NYC's Chinese food is unmatched in America. Manhattan, Flushing, and Brooklyn Chinatowns each offer different strengths—from dim sum to hand-pulled noodles to Sichuan fire.
Manhattan Chinatown
Nom Wah Tea Parlor
$$ • Doyers Street
NYC's oldest dim sum house since 1920. Iconic and excellent.
Wu's Wonton King
$$ • Chinatown
Outstanding Cantonese and roast meats.
Xi'an Famous Foods
$ • Multiple Locations
Hand-pulled noodles with cumin lamb. Changed NYC Chinese.
Flushing, Queens
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao
$$ • Flushing
Soup dumplings worth the trek to Queens.
Szechuan Mountain House
$$ • Flushing
Serious Sichuan in the new Chinatown.
White Bear
$ • Flushing
Hole-in-the-wall with outstanding wontons.
Brooklyn & Beyond
Yun Nan Flavour Garden
$$ • Sunset Park
Yunnan cuisine. Outstanding crossing-the-bridge noodles.
Hunan House
$$ • Flushing
Fiery Hunan cuisine. Seriously spicy.
Birds of a Feather
$$$ • Williamsburg
Modern Sichuan with cocktails. Trendy and delicious.
Pro Tip: Take the 7 train to Flushing for NYC's best Chinese—it's the largest and most diverse Chinatown in the city.