Dumplings
Shanghai Café Deluxe is one of Dumplings.

1. Shanghai Café Deluxe

100 Mott St (btwn Canal & Hester St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Little Italy · 365 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: The best soup dumplings in Manhattan’s Chinatown can be found at this spot—maybe because you can see them being made right before your eyes. Read more.

The Bao is one of Dumplings.

2. The Bao

7.7
13 Saint Marks Pl (at 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · East Village · 226 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Hold up, the best crab soup dumplings are in the East Village? This spinoff of Flushing spot Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao made believers out of us. (Save room for a chocolate-banana bao for dessert.) Read more.

Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle is one of Dumplings.

3. Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle

144 E Broadway (btwn Pike St & East Broadway), New York, NY
Noodle Restaurant · Chinatown · 257 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: If a place has great noodles, there’s a good chance it has great dumplings, too. And the ten-for-$3 fried pork ones here don’t disappoint. Read more.

Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House is one of Dumplings.

4. Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House

8.5
4801 8th Ave (at 48th St), Brooklyn, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Sunset Park · 43 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: They’re called pot stickers for a reason, and the perfectly crispy, golden-brown edges of this Sunset Park counter’s pork-and-leek four for $1 dumplings are quintessential. Read more.

Shanghai Cuisine 33 is one of Dumplings.

5. Shanghai Cuisine 33

57-33 Main St (58th Avenue), Flushing, NY
Chinese Restaurant · 18 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Soup dumplings and black truffle? Our foodie hearts just skipped a beat. You can find these pork-filled flavor bombs (listed, adorably, as "truffle tiny buns" on the menu) at this busy Flushing spot. Read more.

Top Prosperity Dumpling is one of Dumplings.

6. Top Prosperity Dumpling

2369 86th St, Brooklyn, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Gravesend · 3 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: The operation has moved to Bensonhurst, but those $1.50 chive and pork dumplings are the same delicious ones you scarfed on the LES. Read more.

Mimi Cheng's is one of Dumplings.

7. Mimi Cheng's

380 Broome St (btw Mott & Mulberry), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · NoLita · 30 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: We’re partial to the signature chicken-and-zucchini dumplings, pan-fried, at this sisters-run spot. Make sure to dunk them in as much of the tangy-spicy-sweet “secret sauce” as possible. Read more.

Talde is one of Dumplings.

8. Talde

369 7th Ave (at 11th St), Brooklyn, NY
Asian Restaurant · South Slope · 269 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Yes, the pretzel pork and chive dumplings at this Asian-American spot are far from traditional, but the crispy, salty dough and the accompanying spicy mustard make for an addictive combination. Read more.