Denver's historic Chinatown, in what is now LoDo, is gone. The kitchens in this guide are on South Federal Boulevard and West Mississippi Avenue, farther north on Federal Boulevard in ZIP 80204, in Aurora on East Mississippi Avenue and South Parker Road, and in the separate cities of Glendale and Englewood.
7 restaurants · 4 list delivery · checked September 30, 2026
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Dim sum near South Federal
Star Kitchen is closed Wednesday. On other days, dim sum is listed Monday-Friday 10:30 AM-2:30 PM and Saturday-Sunday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. Order Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumpling (w/Pork) at $6.85, Shrimp Dumpling at $6.25 and Masako Pork & Shrimp Siu Mai at $6.25 from the online dim sum list.
Wok Spicy is in Englewood, not on Federal Boulevard. It is closed Tuesday and open Wednesday 11:00 AM-9:30 PM. Order Chongqing Chili Chicken at $18.95, Mapo Tofu (W. Minced Pork) at $16.95 and Shrimp Dumpling (4) at $5.96. The ordering page also lists delivery and pickup.
Lan's is in Glendale, open Sunday-Thursday 11:00 am-9:00 pm and Friday-Saturday 11:00 am-9:30 pm. Order Xiao Long Bao at $12.00, described on the menu as a pork soup dumpling, Shrimp Dumplings at $7.00 and Vegetable Dumplings at $7.00. The ordering page offers pickup or delivery.
Star Kitchen publishes a dim sum list and a separate dinner menu from 2917 W Mississippi Ave, near South Federal Boulevard. The dim sum page names Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumpling, Shrimp Dumpling and Vegetable Egg Roll. The restaurant is closed all day Wednesday, so this is not a Wednesday dim sum stop.
Build an order. From the dim sum menu, order Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumpling (w/Pork), Shrimp Dumpling and Masako Pork & Shrimp Siu Mai, then add Vegetable Egg Roll (3 pcs) if you want a named vegetable item. Barbecued Roasted Duck is listed as a range, $19.95 through $38.95, so confirm the size before you order it. Dinner categories also include a Vegetable section, with Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce at $10.95.
Before you go. Hours on the contact page: Monday and Tuesday 10:30 am-8:30 pm, Wednesday CLOSED, Thursday 10:30 am-8:30 pm, Friday 10:30 am-9:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am-9:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am-8:30 pm. Dim sum hours on that page: Monday-Friday 10:30 AM-2:30 PM and Saturday-Sunday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, but Wednesday is closed, so the Friday line does not cover Wednesday. The site also says the kitchen is closed 3:00 pm-4:00 pm, online order starts at 10 AM, and lunch has no reservation: first come, first served, with kiosk check-in.
Operator website dim sum category (online order), read 2026-09-30. Those three plates are single listed prices. Barbecued Roasted Duck is a range, $19.95 through $38.95, on the appetizer category, so it is not used as a single price. Dine-in prices are not separately published. The contact page spells the state as COLORADO; the street, city and ZIP match. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Happy Cafe BBQ's Chowbus ordering page lists a BBQ section with roasted duck, soy sauce chicken and BBQ pork, and a Chinese specialty section with Sichuan Boiled Beef, Sichuan Boiled Fish Fillets and Traditional Mapo Tofu. It also has a Vegetable Entrees section, so it covers roast meat, Sichuan dishes and named vegetable plates from one South Federal counter.
Build an order. For roast meat, order Roasted Duck (Half), listed at $18.95 with a plus sign, or Bbq Pork (Lb), listed at $10.95 with a plus sign. For Sichuan dishes with a single listed price, order Sichuan Boiled Beef, Traditional Mapo Tofu and Sichuan Chili Chicken. Vegetable plates with a single listed price include Chinese Broccoli With Garlic and Vegetable Delight.
Before you go. On 2026-09-30 the Chowbus page showed the store open, accepting orders until 8:10 PM, with Wednesday hours 9:50 AM-8:10 PM. Other weekdays were not expanded on that page, so confirm them by phone. The ordering address has no suite. A maps listing shows suite G; that suite is not on the Chowbus page, so it is not used here.
Sichuan Boiled Beef $18.95 · Traditional Mapo Tofu $16.95 · Chinese Broccoli With Garlic $14.95
Happy Cafe BBQ Chowbus online ordering page, read 2026-09-30, loaded on the Pickup service. The three prices above have no plus sign on that page. Roasted Duck (Half) and Bbq Pork (Lb) are marked with a plus sign, so those totals can change at checkout. Dine-in prices are not separately published. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Taste of China is a Chinese-American restaurant at 1935 Federal Blvd, north of the South Federal ZIP 80219 stretch. Its ordering menu has a Vegetarian section that names Buddha Vegetables, Mixed Vegetables, Salt & Pepper Tofu and Ma Po Tofu, plus the usual sesame, orange and General Tso's chicken plates.
Build an order. From the dinner Vegetarian section, order Buddha Vegetables, Mixed Vegetables and Salt & Pepper Tofu. If the table wants a familiar chicken plate, add Sesame Chicken or General Tso's Chicken. Lunch versions of the vegetarian plates are listed until 3:00 PM on the same page, at $8.75 with a plus sign, and include rice, an egg roll and crab rangoon.
Before you go. Hours on the operator home page: Monday 11:00 AM-9:20 PM, Tuesday closed, Wednesday-Friday 11:00 AM-9:20 PM, Saturday and Sunday noon-9:20 PM. Carryout hours match those lines. The home page lists free parking. A banner about a November 25 to December 4, 2025 closure is still on the home page; the ordering menu was readable on 2026-09-30, so that banner is treated as stale. Dinner prices on the ordering page carry a plus sign.
Buddha Vegetables $11.50 · Sesame Chicken $13.95 · General Tso's Chicken $13.95
Operator online ordering menu, dinner section, read 2026-09-30. Those three items are marked with a plus sign on the page, so the checkout total can differ from the listed number. Lunch vegetarian plates are $8.75 with a plus sign until 3:00 PM. Dine-in prices are not separately published. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
The East Cafe is a Chinese restaurant at 15140 E Mississippi Ave in Aurora. Its ordering menu has fried and steamed dumplings, a chicken dinner list that includes D Sesame Chicken, and a Vegetables Dinner section that names D Assorted Vegetables, D Vegetable Lo Mein and D Tofu Vegetables.
Build an order. Order Fried Dumplings or Steamed Dumplings, then D Sesame Chicken and D Assorted Vegetables. The vegetable section also lists D Vegetable Lo Mein, D Vegetable Fried Rice and D Vegetable Egg Foo Young at the same $15.95 dinner price. The menu spells one chicken plate D Gneral's Chicken; that spelling is the operator's.
Before you go. The ordering page on 2026-09-30 showed hours 11:00 am-8:25 pm, lunch hours 11 am-4 pm, order type Pickup, and an estimated pickup wait of 15 minutes. The home page lists 11:00 am-9:00 pm every day and says meals can be dine-in, to-go or delivery, and that parking is free. Use the ordering page for whether you can place a delivery order tonight.
Fried Dumplings $8.50 · D Sesame Chicken $15.95 · D Assorted Vegetables $15.95
Operator online ordering page (Inhouse Orders), read 2026-09-30, order type Pickup. Steamed Dumplings are also $8.50. Dine-in prices are not separately published. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Tasty Pot's own pages describe Taiwanese hot pot, sizzling skillets and boba, with an Aurora restaurant at 6330 South Parker Road. The shared menu names Taiwanese Supreme Spicy Hot Soup, Soup Dumpling and Veggie Egg Roll. This is the Taiwanese pick in the guide, not a Cantonese dim sum hall and not a Sichuan-only kitchen.
Build an order. Order Soup Dumpling and Taiwanese Supreme Spicy Hot Soup, then add Veggie Egg Roll or Broccoli with Garlic. The menu says the egg with Soup Dumpling comes only with dine-in, and Soup Dumpling has a 20 minute preparation time. Spicy Soup Dumpling is the same $13.80. Several hot soups are marked with a plus sign.
Before you go. The brand home page lists Aurora hours as Sunday-Thursday 11 AM-9 PM and Friday-Saturday 11 AM-9:30 PM, and Denver hours separately. The Aurora location page listed Sunday-Monday 11:00 AM-9:00 PM and Friday-Saturday 11:00 AM-9:30 PM and did not print Tuesday-Thursday as their own lines. The menu page listed the Aurora pickup location as open on the check evening. Call if you are going Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and want the location page and the home page to match.
Soup Dumpling $13.80 · Veggie Egg Roll $7.00 · Broccoli with Garlic $16.00
Tasty Pot shared online menu, read 2026-09-30. The page lists Aurora at 6330 S Parker Rd and Denver at 2890 Zuni St as pickup locations and shows these prices before a branch is selected. Taiwanese Supreme Spicy Hot Soup is listed at $25.00 with a plus sign. The Soup Dumpling note says the egg comes only with dine-in. This is not a branch-filtered checkout and not a separate dine-in menu. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Lan's Noodles & Dumplings is in Glendale, at 1000 S Colorado Blvd #102, not in Denver and not in Aurora. The operator site says the noodles, dumplings and buns are hand-crafted. The ordering menu describes Xiao Long Bao as soup dumpling with pork, and it also lists Vegetable Dumplings and beef brisket noodle soup.
Build an order. Order Xiao Long Bao, which the menu describes as soup dumpling with pork meat, plus Shrimp Dumplings and Vegetable Dumplings (cabbage, edamame, mushroom, steamed or pan fried). For a noodle bowl, Beef Brisket Noodle Soup is listed at $15.00 with a plus sign, and Spicy Braised Beef Noodle Soup is listed at $16.00 with a plus sign. Dan Dan Noodle w.Minced Pork is $14.00 with a plus sign.
Before you go. Hours on the operator site: Sunday-Thursday 11:00 am-9:00 pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00 am-9:30 pm. The contact block lists two phones, 720-387-8432 and 720-387-8074, and the email denverlanzhou@gmail.com. The meal in this guide uses 720-387-8432. The site also names a sister sushi restaurant at a different Denver address; that is not this kitchen.
Xiao Long Bao $12.00 · Shrimp Dumplings $7.00 · Vegetable Dumplings $7.00
Operator-linked online ordering menu (MenuSifu / mealkeyway), read 2026-09-30. Xiao Long Bao, Shrimp Dumplings and Vegetable Dumplings show a single price with no plus sign. Several noodle soups on the same page show a plus sign after the price. Dine-in prices are not separately published. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Wok Spicy is in Englewood, at 3021 S Broadway, not in Denver. Its home page says it specializes in Sichuan cooking and names Mapo Tofu and chili, garlic and ginger as the flavor base. The ordering menu lists Chongqing Chili Chicken, Mapo Tofu with minced pork, and a Vegetable section.
Build an order. Order Chongqing Chili Chicken, Mapo Tofu (W. Minced Pork) and a dumpling plate such as Shrimp Dumpling (4) or Spicy Pork Dumpling (6). Vegetable plates with a single listed price include Vegetable Delight, House Stir Fried Cabbage and Dry-sauteed Eggplant. Dry-sauteed String Bean is listed with minced pork, so read that line before treating it as a vegetable plate.
Before you go. Hours on the operator home page: Monday 11:00 AM-9:30 PM, Tuesday closed, Wednesday and Thursday 11:00 AM-9:30 PM, Friday and Saturday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM-9:30 PM. The ordering page said the store was open for delivery and pickup on the check evening, with pickup listed at about 15 minutes. The ordering address line uses a lowercase state abbreviation; the home page uses CO.
Operator online ordering page, read 2026-09-30. Vegetable Delight is $14.95 and House Stir Fried Cabbage is $13.95 on the same page. Dine-in prices are not separately published. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.
Sources & verification
Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
South Federal Boulevard and West Mississippi Avenue (ZIP 80219)
This is the southwest Denver stretch associated with Asian markets along South Federal Boulevard. Happy Cafe BBQ is at 945 South Federal Boulevard. Star Kitchen is a short turn off that stretch, at 2917 W Mississippi Ave. A Wikipedia page on Denver's former Chinatown says Asian markets sit along South Federal Boulevard and that the old LoDo Chinatown is gone.
Taste of China is at 1935 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204. That is Federal Boulevard, but it is not the South Federal ZIP 80219 market stretch. Treat it as a separate stop.
The East Cafe is at 15140 E Mississippi Ave in Aurora, east of the Denver picks. It is a Chinese-American menu with a vegetable dinner section, not a dim sum hall.
Tasty Pot's Aurora page places the restaurant at 6330 South Parker Road and describes the corner as near Cherry Creek State Park, with Foxfield and Piney Creek nearby. It is a different trip from East Mississippi Avenue and from South Federal Boulevard.
Glendale is its own city, surrounded by Denver, not a Denver neighborhood and not Aurora. Lan's Noodles & Dumplings is at 1000 S Colorado Blvd #102. Go here for hand-crafted noodles and dumplings, not for the South Federal dim sum hall.
Englewood is a separate city south of Denver. Wok Spicy is at 3021 S Broadway and describes its menu as Sichuan. It is not on Federal Boulevard and not in Aurora.
Where is Chinatown in Denver, and where are the Chinese restaurants in this guide?
Denver's historic Chinatown was in what is now LoDo, roughly along Wazee and Blake Streets, and it is gone. A Wikipedia page on that history says Asian markets now sit along South Federal Boulevard. In this guide, Happy Cafe BBQ is at 945 South Federal Boulevard and Star Kitchen is at 2917 W Mississippi Ave. Taste of China is also on Federal Boulevard, but at 1935 Federal Blvd in ZIP 80204, which is not that south stretch. Aurora, Glendale and Englewood picks are separate trips.
Where can I get dim sum in Denver, and when?
Star Kitchen, at 2917 W Mississippi Ave, publishes dim sum hours of Monday-Friday 10:30 AM-2:30 PM and Saturday-Sunday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. The same page says the restaurant is closed all day Wednesday, so do not go for dim sum on Wednesday. Plates on the online dim sum list include Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumpling (w/Pork) at $6.85 and Shrimp Dumpling at $6.25. Lan's Noodles & Dumplings and Tasty Pot list dumpling items, but they do not publish a separate dim sum service window.
Which Chinese regional styles are actually in this guide?
Star Kitchen's dim sum list is Cantonese. Happy Cafe BBQ lists Cantonese roast meats and a Sichuan specialty section, including Sichuan Boiled Beef at $18.95. Wok Spicy, in Englewood, describes itself as Sichuan. Tasty Pot describes Taiwanese hot pot. Lan's Noodles & Dumplings, in Glendale, describes hand-crafted noodles and dumplings; its contact email is denverlanzhou@gmail.com, and the ordering page describes Xiao Long Bao as a pork soup dumpling. Taste of China and The East Cafe are Chinese-American menus with named vegetable plates.
Which of these Denver-area Chinese restaurants deliver?
On pages read 2026-09-30: Happy Cafe BBQ's Chowbus page lists Delivery and Pickup; Wok Spicy's ordering page says it is open for delivery and pickup; Lan's ordering page offers Pickup or Delivery; Tasty Pot's menu page lists Pickup and Delivery. The East Cafe's ordering page is pickup only, even though its home page mentions delivery. Star Kitchen and Taste of China do not list delivery on the ordering pages checked. No fee or radius was shown before checkout on the pages that offer delivery.
Do online prices match dine-in, and which Federal stop is which?
Every price in this guide is from an online ordering menu read 2026-09-30, not a separate dine-in menu. Taste of China dinner prices and some Tasty Pot hot soups are marked with a plus sign. Star Kitchen's Barbecued Roasted Duck is a range, $19.95 through $38.95. Happy Cafe BBQ and Star Kitchen are the ZIP 80219 stops near South Federal Boulevard. Taste of China is the ZIP 80204 Federal Boulevard stop. Glendale and Englewood are other cities.
Reading the menus
Words you may see in Denver.
Mala A Sichuan flavor pairing the tingling numbness of Sichuan pepper with chili heat; the name means numbing and spicy.
Sichuan peppercorn The dried husk of a Zanthoxylum berry that gives Sichuan dishes a citrusy scent and a tingling, numbing buzz; it is not a true pepper.
Doubanjiang A salty, savory fermented paste of broad beans, usually with chili, that anchors many Sichuan dishes; the Pixian version is the most renowned.
Guotie (potstickers) Pan-fried dumplings browned on one side, then steamed with a little water under a lid; 'potsticker' is the English form of guotie.
Baozi A yeast-leavened bun with a filling, most often steamed; unfilled steamed buns are called mantou.
We selected 7 Denver restaurants for different meals. This is not a numerical ranking or a record of dining visits. We checked operator menus, exact locations, delivery options and practical constraints on September 30, 2026, and left out places we could not verify.
Order suggestions are editorial. Food illustrations are locally generated AI images, not photographs of any restaurant. See the editorial approach. Other guides: all city guides.