8 Recommended Dim Sum Restaurants in New York City

1. Ping's Seafood

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.

• Address: 22 Mott St. (Chinatown Map)
• Phone: 212-602-9988

2. Jing Fong

If you want to experience the fun, bustling Hong Kong style carts, this large banquet hall is a great choice for dim sum. Experts recommend bringing your ticket up to the 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

3. Dim Sum Go Go

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 come recommended.

• Address: 5 E. Broadway (Chinatown Map)
• Phone: 212-732-0797

4. 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

5. 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.

• Address: 46 Bowery (Chinatown Map)
• Phone: 212-374-1319

6. Oriental Pearl

Another large, bustling dim sum restaurant featuring the typical dumplings and dim sum you'd expect.

• Address:103-105 Mott Street (Chinatown Map)
• Phone: 212-219-8388

7. Oriental Garden

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

• Address: 14 Elizabeth St (Chinatown Map)
• Phone: 212-619-0085

8. Vegetarian Dim Sum House

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