Where to eat Chinese food in Denver.

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.

Dishes to know. Soup dumplings, Siu mai

No delivery listed No delivery listed on the operator's ordering page as of 2026-09-30; confirm by phone.

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.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu

Delivery: direct The restaurant's Chowbus ordering page lists Delivery and Pickup. It loaded on Pickup, ready in 20 minutes, and showed no fee, minimum or radius before Delivery was selected, as of 2026-09-30.

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.

No delivery listed No delivery listed on the operator's ordering page as of 2026-09-30; confirm by phone.

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.

Pickup only The ordering page says Available for Pickup Only and sets the order type to Pickup. The home page mentions delivery, but no delivery option was on the ordering page as of 2026-09-30.

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.

Dishes to know. Soup dumplings

Delivery: direct The brand home page says dine-in, takeout or delivery, and the menu page lists Pickup and Delivery for the Aurora and Denver locations. No fee, minimum or radius was shown before checkout as of 2026-09-30.

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.

Dishes to know. Soup dumplings, Dan dan noodles

Delivery: direct The operator-linked ordering page says to start a Pickup or Delivery order. No fee, minimum or radius was shown before checkout as of 2026-09-30.

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.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu

Delivery: direct The operator ordering page says the store is open for delivery and pickup, and it listed pickup at about 15 minutes. No fee, minimum or radius was shown before checkout as of 2026-09-30.