Where to eat Chinese food in Chicago.

MingHin's Chinatown branch serves its dim sum menu all day, so you can eat dim sum at 9 a.m. on a weekday or at 8 p.m. on a Saturday. It is the pick for a table of four to eight who want to order 8 to 12 small plates and share.

Build an order. Start with MingHin's Shrimp Dumpling, Siu Mai and Baked BBQ Pork Bun, add Pan Fried Turnip Cake and a Shrimp Crepe (rice noodle roll), and finish with Puffy Egg Custard Tart. The menu also has a Vegetables and BBQ section (Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce, Roast Duck) that works as the plates that fill out the table.

Before you go. The locations page lists Chinatown as open 365 days: Mon-Fri 9am to midnight, Sat-Sun 8am to midnight, with all-day dim sum. Reservations are not required but the site recommends them; book on the reservations page. The weekday 2:30-5pm happy hour on the site excludes the Chinatown branch. Online ordering hours for this branch run 9:00 AM-11:45 PM (Sat-Sun from 8:00 AM).

Delivery: direct The operator's own ordering page for the Chinatown branch (via its Order Online link) lists delivery with a $15.00 delivery minimum and a delivery fee starting at $4.00 across two delivery zones.

QXY makes dumplings by hand and sells them as the whole meal: pick a filling, pick boiled, steamed or pan-fried, share three or four orders. It sits on S Wentworth Ave in Chinatown, so it pairs with a walk through the neighborhood.

Build an order. For two people, order one pork filling (Kurobuta Pork and Cabbage), one lamb filling (Lamb and Dill or Lamb and Coriander) and one seafood or vegetable filling (Shrimp, Kurobuta Pork and Leek, or Tofu, Cabbage, Vermicelli and Wood Ear Mushroom). Order the pan-fried version of one filling for a crisp contrast. Add BBQ or an appetizer only if the group is more than three.

Before you go. Hours are listed inconsistently: the home page shows 11:30 AM-9:00 PM daily, the FAQ shows 10:00 PM Fri-Sat, so confirm by phone or Instagram before a late visit. Reservations are taken through the website only, not by phone or for the same day, with 2 tables open per 90 minutes. The FAQ says BYOB is allowed at the Chinatown location Mon-Thu with limits, and that the restaurant does not deliver. Takeout is ordered online.

Pickup only The operator FAQ answers 'Do you deliver?' with 'No. We do not deliver due to food quality control'; takeout is ordered at store.qxydumpling.com.

Veggie House is a fully vegetarian and vegan Chinese restaurant on China Place in Chinatown. It is the answer when one person at the table does not eat meat and the rest still want Chinese-American dishes like Kung Pao, Mongolian and Orange.

Build an order. Order Spicy Dumplings (steamed, homemade chili sauce, peanuts) and Crispy Turmeric Oyster Mushroom to start, then Kung Pao Tofu and Mongolian Soy Beef (wok-fried plant-based beef) with rice, and Taiwan Noodle or Pad Thai Noodles as the starch.

Before you go. Closed Tuesday; open 11:30 AM-9:00 PM Wednesday through Monday. The site advertises delivery and catering. Reservation policy is not published on the fetched pages.

Delivery: direct The operator site says 'We Deliver' and its linked ordering page lists delivery zones with a $25.00 delivery minimum and a delivery fee starting at $5.00; the courier is not named.

Sun Wah is the Chicago pick for roast duck and Cantonese barbecue on the north side, at Broadway and Argyle in Uptown. Come with a group for the off-menu Beijing Duck Dinner carved at the table; come alone for barbecue over rice or a bowl of congee.

Build an order. For a group: reserve the Beijing Duck Dinner (six bao, carved duck, then duck fried rice or duck noodles, then duck-bone soup) and add Salt Baked Chicken or Barbecued Pork with Honey. For one or two people: Roast Duck on Rice, Har Gow (4) and Lean Pork and Century Egg Congee. The dim sum list runs all open hours.

Before you go. Closed Thursday; open 10:00 AM-8:30 PM Friday through Wednesday with a 40-minute break at 2 PM daily. Reservations are by phone only (773-769-1254) and the site asks you to say if you want the Beijing Duck Dinner; weekend walk-in waits are listed as 30 to 90 minutes or more. Cash, Visa and Mastercard only ($14 card minimum). The Beijing Duck Dinner is dine-in only. There is no parking lot; street parking is metered through Park Chicago kiosks.

Pickup only The operator's download page offers phone or walk-in carry-out and says 'Sun Wah BBQ does not normally offer delivery'; third-party apps are described as not affiliated with the restaurant.

This is the north-side Sichuan option, north of Argyle on Broadway. The menu is split into cold appetizers, hot appetizers, noodles and larger dishes, so a table of three can build a spread of small plates instead of one entree each.

Build an order. Order Bon Bon Chicken and Sichuan Cold Noodle Salad from the cold section, Zhong's Dumplings (pork in red chili sauce) and Dandan Noodle from the hot side, and Dry Chili Chicken as the main. For a vegetarian plate, Panfried Veggie Dumplings, Cucumber Salad Chongqing Style and Eggplant Chopped Chili are listed.

Before you go. The ordering page lists online takeout/delivery hours of 4:00-9:10 PM Mon-Fri and 11:30 AM-2:15 PM plus 4:00-9:10 PM on Sat-Sun; dine-in hours and reservation rules for this branch were not published on the fetched pages, so call before a lunch visit.

Delivery: direct The operator's Edgewater ordering page lists delivery with a $15.00 minimum and a fee starting at $2.99 across three zones; the courier is not named.

Duck Duck Goat is a sit-down Chinese-American restaurant on Fulton Market from chef Stephanie Izard, not a Chinatown-style place. Go for dinner with a group or for the Saturday and Sunday Dim Sum Brunch.

Build an order. Order Jiaozi (beef short rib and bone marrow potstickers, mushroom and leek version available vegan), Dan Dan Slap Noodles, Grilled Beef and Broccoli and Hongshao Rou (red braised pork belly with Mandarin pancakes). The site has a dedicated Vegetarian + Vegan menu (Veggie Fried Rice, Glass Noodles).

Before you go. Dinner Sun-Thu 4:30-10 pm, Fri-Sat 4:30-11 pm; brunch Sat-Sun 11 am-3 pm. Reserve through the Reserve button on the site. Online ordering hours for to-go were 4:30-9:55 PM on the day checked.

Delivery: via apps The operator's Order To Go link opens an order.online storefront with Delivery and Pickup options; the courier, fee and radius were not shown, and the page warns prices may be higher than in-store.

Chef Ping is the suburban pick for people who live in the northwest suburbs and do not want a drive to Chinatown. The ordering menu is a long Chinese-American list with a Gan Pong section, Hunan and Szechwan beef dishes, and several tofu and vegetable dishes.

Build an order. Start with Fried Pot Stickers and a Vegetarian Egg Roll, then order Twice Cooked Pork and a Gan Pong dish (Gan Pong Diced Chicken) with steamed rice. Kung Pao Tofu and Szechwan Eggplant work for a vegetarian share.

Before you go. Closed Monday. Sunday 11:30 AM-9:00 PM; Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 AM-2:30 PM and 4:00-9:00 PM (online business hours). The ordering page did not publish reservation or large-party rules.

Pickup only The operator's ordering page is configured for pickup (25-minute quote) with the delivery option switched off in its page settings; no delivery is listed.