... buffets dinner and Sunday Champagne Jazz brunches. Treetini's Lounge offers the ideal spot for folks to relax, especially during the happy hours that serve as preludes to evenings out in the Big Easy. Although in the 'burbs, the New Orleans Lakeside Hotel is close to restaurants serving Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese cuisine, and even a branch of New Orleans' premier beignet eatery, the famous CafΘ du Monde. The New Orleans Lakeside Hotel offers rooftop tennis and basketball courts and an indoor pool. All 210 guest rooms come complete with wood furniture with black lacquer accents, floral drapes and bedspreads high speed Internet access, and views of the lake or New Orleans skyline. Being located on the ninth through 16th floors of a corporate tower means the hotel draws its share of business big shots, but also Superdome and sports fans descend on the Doubletree when in town for pro football and basketball. Other vacationers, especially water buffs, come here for that special New Orleans ambience and close proximity to their flights and one of the country's most gorgeous lakes.