Chinese food, city by city.

Researched 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.

Chinese food in New York

New 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.

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Chinese food in Los Angeles

Chinese 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.

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Chinese food in San Francisco

Chinese 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.

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Chinese food in Houston

Houston'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.

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Chinese food in Chicago

Chicago'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.

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Chinese food in Seattle

Seattle'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.

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Chinese food in Boston

Boston'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.

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Chinese food in Dallas

Dallas-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.

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Chinese food in Atlanta

Atlanta'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.

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Chinese food in Philadelphia

Philadelphia'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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