

Yaso Tangbao
Brooklyn Heights This shop reminds me a lot of Xi'an's Famous Foods with its fast service, lack of seating area at peak times, and casual...


Spicy Village
Lower East Side Although this BYO spot is famous for its Chicken Tray, I highly suggest getting the dumplings to accompany as well. The...


Shanghai Cafe Deluxe
Chinatown This is my reliable xiao long bao fix in Manhattan. The service is brisk like most of Chinatown and the wait can be 30+ mins...


Tasty Dumplings
Chinatown The classic cabbage/pork dumplings are good whether they are steamed or fried. The skins run on the thicker slide but the pork...


Xi'ans Famous Foods
Several Locations Although the hand-pulled noodles and lamb burger good, the lamb dumplings are my favorite by a long shot. The lamb is...


Joe's Shanghai
Midtown, Chinatown and Flushing This place still commands long lines around meal times and plenty of tourists who come to try their soup...


The Bao
East Village I’m a soup dumpling enthusiastic so I was really excited to try the ones at the Bao. The spicy soup dumpling was...


Vanessa's Dumpling
Union Square, Lower East Side and Williamsburg This is my go to if I’m planning on going out afterward around Union Square, LES, or...


Tian Jin Dumpling House
Flushing To be fair, I was so full from my eating excursion in flushing that by the time I got to Tianjin in the Golden Mall, I could...


Lam Zhou's Handmade Noodle
Lower East Side Absolutely a hole in the wall where it will be difficult to find a spot to sit. Lam Zhou is famous for its noodle soups...