums. Its non-alcoholic offering is a named mocktail line developed with local personality Lauren Haydel of Fleurty Girl, which took off after one of her themed lemonade mocktails went viral during a high-traffic concert weekend. The mocktails are built on Free Spirits non-alcoholic tequila: the Heaux Ranch Water (lime, soda water), the Fleurty Faux-Rita (lime, agave, jalapeños), and the Teasequila Sunrise (orange juice, grenadine), available daily and during the weekday Island Time happy hour.
Signature NA drinks- Heaux Ranch Water
- Fleurty Faux-Rita
- Teasequila Sunrise
- ★★★★★?
Sneaky Pickle is a vegetable-forward Bywater restaurant founded by Ben Tabor, a Marine Corps veteran, who opened the original on St. Claude Avenue in 2014. After a fire and a stint of pop-ups, it relocated into the long-idle former Maurepas Foods space at 3200 Burgundy Street, where it now runs two concepts under one roof: Sneaky Pickle serves a locally sourced, vegan- and vegetarian-friendly lunch, and after dark the same kitchen and bar become Bar Brine for dinner. Both emphasize produce from small local farms. For non-drinkers, the daytime menu includes a fresh sugarcane-juice cooler with ginger, mint, and lemon topped with club soda, and the evening Bar Brine program — built on house-made cordials, shrubs, and bitters — extends to named zero-proof options like the Seasonal Bitter, Summer Buck, and Shrub 'N' Soda.
Signature NA drinks- Sugarcane Juice
- Seasonal Bitter
- Summer Buck
- Shrub 'N' Soda
- ★★★★★?
The Chloe is a boutique hotel, restaurant, bar, and lounge from New Orleans hospitality group LeBlanc + Smith, opened in 2020 inside a restored 19th-century St. Charles Avenue mansion designed by architect Thomas Sully. In the Uptown/Garden District corridor, it pairs a craft cocktail bar with an all-day restaurant, a front porch, and a pool bar; its dining room was named the most beautiful hotel restaurant in New Orleans by Visit New Orleans in 2024. The bar menu carries a dedicated spirit-free section alongside its cocktails: confirmed zero-proof options include the Phony Negroni and the Dealers Mocktail, each house-made rather than built on bottled NA brands. It's a smaller but genuine zero-proof list set in one of the city's more striking historic spaces.
Signature NA drinks- Phony Negroni
- Dealers Mocktail
More NA-friendly venues in New Orleans
These venues have NA programs but haven't published a specific mocktail menu we can quote — call ahead or ask your bartender.
What makes a great mocktail?
A great mocktail isn't just a cocktail with the alcohol removed. The best non-alcoholic drinks are designed from the ground up around the flavor profile, mouthfeel, and ritual of a craft cocktail — without leaning on alcohol as a shortcut.
The signal: named drinks on a published menu, fresh-pressed juices, house-made shrubs or syrups, bitters and tinctures for complexity, and increasingly an NA-spirits section (Lyre's, Seedlip, Ritual, Wilderton, and others) used the same way a cocktail bar uses gin or whiskey. The opposite: an off-menu "we can make something" with no specific drinks, defaulting to soda, juice, or sparkling water.
That distinction is why we rank venues by NA Program Strength rather than treating every "mocktail option" as equal. A bar that lists three named NA cocktails on its printed menu is doing the work; a bar that says "we can probably do something" is not.
Frequently asked about mocktails in New Orleans
19 venues in New Orleans serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include Dream House Lounge, Mélange by Cali Sober, Euphorbia Kava & Coffee Bar.
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