Where to eat Chinese food in Pittsburgh.

Chengdu Gourmet is the Sichuan kitchen on Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill South, ZIP 15217. Its ordering menu splits traditional Chinese dishes from an American-style Chinese section, and it marks several cold appetizers and vegetable plates as vegetarian. Choose it when the meal is mapo tofu, dan dan noodles, and chili-oil dumplings rather than dim sum.

Build an order. Order Dan Dan Noodle with Minced Pork, Sichuan-Style Dumpling in Red Chili Oil (6 pork dumplings), and Mapo Tofu. The menu says Mapo Tofu contains pork and to ask if you want a vegetarian one. Vegetarian plates marked on the same menu include Chengdu Bean Jello Noodle, Sichuan Pickle Vegetable in Red Oil, Crispy Pickled Cucumbers, and Chinese Eggplant in Garlic Sauce.

Before you go. Takeout hours on the operator's site: Monday-Thursday 11:00 AM-9:15 PM, Friday-Saturday 11:00 AM-10:15 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM-9:15 PM. The page showed Closed Now at about 10:15 PM Eastern on 2026-09-30, after that Wednesday close. Lunch specials on the ordering page are Monday-Friday 11:00 AM-3:00 PM. Pickup is listed at about 20 minutes and delivery at about 30 minutes; no fee, minimum, or radius is shown before checkout.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu, Dan dan noodles

Delivery: direct The operator's ordering page lists Pickup at about 20 minutes and Delivery at about 30 minutes. No fee, minimum, or radius is shown before checkout as of 2026-09-30.

Tasty Noodle (西安面馆) is a Shaanxi noodle shop on the lower level of 5824 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill. Its own site describes hand-pulled noodles, chili oil, and Xi'an street flavors. The ordering menu is sandwiches, dry noodles, soup noodles, and spicy rice noodles in a stone pot, not a dim sum cart.

Build an order. Order the Braised Pork Sandwich (肉夹馍), Spicy Noodles With Hot Oil, and either Original Lamb Soup Noodles or Lamb Fired Green Chili With Onion Over Noodles. Add Cucumber Salad or Max Vegetable With Rice Noodle In Stone Pot if you want a vegetable plate. Wonton In Chili Oil (10pc) is on the appetizer list.

Before you go. Hours on the operator's site: Monday-Sunday 11:00 AM-8:30 PM. The Chowbus page showed the store Closed and pickup only at about 10:15 PM Eastern on 2026-09-30, after that close. Chowbus prints the address as 5824 Forbes Ave (Lower Level); the operator home page omits Lower Level. Ignore the home page lines about a Dim Sum House and Cantonese flavors; they do not match this menu.

Pickup only The Chowbus ordering page offers Pickup only and lists no delivery service, fee, or radius as of 2026-09-30. The operator home page does not name a delivery platform.

Rose Tea Cafe Express is a Taiwanese Chinese restaurant at 414 S Craig St, between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, in North Oakland. The ordering menu runs from salt-and-pepper chicken and pork dumplings to three-cup chicken, lu rou fan, and vegetable plates. It is the Taiwanese pick, not a Sichuan or dim sum hall.

Build an order. Order Steamed Pork Dumplings (12) or Fried Pork Dumplings (12), Taiwanese Chunk Chicken (three-cup chicken), and either Marinated Pork over Rice or Stir-Fried Eggplant. Vegetable plates on the same menu include Vegetable Spring Rolls, Stir-Fried Broccoli w. Garlic Sauce over Rice, and Home Style Bean Curd. Fried Chicken over Rice is marked as containing pork in the meat sauce.

Before you go. Business hours on the operator's site: Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM-9:00 PM, Sunday noon-9:00 PM. Carryout hours are Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM-8:40 PM and Sunday noon-8:40 PM. The ordering page's structured data lists pickup only. Drink prices on that page are shown as a starting amount with a plus sign; the food prices below are exact figures, not starting prices.

Pickup only The operator ordering page lists pickup and carryout and its structured data names pickup only. No delivery service, fee, or radius is listed as of 2026-09-30.

Golden Palace is a Chinese and dim sum restaurant at 3607 Forbes Ave in Central Oakland. The menu has a Hongkong Dim Sum section with har gow, siu mai, and soup dumplings, plus Cantonese roasted meats and a longer dinner list. It opens at 11:00 AM; no separate dim sum hours are published.

Build an order. From the dim sum list, order Crystal Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow), Shrimp & Pork Dumpling (Siu Mai), and NanXiang Soup Dumpling. Add HK Roasted Pork Bun or a roasted-meat plate if the table wants char siu. Vegetable plates on the website menu include Vegetable Pan Fried Dumplings (6) and Vegetable Fried Rice. Ma Po Tofu is listed as spicy.

Before you go. Hours on the operator's site: 11:00 AM-8:30 PM every day. At about 10:15 PM Eastern on Wednesday 2026-09-30 the site and the ordering page both said closed until 11:00 AM Thursday, which matches that close. Pickup and Delivery are both order types. No separate dim sum window is printed. Customer reviews on the site mention a buffet; the menu sections read are a la carte, so do not assume a buffet.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu, Soup dumplings, Siu mai, Jiaozi dumplings

Delivery: direct The operator's ordering page lists Pick up and Delivery as order types. No fee, minimum, or radius is shown before an address is entered as of 2026-09-30.

Wok Hei is a fast-casual Chinese restaurant at 3901 Forbes Avenue, which its own site places by the University of Pittsburgh. You build a plate with one base and two entrees, or order a la carte General Tso's, lo mein, and dumplings. It is the familiar-menu stop in Oakland, not the Sichuan or dim sum pick.

Build an order. Order the Build Your Own Plate, or the Garden Wok (v), which the menu calls a vegetarian-friendly plate of lo mein, mixed greens, tofu with brown sauce, and eggplant with garlic sauce. Add Pork Dumpling (9) or Vegetable Fried Rice. A la carte General Tso Chicken and Eggplant w/ Garlic Sauce are listed separately.

Before you go. Hours on the operator's site, expanded on 2026-09-30: Sunday and Saturday 12:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday-Friday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM. At about 10:15 PM Eastern that Wednesday the site said closed and opening Thursday at 11:00 AM, which matches those hours. The restaurant's own ordering page is pickup only and was accepting scheduled orders. The home page names DoorDash and Hungry Panda for delivery; those app listings were not opened, and no fee or radius is published on the home page.

Delivery: via apps The home page says delivery is on DoorDash or Hungry Panda. The restaurant's own ordering page is pickup only. No fee, minimum, or radius is published on the home page as of 2026-09-30, and the app listings were not opened.

PF BBQ House (匹夫小馆) lists Northeastern Chinese skewers and Sichuan dishes. The ordering page address is 328 Atwood St in Central Oakland. The menu runs from lamb skewers and grilled fish to mapo tofu and vegetable plates marked Veggie. It is the skewer and grilled-fish pick, not a dim sum hall.

Build an order. Order Lamb Skewers (4), a vegetable plate such as Sauteed Eggplant w. Garlic Sauce, and either Mapo Tofu or Classic Spicy Grilled Fish if the table is large. The vegetable section also lists Stir-Fried Cabbage and Shredded Potatoes w. Green Peppers, both marked Veggie. Home-Style Tofu is noted as coming with a few slices of pork.

Before you go. The home page lists Monday-Thursday and Sunday 11:30 AM-9:30 PM and Friday-Saturday 11:30 AM-10:00 PM. The contact page lists Wednesday as Closed and Thursday 11:30 AM-9:30 PM, so the two pages disagree on Wednesday; call before you go. The contact page does not print the street address. The home page lists Hot Pot All You Can Eat at $29.99 per person; that line was not on the ordering menu read the same night. The ordering page offers pickup or delivery and shows no fee or radius before checkout.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu

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

HK Dim Sum is a dim sum restaurant at 4520 Centre Avenue, ZIP 15213. The operator page does not name a neighborhood; an OpenStreetMap reverse lookup returned the locality Bellefield, so this guide does not call it Oakland. The ordering menu has handmade soup dumplings, crystal shrimp dumplings, and shu mai. It is closed Tuesday.

Build an order. Order Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings (6), Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumplings (4), and Steamed Pork & Shrimp Shu Mai (4). Veggie Steamed Dumplings (6) and Vegetable Mini Bun (5) are on the same menu if someone does not want pork. Steamed Honey Roasted Pork Bun (3) is also listed.

Before you go. Hours on the operator's site: Monday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM, Tuesday closed, Wednesday and Thursday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM, Friday and Saturday 11:00 AM-11:00 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM-9:00 PM. At about 10:15 PM Eastern on Wednesday 2026-09-30 the ordering page said pickup starts Thursday at 11:00 AM, which matches the Wednesday close. No delivery control was on that page. No separate morning-only dim sum window is printed; the restaurant opens at 11:00 AM.

Dishes to know. Soup dumplings

Pickup only The operator's ordering page lists pickup and shows no delivery service, fee, or radius as of 2026-09-30.

Chinatown Inn is the restaurant the 2015 Post-Gazette account names as the remaining trace of downtown Chinatown. Its Toast ordering page lists 520 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and was accepting scheduled orders on 2026-09-30. The menu is Chinese-American plates, dumplings, barbecued pork, and a vegetarian section, not a dim sum service.

Build an order. Order Steamed Handroll Dumplings (6), General Tso's Chicken, and either Sliced Barbecued Pork or House Special Duck. The Vegetarian section includes Ma Po Tofu, Buddha's Feast, Broccoli with Garlic Sauce, and Chinese Eggplants in Hot Garlic Sauce. The website menu page lays dumpling prices out differently from Toast; use the Toast figures below.

Before you go. Hours on the operator's contact page: Monday-Thursday 11:00 AM-9:30 PM, Friday 11:00 AM-10:30 PM, Saturday 12:00 PM-11:00 PM. Sunday is printed as 02:00 AM to 08:30 PM, which does not match the other days; confirm Sunday by phone and do not treat that line as a corrected 2:00 PM opening. At about 10:15 PM Eastern on 2026-09-30 Toast was only accepting scheduled orders. A Wikipedia photo filename uses 522 Third Avenue; the ordering page says 520.

Dishes to know. Mapo tofu

Delivery: direct The Toast page offers Delivery and Pickup. Delivery asks you to confirm you are in range. No fee, minimum, or radius is shown before an address is entered as of 2026-09-30.