Skip nearby Vanessa's Dumplings in favor of the superior Shu Jiao Fu Zhou when you're looking for excellent, cheap Chinatown dumplings.

The noodles are good, but the real reason you go to this tiny Chinatown spot is for some of the best dumplings in the city.

Lalito is a Mexican-ish spot in Chinatown, with a funky menu and good vibes. Hit it for dinner, or even lunch if you’re on jury duty.

Noodle Village serves the best wonton soup in Chinatown.

For convenient Chinatown dim sum that's open all day, Dim Sum Go Go can be your go-to.

Nom Wah Tea Parlor is very simply an excellent place to eat some good dim sum and have a little fun. There’s a reason they’ve been around since 1920.

On a block of Vietnamese places on Baxter Street in Chinatown, Nha Trang is our favorite for pho.

Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles serves - you guessed it - hand-pulled noodles, in Chinatown.

Chinese Tuxedo is a beautiful and fun Chinatown restaurant, but the food isn't that memorable.

For us, Pulqueria is just an exercise in misery. The music is loud, the service sucks, and this place might as well be selling guacamole like night club bottle service.

Shinsen is a casual neighborhood sushi place on Bowery.

Juku is a lively multi-floor Japanese restaurant in Chinatown with an omakase.

Straylight is a subterranean cocktail bar under Juku in Chinatown.

A reboot of a Chinatown classic that closed decades ago, Hwa Yuan is serving Szechuan food in a massive space on East Broadway.

Rice & Gold is a huge restaurant in the bottom of a hotel in Chinatown. The food is Asian fusion, and it’s both pricey and a little cheesy.

Banh Mi Saigon is a sandwich shop in the back of a jewelry store, and makes one of the best banh mis in Chinatown.