Who haunts the Omni Royal Orleans
Reported as stories, with where each one comes from. Most reported: The ghostly maid.
The ghostly maid
Guests report a maid who tucks sheets around sleepers, tidies rooms, hangs up clothes and sometimes runs taps or flushes toilets at night.
The Confederate soldier
Reported on the seventh floor.
"I had no intention of being woken up by the hotel's phantom maid on the second floor who likes to tuck the sheets around sleeping guests."Condé Nast Traveler, 2013
The building
Before you book
| Room to request | No room number on record. We only print numbers a source ties to a ghost story. |
|---|---|
| Does the hotel tell the stories? | Not stated on its website |
| Built | 1960, as hotel (site of the St. Louis Hotel, opened 1838) |
| Historic listing | None found |
| Historic Hotels of America | ✓ Member |
| Google rating | 4.3 from 3,623 reviews |
| Address | 621 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130 |
| Jackson Square | 950 ft (290 m), 5 min walk |
Sources
7 independent sources, quotes checked
- Condé Nast Traveler, 2013Magazine
- Haunted History ToursGhost tour
- American Ghost WalksGhost tour
- SmarterTravelMagazine
- Explore.comMagazine
- The Syncopated TimesMagazine
- Haunted Rooms, 2026Blog
Photo: St. Louis Cathedral at night, OrleansPhotoArt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. This is the area, not the hotel.
Around the Omni Royal Orleans
Straight-line distances from the front door; walking times allow for streets. Places from OpenStreetMap.
Eat and drink
- Touché Bar1 min walk
- Napoleon House1 min walk
- Pierre Masparo's1 min walk
- NOLA1 min walk
- Antoine's Restaurant2 min walk
- K-Paul's Lousiana Kitchen2 min walk
See nearby
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum1 min walk
- The Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center2 min walk
- M.S. Rau2 min walk
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center3 min walk
- Hermann-Grima House3 min walk
- Louisiana State Museum Library3 min walk
Other haunted hotels
- Olivier House Hotel4 min walk
- Bourbon Orleans4 min walk
- Dauphine Orleans5 min walk
- Hotel Monteleone5 min walk
Cemeteries
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One10 min walk
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 20.7 mi (1.1 km)
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery1.8 mi (2.8 km)
Questions
Is the Omni Royal Orleans haunted?
It has a long-standing ghost reputation. Several guides, and Condé Nast Traveler, describe a phantom maid who tucks guests in and tidies rooms; a soldier is also reported on the seventh floor.
What was on the site before the Omni Royal Orleans?
The St. Louis Hotel, built in 1838, a center of Creole society where enslaved people were auctioned in the rotunda. It was destroyed in 1915 and the present hotel opened in 1960.