Pontchartrain Landing

We got last minute reservations here in a presidential spot. We had a covered patio with a built in barbecue and stereo, and a hot tub right in our campsite. Store was well stocked with what you would expect, and staff was friendly. Park seemed clean. It’s a little confusing to get to, so be patient. We went to the restaurant on a Tuesday night and really enjoyed the live music – it was a female vocalist who also played guitar. She took requests from my kids very graciously. Service in the restaurant was a little slow, but my guess is they were understaffed for the crowd. It rained the whole time we were there so we did not get out around the campground much. It was an easy drive to the French Quarter. Very nice RV resort (although its in an industrial area).

For years, I loved going to Pontchartrain Landing to eat the delicious BBQ, hear the terrific bands they would have play and to swim in their beautiful pool — until tonight.
I live in New Orleans, but I have lots of friends and family who bring their RVs to town and have always recommended Pontchartrain Landing because of all of its lovely amenities and colorful staff members. I made friends with the manager, Matt, and he invited me to come to swim whenever I liked.
Tonight, my friend and I decided to take him up on the offer, but when we arrived, we realized quickly that the place had changed. Walking up to the pool door, we noticed a large, hand-​written sign that said there was a $ 10 wristband fee for using the pool ($ 5 if you bought a drink or something from the bar). We were planning on buying drinks and dinner there anyway, so we decided to go ahead and go to the bar before swimming.
Walking up to the bar, the blonde bartender, who was busy helping another customer, looked at us over her shoulder and shouted at us, «IF YOU WANNA USE THE POOL, THERE IS A $ 10 CHARGE!» We thanked her and explained we had just read the sign and were coming to buy a drink. She turned away gruffly and went back to her conversation with her customer for a few minutes before speaking to us again. We asked when the policy changed for locals using the pool, since there had never been a charge before. She put her hands on her hips and defensively launched into a bitter tirade at us about how they are running a business and we can’t just use the pool for free.
I was unsure why she took such an aggressive attitude with us, and explained that I had been invited by the manager personally and had visited many, many times before and that we would still be happy to pay the fee to swim, and to buy our dinner and drinks from her. She snorted and said, «Yeah, well that is why he doesn’t work here any more. The fee is $ 10.» She then hastily turned away and went back to talking to another customer without taking our drink order.
We HAD planned on spending at least $ 150 in dinner and drinks and swimming, but after the way we were treated, after having recommended their business dozens of times over the years, we decided to take our business elsewhere and will not be returning nor recommending the place to our visiting friends and family. The French Quarter RV park is MUCH closer to everything, MUCH cheaper and MUCH friendlier anyway.

I thought I might have gone the wrong way… but found the park. They had called and addled approx arrival time and someone was actually waiting for me at the gate. Leo escorted me to our site gave us tons of information. Leo is a great guy and very professional. I recommend this park.
Thanks
Donovan

My husband and I camped here in our pop-​up and it was one of our favorite campgrounds. The pool was really nice and we really enjoyed the drink specials and live music at the restaurant. The shuttle to and from the French Quarter was also a great bonus.

BEWARE this park has some life threatening issues.
This people use a mix of pulverized concrete
Twisted rusted tire puncturing metal debris and crushed concrete.
The mix has and creates more of a highly toxic silica filled dust that settles in everything and becomes a mud hole when it rains.

The landscape maintenance crew misuses roundup and other toxic chemicals polluting the water tables and killing sensitive wildlife around the water.
It is actually illegal to spray the chemicals they are misusing in that area so close to the water.
I could go on with issues from terrible management to ridiculously high prices to angry and insulting staff but my goal here is to hopefully save you and your family a bad time and potentially a lethal highway accident for your tires blowing up do to all the picturing metal debris they cover their roads with. (I’ve never seen something so inconsiderate and stupid as that) it’s truly impressive
I mean it’s the exact opposite you want as a road.
Very unpleasant stay and aftermath of staying there

They mistakenly charged my credit card for damages done in another villa that we did not stay in. Have called multiple times to check on refund and still have not seen it, Finally had to dispute the charge with my bank.

This is one of the gems of New Orleans. Secure and safe. The staff is remarkable Brook, Brenda and Nikki go above and beyond to make you feel welcome. Les, Shawn and the golf cart crew are always available and very helpful. Nate the manager is extremely nice, patient, and understanding. Being in a party town things could get out of contol easy, but he is there at anytime of day to address and resolve any issues quickly. Great way to help every guest to feel extra secure during there visit. I cannot recommened staying here enough.

Love this beautiful hidden gem of an RV park and marina. They keep adding improvements and it just keeps getting nicer each time we stay here. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable of the area. It is less than a 15 minute drive down to the French Quarter. It is definitely worth checking out if you like to RV with a bit of luxury.

This place is tits! I brought my groomsman down to NOLA for my wedding and we stumbled upon this place on the Internet. I am so glad that we stayed here. Keith is the man! The rest of the staff is great too. Even after we were drunk as idiots and flipped their $ 30,000 golf cart they were understanding and we only had to pay the $ 1500 damages we made to the cart. We stayed in a huge and very nice tropical villa. The food at the bar located there is great too. Another night we came back to our villa from Bourbon and Frenchman St. only to find a gator hanging out in the water in front of our villa, we fed the gator $ 60 worth of egg McMuffins! It was sweet man, Pontchartrain Landing is amazing, $ 20 cab to French Quarter, awesome staff, and quiet (other than the crazy shtuff we were doing). Tits dude, tits, no bra.

Best RV spot closest to New Orleans.
Kind of sketchy on your way in, bit of an industrial area.
Once inside the gates, you will be pleasantly surprised. Decent sized spots, gravel, but graded almost daily. Sites are level. All 50 amp, FHU’s.
Easy access to the French Quarter. The also offer a round trip shuttle to the Quarter for $ 6. Shuttle times are: departures at 10 am, 3:45 pm and 7:45 pm. Return times are 4 pm and 8 pm. Wish they would have had a midnight return time. Taxi back runs $ 15 – 20.
Friendly staff, they escort you to your sites. Pool (unheated), above ground hot tub. They also have a little store and a bar/​restaurant above the office. Has live music most nights. (We didn’t try it, so no comments there).
Decent sized fenced dog run, small playground area.
Our only negative would be the shower. In the main campground there is only one shower house. One shower and toilet per gender. Not very clean, in need of updates. (While we were here, temps were in the 30’s and the air conditioner was running).
The toilet/​shower situation was a surprise considering how nice the grounds are.

Was here last Sunday night for the live band. It was average. They could do better by playing some better songs but it was free and was better than doing nothing. The drinks were nice. I got the Foghorn Daiquiri for $ 5. I didn’t taste any alcohol but it was there because before I finished my drink I realized I had better slow down, lol. The lady that was working the bar seemed disturbed each time I ordered something. The other people in my party mentioned it to me. We went at separate times so it wasn’t just me. We were paying customers so I don’t know why she was bothered that we wanted to order something. Even when I went back to order food it still seemed to be a problem. I would return and hope she is having a better night. The food was okay. I had the wings and they was nothing special about them. My date had a shrimp PoBoy and fries, I guess it was okay.

Save your money and go to a hotel. We rented the tropical villa for the weekend and even through we prepaid, they still wanted an additional $ 500 at check-​in to cover any potential damages. What kind of clientele does this place have? I mean this is an RV park and the «villa» is just a mobile home. There is not anything in there that is worth $ 500.
Rooms were ok but the mattress were sagging, which was surprising considering that this place was supposed to be new. But I really didn’t care about the noise. They had open mike night the first night we stayed and the singing thankfully stopped at 9 pm. Then the band started. Although they barely sounded better than the open mike performers, they played until 11. Different bands played at the bar every night of our stay. One night they had a band playing at the bar and another band playing at another «villa» for a private party. Dueling bands playing rock music and soul/​R&B!!! The walls of the «villa» were shaking and the management did little to try to remedy the situation. We asked them if we can move but he told me that we will have to pay extra to move farther away from the bar and we have to pay a cleaning fee. On top of that we would have to check out by 11 and find something to do until they allow us to check in another room at 3 pm. So we ended up wearing earplugs at night so not to deal with the hassle of no place to go for 4 hours.
It also made me nervous that people who were not staying at the RV park were coming in just to drink, party, and to hear the band. The park is in one of the worst neighborhoods pre-​Katrina. So it make me nervous that there is drinking going on when I have young children with me. If I had wanted that type of environment, I would have gone to Bourbon street.
Also, this place does not provide daily housekeeping service. We ran out of fresh towels toward the end of our stay. I suppose they expect us to wash them ourselves since we do have a washer/​dryer.
I recommend to anyone considering staying here to check into a hotel instead. IT would definitely cost you less and it would be more comfortable.

We stayed here the week of Easter and were very impressed. The campground is very clean. That bathrooms were spotless the entire time we were there and did not cost any extra to shower in their full sized shower. The staff was very friendly and helpful. My only two small complaints are with the communication before we arrived. When I made my reservation I asked the gal on the phone to email me a confirmation but I never received it. Also we were not told that we needed to check in by 10:00 pm until 9:00 pm that night. This put us in a bind and we were unable to pick up our rental car that night. I would definitely stay here again.

Great little park, clean, well landscaped and new pads being built, along with other new construction or remodeling. They were very helpful getting us into our pull through spot for our 65′ of coach and trailer. We were able to fill our propane on site before we parked to be ready for below freezing temps. It’s located on a canal, industrial area by boatyards, but a nice surprise to drive up to. They take Passport America, Good Sam and Family Motorcoach Assoc. We’d stay there again and recommend it.

Awesome Park!
I would recommend it. I’d also say best RV place in LA, TX, OK region.
Here are some suggestions:
Get a RV Park sign posted off I10.
The golf cart guys rock! World class team. Hire more of them. Those guys always go the extra mile to help park, refill tanks, trash, directions, cleaning, etc!
Camping Rates are fully acceptable.
Consider selling shrimp bait for fishing — I caught a trout on bacon!
The dog and kid park were nice. Adds to the full family experience.
I think this place is an Oasis for New Orleans. It skips the BS of downtown yet provides for the true NOLA experience.
Good job. Thanks

We stayed here on one very rainy night in November. It is located right on Lake Ponchartrain. They have all types of RV sites and also rent some nicely appointed floating villas (i.e. houseboats). You will drive a ways through the yacht and ship repair district to get there, but it is worth the drive to get to this little Oasis. There is a very nice restaurant and bar with friendly staff. Leo guided us out to our site and made sure we had everything we needed and got hooked up ok. We were traveling in a 36′ Motorhome and had a nice pull through site. Note: the roads/​pads are crushed gravel, not concrete… but they are level and well maintained and we had no trouble even in the rain. WiFi service was good and we used the cable TV hookup as well. There is a security gate they close at night, but will give you a code to get back in if you come in late. There is a shuttle that runs into New Orleans several times per day. But a taxi ride is just under $ 20 if the shuttle times don’t work for you. We really liked it and would stay here again.

Stayed here June 28^th to July 3^rd. An out of the way campground with good facilities with security gate at night. Dog friendly and have a shuttle bus to and from the French Quarter. Our only problem was the wi-​fi service which I was assured was working fine when I made our reservation. When we tried it on Sat. am it was out and the girl in the office did not know how to get it up and didn’t offer to call anyone who did. Tried again on Monday am and it was up but SO SLOW that I used my connection thru my cell phone and got a lot faster speed. Overall we just used this campground for a convenient place to park while seeing the New Orleans area.

Pontchartrain Landing is a marina and RV park located on the industrial canal right off Lake Pontchartrain. They have a good BBQ restaurant, good patio bar, little swimming pool and hot tub. The swimming pool and hot tub are free to use. They also offer camper trailers, «tropical villas» and permanently moored houseboats for rent so you can visit for a short time or just live out here. There are a wide range of interesting people here both tourists and locals that you probably won’t meet anywhere else. This is still a relatively unknown place and not many locals seem to know about it so if you want an interesting new experience this place can be a fun diversion from your usual list of activities.