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7 Recommended Dim Sum Restaurants in New York City

Experience Dim Sum at one of New York City's bustling dim sum restaurants

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New York City is a great place to try Dim Sum. Dim Sum is served most often from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., as it is the Asian combination of breakfast, brunch and lunch in one delicious meal. Get a good overview of the Dim Sum tradition in this helpful article.

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1. Jing Fong

Jing Fong Dim Sum Banquet Hall in ChinatownHeather Cross

If you want to experience the fun, bustling Hong Kong style dim sum carts, this large banquet hall is a great choice for dim sum. Experts recommend bringing your ticket up to the dim sum carts that interest you if you feel like you're missing out on the good stuff that's circulating.

  • Address: 20 Elizabeth Street (Chinatown Map)
  • Phone: 212-964-5256
Jing Fong Restaurant Review

2. Oriental Garden

Oriental Garden Restaurant in ChinatownHeather Cross

Excellent dim sum options for folks who like seafood, as this is their specialty. Here, dim sum is prepared to order, which ensures higher quality offerings, despite missing out on the experience of the Hong Kong style pushcarts.

3. Dim Sum Go Go

Dim Sum Go Go Restaurant in ChinatownHeather Cross

While they don't offer cart style dim sum, you can get dim sum whenever Dim Sum Go Go is open, even if that means you want dim sum for dinner. Dim Sum Go Go is well regarded for not intimidating dim sum novices and for being cleaner than your average Chinatown restaurant. Snow pea leaf and three-star dumplings are both recommended.

4. Ping's Seafood

Ping's Seafood Restaurant ChinatownHeather Cross
Hong Kong style Dim Sum is served by carts circulating around this busy Chinatown restaurant, which is notably smaller than many other places. Fans believe the smaller restaurant serves better food than some of the larger dim sum halls, but you miss out on some of the people watching and bustle that the larger halls provide. Ping's Seafood is also well-known for its fresh-killed fish dishes.

5. Golden Unicorn

Offering two floors of seating, the Golden Unicorn is a perennial favorite for dim sum served by Hong Kong style carts in Chinatown. The steamed shrimp dumplings with shark fin are highly recommended, as are the clams in black bean sauce.
  • Address: 18 East Broadway (Chinatown Map)
  • Phone: 212-941-0911
  • Hours: Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday/Sunday: 8 a.m. - Midnight

6. Sunshine 27 (formerly HSF Restaurant)

Large, bustling restaurant serving dim sum Hong Kong style with carts. Warning for the anti-social: small parties are often sat together at communal tables.

7. Vegetarian Dim Sum House

Vegetarian Dim Sum RestaurantHeather Cross
This is a great option if you have a lot of vegetarians in your group (or folks that stay away from pork and/or seafood). The Vegetarian Dim Sum House offers a variety of creative interpretations of common dim sum featuring mock chicken, mock pork and mock beef instead. Selections are diverse enough to satisfy even meat-eaters in the group.
  • Address:24 Pell Street (Chinatown Map)
  • Phone: 212-577-7176
  • Hours: 10:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. daily (dim sum available continuously)
  • Cash only

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