Chinese food in Austin
Sichuan tables, roast duck and weekend dim sum across north, central, east and south Austin.
Open the Austin guideResearched shortlists of Chinese restaurants in 11 US cities: exact addresses, what to order, current menu prices and which places list delivery. Unranked, sourced from each restaurant, with no claimed visits.
Sichuan tables, roast duck and weekend dim sum across north, central, east and south Austin.
Open the Austin guideNew York's Chinese food runs across four districts: Manhattan Chinatown (Doyers, Mott and East Broadway) for dim sum, vegetarian and Sichuan, Flushing's Prince Street for Hunan cooking, Sunset Park in Brooklyn for Sichuan, and Broadway and 45th Avenue in Elmhurst for Taiwanese and Cantonese. Pick the district first, then the meal.
Open the New York guideChinese food in Los Angeles splits into LA Chinatown on North Broadway and the San Gabriel Valley (Monterey Park, Alhambra, Arcadia, Rowland Heights), where most of the regional cooking is. This shortlist has seven restaurants with menus checked on 2026-09-29.
Open the Los Angeles guideChinese food in San Francisco is Chinatown (Waverly Place, Kearny and Jackson Streets) for banquets and Sichuan, and the Richmond and Sunset districts for dim sum, halal northern cooking and dry-fried chicken. This shortlist has six restaurants with menus checked on 2026-09-29.
Open the San Francisco guideHouston's Chinatown is a car-only strip of plazas along Bellaire Boulevard, not a downtown grid. Dim sum, Sichuan noodles and hot pot cluster there; Midtown, Sugar Land and the Katy Freeway side each add one distinct meal.
Open the Houston guideChicago's Chinese food is split between Chinatown on Wentworth and Cermak, a north-side pocket around Argyle Street in Uptown, and thin suburban spots. This shortlist covers dim sum, dumplings, duck, Sichuan and a fully vegetarian menu.
Open the Chicago guideSeattle's Chinese food is anchored in the Chinatown-International District on S Jackson and S King, with a second cluster across Lake Washington in Bellevue and Kirkland. This shortlist covers dim sum, roast meats, dumplings, Hunan, Sichuan and Xi'an noodles.
Open the Seattle guideBoston's Chinese food splits four ways: Chinatown (ZIP 02111) for dim sum, Taiwanese dumplings and Xi'an noodles, Hancock Street in Quincy for dim sum, Brighton Avenue in Allston for Sichuan hot pot, and Harvard Square and Somerville for Sichuan and Southwest China cooking.
Open the Boston guideDallas-Fort Worth's Chinese food sits in the northern suburbs, not downtown: Richardson's Greenville Avenue corridor, Plano's Legacy Drive and Dallas Parkway, and Carrollton and Irving. This is a researched, unranked shortlist of seven places that each do a different meal.
Open the Dallas guideAtlanta's Chinese food is spread out: Buford Highway through Chamblee and Doraville for dumplings, Sichuan and Korean-Chinese, Duluth and Johns Creek for dim sum, and single strong picks in Midtown and Decatur.
Open the Atlanta guidePhiladelphia's Chinese food is concentrated in Chinatown on Race Street, Arch Street and North 9th Street, with a Cantonese banquet hall in Northeast Philly and a dim sum room in University City.
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