新奥尔良（New Orleans）是一个充满宝藏、令人惊喜的城市，孟买俱乐部尤其配得上这个特点。它具有地下酒吧的元素，俱乐部有经典的鸡尾酒，现场音乐，亲密的氛围和适合抽雪茄的花园庭院。类似这样的抽茄区曾经在新奥尔良很常见，但是慢慢的都关闭了，一个接着一个，从阿尔诺（Arnaud’s）到丽思卡尔顿（Ritz-Carlton）。近期，孟买俱乐部先后两次停业。

说孟买俱乐部是当地最古老的俱乐部一点都不过分。20多年来，这里一直是历史悠久的康帝王子酒店（Prince Conti Hotel）的所在地，一家高档的法国精品酒店。但是这里曾经作为鸡尾酒吧的时间要更长，从英国进口的百年木制吧台已经在这里呆了60多年了。和酒店的名字相匹配，酒店里是带有殖民地色彩的大英帝国的主题。店里有很多绿色和深棕色的皮革沙发、家具，还镶嵌了黄铜钉头。在这里还有优雅的高背吧凳、落地钟、烛台、古董瓷器、书柜、地球仪，以及整体美观雅致的会所绿洲。你可以从喧嚣活力的城市中来到这里休息一下，从50多款精致的鸡尾酒酒单里点上一款饮品，然后忘却外面的世界。

和这种氛围搭配的饮品有一长串，单一麦芽苏格兰威士忌、波特酒、波旁威士忌以及在新奥尔良市最广泛的特色马提尼酒。这个地方主要是鸡尾酒吧，有很多摇酒器和水晶玻璃杯。你会发现很多当地菜，比如当地著名的白兰地牛奶潘趣。这里作为晚餐后的第二站很受欢迎。就位于法国区的中心地带，交通便利。距离新奥尔朗很多著名的大饭店咫尺之遥，几个街区之外就是著名的典藏厅（Preservation Hall）的夜间现场音乐表演。你可以在这里用餐，菜单是英式美食以及当地的美味。比如在墨西哥湾捕获的鱼，薯条，啤酒拌碎蟹，香肠。有一些粉丝声称他们家的芝士汉堡是全城最好的。

最近25年来，孟买俱乐部一直发展壮大。几年前，它更换了管理层和员工队伍。后来因为新冠病毒疫情而关闭。后来又因为8月份飓风艾达而停业。去年秋季才恢复营业，并推出新的雪茄计划。目前在法国区，孟买俱乐部是唯一一家提供全方位服务的雪茄休息室，俱乐部还有一间高端零售店。俱乐部还增加了一套茄房，里面摆放着洛基帕特尔雪茄。

俱乐部的露天庭院摆放着八张桌子，你可以在这里享受雪茄，俱乐部提供全套的食物和鸡尾酒服务。每周六晚上还有现场爵士乐表演。当地著名的歌手阿奈斯·圣约翰（r Anais St. John ）是俱乐部的常客。演出三个小时，晚上8点到11点。在氛围、饮品、雪茄和爵士乐的陪伴下，孟买俱乐部的时间仿佛被冻结，你回到了黄金时代。

孟买俱乐部

康帝街830号

新奥尔良，路易斯安纳州70112

(504) 577-2237

https://bombayclubneworleans.com/ 

周四到周日开放时间：下午4点到凌晨12点

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New Orleans is a city full of surprise hidden gems, but the Bombay Club is especially worthy of this title. It has elements of a speakeasy, the kind of place that even locals might forget about, then happily remember and return to for classic cocktails, live music, an intimate atmosphere and the cigar-friendly garden courtyard. Smoking enclaves much like this one were once New Orleans’ mainstays, but one after another, from Arnaud’s to the Ritz-Carlton, all the top courtyards that long welcomed cigars have dried up. Not here. The Bombay Club has recently doubled down on smoking.

To call the Bombay Club venerable is an understatement, as it has anchored the historic Prince Conti Hotel, an upscale French Quarter boutique property, for more than two decades. But it has been a cocktail spot here for much longer, and the century old wooden bar, imported from England, has been in its current location for 60 years. Fitting its name, there is a Colonial British Empire theme, with lots of green and dark brown leather furniture with brass nail heads, including elegant high-backed bar stools, a grandfather clock, candelabras, antique China, bookcases, globes and an overall aesthetic of an elegant clubhouse oasis. It is the kind of place you visit to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the vibrant city, order a drink from the menu of 50-plus elaborate cocktails, and then forget about the outside world.

Fitting the ambiance is a long list of single malt Scotches, Ports, Bourbons and what claims to be the most extensive specialty Martini list in the city. The place is primarily a cocktail bar, with lots of shakers and heavy cut crystal glasses, so you’ll find an emphasis on local specialties such as the Sazerac, French 75, Pimm’s Cup, and New Orleans’ famous Brandy Milk Punch. It is especially popular as an after-dinner stop, and conveniently located in the heart of the French Quarter within a short walk of many of the city’s most famous grand restaurants and less than four blocks from the famed nightly live music shows at historic Preservation Hall. But you can certainly eat here, and the food menu is an eclectic hybrid of British gastropub and local flavors, such as fish and chips made with local Gulf catch or beer battered crab and chorizo beignets. Some fans claim the house cheeseburger is the best in the city. 

The Bombay Club has been going strong here for nearly a quarter century. It underwent a management and staff change a few years back, then closed for the pandemic, again for Hurricane Ida in August, and finally reopened fully last fall, complete with a new cigar program. In partnership with Cuban Creations, the French Quarter’s only full-service cigar lounge and high-end retail shop, the Bombay Club added a new Tubeaux humidor system stocked with offerings from Rocky Patel. 

Cigars can be enjoyed here at the eight tables in the open-air courtyard, which features full food and cocktail service. There’s also live Jazz every Saturday night, and acclaimed local singer Anais St. John is a Bombay Club regular, doing a three-hour set from 8 to 11 pm. Between the atmosphere, the drinks, the smokes and the Jazz, a visit to the Bombay Club is like being frozen in time—sometime during a Golden Age.

Bombay Club

830 Conti Street

New Orleans, LA 70112

(504) 577-2237

https://bombayclubneworleans.com/ 

Open Thursday through Sunday: 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.