Reliable Sichuan dishes and Cantonese classics at the Upper West Side branch of this mini chain.
Reliable Sichuan dishes and Cantonese classics at the midtown branch of this mini chain.
Full-service Shanghai-style restaurant with our favorite soup dumplings in the neighborhood.
Better than average Shanghai-style classics in a clean, bright setting. Tasty lunch specials are a great deal.
Venerated late night Chinatown spot. Roast pork (and skin-on roast pig), noodles, fried soft shell crabs, and stir fried garlic chives are smart orders here.
Cleaner, tastier dim sum than your average Chinatown place, with fresh dishes you order off the menu rather than from a cart.
Decent spot for Shanghainese cooking. The stir fried rice cakes are done well here.
Good source for vegetable-focused vegan and vegetarian in the neighborhood. Carnivore approved!
Some of the best Chinese in the East Village, uncompromising in its use of chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.
You can get a taste of some classic Taiwanese dishes like stinky tofu alongside more common Chinese offerings.
Muslim lamb chop ($21.95), braised until fall-off-the-bone tender, fried until crisp, and jacketed with an intensely flavored coating of cumin? Yes Virginia, we're still in China.
Gutsy and raw Sichuan cooking that for the most part is very good. Don't miss the the cold tofu with peanuts and radish or the Chengdu chicken with hot peppers. Open late (until 11:30 p.m.).
The first sit-down restaurant from the folks behind Xi'an Famous Foods offers all their classics (lamb burgers, hand-pulled noodles, and more) with table service, still on the cheap.
One of Flushing's top sources for authentic—and authentically spicy—Sichuan fare.
Yunnan Chinese cooking with modern sensibilities. Mostly shareable small plates with light, bright flavors.
The congee is served bubbling hot in a terracotta casserole, steaming with the aroma of whatever's added on top. It's hearty, soothing, and everything you want in the late night hours.
There's a full menu to choose from here, but keep your selections focused on congee.
Affordable Sichuan in midtown. The stir fried five spice tofu is a vegetarian dish for carnivores.
A crammed, frenetic, two-level food court with cheap, delicious food from all over China. A Flushing must.
A cheffy, well-done take on Chinese-American classics; don't miss the dumplings, particularly the excellent xiao long bao.
The inexpensive dim sum here is some of the better in Chinatown, with some dishes not found at most other places.
Peak hours are around noon on weekends for dim sum - it gets packed and chaotic.
New York City's oldest and most venerated dim sum parlor given new life, home to some of the best rice rolls in Chinatown.
Satisfying all-vegetarian dim sum with a heavy hand of faux meat. Dim sum is served form a menu, not a cart, and is available all day.
The dim sum here isn't as good as it used to be, but it remains a solid and popular neighborhood brunch spot.
Clean, modern-looking menu-based dim sum. Stick to fried dishes and the steamed duck dumplings for best results.
This Cantonese restaurant does great dim sum, a destination for Sunset Park's Chinatown.
The dim sum here is decent if not inspired, though the steamed rice rolls (cheung fun) are practically flawless.
Tasty Dumpling's rich pork filling is one of our favorites in Chinatown, and the cabbage in this more-portable pancake offers a mellow vegetal backbone and mild sweetness.
The juicy pork dumplings are even better than the hand pulled noodles at this Fujianese hole in the wall.
