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Best Chinese - Chinatown
Shanghai Café Deluxe is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

1. Shanghai Café Deluxe

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

sharilynsharilyn: SOUP DUMPLINGS - the sesame pancakes are not bad either

Nom Wah Tea Parlor is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

2. Nom Wah Tea Parlor

8.1
13 Doyers St (btwn Pell St & Bowery), New York, NY
Dim Sum Restaurant · Chinatown · 376 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: AMAZING Cantonese style dimsum any day of the week. Closes early. Shrimp and Bacon Rolls I have actually had dreams about.

H.K. Wonton Garden is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

3. H.K. Wonton Garden

7.4
79 Mulberry St (btwn Bayard & Canal St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 84 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Best noodle soups in the nabe. Enjoyable dim sum too, especially Har Gow.

M Shanghai Bistro is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

4. M Shanghai Bistro

7.7
292 Grand St (btwn Roebling St & Havemeyer St), Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Williamsburg · 126 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Not in Chinatown! but tastes like it is. Great soup dumplings but also shredded pork with tofu, dried beef, and other Shanghainese delights.

456 Shanghai Cuisine is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

5. 456 Shanghai Cuisine

6.9
69 Mott St (btwn Canal & Bayard St.), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 109 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Totally solid Shanghainese food, unpretentious, hearty. Steamed buns especially good!

Malaysia Beef Jerky is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

6. Malaysia Beef Jerky

8.5
95 Elizabeth St (btwn Grand & Hester St), New York, NY
Snack Place · Chinatown · 41 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Best beef (or chicken, or shrimp) jerky you have ever had. About $9 for a 1/2 lb. Perfect for long plane rides!

Prosperity Dumpling is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

7. Prosperity Dumpling

46 Eldridge St (btwn Canal & Hester St), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Chinatown · 259 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: The best thing you can do with $1 - buy a carton of fried pork dumplings. With $2 you can get a mess of the equally excellent steamed dumplings! perfect for carbo loading before a bar crawl.

Xi'an Famous Foods is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

8. Xi'an Famous Foods

67 Bayard St (at Mott St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 178 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: ORDER ANYTHING ITS ALL AMAZING especially the noodles with lamb.

Fried Dumpling is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

9. Fried Dumpling

7.3
106 Mosco St (btwn Mott & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Chinatown · 62 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Closes early and hostile to white people, but the fried pork dumplings are like heaven and don't cost more than $2.

Lan Zhou Hand Made Noodle is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

10. Lan Zhou Hand Made Noodle

8.0
40-17 Main Street (Shi Hong Mall), Flushing, NY
Chinese Restaurant · 20 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Transcendence in a bowl! Less than picturesque surroundings - be transported by your meal!

Zhu Ji Guo Tie (Dumpling Stall) is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

11. Zhu Ji Guo Tie (Dumpling Stall)

8.3
40-52 Main St (Around corner on 41st Ave), Flushing, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Downtown Flushing · 12 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Not quite as amazing as it used to be, but still worth a visit. Steamed buns are great too!

Chinese Skewer Cart is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

12. Chinese Skewer Cart

7.6
39th Ave & Prince St (Main Street), Flushing, NY
Food Truck · 3 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: There are several of these nearly-identical carts on and aroun Main St, and they're all pretty much the same. And they are all delicious! $1 skewers of cumin-rubbed meats cooked over a charcoal fire.

Tung Woo Co. is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

13. Tung Woo Co.

5.4
230 Grand St (btwn Elizabeth St & Bowery), New York, NY
Food and Beverage Retail · Little Italy · 5 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: Not really a restaurant more of a stand! Here is where to get sweet tofu, fresh soy milk, freshly made noodles in different sizes, and chrysanthemum tea. Most items $1 or less.

Malaysia Beef Jerky is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

14. Malaysia Beef Jerky

8.5
95 Elizabeth St (btwn Grand & Hester St), New York, NY
Snack Place · Chinatown · 41 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: The spicy chicken jerky is particularly good. So much better than a Slim Jim!

Ping's Seafood is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

15. Ping's Seafood

8.1
22 Mott St (at Mosco St), New York, NY
Dim Sum Restaurant · Chinatown · 82 tips and reviews

sharilynsharilyn: great for dim sum, very very fresh!

169 Bar is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

16. 169 Bar

8.6
169 E Broadway (btwn Rutgers & Jefferson St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 242 tips and reviews
Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

17. Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle

144 E Broadway (btwn Pike St & East Broadway), New York, NY
Noodle Restaurant · Chinatown · 256 tips and reviews
North Dumpling is one of Best Chinese - Chinatown.

18. North Dumpling

8.5
27 Essex St (btwn Grand & Hester St.), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Chinatown · 80 tips and reviews